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I believe superluminal motion is possible in Lorenztian relativity...
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That's not what the company the announced it was making completely new organisms with this method thinks....
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Colleges, Graduate Schools, Post Doc studies
fafalone replied to DocBill's topic in Science Education
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The perception that drugs being legal would be more of a threat is completely flawed; that's the problem.
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I realize it's not going to happen for a very long time, but in principle it would be better to have everything legal with similar age restictions (although 21 for alcohol in the US is a bit extreme).
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The comparison is not completely invalid, in fact it is confirmation of a basic, well-established principle of human psychology: something being illegal tends to increase the desire to have it. And another point is prohibition. This was in the United States, and alcohol related crimes skyrocketed. And just because people do illegal things to obtain drug money doesn't mean that's a reason for them to be illegal; by that logic we ought to outlaw any expensive thing that creates a strong desire to obtain. The principle behind laws is to protect people, and clearly the world would be safer if drugs were legal like alcohol and tobacco (if those were illegal, it would do anything) The part about safe manufacture was merely an extension against another commonly used defense again legalization (personal danger).
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Yeah I generally prefer not to use credentials for condescension... but seriously, we had a floor program with the professor who agrees with me, so I feel confident in the validity of my points, as he addressed and confirmed all of them. And I debunked all your reasons, please debate specific points with me rather than sweeping generalizations that fail to be proof to the contrary of my originally posted arguments (i.e. all your negative consequences would logicially be reduced if drug use went down, which would happen if they were legla).
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Nope, that will only increase use and problems resulting from use. See prohibition and my previous post about scientific studies showing that legalization reduces use.
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- Why do you think people do those things at all? It's not always because of drugs, and if they were legal this is unlikely to happen more, because use would be down. -Bums beg me for alcohol money all the time. In fact, it's exceedingly more likely to be money for alcohol. -Not correlated to drug use, especially use of drugs over alcohol. -Once again, this would no longer happen if drugs were legal and being produced by corporations safely rather than in peoples basement labs. Please refrain from just restating your point without reading how my conclusion was reached. If your primary argument is crime committed to obtain drugs, you therefore cannot conclude that legalization would increase these crimes if it drives use down(proven).
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In the US, crack is schedule I and cocaine is Schedule II (completely illegal vs. need a prescription), yeah, great logic there. LSD is illegal because too many idiots took it not prepared for what would happen. From a physiological standpoint, LSD causes no permanent physical damage, and proper use very rarely produces bad trips or flashbacks. It is NOT addictive, neither psychologically nor physically. Myths like it drains your spinal fluid are false (I actually know how that particular rumor got started if anyone is interested). MDMA is not as dangerous as it's claimed to be, largely because nearly half of all pills analyzed don't actually contain MDMA. If they were legal, some measure of quality control would take place and it would be no more dangerous than alcohol. Heroin is LESS ADDICTIVE than nicotine. This is a scientifically proven fact. You may have to drink an aweful lot of beer to kill yourself, but one 12oz can of 151 proof liquor will more than likely kill you. Also in response to back up what I said about legalize driving down usage, comparisons of usage within identical age groups in the United States and Holland (where use is legal for all drugs) shows a SIGNIFICANTLY lower percentage of users in Holland. There is no valid reason for most drugs to be illegal while substances like alcohol and nicotine are legal. And I'm not alone in this position, a professor here at UM who teaches a course on drugs and has studied these issues for decades agrees with me.
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Tim Henman couldn't win Wimbledon even if he actually had one of those.
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They were sure above your head, since you obviously don't understand the basic trigonometry in your question Why don't you start by drawing a picture of the vectors and their resulting vector.
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Wow, no wonder you couldn't understand my article.
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To believe so deeply in the crap he does is already conclusive proof of severe mental problems.
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He's already been proved completely wrong.
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I am aware of an experiment in rats where an electrical stimulus to a certain part of the brain produced an out of body experience... though I'm not sure how exactly one could have gone about determining whether a rat was having one or not....
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Yeah, in India the local river serves many purposes... bath, toilet, washing machine, and drinking water.
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Universal Solution for Heroin Addiction
fafalone replied to Hitman47's topic in Psychiatry and Psychology
There is no universal solution. Different methods work for different people. On another note, maybe take up smoking, since the addiction is stronger and harder to quit than heroin. -
sacredcity3: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/moon_mars_030421.html fafaIone: looks like another celestial event not at all related to planet x. sacredcity3: well then maybe you should check that site every 2-3 days sacredcity3: because every 2-3 days they have something that no one else but them talks about and it has to do with viewing sacredcity3: something red in sky, or being visible. fafaIone: you mean mars sacredcity3: no fafaIone: the "red" planet sacredcity3: niburu is red fafaIone: Your search - niburu - did not match any documents. No pages were found containing "niburu". fafaIone: space.com hasn't mentioned it. fafaIone: why can't i look up right now and see planet x? sacredcity3: are ytoyu sure ? fafaIone: quite. fafaIone: sacredcity3: i was gonna say, in april sacredcity3: i'tl be visible everywhere fafaIone: everywhere except coral gables, fl right sacredcity3: i hardly believe it to , but when i check those sites it informs me otherwise sacredcity3: then people im me and say sacredcity3: you were right, i saw it etc fafaIone: yeah, they're making fun of you sacredcity3: no fafaIone: raider did that, then we later mocked in the irc channel. sacredcity3: irc channel.. fafaIone: irc.sorcery.net #scienceforums sacredcity3: knew that was coming fafaIone: i really don't see a planet heading this way. fafaIone: when is supposed to get here? sacredcity3: supposed to be here already fafaIone: why havent' fafaIone: the poles shifted fafaIone: why can't anyone see it fafaIone: except people you claim IM you sacredcity3 signed off at 9:53:27 PM.
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yeah but i bet i could beat him up... he's a little coward who always has adult escorts.
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u = xi+yj+zk+tl and |u|=c but v(t) = :pdif:u/:pdif:xi + :pdif:u/:pdif:yj + :pdif:u/:pdif:zk and |v| <> c, which is what i've been saying.
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With a flashlight and a stopwatch.
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If you drop something, it's velocity function is 9.8t... this is clearly not equal to c, and since it changes over time it's not constant. The effects of relativity at slow speeds are negligible.
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So explain how anything can move in laymens, you should be able to.