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In the course of the Enlightenment, the world was increasingly better understood and God was increasingly pushed back as an explanation. At first he was said to be responsible for the weather, today we know better. He was said to be responsible for health but also illness, today we know better. He was said to be responsible for natural disasters, today we know better. He was said to be responsible for the creation of the earth, today we know better. The more we discovered and the more we learned, the more God became superfluous and we began to understand that the universe functions without him. Therefore, modern theologians no longer try to use God as a hypothesis for scientific phenomena such as the phenomenon of the origin of life that you described. Instead of having God carry out scientific tasks that are not necessary from a theological point of view anyway, modern theology is more concerned with the philosophy of religion. What place it can have in our everyday lives, which questions religion can answer and which it cannot. There are less serious religious movements such as creationism, which still tries to make God do unnecessary scientific work, but most serious theologians no longer want to push God into the gaps in science. This came to an end in the 19th century. One should therefore be very cautious with religious movements that want to connect God with science. Here the focus is often more on making money than on an intellectually productive communication of faith.

Why does that matter? It’s not the matter under discussion. The point is that you don’t have to be judged by a supreme being. If you ask about my criteria, do you question yours? There are other religions out there, with other gods. Did you shop around? Are you like so many religious folks, who pick and choose what parts of their religion to follow (e.g. a-la-carte Christians) and somehow justify ignoring other parts of religious doctrine? But you are acting like a troll. Sealioning. Textbook example. And here we are discussing belief in gods. How do you tell if you have uncovered reality? Is there a way to test it? If science is trying to understand reality, why are there so many parts of physics just mathematical constructs, that are identified as not being real?

The “topic” is seeing how long he can keep people engaging, how long before he can make them emotional and lash out, and how long it takes staff to shutoff his account

But they are not on their own, right? They are part of a larger structure? And the larger structure is alive? And the structure will not be alive without those molecules? Sure we have. We eat the apple, the apple is digested, the molecules are used to build proteins, the proteins are incorporated into the body, the body is alive. In a similar way we have discovered how molecules transform into a building. The ore is mined, the iron is smelt, the girder is manufactured, the girder is installed in the building.

Regarding a "king", it seems to me the majority of US voters are yearning for someone to rule like a king: capriciously, without regard for the other institutions of the state: an absolute monarch. Certainly it seems to me that the USA in 2025 is a lot closer to an absolute monarchy than, say, the UK, Denmark or Spain. I gather from my son this happened in the Roman Empire, when Julius Caesar was adopted as dictator, after the people got tired of the arguments and political gridlock in the Senate. What is for sure is that American political culture and traditions are being destroyed - by the impending new administration of oligarchs.

If you consider it “fun” to mock minorities within your society and events in history that caused a lot of suffering, then you are clearly lacking an appropriate moral compass. The point of this whole movement is fundamentally to raise awareness of those social dynamics that perpetuate suffering and inequality, thereby hopefully working towards a more fair, just and equitable society. This is an important and necessary self-correcting function within all civilised and developed communities, and the sad part is that this needed to take on the form of an “-ism” at all in the US. Any society that does not have this function will over time fracture, divide, degrade, and arguably fail as a last consequence. Unfortunately all “-isms” have the potential to also be misused and/or pushed too far on occasion, so it isn’t ideal that it had to take this form; but honestly, I think you’ve got only yourselves to blame for that. Just my own personal opinion as an uninvolved outside observer.

But this is entirely irrelevant to Dark Matter. The mathematical relationship we are talking about here (Tully-Fisher relation and Faber-Jackson relation) are statistical statements; they relate the average rotational velocity of a large collection of stars in a galaxy to their total combined mass. Notions of simultaneity for an arbitrary observer as to the position of a single star at any given time never come into this at all, so this entire discussion is pretty much mood. The other thing of course is that DM is needed for a lot more than just galaxies’ rotation curves; you cannot just ignore all the other evidence we have for its existence when discussing this subject.

This was conservative writer Bethany Mandel who had just published a new book on the subject, attempting to explain what ‘woke’ means to interviewer Briahna Joy Gray on 14 March 2023. Her new book was called "Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation". https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W7iWEEcPKoQ

Solved. The leak found and fixed. Thank you to all for participation. If you wonder how I have found the leak, the hint is here:

Hydrogen should still be liberated at the cathode, though.

Well yeah, but that's super concentrated brine. Ordinary seawater would still mostly liberate oxygen, with only a small percent staying in solution as NaOH. Oceans are what, 3 pct solution?

The heritage you're talking about is pretty sick and twisted. America, home of the free and brave, give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free, all people are created equal, and all of it meaningless to hypocrites like you. You don't care that many of the words you use on people who don't look like you are hurtful and disparaging. You just want your childhood back, when people didn't complain about your racism and inhumanity. It's a shame you've rejected humankind. What we have today is a whole lot of people who don't want to be hypocrites like you anymore. We want the USA to actually be the home of the free, free from white nationalists and religious zealotry, a place where everyone can pursue dreams (unless they're dreams like yours, where you dream of using hurtful words and phrases on whomever you like). The only thing we can't tolerate is your lack of tolerance. You diminish our society with your pursuit of criticism and mediocrity. Wake up and smell the diversity. You should watch some David Attenborough docs. He'll convince you that diversity is the key to the survival of life on this planet.

So, does the Earth move or stand still in relation to light?

1-Science should engage with subjectivity if it seeks to truly understand the core of reality. 2- I wouldn't be trying to convince myself if it weren't for the fact that "bothersome" things tend to happen when the brain shuts down or is at rest. 3-It's the opposite — science is being hindered by a reluctance to engage with subjectivity. As for God, I’m uncertain of His existence.

Oh really?? So now I know you are an expert. No,I dont need to "take another guess". Rochelle has a 66% solubility (66g/100mls) @ 25 deg C, and to me that is very very soluble. (Low solubility is say, boric acid at about 5g/100mls in contrast). I am also a Chemistry expert in my field but have not had a need to boast about it. John, do you realize that "highly soluble" is a relative and subjective term? And your comment on how NaOH in water is considered violent is way off. No such thing. It gets hot, but in the industrial chem field that is not violent. Only sulfuric in H2O is considered violent. Come off your high horse, there is no calling for you to be offended from back/forth forum discussions about what is considered "highly soluble". Stick with your field.

You are talking this way because you take things for granted. If you wanted to thank that the sun rises every day, and not only for you, but for everyone and everything, who would you thank? Or we don't have to be grateful, do we? How do you know, are you a theologist? Why do you decide for others?

This is your subjective opinion. I understood for myself the roots of atheism- responsibility. If there's no God, who will judge your thoughts and actions? No, not good. Wrong.

Why should I judge myself? What for? How do you know that the new day will come? What is the reason for your confidence?

Why is that?

But what are your criteria of being good or bad? No, I am not a troll. I am a person. I just ask you some questions, and you attack and insult me in response. I thought it was a scientific forum. Good offence is the best defense, classic.

Eskimo Pie is no longer. The Cleveland Indians are no longer. The Washington Redskins are no longer. The cook on the Cream of Wheat box is no longer. Aunt Jemima is no longer. ESKIMO is a fun word. INDIAN is a fun word. The COOK made Cream of Wheat fun to eat. Ford got rid of the MERCURY trademark because it is a Roman god which might offend folks of other faiths. PONTIAC was Native American so General Motors axed it. PLYMOUTH is gone from Chrysler Motors because the name sounds too Anglo-Saxon. The OLD in OLDSMOBILE might have offended the anti-ageism crowd. Who knows? I hate it when there are those woke-sters who make every effort to rid America of her unique heritage and culture. My mother always bought Eskimo Pie. All that said, I will NEVER buy an Edy's Pie! Fat Boy and Klondike with the polar bear on the label are fine by me. PS - The Woke Police and others on the Left are out to take away anything that is FUN!