Phi for All

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It's a marginal pun to begin with (Messapic is an extinct language, and the made-up "Marsupic" isn't even that close), made almost incomprehensible by poor formatting and extraneous grammar distractions (the converse?! Dislcaimer?!), along with a redundant, sideways photo of the whole thing written by hand. It must be one of those scratch your head, paleo-Balkanic language jokes rather than the laughy kind.

Are you confusing the smaller parietal lobes and cerebella of Homo Neanderthalis with an inability in Homo Sapiens Sapiens to picture something in their minds? This was throwing everybody off, because even if it's unexplained that doesn't mean it isn't real, just unexplained, like a UFO is real but unidentified. It's also a bit disconcerting when you start claiming you know things about "100% of cave people". There ARE some things you can generalize about all the members of a select group, but not things like how they thought or the way they experienced their environments. That's all very subjective.

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As I understand the HUP, if you're trying to determine the position of an electron, you need a photon to collide with it and travel back to the device you're using to measure it. The photon imparts some of its momentum to the electron, so the more accurately you measure it's position, the more uncertain you are about its speed, and vice versa. Trying to be more accurate about the electron's speed means you can't be as certain about where it is.

We've created a LOT of tools since we created the first ones. Nothing supernatural about any of them.

We have so many Republican Representatives now who openly oppose our own system of government, yet they take the salary as they work to ensure the system doesn't work. Traitors, white supremacists, and Russian money launderers are winning elections, so we have to pay them to work against us. And they consider themselves the REAL Americans! As always, as they reduce the effectiveness of our government by insisting it needs to shrink, privately owned alternatives are the only solution offered. We don't have purely publicly owned resources in the US anymore. Everything is about making insultingly enormous profits and legislation that makes high-level corruption legal. Forgive me if I don't stand, Mr Speaker. I've read the articles from journalists I trust who think you're one of the dumbest people in Congress, and it seems like you had to make some dumb deals to get where you are.

! Moderator Note This is fallacious reasoning, and is incredibly difficult to deal with in a science discussion. Can you please do more than stick your fingers in your ears and talk louder? People are trying to engage with your premise and are having difficulty with your lack of supportive reasoning.

If they answered you and were polite about it, I don't think you can go wrong with something like, "Thanks so much for your time, I really appreciate it."

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Reminds me of Ron White's joke about finding one of his dog's turds that said "Titleist" on the side of it, so he figured out what happened to his golfing glove.

This seems to be one of those points where you think something is going on, some kind of deceit or exaggeration or stubborn willfulness. You seem to think people with different mindsets regarding gender and sexuality are simply acting on a whim, making non-typical decisions simply to be contrary, or overly demanding, or because it strikes their fancy. "Whatever they please without consideration or consequence" is what you claim, as if you actually knew the mindset of folks like this. Be careful that you aren't misattributing motives. Many people think LGBTQ folks choose to be this way so they can get around the system (to be in a different bathroom or dressing room, for instance). What if it's not a choice, and acknowledging the truth of it was always the primary concern, and things like where to go to the bathroom or change your clothes didn't even cross their minds till later?

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I think it's because, for some folks, transgendered people in general seem like they're trying to "get away with something". I think they assume it's a man or woman who sees more value for them in identifying non-typically, sort of a gender agenda, rather than acknowledging the very real physical and mental issues involved. I also think there's jealousy involved. People like JK Rowling sound like they don't consider trans women to be women because there's something special about being born to menstruate. And most of the other arguments sound like they think trans folks are trying to have the best of both worlds, and it's clear they think that's unfair, and question the right of transgenders to be who they are.

Can you show us your calculations for the height of the orbit without references to time? How do you figure an Earth-centered orbit without taking rotation time into consideration?

Fundamental human rights need to be established so no decisions followed by the majority can affect the rights of the minority. In this, the US has a very poor record, since we've been talking about adding an Equal Rights Amendment to our Constitution for the last 100 years without resolution.

Do you think contradictions between democracy and equality are intrinsic to the system, or can they be minimized or removed? Are the seeds of its own destruction always planted, or can they be rendered harmless?

Which are often easily justified by the religious. You don't have to feed the child if they've been bad, right?

I would say equality is an outcome of the democratic process, rather than a process itself. Perhaps equity is the better word here. Equity is more of a process, and has elements of fairness and justice to it that equality may not focus on. It's a concept that understands that people and their circumstances are too different for equality to work across the board. Instead, equitable solutions are sought to minimize any contradictions in the system.

It's a nice fairy tale you've got here that bears little resemblance to much of organized religion. To them, it's VERY MUCH about a deity, and their relationship with that deity, and the benefits their belief in that deity bring them. The human condition considerations are normally only for believers, or those they want to convert.

I think that's where the phrase "douche canoe" came from.

Such a sensitive vitriol meter you have!

This seems like pure semantics. Those with hateful beliefs can affect others through inaction, like doing nothing to help those they hate. You don't have to wait until they decide to take action on their beliefs.

If distance is a property of a thing, then it can't be the thing itself, can it? Like kinetic energy is a property of a moving object, but not the actual object.

If you really want to accomplish a specific goal, you've already got the best motivation there is. Nothing gets us going more than doing something we really want to do. If you really want it but it's not happening, WHY isn't it happening? If you're like a lot of folks, you're somehow telling yourself it's not going to happen. You're programming your brain with negativity, so you don't get a positive outcome. You started working on your app "a few years ago", and I'll bet you've semi-given-up on it several times by telling yourself many different negative things. A lot of folks are taught that being your own cheerleader is vain and egotistical, and that's a shame because nobody knows your capabilities better than you. It may seem weird at first, but looking in the mirror every morning and reminding yourself how lucky you are to know what you really want to do is a great positive step towards motivation. And do you know how hard it is for most people to stop drinking or smoking?! You're amazing! And you live in a country that realizes you have much to offer that has nothing to do with your disability. And don't forget that you're a self-sufficient person as well, able to live on your own at 25 years old in these modern times. Bravo! Do me a favor, will you? If you can, put your arms up in the air like a "V" above your head, and imagine a whole stadium full of people are chanting your name and applauding, acknowledging the hardships you've faced, and admiring the fact that you still want to engage with the people around you and move on to your next goals. We're cheering for you because you deserve it, you're a very good person, and we all want to see you succeed. We want to see this app you've been telling us about for the last few years, and we're getting just as excited as you!