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Phi for All

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  1. He's also anthropomorphizing the universe, and we all know how much she hates that!
  2. At T=1 second, neutrinos were decoupling to form the cosmic neutrino background, so we're past the "one tiny particle" state. Are you kidding? There was no Earth at the time, nor was there EVER an Earth where human bodies existed in a degenerate state of matter. You should study science instead of trying to make it up on your own.
  3. Stop right here and support this sentence with actual evidence. This is the part you're assuming, the part that makes your reasoning circular.
  4. ! Moderator Note You need to focus on ideas you can support with evidence. Try to avoid lumping everyone in a profession together (all archeologists?! all geologists?!). Study some mainstream science (the early universe was tiny, and too tiny for stars and planets, and the matter that eventually became China was NOT scaled to fit). In other words, humans have accumulated a great deal of knowledge so you could study it, instead of making stuff up from square one.
  5. ! Moderator Note This is NOT logic, and doesn't meet the requirements for a science discussion here. You assume too much, and build on such fragile foundations. This is a science discussion forum.
  6. You're using a circular argument that begs the question of whether reincarnation exists. The argument assumes too much.
  7. ! Moderator Note Our policy of not attacking people extends to all people. Focus on ideas and actions, please.
  8. If you could first establish support for this idea that there is some kind of "artificial electricity that pervades the atmosphere", it might help others understand what you mean. What is "artificial electricity"? What things have this property? You get 5 posts on your first day, as a way to protect us from spammers, so tomorrow you can perhaps support your ideas a bit better? That would be great, thanks.
  9. ! Moderator Note Moved from Politics to Speculations.
  10. ! Moderator Note We don't need ideas from maniacs. We need supportive evidence, something more than your opinion, before we can discuss your ideas. Wishful thinking is NOT interesting enough for discussion, since anyone can make up anything they want, the way you're doing. We need ideas that are testable, that use reason and methodology to help us arrive at a hypothesis we can actually support.
  11. ! Moderator Note This is the Religion section of a science discussion forum. What you need is any kind of evidence to support this idea. Since it's describing an extraordinary claim, you'll need an extraordinary amount of evidence for it, especially since the null hypothesis is "the story of Jesus is fiction". Just making claims without support is hand-waiving, and it's not interesting enough to discuss. Do you have more support for this idea?
  12. I don't understand what this means. If what was true? Why do you think zapatos was laughing when he asked you if you feel better? Either way? Which two ways were you talking about? I couldn't follow what you were talking about in that post. And the rant before that was very long and covered MANY points. When you're trying to make a point, it's best to come to it quickly, and focus on one at a time.
  13. thequeenofhearts has been banned as a sockpuppet of some other ignorant asshat with too much time on their hands. Please grow the fuck up.
  14. As a guess, I'd say it's because the scientists are smart. Evolution's changes are in large part responses to changing environments. They probably figure that how we look isn't as important as how well-equipped we are to handle the world around us. Besides, if we evolve features that would look hideous to us now, I can guarantee that by then they'll be considered gorgeous, with just as much certainty as the artists in your links.
  15. ! Moderator Note If the rest of us are going to benefit from your perspective on this matter, you need to understand that posting barbarous responses to barbarous actions doesn't inspire meaningful discussion, and comments like this break many rules. If I suspend you for this, how can we learn from your perspective? Please feel free to post reasonable comments, but no more of this, Sensei.
  16. Buai has been suspended for 3 days for uncivil behavior. We attack ideas here, not people.
  17. ! Moderator Note Can you post the question in question rather than make members click the link?
  18. Central Colorado, USA. I just looked up the current restrictions, and it looks like they've had to change their tune and allow folks to retain up to 110 gallons of rainwater in no more than two barrels for gardening only. The new laws went into effect last August. This state has a history of claiming water rights over neighbors who obtained statehood after we did, and that's led to some bizarre water laws.
  19. Providing a seat for sitting for x hours has somewhat reasonable expectations. Just give us some hydration, snacks, reading material, video entertainment, window view, minimal privacy, access to the loo, and the vast majority of us are good. Providing a bed for sleeping for x hours is going to open the airlines up to much heavier expectations. We need plug-ins for medical devices like CPAP and more privacy, to start. I can only imagine what a large population is going to require from the airlines in order to fall asleep on the plane. Also, this design still has to allow for evacuation per FAA guidelines. It might be tough clearing the whole plane quickly enough if folks start out lying down.
  20. Laws like that may be tied to commerce. Iirc, in the US we can grow veg for our personal consumption on just about any property we own. Trying to sell it to others is a whole different kettle of corn.
  21. I think that's still too much of a leap. If it was a sudden death, how did the brain know "it will not recover"? I think it's much more likely that the brain was trying to determine what was happening wrt an event it's never experienced before. Scanning the past to see if there's a familiar pattern that can explain this new phenomenon. Death could feel so different that "life flashes before your eyes" in an effort to categorize it.
  22. Many of the homes I visited in Germany had the gutters designed to drain into a single downspout in the backyard, and that led to a series of catch-barrels. All of these homes had veg gardens, and the owners used rainwater exclusively for gardens. I was so impressed that I looked into something like it in the US, and found that my municipality doesn't allow homeowners to retain rainwater in any way. I still don't understand why, but apparently they fear people would hoard it so much that it would stop raining and filling the reservoirs. Or they could be greedy.
  23. ! Moderator Note If you post again to explain what you mean, please do so without advertising your YouTube channel, and please provide much more detail than "it's all in the blood". Your posts need to make sense so others can respond and a conversation forms. Assume people want to know what you're talking about.
  24. Adelbert_Einstein has been released into the wild, in the hopes that one day they will grow up to be... well, more grown up.

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