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Finished the Spy and the Traitor a few weeks ago. Very good telling of the tale.

Polinski has been banned as a sockpuppet of Olin (Suzie/Menan)

Polinski has been suspended for a week. Thread hijacking and an inability to stay on topic do not mix well with general cluelessness.

thethinkertank has been suspended for rampant soapboxing and spamming the forums with nonsense. The mod queue did not have the desired effect on this behavior.

Just finished “The Poison Squad” by Deborah Blum - very good Now reading “The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War” by Ben Macintyre - thus far also very good

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! Moderator Note I don’t know what “fish lineage of man” means, but read the thread if you want to read about evidence of human common ancestry. In this thread, however, the assumption is that the prevailing theory is correct. Challenges to it, in this thread, are off-topic.

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fredreload has been removed, owing to improvements in posting within the spirit and letter of the rules

The report post function is for bringing rules violations to the attention of the staff. It's the preferred method for doing so (rather than PMs or complaints posted in the thread), as it reaches the widest audience of staff members. It is not for kvetching about somebody disagreeing with you in a thread. Not only is that not against the rules, it's expected behavior when incorrect information is posted.

Empty spacetime is not limited by c. Only massive objects are limited to travel below c, and that is a measurement made from inertial frames. This objection is irrelevant to the claim. Why would conservation of energy be violated? Electrons are matter. No such thing as an absolute vacuum, and this, too, is not from a limit of technology. I'm not sure what actual physics is involved in your little fantasy here, but any scenario that relies on violations of the laws of nature aren't viable.

No, that claim is without basis. The limitation is not technology, it is the finite speed of light.

JessPetersenjessie14, EthanKahn500, EK98 and Kimminsoo have been banned as sockpuppets of EthanKahn. These were apparently opened to get around the 5-post first-day limit rather than a ban, so the original account will remain active at this time. Edit: also BBear and with that, the original account is banned

! Moderator Note This discussion is in the evolution section. Kindly leave religion out of it.

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This is an assertion, not a fact. Nature cares not a whit for "common reason" I think physicists are in a better position to decide whether they are doing real™ physics.

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Z10 has been banned after spending some time in the moderation queue, with no improvement in post quality.

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! Moderator Note So why is this posted in religion? ! Moderator Note What is it you wish to discuss, the book and ID, or Darwin and evolution?

Any modern physics textbook.

MeredithLesly has been banned as a sockpuppet of BlueSpike, Frank_Baker and LisaLiel. The original account, BlueSpike, has been banned as well, because enough is enough.

It only applies if there is rest mass. If that's zero, E = pc