StringJunky

I think they arise out of the vacuum field, which is not 'nothing'. This is the field that has the lowest possible energy level, where things Virtual particles and their perturbations) only exist for fleeting moments and then disappear. I think the Casimir Effect is one piece of evidence of its existence.

@FloridaManPhysics I think it is more straightforward to understand a field as a region in space where a force has influence. It quantitatively describes the magnitude and distribution of its influence. As was mentioned here once: it is a map (description) of the territory, but not the territory itself.

Right. Yeah, if something is muscle memorized, the conscious brain is likely not engaged to that task.

If they are really knackered, I suppose that could happen. I think adding to flight protocol a rule that touching critical functions requires an explicit verbal declaration of ones intent and subsequent consent of the co-pilot before proceeding. Saying this, I think they do already before and on take off. I saw a YT video of two airline pilots verbally going through the motions of taking off prior to proceeding with an action.

It suggests to me the one who responded was lying about not turning them off. In the absence of poltergeists, I can't see any other explanation.

Right.

Does the software have this option?: Honeypot Fields: Creating hidden fields on registration forms that are invisible to humans but are easily filled by bots can trap spammers. @swansont What would slowing down captcha and registration do? You mean if the inputs are entered sooner than a certain time because machines are quicker?

Here's picture of the fuel switch layout:

I think so.

Right, thanks.

Is part of the evidence for superposition that entangled particles are never found in similar states when their wavefunction is collapsed? Does it follow that If they weren't connected, we would expect to see some statistical frequency of similarity of states as well?

The path evolution follows is not purely random. When chemicals interact is random, but how they interact is predetermined by their properties, which are fixed. So, we know what they'll do together, we just don't know when. Ditto more complex physical systems. You start getting these molecular machines that get modified by other passing molecules. The ones with the shortest energy pathway will perform the interaction with a given system. That's essentially what 'competition' is. Out of that molecular dance we start to see 'designs' of discrete molecular systems that co-interact to create the next level towards organism synthesis until we reach full organisms.

That's the long and the short of It, I think. It's interesting to me how many people can't leave unknown answers to questions on nature and have to make something up.

I find teleologically-driven evolution as a kind of 'god-of-the gaps' crutch when people reach an impasse in explaining aspects of nature that have not yet been fully described.

I think he meant "rehabilitated"; tongue in cheek.

That's good that you are helping make a noise. It would seem to me that the GOP's love of all things arms could go against them in a lethal way if/when a critical mass of MAGA section realize they were never part of Trump and Co's plans and the effects of their policies sink in. I imagine their collective action will be highly visceral and physical. I think it's just going to get increasingly turbulent. I can't see Trump doing 4 years.

I was told as a youngster by a chap who was a communist that to beat the system, you have to be the system. That's what Trump's done and his acolytes. I hope American citizen's don't regret not doing anything now to change the direction.

That's good news then. It's clear what the tangerine tyrant's agenda is, isn't it?

I read earlier today that NPR and PBS have lost their funding. From the White House notices: "a) The CPB Board shall cease direct funding to NPR and PBS, consistent with my Administration's policy to ensure that Federal funding does not support biased and partisan news coverage. The CPB Board shall cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide future funding 1 May 2025"

Yes, emulsifiers seems mainly about maintaining visual presentation for as long as possible. Inflammatory responses to the often synthetic additives in food seem to initiate a lot of common first world health problems.

I meant Trump is one.

"Bad criminals". The irony.

Gastrointestinal inflammation triggered by what we eat, particularly emulsifiers, is an active interest of mine atm. I'm starting to look at what I eat that detrimentally affects the gut lining and its associated flora. As I get older. I'm in my early 60's, I'm finding what I eat affects the chemical equilibrium of my stomach and guts. Re: emulsifiers, a lot of the pre-made food I eat contains synthetic emulsifiers that are known to compromise the ability of the mucous layer to act as an effective physical barrier to the gut flora, allowing them to detrimentally interact more closely with surface cells of the gut and stomach. These can cause inflammatory responses along the lining, leading to compromised colonic functioning. It was also, interestingly, recently reported that certain gut bacteria are strongly associated with multiple sclerosis onset. A friend, who has MS, mentioned coincidentally that it has been suggested to him by his medical care team to to eat more probiotics. There does seem to be an increasing publicly-aimed focus on gut functioning and its associated inflammatory vulnerabilities.

Reuters is pretty good in its referencing. Probably the driest in its presentation of them all, I think. I follow that one, AP and also Al Jazeera for a non-Western viewpoint of world affairs. I've just added PBS and NPR, see what they are like. BBC is often put forth as unbiased , but has a corporate-wide view on things like feminism and racism, immigration etc and its reporters tend to use pro or judgemental language in subject spheres like those. Politically, it tends to echo the government of the day because they fund it through the public purse... it has to keep on the right side of them. Notable current examples of toeing the government line are Glastonbury and Israel news.

This is what happens when the Dunning-Kruger demographic get hold of the reins.