StringJunky

Can I suggest that all posts from Menan's first are removed because they are OT and spoil the thread for Dima.

LMGTFY It''s a fact.

Aye, we are used to such confrontations.

Although I understand your position, I don't think your language will endear anybody of a religious persuasion that may be receptive to look into the scientific approach.

Some Muslim he is.

The outcome of the universe wasn't pre-ordained. The only 'instructions' were in the form of the properties of the primordial elements/phenomena, and how they were expressed in the form of structures just occurred randomly. If the Big Bang started again, the universe may well have looked totally different. Some structures gained an advantage over others because they were in the right place at the right time and were able to proliferate.... this is the essence of evolution.

Some people need to learn to exercise self-censorship; see what you want to see and ignore the rest. "But I can''t because it's there!"

Is 'art' what the artist intends or what the viewer interprets? If science can evolve, why can't religion? Is it not a step in the right direction?

Science deals with quantitative questions and 'the meaning of life' is not one of those.

It's not falsifiable, therefore whether a god exists or not is not a scientific question.

I've done this and caffeine withdrawal gave me some unbelievable headaches. Eventually, I switched to decaffeinated tea and coffee and took a headache tablet, when I needed it a few times, for couple of weeks. There is still up to 5% caffeine in decaff but it doesn't mess me up any more.

To add to JC's comment; The only a person a grudge hurts is the person holding the grudge. Containing resentment can cause all sorts of mental health and bodily issues over a long period.

OK. Thanks for the explanation.

He's a physics professor. It was likely a perfectly sufficient answer for the level of the OP. You can rarely be strictly correct with a neophyte because you might bog them down.

This ignores the real world external influences that can bias which strategy is better, as in Evolution. Although the article title weighs against co-operation, if you read it, it''s much more nuanced. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/game-theory-calls-cooperation-into-question1/

That was covered in the discussion I linked: "Note also that this difference in molecular speeds at the top and the bottom manifests itself as a difference in pressure between the top and bottom of the container, as seen by the pressure-depth relationship for a static fluid: ΔP=ρgΔh. – Michael Seifert"

The SMBH was probably influential in the the early formation of the galaxy, so I understand.

You made me look that up. That makes good sense.

I think it's a kind of momentum diffusion when lots of molecules are involved, although strictly it applies to fluids in the explanations I've seen.

@AEBanner This is where the weight of a gas comes from, that I've gathered from the discussion link following it: Picture a box with a molecule inside going up and down, hitting the top and bottom. Every time the molecule hits the surface there is a change of momentum, which exerts a force. The force at the top is less than the force at bottom because the molecule’s velocity is increased by gravity as it travels down, so the force exerted on the bottom is greater than the force exerted on the top. There is thus a net force on the bottom. This difference is the weight of the molecule. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/280282/why-do-gases-have-weight

i'm sure she'll do her best.

Slight correction, only to make it appear a bit more positive: they are fractured, so, hopefully, she'll mend ok. Broken bones in an octagenarian are a big deal, it can kill them.

If there was no weather, the gases would stratify according to their respective masses.

All the molecules in the brick are in a rigid formation. He can't see how an unconnected column of air molecules give a combined pressure (weight) on the Earth.

Transfer of momentum is the 'information'.