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swansont

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  1. The reason for this is that you have recorded the phase difference of the two beams. In a double-slit, the phase difference at a given point is fixed. The two situations don’t seem to be compatible.
  2. Since you followed this with a quote from Exodus, you lose all benefit of the doubt that you’re not trolling. As you sow, so shall you reap. How ‘bout them cherries you’re picking.
  3. So I have to provide evidence, but you don’t? I don’t even know what a “non-physical state” is supposed to mean And this doesn’t actually address the issue that you require that life existed at the moment of the big bang (of which, again, no evidence has been provided)
  4. And this supports the notion that Luc is not understanding/misrepresenting the situation; evidence as @Gees requested
  5. You say evidence (which is what science relies on, and not proof) but if there’s no abiogenesis, then life must have always existed. So tell me, what kind of evidence supports that notion - that life existed before the universe was cool enough to even form neutral atoms, and only hydrogen, helium and lithium were around? Because that’s a binary situation. Either life always existed, or it started at some point. (the latter is the occurrence of abiogenesis) You seem to be saying there’s a third option. What is it?
  6. Put another way - we’ve seen this behavior long before ChatGPT came along. Blaming stuff on bots is kinda lazy. The only other options here are: life always existed, or life was the result of magic/mysticism. Otherwise, life had to originate at some point, and that’s abiogenesis. Since science’s domain does not cover magic/mysticism, and that avenue was expressly rejected by the author, and also that we can pretty safely rule out life existing on the proto-earth, it’s what we’re left with. IOW, abiogenesis must be accepted. What’s not yet been shown are the mechanisms and steps of that process.
  7. swansont replied to dedo's topic in Politics
    Such as?
  8. From a MAGA perspective, probably, since they seem to have a “if you’re not for us you’re against us” attitude. But not from traditional policy perspective from those on the left. And I don’t think it’s to their amazement. They see Trump pretty much for who he is.
  9. swansont replied to herpguy's topic in Other Sciences
    And when you do physical activity, most of the energy expended is generating (waste) heat.
  10. In general, not for me to say. But “love thy neighbor” is religion and not politics unless Matt Gaetz is involved. Plus all the scripture In no way similar? It didn’t involve owning people, and making them do labor of various sorts? It didn’t involve buying people from other countries?
  11. ! Moderator Note Split, because the discussion has shifted away from politics and toward religion (though because of merged respinnses, some other stuff has been dragged along)
  12. ! Moderator Note You’ve already been advised that this is a discussion board. It’s not your blog. Please make sure your next thread fosters discussion
  13. So you agree democratic policies are better aligned with Christianity?
  14. Doesn’t look like they inquired about whether or not the AI was trained by stealing copyrighted material
  15. AI is the latest stock bubble.
  16. And what does this have to do with the topic under discussion?
  17. That’s like saying “it matters because it matters” -you haven’t given a reason why that’s important. I was comparing results and you’re discussing motivation. Democrats have policies that help the poor. Republicans have policies that help the rich, and hurt the poor. You’ll see that at no point did I discuss motivation. Only that one of those policy sets is aligned with Christian values, and the other is not. As I said elsewhere, Christianity does not have a monopoly on e.g. “help the poor” That’s an attitude you’d find in other religions, and among decent people who have empathy but are not religious. Whether it’s actually derived from Christian teachings is irrelevant to my argument. Whether it’s important to you is also irrelevant to my argument. If you have some other argument to make, go ahead and make it - but make somewhere other than in response to this.
  18. Your proposal is short on details.
  19. I don’t see what that’s necessary. It’s a distinction without a difference, and it’s not like Christianity has a monopoly on this. The bottom line is that Republicans have neither.
  20. Oh, yeah, I guess I’m assuming that it’s not nationalism promoted by guys named Christian, by, y’know, the description of it. I’m tempted to say “Could you be more of an obtuse ass?” but I’m afraid you’d take as a challenge. If you’re not interested in engaging in a good-faith discussion, one option is to just not post.
  21. If religion weren’t an element it wouldn’t be called Christian nationalism. I mean, it’s right there in the name, and quite prominent in the ideology. And yet we’ve seen where Trump-appointed judges have ruled against his screeds. That’s criminal law. As I pointed out already, he’s been stymied quite often in civil matters.
  22. A common expression in atomic physics is “one atom good, two atoms bad”
  23. He’s been handed lots of legal setbacks, just not when he is the defendant. Out of 60 lawsuits filed after the 2020 election alleging fraud, he has thus far won 1 of them. (7 still ongoing) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_U.S._presidential_election He doesn’t seem to have the best lawyers working for him.
  24. 2026, if it’s obvious the GOP is going to lose either branch of congress because of failed policies There are five lawsuits from 22 states challenging the citizenship EO. It’s already in the hands of the courts. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-to-hear-states-lawsuit-against-trumps-cancellation-of-birthright-citizenship
  25. Federal judges and SCOTUS may end up being complicit, but it will require their help.

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