Phi for All

And that's what it seems like when you don't understand what people are trying to tell you. You don't seem to have studied much before leaping to guesswork and making stuff up that seems more intuitive to you. I know because you've said this: It's like you're toying with us for fun, trying to overthrow some bit of science without understanding it or even bothering to look it up for yourself. I don't think discussion with you will be meaningful for anybody,

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I think they're talking about having the phone in your hand up to your ear, unless the hands-free auto packages haven't made it to the UK. They may be having trouble with smartphone map applications as well. Otherwise you're right, it's not that different from talking to a passenger.

If I understand you correctly, this should be easy to model. Have there been experiments with weights and equivalent living examples to see if spacetime reacts differently to organic matter as opposed to inorganic? The abstract of the paper you mentioned: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37359083/

You should flesh this out a bit. Lots of species "think". What makes human thinking different? I'm in agreement right up to the "Land dwelling Life". Many marine species are thriving too. I'd have to know how you define "Progress" before I can agree with you. With the rest, you sound like Douglas Adams' description of how a puddle thinks the world is made just for them. Remember, we adapted to the environment, not the other way around.

That's not the way Jews and most Christians see it. The older covenants were fulfilled when Christ showed up, so the Christians started a new one based on the old one. The Jews didn't accept Jesus. Do you know any Christians who think the OT is wrong? I agree with StringJunky, religion doesn't admit mistakes, it's never wrong, and it's voice stays the same. That seems to be what faith is all about.

Then I would say their faith in their respective teachings is meaningless because both Buddhism and Hinduism practice things that are wrong. How can anyone call the caste system "right"? Coupled with the idea of ahimsa, doing no harm, this system fixes a person's place within Hindu society so they can never prosper past what is expected of them. The concept of samsara, the birth-death-rebirth cycle, can cause complacency in many people. Accepting your fate means you don't always fight for yourself very well. Add the idea of moksha, where enlightenment can only be found after death, and you have a belief system that's oppressive and stultifying, that lacks hope for THIS life. At least science can admit and then analyze their mistakes. Are religions ever wrong? Do they ever admit it? The Catholics repealed eating meat on Friday as a venial sin, but as George Carlin pointed out, there are still people in Hell doing time on the meat rap.

Sure it is, at least in the US. And in the US and France (that I know of), that's not a pancake, it's a crepe, or a blintz. Perhaps you should allow for cultural difference in naming foods. Just a thought.

My new vehicle has too many distractions. Every time I put it in reverse, the car shows me videos of people getting run over!

Moderator NoteIndeed, and now we can close this.

Moderator NoteI changed the title because it made me itch, but I didn't correct your OP. It seems like exchemist is trying though.

This supports what I've suspected, that the OP feels that flaws reflect on them personally, so they avoid any admission of being wrong about anything. They have trouble separating themselves from their idea, and it affects the way they learn. It's unfortunate, since making mistakes is part of the learning process.

This statement, bolded by me, seems extremely hypocritical.

We know enough to spot someone in deep denial. Sad because he feels less gullible? It seems pretty joyous to me. Giving credit for good things to a deity is demeaning to me. If something bad or good happens to me, the credit or blame is mine. I try not to hide from reality.

I think you should stop taking all of this personally. Misunderstanding something simply means your knowledge is flawed, so you shouldn't try to build upon it until you fix it. People do this every day without thinking it means THEY are flawed.

I don't have any, but several posters quote arguments made on such sites. I think the main problem is that, since it's mostly people who haven't taken any physics coursework, or hit a snag in their learning and started making stuff up, everyone has a different idea or explanation. You'll get people who think your idea is garbage compared to theirs, but you'll also get people who think you're a genius. You can focus only on the ones who don't give you any pushback. The only difference I see here is your perspective on criticism. Mordred gives you "proper guidance" while keeping you on track with mainstream physics. Ultimately though, he's giving you the same critique as everyone else is, but is more willing to let you expand on your idea, hopefully so you can see the flaws better. Most of the membership doesn't have much patience with people who haven't formally studied yet insist they have some new revelation. They probably feel like a person like that should be asking questions instead of telling us how it should be. I don't know what you do for a living, but imagine someone coming in with no experience and they start telling you how to do your job. What do you do when you know their ideas won't work because of things they don't know about the job? What if they keep insisting? Again, your perspective is flawed. Science needs precision in terminology. They seem "inconsistent" to you because you're just learning them. You use a word until you misuse it, then someone corrects you. You see this as dirtying your thread, but it's members trying to do what Mordred did. They only use strong words when you keep insisting on ignoring the mainstream explanations they're trying to give you. Same with the negative rep, it's because you keep insisting you're right while ignoring others. When you go outside accepted physics, be prepared to have some words used about you that are also outside accepted physics.

Because he encouraged you to think? Someone who doesn't try to correct your mistakes? There are lots of science forums where you can claim anything you like. Mordred won't be there. It's difficult when you don't know something. It often makes the best explanations incomprehensible. Someone explains, you don't get it, and unfortunately you think you aren't the problem. As I said, there are lots of sites where people will tell you how great and smart and innovative your ideas are. If that's what you want, why don't you go to one of them? If I knew I wouldn't announce it, since that's his business, not mine or yours. Don't you think Mordred deserves his privacy? My guess is that he needed a break from people rejecting mainstream physics.

This seems like either a misinterpretation on your part or a misrepresentation of the facts. Are you talking about the refinements swansont mentioned? Why are you objecting to increasing accuracy as we keep testing and learning more?

Moderator Note You know better than this. If you want someone to understand something in a discussion, use your own words to describe it. Do your own summary, and don't ever do this video BS again.

"Used up" was a poor choice of words for what happens with yeast.

You only need a single rise for boules and more airy loaves, but for sandwich bread you need a pretty tight crumb. When you punch the dough down after the first rise, you're collapsing the big bubbles of gas you just created. The yeast has mostly been used up by this time, so the gas bubbles from the second rise are smaller, which gives you a denser slice of bread that stands up to sandwich making. My favorite method is to punch that first dough down just before bedtime, and put it in your loaf pans in the refrigerator overnight. The cold slows the process down and adds a lot of flavor. Fresh egg sandwiches for breakfast! Sounds like your temperature was too high. I think you're right, lower and longer should work. I do the same thing making a larger boule in a dutch oven. Increase the recipe by 50%, so the temp goes from 450F to 425F, time from 40 minutes to an hour. This I'm not sure about. I have one recipe where the oven starts cold and I use a bain marie beneath the loaf pans. It always works out well, with a very nice bit of chew to the crust from the extra moisture.

I think your mistake is in assuming your examples are valid. I've had heart surgery within the last month, and while the experts did all their amazing work in a few hours, I've spent weeks expending quite a bit of effort so I don't undo their work. The examples you've given are for medical intervention, where immediate action by professionals is necessary. I'm sure there are equivalent cases in mental health as well where the doctor does almost everything and the patient has very little to do, comparatively. The patient still has to put in the effort to maintain that work, like restricting their movements, not lifting more than 10 pounds, not raising your left arm higher than 90 degrees, keeping bandages clean, and taking the right medications. And the medications often require extra effort, especially blood thinners. Maintaining your mental health is more like maintaining a healthy weight. The doctor can help, but after making sure you don't have an infection or need heart surgery, they may tell you it would help to lose twenty pounds. They aren't going to the gym to exercise for you, so you absolutely have to put in some effort to achieve that goal. It's the same with mental health. The doctor can prescribe appropriate meds, but they also give you many techniques that will help you maintain a healthy outlook. They can't make you take the meds, and they can't make you do the affirmations or practice your social skills or anything else that improves your mental resilience. That part of the work is on you.

I agree completely. Over the years, I've engaged in discussions about the NHS, and I've watched as it became polluted by American capitalistic policies. You can't inject capitalism into a socially funded program, it just doesn't work. Capitalism takes over once it has even the smallest toehold. And those who complain about it usually didn't vote, or they voted for the party that wants to make the NHS more modern by looping in some private providers. And the more they do that, the less healthy healthcare becomes, and the more expensive simply because those private companies need a profit the NHS wasn't designed around. I really appreciate your input on this. I too have a hard time relating to the misrepresentations and obfuscations, and don't understand how butlers fit into the topic.

I love how his base is working against him, hoping to find dirt on Democrats. I hate how they can't figure out that he has to be in those files, since he hasn't released any dirt on Democrats.

Moderator NotePlease stop linking to blogs and commercial sites to support your posts. Stick with sites like the National Institute of Health for accurate information on medical issues. You're starting to look like an intentional spammer.