Popcorn Sutton

If there is a ridge in the atmosphere (anywhere), which will probably be circular, that is evidence of a pushing force. If it is a pulling force, then it will only be a bump (and a leprechaun).

Youre personifying something that has no observable person. Same with swansongt. Ok maybe it's legit. If the sun and the planet were originally the same object and they became separated, then gravity is a pushing force.

Or that the sun is not sufficiently providing the push necessary to overcome the push coming from the opposite side of the earth. So in that case, the ridge would be towards the sun.

Alright I'll compensate for you guys. Gravity, conceptually, is/was a pulling force. In reality, it doesn't exist, theres a bunch of variables involved. If it did exist, it's a push. Think about rockets, they don't blast off instantly, it takes time for the space to come back and start pushing them up In other words, the leprechauns are pulling, while the space is pushing.

Did you already check? Maybe the ridge is at the edge of the shadow

Another test I was going to suggest had to deal with the flatness of the atmosphere. It should be alot more flat on the opposite side from the sun. There should be a noticeable ridge Maybe I'll shut up on this one. Just some food for thought. Gravity is a pushing force, no doubt in my mind. Nuff said

If I've learned anything john, it's that words are contagious, ideas are as well, but the more complex the unit gets, the less probable it will spread. Ok, heres a test. Fill a capsule with jello and two balls connected to two strings. Pull the balls apart by the strings, and let go of the strings, watch the balls move back toward each other. That will simulate the push toward each other. Space is a different consistency than jello though, but I assume it has the same effect.

So what you are saying is that if you block all the energy from the sun with a massive sphere that literally encapsulates the entire sun, there will be no effect on the planets surrounding it? Curved timespace doesnt do it for me. I think that if you block all the suns energy, the surrounding environment will probably move toward the sun. And @swansont, i do not understand the equation you provided, I havent specialized in math, but Im sure there is a way to adjust the equation to get the same results by making the force a pushing force.

Well, think of all the energy coming from all over the universe, especially light. Light is a constant force that is pushing on all objects surrounding the sun. Light is also coming from other places in the galaxy providing an extra pushing force. Also, radioactive decay can account for the expansion of the universe and another force that has a pushing effect. Zero point radiation is pushing outward. If point A and point B are separated by a length of 2 units, then the line between them is a negative pressure, and the line extended beyond them is a positive pressure. On the topic of electromagnetism, I hate to comment on it because I'm not sure if I understand it well. But... When you refer to EM attraction, I think of the repelsion theory of reduction (sorry to bring it up again). These EM particles are so small and spinning so fast that the spin (when coming from the zero point) causes them to reach out to the exterior of the planet (all the while, rolling along the equilibrium of the two pressurized pushing forces), but while they are coming back in, it is also the spin that brings them inward because the particles are gaining acceleration by bouncing off of other units that have less spin, which gives those units an added spin. The spin would force the two magnetically charged objects to attract, which again, may not be a pulling force, it might be a sucking force instead. People describe a strange feeling that they have before they get struck by lightning, and I think that that feeling is the "wave of probability" that separates space just enough to suck the lightning through. I'm not going to claim that I've solved EM attraction though because I'm not very confident of that part of this message. I'd be interested to hear your take on it though.

What do you mean "pushing force at different places"? Planets form because of the negative pressure between solid objects. It's like steel, the atoms integrate wherever they can into the object which forms a more solidified object, but at the same time, the atoms vary in density, and as we all know, a piece of paper being thrown at water will land on the surface and float, whereas a piece of metal being thrown at water will sink through to the bottom. If you have air trapped under a cup under water, it will cause the cup to rise or tumble over so the air gets released to the surface. It's a question of density. Planets are complex objects because of all the material that goes into creating them. There are several different ways to answer this question, I think that the most interesting answer deals with the fundamentals of solidification though. There's got to be a method of solidifying nothing.

If you are packing a snowball and continue crushing it down with your hands, someone tells you that there is another snowball you need to add, well the only way to do that is by removing one of your arms, grabbing the other snowball, and pushing it into the other snowball. Is demonstrates the negative pressure between the balls (where the force of your arms pushing on the balls is the positive pressure causing them to become one). Thank you for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it. You guys don't have to change the books, but don't go around telling people that it is a pulling force if there is more evidence of it being a pushing force. The books will change eventually right?

I want to disagree with you, and the way I will do that is by saying that gravity is phlogiston. Take the label out of the equation and lets focus on buoyancy and pressure only. Now, not having the label of gravity, we can't blame behavior on gravity. So what do we blame it on now? Buoyancy and pressure right? Take a body, throw it into the vacuum of space, the body expands and eventually ruptures. Why should that be the case? It varies in degrees of solidification, the body does not have gravity, its the space that has pressure, and the varying degrees of buoyancy cause the body to expand and eventually explode. Well, after the body is deceased, it will again form a cluster out of the materials it was composed of (without the bit of mass that expanded too far outward). What will the clump look like? Maybe it would end up looking like an asteroid or a comet, but it wouldnt take the shape of a body again without having the conditions we are exposed to on this planet. Therefor, gravity doesnt exist, it's just differences in density which is exposed to the pressure fluctuations of the surrounding space. Like I said, if there is material blocking the pressure that is coming from one direction, then the materials affected will experience negative pressure between them causing them to get pushed together. Gravity is not a pulling force, "gravity" is a misleading label. Theoretically speaking, gravity is unfalsifiable. How could we simulate this "pulling" force? We can't, and no one ever has. And to add to this, there's no logical way we could. The earth is spinning, spinning something causes things to fly off its surface, not get pulled in towards it. Is there any logical way we could go about simulating a pulling force naturally? Not really. My best guess for simulating a pulling force is by having a bunch of strings connected to balls with one spinning ball on the inside that winds the strings up. Well, if that were the case, then the strings would pull the balls towards the center ball eventually causing one solidified mass, but there is no evidence for this. However, if you want to simulate gravity as a pushing force, there is a million ways you could do it, and we do it all the time (like making snowballs).

I've been pondering this question for a while. Is gravity a pushing or a pulling force? I've been going back and forth for a while, but I think that the evidence points towards a pushing force. Recently, I was thinking, ok how about the tides? Gravity must be a pulling force. Well, i just thought about it, and it would seem once again that I can say that it is a pushing force. If you think about the center of the earth, it seems that it wants to expand outward, which would be a pushing force. Looking at volcanoes, the earths magma pushes through the crust. If we were able to survive on a journey towards the center of the earth, I am absolutely certain that we would be pushed to the outside of the earth. There is probably a point where the pressure from above equalizes with the pressure from below, and I dont think that that point would be at the center of the earth. Getting back to the moon though, it only seems logical to think that it is a pulling force right? Well, think about it this way, all the energy that is pushing on the earth gets blocked by the moon when the moon is above the point on earth affected by the tides. This blocking effect lets the earths gravity take over (also a pushing force) allowing that portion of the earth to rise because there is less pressure forcing that area of the planet down. You can ask yourself also, what about the comets that got "pulled" into Jupiter? That planet seems to suck everything up. Well, think about it this way. All the pressure surrounding the comet keeps the comet solid. Well, when it approaches Jupiter, Jupiter blocks a lot of that energy because of how big it is. Therefor, there is a pressure difference between the side facing jupiter and the side not facing jupiter, and because of this pressure difference, the comet gets pushed into Jupiter. You can't tell me that gravity is a pulling force anymore, at least not without sufficient evidence to back up that claim. It seems more logical that it is a pushing force.

It seems that the iridium, if it is as solid as they make it sound, would be pushed deeper through the crust, and if that were the case, you would be lucky to find even a gram of it near the crater of a massive volcanoe. It would probably continue travelling through the crust for a while. The point I was trying to make is that if you take a pebble and blast it into water, the water comes back up and looks like a volcanoe. Substitute the rock for a super solid object and substitute the water for the earths crust and you should get the same effect.

Super massive volcanoes might actually be a crater from an impact. You might even be able to see an elevated region on the opposite side of the planet which would verify this claim.

Are you guys actually talking about the fabric nylon? That would not make much sense to me, where does nylon become useful with dna? I was talking about efficient methods of merging dna although im not aware of how to target specific genomes. I know the materials one would need to merge dna from two species and I know the process to get the right effect. But like I said, I'm interested in learning how to target and isolate genes. I thought the OP was about merging dna. I guess a method you could use to bond dna with nylon is by forming a culture, spreading it across the nylon, and using something to isolate the dna. Alcohol is a possibility, but I don't know if that would damage the dna. I wouldn't want to burn the dna, it seems like it would fragment the sequence. Burning the nylon might be logical to increase the surface area so it catches more dna. Electricity is useful. I hear that using 1.5v is efficient for making the membrane permeable (a D battery)

There was an experiment a while ago on speakers of english and speakers of a native american language. It suggested that they at least see colors differently. Some languages only have two colors, dark and light. What they did was show a just noticeable difference between colors to both the english speakers and the native speakers. The english speakers called one blue and one green. The native speakers called them both somoyok.

Baking it might not be the most efficient method, although it may achieve some degree of success, but if that were the case, that would mean that we are becoming what we eat. There are several ways in which you can make a hybrid. All logical, but people may not want me to share that information.

Share it on these forums. Start a new thread.

Like I've said before, I think that mental disorders are pragmatically acquired. I don't believe that we are born schizophrenic or bipolar or whatever it may be. I believe that a mental disorder can be traced back to an initial occurrence, one that people may not want to talk about because of how judgmental the world is. If we take this stance and find out a good way to find the location of a memory that caused the disorder, we could target the memory and either inhibit it or eliminate it. Whatever method we use to do that needs to be extremely precise though because at this point, ssri's and other anti depressants target large portions of the brain, and if stroke is a side effect of the medication (look it up you'll see the evidence that this is the case), then the stroke could, and often will be, cognitively incapacitating. I don't think we want to be blamed for someones disability, it's best that we avoid that before someone truly decides to take action.

I havent found any reliable web hosts that will give me the type of storage I need. I literally need my own supercomputer, and I do not think it will be a problem getting that computer once I start billing people. Do you want to help? I will give you a share of the income. It seems like youre saying that you have experience, I could use some help. Efficiency is not a problem, there are several things I can do to make the program more efficient. Using it on codecademy is A LOT less efficient than using it on your own computer with the Python GUI.

Yea it turns out that I do need a lot of storage, codecademy offers a measily 5mb or so. As you can see, the program needs to save two different variables, time and knowledge. This is going to require a lot of storage so Im looking into running my own server for the operation. Also, for the sake of efficiency, Im looking into ways of separating the variable for time to be more specialized to the subject of inquiry. I have no doubt about the potential of this program and the money to be made with it. If I only had the time to really get it done. Ive been working on it for so long, my patience is growing thin. Codecademy and other servers arent going to cut it. I need my own servers and memory. If you guys want to help getting this on the internet (find a way to do it), I will give you a share of the income. You shouldnt even have to think twice about helping. The program will learn ANY LANGUAGE. That means that there will be A LOT of users. Imagine if everyone had to pay $2 a month to use it. I could easily make $70 million a month if only .5% of the world used it. Seriously, can i get some help? All i need to know is how to run my code from my machine on the internet so people can use it.

If you guys decide to try this on your own computer, import pickle and pickle the knowledge and time variables so you can reload it later and continue to interact with what you already had. It would also be cool if you guys shared the pickle file with me so I could integrate everyones conversations and share it. I'd like to see what happens. I plan on using the code in the most recent link I posted.

This may help guide you. Erik Von Markovics theory of attraction- Ultimate Purpose in life, Survive. Penultimate purpose- replicate. Variables associated with attraction- Leader of men. Protector of loved ones. Preselection (other people like you) Willingness to emote. A proviso I made. Variable associated with repelsion- Postselection (someone else chooses you) Proximity is necessary. He also emphasizes the use of tactics and "canned material" to initiate and maintain conversation, but its best that you dont learn these things or you might cause someone a lot of anxiety. He also stresses that the people you associate yourself with are dependent on the factors of health, wealth, and love.

I'm almost positive it would beat MegaHAL if I let it learn from everyone and save the data. It learns pragmatically. The thing that may be deterring about it at first is that it instantly has access to the externalization process. It's not like it has acquired the semantic web of information we know until it has a lengthy knowledge base Sorry if I'm overwhelming you guys with different versions, but I've tried so many different things and this version also seems promising. http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/2#:workspace this is the one that I labeled "very promising" http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/4#:workspace (this one may crash) http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/5#:workspace http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/7#:workspace http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/8#:workspace (this one is possibly the best at paying attention) Many different edits to come guys (if I don't get banned, which I promise I will try my hardest not to) http://labs.codecademy.com/q2l/11#:workspace (the previous one had the 'add' variable assigned a priori... probably not good) also note, this website is not the best for running the code, but it at least gets the point across. Real testing should be done in the Python 2.7 IDLE GUI