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swansont

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  1. This deflection is not from the uncertainty principle, and isn’t the reason for interference. Just a big non-sequitur
  2. No, actually, you don’t have to. It’s an analogy, and if you change it, it’s not correct anymore. Nature is under no obligation to behave the way that you want it to.
  3. It wasn’t like either. A common 2D analogy is like the surface of a ballon expanding. Draw some dots on it, and inflate it. All dots move away from all the other dots. There is no center.
  4. This came up in another thread earlier this year. You can force the lease to renew; in Windows you go to the command prompt and type ipconfig /renew, though it’d possible you are assigned the same address.
  5. The current, best theory is that there is no center.
  6. Investigation has shown a problem with the boat - the priors were installed incorrectly.
  7. No, since single-photon (or electron) experiments have shown interference. Indeed. The conclusion is that the particle interferes with itself
  8. ! Moderator Note Please consult a mental health professional. We can’t help, and are not getting involved
  9. Very clever of the orcas, making it look weather-related
  10. The energy states above the ground state have a finite width owing to their lifetime (energy and time being conjugate variables). But lifetime is not part of the solution, and the energies are single-valued. So while other non-commuting variables have the uncertainty built in, the energy-time pairing do not.
  11. Not necessarily. The solution to the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom gives the energy eigenstates, but does not give the width of the energy states.
  12. But it’s not the Pedant forum; most understand what’s meant by renewable energy.
  13. ! Moderator Note Nope From rule 2.3: Descriptions of the construction or synthesis of illegal or hazardous devices or chemicals are subject to removal at the discretion of the staff.
  14. You use motors instead of engines. Electric planes exist. Electric jet engines have been developed https://thedebrief.org/revolutionary-new-electric-ejet-motor-could-signal-a-breakthrough-in-electric-propulsion-for-aviation/ The problem is the weight of the "fuel". Batteries are quite heavy, and you have to lift that extra weight, which means you need more energy storage to move the same amount of payload. You reach a point of diminishing returns when you add more batteries. It's an efficiency issue.
  15. They don't want the people to think or act for themselves. They want mindless obedience and compliance.
  16. Seems to me you’re looking for a passage that clearly and blatantly states something, in a book that rarely does that.
  17. Then it seems you need to do some research, instead of broad, and thus inaccurate, accusations
  18. What passages explicitly show this?
  19. It’s a false premise to suggest that there is only one version of Christianity. There are over 45,000 denominations worldwide, with over 200 in the US https://www.livescience.com/christianity-denominations.html# My guess would be that the denominations that take root in a country have to do with the culture in that country. Some of the ones in the US are here because the people fled their home countries, where they weren’t able to freely worship. Others took root later. The US has freedoms that aren’t found in some other places, or manifest themselves differently (e.g. our right to free speech is not identical to a similar right in other democracies) So, which denomination(s) are you talking about?
  20. Baloney. Repeating this doesn’t make it true, nor does it explain anything. Copies are inexpensive because you can make as many as you want, with little creativity or originality required. How do you “create” uniqueness? The fact that it’s a one-off makes it unique, by definition. Fraud/deception is not art, but you would be selling the notion of rarity; you could not bilk anyone without that illusion. Thank you for supporting my point.
  21. Christianity does not have exclusive ownership of most of its themes. This is projection.
  22. ! Moderator Note Discussions advocating such extreme actions are not going to continue. Rule 2.1
  23. Solar and wind will get us most of the way there.
  24. religious ≠ Christian spiritual ≠ Christian

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