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swansont

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  1. But you’ve still saiid what you want. You were sent to prison for it, but you still said it. And if it’s for a very narrow scope, e.g. it’s illegal to say “semprini” and you can say whatever else without legal consequences, that counts as “can’t say whatever you want” even though 99.9999% of speech would be permitted. So it’s not very illuminating to put this in absolutes. These are separate rights enumerated in the first amendment. Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press He is now prevented, having been banned. But their first amendment right to free speech has not been violated.
  2. You have to clarify "can't say whatever you want" Is that because of legal repercussions, or social repercussions? i.e. if you say it you will go to jail, or be sued, or you say it and people will hold you to account and possibly shun you? In any event, I think that quite a lot of people would agree that you can't say whatever you want. There are some things that you say that would have one of those forms of response. AFAICT the disagreement is where the line is drawn, rather than adhering to the absolute.
  3. Does water have a preferred shape when gravity can be ignored (e.g. in freefall)? Yes, it does. It forms a sphere.
  4. omicron https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/15/why-do-so-many-people-struggle-to-say-omicron
  5. I learned recently that these - nonlinear standing waves that appear on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle - are known as Faraday waves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_wave
  6. swansont replied to Externet's topic in Ethics
    ! Moderator Note It’s not up to you, as this is not your thread. The question was asked. If you don’t want to answer, don’t post. If you want to ask or discuss a different question, open a new thread.
  7. If you have a moving clock, it will experience time dilation. Even in deep space. Gamma is speed dependent in special relativity.
  8. ! Moderator Note Advertising a product answers that question. Neither one! This brought to you by SpammR-Be-Gone®
  9. ! Moderator Note This would be an example of what people are referring to when they call attention to arguments in bad faith. Characterizing this as an "attempt to mislead" and a "deflection tactic" assume that you know the motivation behind the posts, and you don't. ! Moderator Note You're the one who doubled down on this. You could have simply apologized for your assumption, but you didn't, and are lashing out at others instead. The one thing you can fix is your own posting style, and that's all on you. Do not mistake this as an invitation to debate the issue.
  10. ! Moderator Note So you don't have evidence. "Can feel remorse" is a much weaker position than your original claim ! Moderator Note The topic is "Are Vegan's, a help or a hindrance to, our future?" so the question is about vegans, not vegetarians, and while the question is vague, you have not made a case for it being about ethics. Please make a better effort to be on topic.
  11. In the scenario I brought up r would either be infinite, or is the same for both clocks, because we're discussing a situation where we're ignoring gravity. It's getting increasingly difficult to think that this is just an oversight on your part. So gamma is 1, from your calculation. There is no bending of light in deep space. And yet we can have time dilation
  12. ! Moderator Note Evidence for this? And relevance to the subject?
  13. That’s a title bestowed by the forum software, just as you are currently designated as a lepton. Try not to be an ass.
  14. Really? What is the phrasing of the document that guarantees you right to free speech here in the US?
  15. But they weren't really related. Right. Tribalism. The initiation into one group is the rejection of the other.
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_theorem Searching on shell theorem derivation will yield a number of other results, but they are all going to involve the same basic bits of calculus.
  17. The right of freedom of speech involves the government. This forum isn’t run by any government, so it’s a non-issue. You are visiting a place that belongs to someone else. You are a guest here. Limitations on your speech are well within the authority of those who run this place. And, of course, disagreement in no way infringes on your right, and neither does being held accountable by others for what you say.
  18. Why would the index equal gamma? I’m looking for a physics justification. Not something you’re just making up.
  19. It’s a matter of getting you to follow the rules. Refusing to do so seems combative to me. I don’t see how this relates to time dilation causing anything.
  20. A city of 40k people is rural? And, to iNow’s point, a story about one person can somehow be applied to all? Please do better.
  21. No, it’s not. This is something you made up. Did you ever read rule 2.7? This suggests you have not. members should be able to participate in the discussion without clicking any links or watching any videos. … Attached documents should be for support material only; material for discussion must be posted
  22. Because you listened to a car salesman.
  23. You said time dilation causes the refraction and now you’re saying it’s the other way. And without actually showing where time dilation is involved.
  24. Perhaps she is less shallow than you are, and also cares not a whit what you think about her personal preferences.
  25. And how is that caused by time dilation?

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