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Being the OP, maybe I should explain the intent of the thread title. I have said this a couple of times before. When you go looking for racism, you always find it; even when it isn't actually there, such as with the cases of whiteboards, and blackboards.

CPT symmetry is based on Lorentz invariance and the locality of quantum field interactions ( as Markus has mentioned ). The symmetry is based on the total of the three properties and each individually ( or pairs ) can ( and have been found to ) violate the ruleas long as the emaining property ( or properties ) make up for it, such that total CPT symmetry is conserved. Since in alarge system ( Avogadro's number of particles ) there are many ways for these individual symmetry violations to occurr, while conserving total CPT symmetry, I don't think there is any way to guarantee that total CPT symmetry of a macro system is conserved.

monstrates the stability of this compact Tokamak system in reaching 100 Million degree temps required for Fusion. It demonstrated this stability for about 0.15 seconds. The obvious next steps are extending this stability time ( to be of practical use it eventully needs to be unlimited ), and, of course, you need to have a sizeable excess net energy output to be of any practical use. This won't happen tomorrow.

You're right; I should have iust said 8.6 keV, and avoided all this. And us canadians went metric in the 70s, so 'degrees' does not refer to oF, but to oC.

Yeah, it's supposed to be at least a couple of hundred more years before we get the Nomad and V y ger of Star Trek. And even then, there was an infusion of alien technology.

The only ones to use '100 Million degrees Kelvin' are the authors of the paper; I simply used 'degrees'. So, while it is true that you may know the correct usage of kelvin units, more importantly, you don't know how to reach 100 Milliion degrees in a small Tokamak fusion reactor 😄 .

That would be equalizing opportunity. And is completely justified. What some here are proposing is starting group B 50 feet ahead of the other runners, to make up for all the previous years of last finishes in the race. They then call this system 'affirmative action'. Is that where you were going with your analogy ? Without knowing what these factors are, and for what organs, I really cannot say whether the system is biased against blacks or not. You and I both know that there are diseases and organ disfunctions which affect different groups disproportionally, and it may be callous ( not racist ) to withold an organ from someone who will 'burn it up after a few years. Older people also don't get organ transplants after a certain age, as they are saved for younger people who will get fuller use out of scarce organs. Or is there a systemic bias against older people as well ? I would like a world where all people are treated as people, just as much as the next guy. My opinion on how we go about realizing this differs from some other members here.

Temperature of 100 Million degrees acheived in a 'spherical' Tokamak reactor, barely more than 3 feet across. Achievement of ion temperatures in excess of 100 million degrees Kelvin in the compact high-field spherical tokamak ST40 - IOPscience Another small step on what promises to be a rewarding but long journey.

You can twist your logic into a pretzel if it makes it more palatable and easier to swallow; you go ahead, I'm not having any of it. Racism is pre-judging a person solely on their apparent 'race', with no other discriminators. Surely you must realize, CharonY, that there are plenty of other, actually significant discriminators one must look for in an applicant for an academic position. Saying that things like qualifications and experience are also discriminatory just adds another twist to the pretzel. I wonder how a Polish or Hungarian white male, who immigrated to America in 1990, would feel when told that he did not get a loan because preferential treatment is being given to PoC, who could not get loans a couple of generations ago, right about the time Soviet tanks were rolling through the streets of his homeland. I wonder how he would feel when told he has to atone for the wrongs perpetrated by men wearing wooden dentures, who, 250 years ago, wrote a Constitution that started with "We the people ...", but in effect, was actually "We the white males ...", and who had no problem with slavery. Yet we think of those people as heroes, and cherish an unchainging Constitution. Eventually there will be push-back, Phi, and in 100 years someone will be discussing this same thing, and trying to re-compense the group of people who have been disenfranchised by this current round of re-compensation and affirmative action. And that will just tick off another group. And so on ... Maybe that's why everybody is shooting each other in the US, and nobody gets along.

Most definitely they should be compensated for any short-changed compensation. It is owed to them under the law, and the concept of equal opportunity. ItBut again that is not what we are considering. Take Zap's academic positions example, PoC have been denied these positions in the past. Your solution is to grant a disproportionate amount of academic positions to PoC, at the expense of other races, since there are only so many positions available. That is well-intentioned, but clearly discriminatory and racist, as the selection process is based on 'race'. I ( my opinion ) don't see how you fix the problem of discrimination by using more discrimination. It smacks of the Trrumpian idea ( sorry about the unfair comparison ) that you solve the problem of gun violence with more guns.

People with disabilites have always been disadvantaged in society. The situation has slightly improved for them by providing for equal opportunities through increased accessibility, anti-discrimination laws, etc. Would anyone suggest making able bodied people disabled to right past wrongs ? Why would we think it appropriate to do so in the case of racism and its wrongs ? The bolded part is the key.

Those are two different thoughts you're confusing together. I'm not against giving loans to people who've been denied loans because of racist practices. That's wrong; everyone should have equal opportunity to get a loan. But when you give one person preferential treatment by giving them an interest free loan, solely based on race, that is the very definition of racism, and you are continuing the practice that made the mess in the first place. The only way your idea flies is if you are after equality of outcome; and you still haven't presented an argument as to why that is a desirable outcome ( i'll wait, you may convince me ). The outcome I'm interested in acheiving is equality of opportunity, simply because I'm of the opinion that some measure of personal responsibility, once you have equal opportunity as everyone else, should determinepeople's lives.

And you can neg rep him if you choose, but if you've read the whole thread, he does seem to have a valid point. I'm not implying that Phi thinks in such a way, but the commentary he quotes does. Phi's comment about steering the ship in the opposite direction, on the other hand, implies fighting racism with racism, which to me, is a non starter. The ship only needs steering in the opposite direction to arrive at the same place, IOW, equality of outcome, while taking away opportunity from some to rght past wrongs, and which, to me, is also a non starter. I much prefer keeping the ship sailing straight; there is no guarantee of equality of outcome, but it provides for equality of opportunity for all What you make of this opportunity is up to you..

You've got to be kidding. If Russia had attacked Germany the front lines would be somewhere East of the Urals, and Russia would be begging for peace.

And after a year and a half of this invasion/destruction of a sovereign country, some people are still bending over backwards to excuse V Putin's aggression. 'Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde

'Better' is subjective. And here I thought cheese was off-topic

Hate to break it to you, buttercup, but you were made aware of the rules when you joined. That was, in effect, your contract and consent, because you had the option of not joining if you disagreed with the terms and conditions. But maybe your lawyer ( Lionel Hutz ? ) can better explain.

Just another angry old man. ( welcome to the club, Roger ) Only problem is, he has a 'platform' that reaches many.

He has been a bit out to lunch with his political opinions lately. Maybe all entertainers should stick to what they do best, and leave the political commentary to those whose job it is. ( not that they shouldn't have an opinion, but their often misguided opinions can be too influential ) Above all, an entertainer should know his audience. Germany is still trying to live down the shame of Nazism; that kind of imagery might be too much for a German audience.

My apologies for going from perceived racism, off topic to to cheese. There is a type of Parmesan cheese which is produced over a much wider area of the Po River valley in Italy. It is much cheaper to manufacture, and can be aged as little as 9 months ( less than the 10 months of American Parmesan ). It has been produced since the 12th century, received protected designation in the 50s, and under the PDO since the 90s. More importantly, many people prefer it to Parmigiano Reggiano. See here Grana Padano - Wikipedia

I'm just a 'practical' Canadian ( of Italian origin ), and we have our protectionism here also. American cheeses are subject to import tariffs to protect the Dairy Industry in Quebec. Without the constraints of making Parmigiano the old fashioned, labor intensive way, it can be made with the same ingredients ( there aren't many ) and just as good. See here https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2960/what-is-parmigiano-reggiano.html

Speaking of bull 😀 . The Protected Designation of Origin is nothing more than protectionism, similar to tariffs, to protect local industry. I've had American made Parmigiano Reggiano that was as good, if not better, than the Italian imported product. And nowhere near the price ( that is the main reason for protection; preserve the high price point ). Similarly, I've had brandy that is much better than the protected Cognac. And although I don't much care for sparkling white wine, I prefer Prosecco ( also protected ) to Champagne. But I do like Buffalo mozzarella; the fresh stuff still oozes milk when you cut into it. ( I have no idea how the buffalo learned how to make it so good )

Except for the fact that 'European' style farming allows the World to feed its 8 Billion people. Indigenous farmng may work for small populations, or where the population is small compared to available land resources, but it is not capable of sustaining today's world population. Although I'd like to see you keep a buffalo or two in your back yard 😄 . ( they make great mozzarella cheese )

Often, that doesn't even matter. A hot, unshielded, uncooled reactor, if dropped on your enemy would melt through just abot anything, and contaminate his groundwater with radiation, making his area uninhabitable for many generations. A formidable weapon.

Genio would like to continue making excuses for his situation, and blaming others, rather than learning some science, and fixing the problem. Good luck with that ...