Everything posted by swansont
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Why does a quantum computer render RSA useless?
Can you provide those sources?
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The Deterministic Ring Theory of Particles
What interaction makes a photon wrap around a charged particle? This is an oxymoron. How is a variable speed of light consistent with the various laws of Maxwell’s equations? If there’s no net charge, then you must have a dipole, or quadrupole, or even a higher-order multipole field. What is your evidence of such a field?
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
After the code was written, was there any intervention by humans? Drift also does this. What is the point?
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The Deterministic Ring Theory of Particles
Wherever the electromagnetic interaction took place that created the photon. e.g. one way of making photons is accelerating a charged particle. The photons leave, but does not take the charge with it.
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
Which is completely beside the point. Repeating the strawman doesn’t make it any more relevant.
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Bots (split from I'am solving equations that have the following terms in their equation. What should I do)
We have a threshold in place, in that we ask for (peer-reviewed) support for claims, and most people comply. We trash claims relying on AI, since they fall short on the trust metric. And most people familiar with science have a BS detector. Yes, it will be a bigger problem, but vigilance will mitigate it to some extent.
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Relativity Crisis
Yes, it depends on the observer. Functionally no different than claiming the train can’t be moving and stationary. But in the train’s frame it is stationary and in the station’s frame it is moving. You can’t be moving and stationary if motion is “real” - can’t have <whatever amount> of kinetic energy and zero - it’s the same misunderstanding of relativity
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I'am solving equations that have the following terms in their equation. What should I do
"What are you studying?" is fine. "Why do you need these answers?" should be addressed by the fact that it's in HW help.
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What is ad hominem
This is a subject that comes up from time to time in reported posts, but is rarely on target; it's usually just a complaint that someone said something snarky. There was a thread on this some years ago, but as that got bogged down with some particular instances, I thought just a general discussion might suffice I've imported a few statements from the other thread that are useful I'll add to this that an ad hominem need not include an insult, but merely a personal observation. "You are wrong because bald/old/tall people are never right" is an ad hominem because a personal observation is used instead of refuting some actual point.
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Relativity Crisis
According to relativity, two inertial observers will see each other moving while they claim to be at rest. This is a complete contradiction and a physical impossibility. Except, of course, that second statement is 100% wrong - motion is relative. As Markus notes, there is no absolute frame, so it's perfectly fine for one to claim they are at rest and someone else is moving, and for the other observer to claim the same thing. The important issue is that physics works the same for both, and there isn't an experiment you can do to conclude absolute motion or absolute rest for inertial observers.
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I'am solving equations that have the following terms in their equation. What should I do
! Moderator Note The motivation for asking a question is generally not something that the OP needs to provide.
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Bots (split from I'am solving equations that have the following terms in their equation. What should I do)
! Moderator Note A couple of points (apologies, this is not to call out exchemist here, because others have raised similar issues) 1. Whether or not this is a bot is not an issue to be raised in a thread; that's off-topic. If one is worried that a member is a bot, one can choose to not respond. 2. Being a bot is not currently a rules violation. It's also not likely to become one, because how does one conclusively determine this? Feel free to open a thread to discuss this. 3. Mods will deal with rules violations, but, considering point 2, please don't report such posts, since there's nothing to be done absent any rule-breaking.
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The Deterministic Ring Theory of Particles
The charge does not need to exist within the field. Maxwell's equations tell you how the field behaves if there is a charge present in a particular volume, and also when a charge is absent. The field behavior of EM radiation is the latter. A parallel-plate capacitor has a field in a region where there is no charge. Similarly, you have magnetic fields in regions where there is no current flow. This is completely consistent with Maxwell's equations. Logically, if there were a charge within a photon, then there would be N charges for N photons. The classical behavior of the field should reflect this, and it decidedly does not.
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
Arguing that a program couldn't include the capability of modifying its code or function is ludicrously ignorant. The argument is that a program could include the capability of changing its code. Teleology is a straw man.
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The Deterministic Ring Theory of Particles
What does this have to do with the geodesic not being a straight line? No, that’s not accurate (it’s a cross product, and not from its “original point”), but it also doesn’t apply.
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Painted mirror reflecting light
It depends on the properties of the material. Some transmit thermal IR (polyethylene does) and it looks like mylar transmits a decent amount near 10-15 microns https://www.researchgate.net/figure/IR-transmission-spectra-of-polymeric-substrates-Mylar-with-thickness-d-40-mm-1-and_fig2_327932890
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Fluctuating magnetic fields cause heart attacks and strokes to double!
It’s not difficult to find sources that say there is nothing to this https://www.health.com/condition/stroke/solar-flare-health-effects https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/science-verify/solar-flares-geomagnetic-storms-cmes-do-not-affect-people-humans-on-earth/536-9d58a725-6c74-4efd-85e8-7cbf1b3a55fb
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Do gravitational waves distort time?
In principle, yes, if you have an array on the scale of the GW wavelength https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00996
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the definition of energy
The nature of the property is matter of metaphysics, i.e. philosophy. Science deals with how nature behaves.
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
Counterpoint: no, it's not. You choose to interpret it that way, which is followed by ranting about how stupid the notion is. But it's your choice. Even in biological evolution, the origin of life is excluded from the theory - that's abiogenesis. So your insistence that a program has to create itself is just performative nonsense.
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the definition of energy
The sun has energy owing to its mass (mass is a form of energy), and the gravity (gravitational potential energy). It undergoes reactions which emit radiation, which also has energy. The term 'solar energy' merely points out the source of the energy. The radiation isn't part of the sun anymore.
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
So what? You’re rebutting a claim nobody has made.
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Can science prove God ?
It’s not my thread, and I’m really not in the mood to tolerate you being obtuse. (I am reminded of the phrase The failure mode of “clever” is “asshole”) So don’t expect my continued participation in this little game
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Evolution not limited to life on earth?
Why not use a word that means change over time? Really? Where is the contradiction?
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Can science prove God ?
Do I, in fact, expect this? What's your evidence of this? Remember, it isn't true just because said so - that's not an argument. Back up what you say. (I read that somewhere) Also, a Geiger counter could be used to measure a length, under certain conditions. Using it as a Geiger counter. It's not difficult to envision it, IMO, leveraginge the 1/r^2 nature of a point source of radioactivity.