Phi for All

There are multiple ways to conduct valid experiments that produce data that can lead you to conclusions about your hypothesis. The methodology must be sound and that's why it's discussed among peers and tested by those peers using similar sound methodology. Where you start is arbitrary, but that doesn't mean the methodology used is. And "facts" are not as important to scientific methodology as evidence that supports or refutes. Btw, arbitration ≠ an act of arbitrariness.

This is the part that stops any kind of real speculation. As Mellinia said, you can't redefine the meaning of terms that are accepted by everyone else without making it extremely difficult to follow what you're talking about. If I was trying to tell you about my new ideas on weather patterns, but I used different terms for tornadoes and clouds and temperature, we're going to spend a ridiculous amount of time with me explaining what I mean, and you're probably going to lose interest. It's incumbent on me to learn the accepted terminology so I'm not making you learn something that's only going to help you when you talk to me about my ideas. Does that make sense? Definitions are important because they put everyone on the same page.

Try slamming a revolving door.

It's really not. If you haven't tested it yet, it's still just an idea, maybe an hypothesis. Theory needs lots of tests with lots of supporting evidence and lots of other people testing your idea. Theory is the best you can achieve in science.

That makes sense. I guess assuming he was making fun of you is a bad hypothesis.

Why did you sign this post with someone else's username? That's fairly rude.

Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, donate your old clothing to the thrift store (get thee a receipt), and you will have stock options in heaven. Then come, follow me to the club." Matthew 19:21 Neoconservative Translation

When you see hundreds of thousands of amputee's prayers go unanswered, and not a single limb is miraculously regrown, then it doesn't take a Christian Scientist to figure out that God isn't healing anybody.

LOL Conspiracy Theory of Everything.

The de Beer quote (15) is one that's from a credible source, but was taken from something written in a high school reader and not in a peer-reviewed paper. There's a pretty good debunking here, from a debate the ICR conveniently forgot to mention.

Why do you think these quotes are from "Evolutionists"? The few I searched led right back to the ICR or other anti-evolution sites.

It seems like one of those conditions that has a broad array of definitions and causes, depending on which source you use. You didn't cite your source, so I have no idea how reliable it is. And my experience was with a much more strenuous physical activity, and is likely to be outdated for use as a modern diagnosis. If the same injury definition can be used for racquetball AND surfing the web, it does seem very odd.

Then you have to ask yourself why cultural normality is at odds with natural phenomenon. Homosexuality is one of the natural states of being.

He didn't. His comments were about hypotheses, not prediction, and it was about experimental philosophy, NOT experimental science. The full quote is, “For whatever is not deduced from the phenomena must be called a hypothesis; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, or based on occult qualities, or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy”.

That's doubtful. Tennis elbow is normally associated with overexertion, true, but also with overextension, with the arm fully extended out. That doesn't sound like a normal mouse hand/arm position. The pain is usually just above the outer part of the elbow. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the one I usually think of when someone mentions repetitive keyboard/mouse use. Is this your pain? If so, where do you feel it most?

If you can borrow a variable speed hand drill from a gullible relative, I'd drill a hole in that empty can, run a machine bolt through the hole using rubber washers and a matching nut on the bottom of the can. Put the end of the bolt into the drill's chuck, tighten and now you don't have to stand there rotating it by hand.

! Moderator Note I removed your email address so you don't get spammed to death (this is part of our rules). Also, introducing God into your post means this thread can't stay in the Physics section. Moved to Religion.

My wife and I have come up with a surefire cure for when those evil soft pop songs (or kid's show theme songs) become parasitic and won't leave. The opening bar of Jethro Tull's Aqualung will take any Natalie Cole/Loving You - type ditty that's currently lost between your prefrontal cortex and your hippocampus and show it the door, while simultaneously ripping said door off its hinges and beating the alleged song to death with it. Go ahead, try it: ♫ ♬ Loving you, is easy 'cause you're beautiful.... la la la la la, la la la la la.... ♯ ♪ ♫ DAH na na na NAH NAH!!!

You seem very eager to force this association. Are you claiming that the US is the only place where names can be associated with certain ethnicities? Are you wondering why someone of your acquaintance named Sidney isn't an older Jewish gentlemen?

Oh no. Definitely not. This song was designed to burrow into the brain and hide there until it manifests itself while showering, destroying lives and the credibility of 70s rock lovers everywhere. Karen Carpenter = Satan.

! Moderator Note illuusio, that information led us NOWHERE in a discussion which is now locked. Do NOT bring it up again in other threads since we know exactly how unproductive it was.

My answer is that there happen to be a lot of folks who take shelter under the conservative tree, but for completely different reasons, not all of which are complementary with the rest of their views. Conservatism seems stable, trustworthy, traditional, solid, knowable, predictable and secure. But it can't be applied to every situation, every problem. To remain vital, we need change, we need progress, we need forward thinking. rigney seems to object to change because he feels we're compromising our integrity as the country he's proud of. Conservatism to him is like an anchor that says "here is where we need to stay to remain great". But he loves people who stand up to absurdity, corruption and inefficiency like Dennis Kucinich, and that puts him in conflict with political conservatism. Corporate conservatism wants things to remain the same because they spent a lot of money getting things the way they are. Oil doesn't want sustainable alternative energies to become successful, so they do what they can to make us fear change. But our economy is a living, progressive thing and it needs progress so outdated ideas are succeeded by new ones, and that puts corporations in conflict with political conservatism. Religious conservatives like things to remain sacred and unchanging, seeing tradition as comfort food for the soul. But religion needs to progress in order to remain relevant in the lives of modern people as new knowledge squeezes God out of the gaps in which He used to reside, and that puts religion in conflict with political conservatism. The one thing the right wing all seems to have in common is a heavy-handed application of their stance and a hatred of all things liberal. This is an extreme view, imo, and can't possibly be right more than half the time, ever, any more than liberalism is the answer to everything.

This country has NOT been what you think it has for the past 200 years. I think you have this image in your mind of how it once was for you and you think conservatism will somehow bring it back so it can be preserved like some kind of sacred pot roast dinner with corn on the cob and apple pie. But what you've got is baloney on white bread. We can hold on to our ideals, stay true to what makes us great, and still progress as a society. In fact, with new knowledge and technology it's very important that we hold our values as we move forward. But we MUST move forward. We can't wish for things to be like they were because they never will be. That time is gone and it's up to us to make a better time. We need to stop letting liars make us fearful of progress so they can profit from keeping things static and stagnant. As the people before us created great things for the general welfare, we need to not only carry that torch but make sure the torch is a better one than the one that was handed to us. Sometimes I think that's the only thing that really matters, making the world better for the children who come after us. Unfortunately, I think too many people just want a better world for their children. And that's when the system starts breaking down.

I don't believe this is true. I think the GOP knows it's trying to serve too many masters with conflicting positions. Neocons and religious conservatives don't belong in the same party with Reagan Republicans. Especially after the Bush fiasco, if Obama comes in and makes the changes necessary and pulls the country out of the nose-dive it was in, the Democrats would have had a dynasty in the making. So the GOP has fought Obama on everything, even legislation they wanted themselves (which they will of course reintroduce and claim as their own should they win in November), and they were very clear about doing anything they could to make sure Obama didn't get a second term. They can't allow "change" to be successful because they've put all their efforts into radical conservatism, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Because he didn't remember that we invaded Afghanistan before we invaded Iraq? I think that's mostly because Bush failed to find bin Laden and so had to make a huge justification to invade Iraq, and the press at the time reflected that. Much more was reported about Iraq and the second invasion of Afghanistan. rigney may have genuinely forgotten about the October 2001 attempt to find bin Laden, and we know he doesn't check facts before he posts. I define trolling as a premeditated act, and I just don't see that in his posts. I could be a huge fool for not seeing what you see, but I don't think rigney's intent is malicious as much as ill-formed.