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Not sure what you mean by "evolution in tool using hominids" Bipedalism predates the evidence of tool use (Australopithecenes were bipedal). Admittedly that's not conclusive, though, since tool use wouldn't leave the same kind of evidence in the fossil record. Good luck discerning that from the evidence we have available to us. We have hair. Or, perhaps, living in the plains in Africa? Ah, I was not aware of this. (earlier statement stricken)

Please upload the math, too.

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(Unfortunately, crackpots never get past step 1...)

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You can make a falsifiable claim and not have it be a scientific theory. Falsifiability is one element — a necessary but insufficient condition. "Elvis is still alive" is a falsifiable claim. It's not a theory. Theories have to make specific enough predictions that they can be shown to be wrong. If you have competing theories, you need to be able to do an experiment where they will give conflicting predictions, so one can be eliminated.

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I've worked through Luther and DCI Banks on Amazon prime. Can't seem to be able to find other good whodunnit detective stories (where they actually work through the clues, instead of having the murder be a mcguffin in a drama that happens to be about police/detectives)

Finished the Spy and the Traitor a few weeks ago. Very good telling of the tale.

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Just finished “The Poison Squad” by Deborah Blum - very good Now reading “The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War” by Ben Macintyre - thus far also very good

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! Moderator Note I don’t know what “fish lineage of man” means, but read the thread if you want to read about evidence of human common ancestry. In this thread, however, the assumption is that the prevailing theory is correct. Challenges to it, in this thread, are off-topic.

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The report post function is for bringing rules violations to the attention of the staff. It's the preferred method for doing so (rather than PMs or complaints posted in the thread), as it reaches the widest audience of staff members. It is not for kvetching about somebody disagreeing with you in a thread. Not only is that not against the rules, it's expected behavior when incorrect information is posted.

Empty spacetime is not limited by c. Only massive objects are limited to travel below c, and that is a measurement made from inertial frames. This objection is irrelevant to the claim. Why would conservation of energy be violated? Electrons are matter. No such thing as an absolute vacuum, and this, too, is not from a limit of technology. I'm not sure what actual physics is involved in your little fantasy here, but any scenario that relies on violations of the laws of nature aren't viable.

No, that claim is without basis. The limitation is not technology, it is the finite speed of light.