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"In particular, lesions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex reduced cognitive flexibility - the ability to challenge our beliefs based on new evidence"

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/study-finds-link-between-brain-damage-and-religious-fundamentalism The study can be found here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393217301318

Dimreepr, how can you make an instant leap from "the contents of the bible" to "ancient wisdom" so seamlessly? I promissed myslef I wont participate in threads on religion but we havent finished a conversation on this a couple months back in some other thread thats why I'm engaging. Its mind boggling to me that on one hand you are having beef with seculars not acknowledging the "bible wisdom" but you youreself are not acknowleding the horrible, biggoted, violent, injust contents of the bible (or the Quran for that matter) It is fairly obvious to anyone who has more than 12 functioning neurons that every piece of writing does contain a certain amount of wisdom, especially if majority of it is writen in such a way that its fully open for interpretation. I can bet you that I will be able to find at least 3 universal, noble pieces of wisdom in "Mein Kampf" but so what? (I preffer not to as I never read it thoroughly and I like it to stay that way) I would urge you to have a look at the skeptics annotated bible here: http://skepticsannotatedbible.com

No more, please make it stop.

Are we dealing here with a similar math and probability complexity as in the case of strings where I've seen numbers like 10^-600 of how many possible solutions there are to string equations? I wasn't aware that ligo might have been solely basing on modeling, I was convinced that gravity waves have to be inevitable as they are an intrinsic part of Einstein's equations. I started this thread to get a better grip on where we currently are on gravity. I have some knowledge but I have obvious gaps in understanding of gravity. I don't want this to deviate into QM where the inconsistencies become definite but I want to understand where my and our gaps are exactly. The more I dig into this subject, the more I get a feeling that I'm looking at gravity as a point object from a distance where in fact when you get closer to that point, it is actually 3D object with texture and complexity previously not observable from a distance. I know I'm deviating here with this analogy into philosophy but I couldn't find a better way of explaining my concerns. I mean...couldn't it be that what we observe with GR and SR are just aproximations of some bigger picture as far as gravity is concerned?

Being pedantic is an important feature for someone who tries to mingle with thought experiments like these but, common Besides, we already ditched the steel ball idea and went with Strange's alien abducted moon instead. Strange...although the geometries become difficult due to "additional" energies I presume it is mathematicaly doable and there are no open questions as to how gravity behaves in these situations or is that not entirely accurate?

I assumed in my mind (and others I presume did the same) that the two bodies have same diameter and same density, otherwise the thought experiment wouldn't make sense. Good catch though Sensei. I see you like things to be coherent and thats a good thing so you will need to reconsider your calculations because steel is a bit less dense than iron To be on the right side of right, make it a cast mixture of copper and aluminum to exactly match earths density and diameter

I don't think it's possible at least not for a long time but that is a kind of utopia that I would love to live in.

I see it! learnt/learned

Theyre cork screw shape and pretty huge and disgusting for such a warm and fuzzy animal as a duck. I'd post a gif but it's disturbing.

Today I learned that male ducks grow new penises every year.

Ha, interesting. I browsed through the first link which seems to contain reasonable insight, will read the pdf later. Thanks.

No worries, there are multiple ways of achieving what you need and a DIY setup which you are leaning towards might be better for your needs. In case you end up with not enough light at those 5,6 miles range you can upgrade. As for me, yes - I'm a flashaholic Just one correction, I'm also the dude who makes them.

Personally, I always found Stanisław Ulam's discovery of the correlation between primes and geometry very fascinating.

3,7V. 3,5A would be the amperage at max output. You could easily run it at a lower mode at say 1,5A and it will still do it's job. Check your PM, I sent specs.

Today I learned that by using a combined Uranium 235 & Uranium 238 dating method it is possible to achieve an error margin in dates of rocks as low as less than 2 million years in 2,5 billion years.

A well focused search light type torch with an XP-L Hi emitter running a healthy 3,5 amps with good regulation is what you need then.

I never had a chance to geocache (I have to fix that when my kid gets a little bigger) so I'm not sure what would be practical. If the geocachers can be permited to see this light well outside of the mentioned 5-10ft radius than a focused LED torch is the way to go. I can send you some beam shots if you want.

That changes things a little. The only source of light which will be capable of delivering such a divergence at such a distance is a laser. There is no way you can focus any emitter even with a several feet diameter reflector to be able to achieve 5-10ft visible area on a 5 mile beam travel. You should be looking at green lasers well above 50mW power (more like 200mW) which depending on where you live might be legal or not. You're also looking at significant $ when buying a laser with optics capable of keeping a beam at such minimal divergence as 5-10ft beam circumference after a 5 mile beam travel. If you can live with a spot more than 5-10ft of area, more like 50-80 feet, you can go for a powerful flashlight which will be significantly cheaper.

I have to disagree Stringy...torches need to obliterate, burn and blind with ridiculous power Yes, more efficient optics, less heat, more power - no see !

It does look beautiful. How do you estimate age of something so old? If Im not mistaken C14 works only up to 200K years or so?

Does it have to be visible from the whole radius of those 5,6 miles or will a directional beam be sufficient? If it doesnt have to be a lighthouse style light a strong, directional focused beam from a single powerful LED should do the job. I got a waterproof light for you that you can setup on a fixture and it will look like a supernova amongst the other stars around. Its powered by 3,7v Li-Ion cell and could be modified for external power supply - I'd have to know the details though.

Just the other day I spoke to a local chinease bar owner and he was complaining about fake squid which be bought in bulk somewehere. Aparently when he was frying them the plastic started to melt. After hearing this I can certainly believe any fake story

I build high powered flashlights myself for many years as a hobby, I'm starting to turn it into a business now.There are several factors you need to consider. First off you need to decide what "visible from several miles 2-5" means. Stringjunky has a tiny, pocketable flashlight which I built (124mm x 24mm - 95 grams) which spits out around 1600 lumens through a tiny reflector (20mm) which is enough light to be visible from half a mile away on a dark night. You can setup a stationary, multi emitter light with a large reflector which will actually be able to illiuminate objects at 2 miles and will be visible for 5+ miles. Options are just endless. What I would suggest would be the easiest is just buy a long range spotlight with a large diameter reflector which will give you focused beam and range and mod it to be powered off your solar panels. HiD's need high voltage balast to exite the emiiter (several thousand volts) With todays LED technology it is possible to build a fairly small light (say the size of a couple of coke cans but a little wider at the head) to be capable of being seen from 2 miles away. If you need serious power and beam focus you need a High intensity discharge (HiD) emitter light which has far greater surface brightness than any LED due to tiny emitter size. You can buy these ready made too and just modify it to accept power from your solar panel accu's. Drop me a private mesaage and I will direct you to where you can buy what.

Soft tissue and feathers? Wow. Is it possible theres intact DNA in the tissue?