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I would like to know your opinion on this hypothesis?
swansont replied to asd2791's topic in Speculations
No, it doesn’t. breathing, e.g. 30x a minute with a lung capacity of 0.5 liters is the same volume of gas as breathing 15x a minute with a lung capacity of 1.0 liters We grow as we get older - our lungs get bigger. You haven’t accounted for this. -
If these were organisms adapted to the home planet, they would not be adapted to a planet that needed terraforming. (also, it might be a great story for the planted organisms to evolve into some intelligent species that fears “aliens” and repulses the erstwhile parents)
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I would like to know your opinion on this hypothesis?
swansont replied to asd2791's topic in Speculations
You haven’t shown this link. Rate and volume are not the same thing. -
What do you think of this hypothesis (for a sleep function)?
swansont replied to asd2791's topic in Medical Science
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Was the universe "dark" before the eyesight
swansont replied to vitttorrio's topic in Astronomy and Cosmology
Light takes time to travel. Light from far away can be billions of years old, before there was any life. Light’s properties are not dependent on there being life. -
How does the DNA make a planet habitable?
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Where would it stop? Almost everything is poisonous or venomous, or will eat you (or your baby)
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I know that the US Naval Observatory (where I used to work) has hired mathematicians to do various kinds of analysis, and know at least one mathematician at the Naval Research Lab. There are jobs out there.
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Can you give a reference for this?
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We do get some, where a petty downvote is canceled. And occasionally where a crackpot upvotes a fellow crackpot and that gets nullified.
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No, it’s observing them. Consciousness is not involved, and “reality” is not the reality of philosophy
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What’s going to change if this information is made available?
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As iNow has noted, anonymity’s important to reduce vendettas. It’s the approach that causes the fewest problems. Staff can see who gives the votes, and we have removed the ability to give feedback from people who were abusing the system.
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Allegedly civilized human societies engage in genocide. It is insane, but we have empirical evidence that it happens.
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A situation exists No situation exists. There is a conflict between the two, but you can’t assign the contradiction to one or the other, since the conflict is between the two. If you remove either if them, there is no contradiction. So claiming that only one of them leads to a contradiction is blatantly incorrect. No, one premise is “If B is true, C is true.” Another is “B is true” The conclusion is “C is true” Basic syllogisms have two premises (though you can have more), and a conclusion. https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/philosophy/syllogism All this shows is that D is unnecessary. But there is a contradiction between A and D; if you have D, then B is an unnecessary statement. (i.e. you don’t need both B and D. You don’t need C, either.) All you’ve done is add statements to make the situation more complicated. Red herrings. Sloppy argument.
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external genitals' naming conventions
swansont replied to JohnPBailey's topic in Anatomy, Physiology and Neuroscience
Why does there need to be? Science/medicine has managed to proceed without one. vulva does not refer to the entire reproductive system; it’s just one part. The various parts have their own name. -
Did the bing bang actually happen?
swansont replied to tmdarkmatter's topic in Astronomy and Cosmology
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Did the bing bang actually happen?
swansont replied to tmdarkmatter's topic in Astronomy and Cosmology
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Could the Hauksbee device become wind powered and power the world ?
swansont replied to JustJoe's topic in Engineering
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How does quantum mechanics affect man-made space exploration?
swansont replied to JohnPBailey's topic in Quantum Theory
Yes, undoubtedly, since so much of modern technology depends on QM. Beyond that, the question is incredibly vague, to the point that it’s meaningless. -
No, there aren’t, but… 1. If you think there are, show evidence of it 2. What you believe doesn’t matter. It’s what you can show. IOW, evidence is necessary.