Everything posted by swansont
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Experiment verification of General relativity
As joigus said, you have given the definition of the fine structure constant. You haven’t presented any connection between GR and QM. Did they measure this? Did they do it in free space? The key here is “irrefutable proof” Science doesn’t deal in proof, and is never irrefutable. They will never pay out, since they have a way out of doing so.
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Experiment verification of General relativity
You can’t summarize?
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Experiment verification of General relativity
The devil’s in the details. How do you do this? Why are existing experiments insufficient to confirm relativity? Where does Yanchilin's formula come from? Why is it necessarily correct if GR is correct? How do you arrive at that interpretation? They measured the magnetic field near a black hole binary, not the permeability of free space.
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
No. Why would you think so? What are the mental gymnastics involved in such a question? Oh, FFS. It’s hardly an argument, when it contains intellectual dishonesty
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Where did this red herring come from? We’re not talking about all criminal activity, we’re talking about police, who are supposed to protect and serve the public, and who should be held to a higher standard. We’re also talking about violent behavior. That’s not an instance of excessive force. I was short of straw before but now I have a lifetime supply. Sure. But you had only proposed screening for white supremacy Yes. If they had not tolerated such behavior, you might say...
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Which wouldn’t have stopped George Floyd’s death, apparently. Zero tolerance for excessive force behavior, regardless of motivation, might have.
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
When one says “casts doubt”x it’s usually to deflect a claim. Does the motivation for police killing an unarmed, handcuffed, black man matter? Or are we only trying to stop white supremacist cops from taking black lives?
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Was it alleged that he was? Does that make a difference?
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Cosmological Principle
! Moderator Note Hijack has been split to the appropriate thread https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/72263-is-nature-playing-fair-with-krauss-object/
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
! Moderator Note Posts on discussing racism have been split https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/122395-discussing-racism-split-from-the-killing-of-george-floyd-the-last-straw/ Other trollish/hijack posts and replies have been moved to the trash
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
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Banned/Suspended Users
San Liu and HelloKitty Girl have been banned as sockpuppets of mcmiller
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Banned/Suspended Users
bryozoa has been banned for racist commentary
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
At some point when there are more outliers, they aren’t outliers anymore
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Moving the goalposts. You’re talking about a scenario before he was apprehended. He was handcuffed. Presumably frisked. How many guns does a person have access to while handcuffed by police? How was he a threat to shoot anyone? Which isn’t the issue here. But for the sake of argument, let’s say he had a gun before being disarmed and handcuffed. Would that justify the policeman’s actions?
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Which irrelevant to the incident being discussed. Unarmed and handcuffed. You could, I dunno, ask the people to disperse as a first effort. You could avoid being the ones to initiate violence.
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Banned/Suspended Users
bryozoa has earned a short suspension for some posts that are rather astounding in their level of denial and appeal to conspiracy
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Great, you’ve watched Robocop. Will you answer the question?
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
You like it when police are brutal? What circumstance justifies being brutal?
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Anthropogenic Global Warming.
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
I doubt that this will exert the desired pressure at the national level; that will require follow-through in November. Locally, though, some governments are listening. Others, not so much. (I wonder if de Blasio will bother running for reelection)
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Has anyone called another racist here? As far as "ignorant" goes, it means "lacking knowledge or awareness in general" and it's true. Moreno is ignorant of the situation. But instead of learning the history, they are spouting falsehoods. ! Moderator Note Recent posts about systemic racism (as a general topic) have been split https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/122264-systemic-racism-split-from-the-killing-of-george-floyd-the-last-straw/
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Please stop saying things that you haven’t researched, and for which you provide no evidence. I would imagine plenty of people supported abolition only as a tool for ending the war, and it didn’t pass before the south seceded. I don’t see how you can assert a wide movement and moral progress and goodwill as if a switch was flipped and everyone embraced equality.
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
I assumed no such thing, and did not say anything about “natural appearance”
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The Killing of George Floyd: The Last Straw?
Undoubtedly people feel pressure to do so, but many are fighting back against this. Your “solution” is rather extreme.