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    From rule 2.7

    Links, pictures and videos in posts should be relevant to the discussion, and members should be able to participate in the discussion without clicking any links or watching any videos. Videos and pictures should be accompanied by enough text to set the tone for the discussion, and should not be posted alone.

    While I’m sure that the physics here is interesting, this isn’t the way to discuss it, and any implication about theology is tenuous at best. To be science news, it needs to cone from a news source and be about science.

    I don’t think the is issue of the Bible being real is in question; I have one on my bookshelf.

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    2 hours ago, StringJunky said:

    IIRC, in the 70's and before, cars didn't last much beyond 10 years in the UK, when rust became a critical problem.

    I think we’re doing better with coating the steel, as well as with the steel itself (e.g. use of alloys)

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    2 hours ago, Dhamnekar Win,odd said:

    Why did you exclude 'Sun' and 'Moon'? Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn's rings (are counted as two) So, total planets are nine. These basic assumptions are based on astrological science.

    You said planets. The sun is a star, the moon is, well, a moon, and Saturn’s rings are…rings.

    The question should be why Uranus and Neptune were excluded

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    “Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially designed diet produced up to 15 times more young, showing a dramatic boost in reproduction and overall health. As climate change and modern agriculture reduce the availability of natural pollen, this innovation could offer a practical way to support struggling bee populations.”

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260327000518.htm

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    1 hour ago, CharonY said:

    And there has been a long history of many potential exposures that are ongoing and where industries are rather unwilling to react to. Some of the deadliest are air pollution, which in all likelihood are most associated with premature deaths of all exposures. The issues range from large-scale pollution (e.g. coal plants) to more subtle in-home pollution (e.g. cooking with poor ventilation, lead paint etc.).

    Right, there are plenty of example where scientists are the ones sounding the alarm and being ignored by business executives and politicians. Blaming scientists in general is IMO a misplaced attack (and the irony of an accusation of failing to do due diligence is not lost)

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    8 hours ago, Trurl said:

    I know the answer from Ai, but I don’t know the reason traditional processors can’t out perform a Nvida graphics card with 4 times the cores.

    I looked at on of the graphics cards and it was $5,000.

    But I think there is a demand here. If someone can utilize the traditional processors for better parallel processing than Nvida they would save the pc industry.

    Of course I am not on board with Ai. It makes changes to the computer while you program with it. But I can’t ignore it. I just don’t understand why traditional processors can’t be as efficient.

    It’s not 4x the cores

    My mac’s CPU has 8 cores; I think their top of the line these days is 24.

    According to Nvidia, a GPU has thousands. One thousand is more than 40x. (40 x 24 = 960)

    https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/why-gpus-are-great-for-ai/

    So “thousands” would be ~100x the number of cores

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    2 hours ago, ahmet said:

    some bigotries which very common in this forum.

    step 1: one demonstrates or proposes an opinion.

    step 2: a well known member attempts to disagree to that opinion.

    This started out with a purported statement of fact; disagreement about its veracity is not mere opinion

    Further, while the offending statement was opinion, the point is that it was inappropriate to share the opinion. Agreement or disagreement isn’t part of it.

    2 hours ago, ahmet said:

    step3 : there is occuring of existence of many members downvoting that opinion (regardless the reality in that opinion, in fact this is a weakness of opinionating).

    Irrelevant

    2 hours ago, ahmet said:

    And this is bigotry, isn't it?

    Bigotry has to do with motivation. I’m not sure what allegedly was based on e.g. race, religion or gender, which would make it bigotry, unless you are claiming that your own posts were motivated by this.

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    2 hours ago, ahmet said:

    anyway, what I said was exactly: that OP was wrong in his/her assertion. studiot is either.

    What you said, exactly, was “so, obviously you have not learnt anything!”

    An answer that the claim was wrong would have been OK. Better still, an explanation of why it was wrong.

    whatever someone says, you will eventually suppose that you were right in every case. May I suppose that this was the "approach/supposition of stupid English Society"?

    …

    but as said, whatever we say, I am sure that someone will suppose that they were always correct. So, what to discuss here?

    People have been known to accept that they are wrong about factual matters when it’s demonstrated that they are. Discussion here is predicated on that.

    I’m not sure what the connection is with “stupid English society”

    nothing. And please accept that this is bigotry.

    I do not; I have no idea how this is “bigotry”

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    22 minutes ago, ahmet said:

    so, obviously you have not learnt anything!

    Moderator Note

    Posts should be about the topic, not personal attacks.

    You’ve been warned about this before, so you obviously haven’t learned anything about that.

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    5 hours ago, Linkey said:

    In the OP.

    Assertions and claims aren’t evidence.

    “Despite being largely preventable, chronic conditions now account for over globally, according to Vox. In the US, live with at least one chronic condition, and 4 in 10 have two or more, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With the numbers rising year after year, many experts are now calling this a silent epidemic.”

    A single data point does not show a trend, there’s no data presented to support the claim that the numbers are rising, and even if that were just accepted as fact, there’s no analysis of other factors that could be responsible for an increase. That’s what “no evidence” means.

    I would go into more detail but I have no confidence that you are interested in a good-faith discussion

    5 hours ago, Linkey said:

    I am a fan of Bhagvad Osho, an Indian guru who was a very popular writer. I think, possibly he was even an atheist, trolled his admirers, and understood that his political ideas are more important than the "spirituality" and "enlightment". He wrote the ideas I have explained here.

    Which has nothing to do with scientific claims, though being fan of a troll is utterly unsurprising to me.

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    3 hours ago, Linkey said:

    I will write my ideas.

    "A cured patient is a lost client" (c). The second point is that modern medicine lacks a holistic approach to health: when a patient comes with a problem, it's solved, but then another problem arises (for a doctor of a different specialization), then another, and so on—so doctors unconsciously help each other make money.

    As exchemist notes, this is a conspiracy theory. Where’s the evidence?

    3 hours ago, exchemist said:

    doctors are not paid per person treated

    *offer not valid in the USA

    But when you’re booked solid, and patients need to book a couple of months ahead of time, there’s no incentive to make more sick people.

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    1 hour ago, knowledgeispower917 said:

    did you not see the source? are you dumb or blind?

    People are supposed to be able to participate in discussion without clicking links, and discussion in a civil manner (i.e. without personal insults) is expected.

    The source is crap and not based in science (maybe it’s philosophy, of dubious quality) and your premise is unsubstantiated, so the real question is why did you post this in physics?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kybalion

    2 hours ago, exchemist said:

    This is quantum woo bullshit.

    Classical woo, seeing as The Kybalion is allegedly based on ancient Greek ideas

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    8 hours ago, Linkey said:

    I can write here some of my ideas ideas on the reasons of this problem,

    I’ve only seen assertions that it’s an “epidemic” but no real analysis showing it.

    8 hours ago, Linkey said:

    but my ideas can be considered as "pseudoscientific" and "speculative".

    You can say the same about any writeup that’s citing RFK Jr, who is a quack. Your last link points out that his claims are exaggerated, so why quote him?

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