Mr Skeptic

All you got to do is watch. Farmed bananas don't reproduce by seed, they reproduce by cloning from the shoots they send up from the bigger plant.

OK, if we want to talk about motivation, how about this: a -50% tax on people earning below a certain amount (a negative tax, so they earn extra money whenever they earn money). Obviously it needs to be bracketed so that it is always better to earn more. This can be paid for by a small tax increase on people earning over $250,000/year. I think this would be extremely motivational for the poor people, since they'd get paid 50% more.

There's a huge correlation between denying evolution and denying global warming and other things that could limit population growth. Sure, and if pigs could fly they'd make an interesting case study of porcine flight.

I don't think it works that way. Only living things ever die, so does that make living a cause of death? True enough. So then, supernatural causes can't ever be a scientific hypothesis since "uncaused" is a simpler explanation than "supernatural cause" and if they both explain equally well then the simpler one is chosen.

So how is it that your theory can predict the length of a human pregnancy but not the length of a meerkat pregnancy? Could it be because you already happen to know the length of a human pregnancy (and don't know how to use Google)? Oh, let me guess, you'll measure that one as 70-77 days which is approximately 74, rather than as the silly attempt to make 40 weeks into a 74 because a week is 7 days? And how exactly is a meerkat = 74? It is this random finding of meaningless coincidences that makes your idea numerology. You just change your system to get the number you want, but that means that you can't predict anything specific because you can only do this backwards to get to 74, you don't know ahead of time the way you need to manipulate the numbers to get your answer.

Its basically a description of radioactive dating methods. But the "instantly" part is wrong, and polonium has too short a half-life to be used for dating, and the dating would use isotope ratios rather than a halo. Also just because they call them "polonium halos" doesn't mean that that is what they are. http://www.talkorigi...los/gentry.html

They could be different. But if they fit they will probably work.

So, you say your theory is not numerology, but can explain the length of things like pregnancies? OK then, how long is the pregnancy of a meerkat? Please feel free to explain how your numbers have any relation to each other other than coincidence.

It probably would be interesting to read some really old history books (should have copyright expired for example), so you get an idea of what history was like before any new revisions were made.

The "muscle" would be actin, although there are also motor proteins that drag stuff along the "microtubule highway". The shape of the membrane can indeed change such as with amoeboid pseudopods, which actin is involved in moving.

I think it would better be called "buzzword cheese", and smell thoroughly disgusting. If oxygen is allowed in it should be fairly composted by a year.

The bolded is gravitational, not magnetic. Their magnetic fields are too weak and saltwater is not magnetic anyways.

And if I understand correctly, the loanable money supply can be increased by changing the monetary policy, which would be cheaper than tax cuts.

Social darwinism is a moral system and entirely unrelated to evolution. Moral systems are based on arbitrary values, and tell right and wrong -- not true and false. Which is what makes it a worthless comparison, as cities are not self-sufficient in food, resources, nor energy.

Well, theoretical physics seems like an unlikely science fair subject. I suppose you could measure the speed of light with a microwave and some chocolate, but that's not really theoretical.

They're both the same form, we just draw it as two because we can't properly draw partial bonds.

If you just want the water, just boil it and you don't need a distillation apparatus (you'll need that much more ventilation though). The distillation apparatus is to capture the more volatile substance, which in this case would be the ammonia.

Using the environment for memory or communication is also not unique to humans. Ants leave pheromone trails to guide the other ants, various animals scent-mark their territory. Anyhow, I think we were "special" before the invention of writing. Though to be fair I'd have to include cave paintings, so maybe not.

I guess the question is whether to favor (rich) investors or (poorer) consumers. But are consumers really good for the economy? Just as rich investors make foreign investments, consumers purchase foreign goods. In both cases money leaves the country, though in the case of investors it leaves as an investment and in the case of consumers directly as an import. But while investment is a valuable process it is also long-term, which makes it an unlikely choice for jump-starting of economies. Certainly there could be short-term speculation as to what effects the investments will have, but that would be very difficult to quantify. Another question would be as to the cause of the recession. If the problem is that there is not enough investment money to do all we're trying to do, that doesn't sound much like a recession. [/ uninformed ramblings ]

I think its a question of extent. Animals can manipulate objects, yes, but I've never seen one juggle. Remember that building a nuclear reactor is also nothing more than manipulating objects, it is just a question of degree. I think that actually what makes us special is our language that can communicate abstract thoughts in great detail, in combination with attributes common to various animals (intelligent, social, dexterous).

Juggle?

The North Star.

A strong enough EMP will kill humans just fine. But we're not very conductive, so it would have to be quite strong to do some damage to us.

Yes, turpentine for oil-based paints, water for water-based. Though to remove from your skin should be very easy, try removing it from the brush using the wrong solvent.