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Not really, because in curved spacetimes the concept of “gravitational potential” only meaningfully exists if certain symmetries are present in that spacetime. It is not a generally applicable concept in the same way as it is in Newtonian gravity. Also, the (Newtonian) mass of a black hole is finite, so the potential well wouldn’t be infinite.

So as long as your young daughter isn't aware (and thus won't be hurt) it is alright for anyone who wishes to watch her take a shower. And as long as nobody sees and he doesn't get hurt, a caretaker can sexually assault the comatose patient in his care. And as long as she doesn't know, I can break into a woman's apartment and sleep in her bed when she is out of town. And a million others...

GOPcare.

Did it involve essential oils and investments in crypto currencies?

Lots of animals perform ritualistic behaviours and have special places, without any indication of the sacred. You have collections of stones (presumably not rocks, or they wouldn't be thrown), at specified places near large trees. They might be ammunition caches at strategic locations, in case of territorial conflict. The banging of a stone against a tree may mean "no enemy sighted". If the same thing happens in many places, among different troupes of apes, there is good reason to doubt a religious component: How would a belief system have spread? Was a chimp named Saul recently released from human captivity?

Besides what others have said regarding the importance of boosters, monoclonal antibodies are mostly used in more severe or high risk cases. However, depending on where you are, they might not work anymore. Recent increases are driven by immune evasive omicron sub-lineages (e.g. BQ.* and XBB.*) against which these antibodies do not work anymore. There are also quite a few studies regarding longer term impacts on a range of health issues, including the immune system. So if something feels off, even a while after recovery, it is worthwhile to mention to MDs the previous infection, just in case.

Get yourself topped up with a booster. You'll have to wait a bit, seeing as you've just been infected, but keeping your booster immunisations up to date as per medical advice is by far the best thing you can do. Even then you can still expect to get covid from time to time, but far less badly unless you have some underlying condition. There is no need for anything to deal with the infection you have now, so long as symptoms remain mild. But from my own experience (I caught the original version before any vaccines were available, and lost my sense of taste and smell for several weeks) I would advise being careful how quickly you return to full normal activities, as it can leave you fatigued for a few weeks. Do not attempt to fight through any fatigue you may experience or it will slow down your recovery.

Well, I hope it remains mild. Fully boosted would have been better I think. I've had every jab on offer without questioning it too much. I did my research ages ago.

Sorry, no antibiotic cheeses, in fact you don't want antibiotics in cheese as they could prevent the fermentive bacteria from doing their job. Same with yogurts - the probiotic cultures need to thrive, being bacteria that help you digest that food. Some herbs and spices are somewhat antibiotic, like ginger or turmeric or garlic, and they don't bother the good gut bacteria. Apple cider vinegar is also a good one (and also reduces phytates in foods, which then improves zinc absorption and thus can boost immune response). Oregano is antifungal. IOW, eat lots of curry and Italian! 😀

I guess then that one is to ask ones self, "What is science?" , then if it fits the bill, it is a science. I stand by my statement that Psychology is an art. The examples used above are merely examples of the art of psychology in practice. Manipulation may well be a process used, hardly a science though. To say that psychology is not a science yet it does use scientific methods is a very simple statement, I fail to see what is not to be understood. When I set about researching this topic, I came across the term pure science and applied science. As with the MD not being a scientist, they have a broad understanding of biology but more specifically the anatomy and physiology of the human body. It is largely up to the individual as to wether or not one wants to call any specific area of study a science or not.

Psychology is an art, it falls under the faculty of art. Scientific methods are employed in the art of psychology. To go a step further, I shall state that even psychiatry is a non science. Despite the fact that psychiatrists learn a lot about the function of the brain, I'd be very surprised if anyone could give me an example of a psychiatrist curing any of their patients using current psychiatric methods. Then we can look at the famous "Thud Experiment", one of two famous experiments that have debunked psychiatry. I have not heard of any new innovations in psychology or psychiatry. Yes, there have been many new drugs come onto the market, yet all the antipsychotic drugs still aim at and work in much the same way as the 1st antipsychotic. Psycho therapy has not really evolved very much either. It basically involves input from the patient and advice from the therapist[when speaking about therapy]. Psychology is an art and psychology uses scientific methods and standards in performing the art yet psychology is not a science in an of itself.

I think that psychology is definitely a science, but a very soft one indeed. A good analog ad extremum would be taking in the fact that the observation and study of chess pieces — moves, interactions, and all — independent of the actual players is technically a science as well. But it's obvious that one might consider this a very high level or 'soft' science because of how so far down the chain of causality it is. Yes, now that I'm thinking about it that's definitely how I'd define the spectrum of soft-hard sciences; the closer to the fundamental end of some chain of causality some subject is, the 'harder' or lower-level/deeper the study (science) of it is and the farther up it is, the higher-level or 'softer' it is. The chess game is a result of the psychological processes in some intelligent being (waving the motor movements which cause the physical pieces to move, which are in essence caused by the psychological processes themselves), which are a result of some neurological/psychophysiological processes in your brain which are are caused by biological processes of a similar order throughout your body, those which are a result of chemical processes aggregating to form your cells and other biological systems, which are too a result of the (most fundamental/hardest/lowest-level) physical particle/space/time interactions which of course could be a result of some even more fundamental physical interaction, maybe string theory or whatever else it might be. Maybe mathematics, e.g. mathematical monism? Who knows.

It really depends on which specific aspect of psychology you're discussing. Therapy is more art than science, for example, but there are other very scientific aspects about it and many experiments that follow quite strictly to the scientific method. Where it can be challenging sometimes is in measuring complex situations or concepts and forming conclusions that map on to others or help you to form a valid model of the world. Humans, after all, aren't simple billiard balls where interactions can be calculated to the 14th decimal.

Probably better off using re entering space junk. Between the mid 1960's and the mid 1970's the central east coast of Australia had things called 'Cyclone banks' which were sand banks in the ocean that were 100 meters or so out from the normal beach break sandbanks which usually only broke (10 foot + waves) during cyclones. If you had started surfing there around 50 years ago you would know them well. After the mid 1970's they disappeared and haven't really come back yet, mainly due to sand dredging/bypass operations at two main river mouths since. Back then it was only the Apollo program that would dump stage 3 rocket boosters in the eastern pacific but now with China, the US and a couple of other countries having active space programs who knows.