Radical Edward

If you take a simple definition of time, as the direction in which entropy increases, then it exists regardless of whether there is something there to observe it or not, in much the same way as space exists regardless of whether someone is there to look at it or not. our view on time is based purely on processes that occur as a result of time and physics´, in much the same way that our view on space is based on physics too.

again you have to be careful you don´t stretch the analogy too far.

well okay, lets look at the situation as it stands at the moment: there is no proof that saddam has womd. if the US has it, it should be handed to the inspectors so they can find him in material breach. as greg pointed out, osama hates Saddam, and the feeling is mutual. furthermore, it is highly likely that this war will actually aid the cause of terrorism, as for some bizarre reason, muslims don´t mind being killed by muslims, but they absolutely hate being killed by anyone else. If the US wants to stop terrorism, it needs to find a way to stop being hated by the muslim world. Quite clearly, the first thing to do is sort out the israel palestine problem, which clearly needs sorting with a heavy hand, since israel is in breach of more UN resolutions than you can shake a stick at. I really don´t need to go into this in any more depth, but it is clear that it is a major problem, much more so than saddams alleged womd, since it gives the islamic estremists an excuse to kill americans.

the balloon analogy is just that, an analogy. basically imagine the 2d skin of the baloon as 3 dimensional space. when you blow air into the baloon, the 2d surface expands and everything gets further away from everything else, and for us, it´s 3d space doing the same. furthermore, space isn´t expanding at c, yet.

some questions who think that we should go to war under current circumstances. Assuming we go to war (big assumption eh), if Iraq doesn´t use chemical/biological weapons against our troops because he doesn´t have any, and thousands of innocent civilians die, will you say that we were wrong? What if Al Quaeda is found to be no connections at all to iraq, will this change your mind? The reason Bush is pushing for our involvement with Iraq is national security. If of the two aforementioned scenarios are wrong, and the muslim world is inflamed, resulting in a rise in terrorism (quite likely - look how all the other arab countries are reacting) will you vote him out?

I´d wanna know. I want to be with my girlfriend when the end is nigh.

well said faf. considering that I am spending the next three years studying output coupling of OLEDs, I agree totally. unless someone discovers the elixir of eternal life.

only stupid people care about money.

'dull' but of course, entirely true. on the topic of how good our model is. I think its pretty poor at the moment. a rough sketch of how things work.

no space, they are a point, on account of the fact that nothing can stop them from collapsing any more.

yes. p=mv is newtonian.

where m is the rest mass.

ace, thanks. There are still some things I wonder about it though....

antimatter is very stable, provided you don't run it into anything.

I am just saying it does not have to. the concept of 'hole' isn't really an accurate one due to the limitations of language in this respect.

try not to focus too much on the word 'hole' as a hole implies that it goes somewhere... a black hole does not have to go anywhere.

you've mentioned these 'many points' before.... but what on earth were these points in, if the big bang also created time/space? I've never heard of this theory of the big bang occuring in lots of places at once.

space only came about in the big bang, it's not like we are just stuff flying out into an infinitely large vacuum. from some point. If the big bang didn't occur everywhere, then we wouldn't have the cosmic microwave background.

"neutrino hawe no weigh no charge.its going trough earth like trough vacume.then how we can detect it.i think if we cant use its energy because there isnt cinetyc energy without weigh(E=M.C.C)" your relativity formula is incomplete. E^2=(p^2)(c^2) + (m^2)(c^4) so if there is no mass, you still have E = pc where p is the momentum. hence there can be energy without mass (like a photon) the neutrinos do interact with particles, but as faf said, the interaction is a very weak and rare one. I don't have a clue as to what the rest of your post was about, sorry.

since our imagination operates as a result of time, we have a bit of a quandry.

only properties that don't commute.

your analysis is a bit simplistic, you are implying that technology misuse leads to suicide and have discounted numerous other factors which lead to suicide, which I don't have time to.

could you post one of yours or something so we can advise you asto where you are going wrong?

contradiction: my issue was mainly with your statement that there is 'no such thing as free will' since in actuality, you don't know.

but our brains work because ime does. I sense a circular argument.