thedarkshade

John, is this a joke?

Engineering here! I think it's way too fun and profitable.

OK, it's been a while since something like this hasn't been posted here. Atamim, most of us here are atheists, and if people here start making fun of this, just don't be personally offended. This is a pure science forum, not a religious affected science forum.

I understand this might be the current view, but to me the consequence without the cause seems meaningless. It's not very logical!

The image below might help

*I will have committed suicide while you are reading this*

There is a dose of autonomy in brain, but I think that unconscious decisions sound to much familiar with instincts.

Where could we find a shelter? The only one we could afford is moon, but the conditions there are much worse than here you know!

No, that's sad:-(

I think that human organism, and organisms in general are way to much complicated to me simulated by a computer. To create a decent and real enough simulation we first have to completely understand the organism which we are trying to simulate, and unfortunately we still do not have that pleasure, because if we did, we be like.. let's say "God"!

Why would it be different? It is the same world that is the object of study.

We ,as matter, belong to a 4d universe (ignoring ST for a second), and as energy is a very fundamental characteristic of matter, than I see no reason why would that be 4d too! I mean, if energy is considered as 1d then I get a picture like only a very very tiny fragment of the universe might be considered as energy.

Ever heard of parallel universes? This idea lives among physicist today, and it's been for a while, and I think it is mainly considered serious enough. But this also might sound a little pessimistic because this would widen things too much. I mean, it is on the human nature to always try to create a rational understanding of the world around, and this is what we have been doing for thousands of years, and if our universe (which is huge enough for us) is just a fragment and there are lots more like this out there, then our efforts of understanding everything would just never be enough. It's like you giving anything you can, and going to the furthest point possible to understand why everything is the way it is, but it turns our that this "everything" is just way way too much to be understood.

I don't remember the story good, but I think that when Archimedes released the crown into the water, the crown didn't drown equal at all sides, indicating the it was not made of completely the same material.

I am the kind of person which tries to understand the world, I really care about the truth, but it's seeking the truth that is indeed exciting, and I think the best way to understand our reality is through physics. I agree that many people think of physics like a science that only represent a bunch of equations and that physicists like to oversimplify things so they can understand them better. Well it's not like that! Physics deals with complicated things too! But whether you can get a good career or not in physics that really depends in which country you live. From where I come from, physics would be the last choice, but I'm crazy enough to go for it! Why scary? Math indeed can be very tricky sometimes but it's a wonderful 'food' for brain. You just really need to have brain to fundamentally understand and master maths!

Why wouldn't it be? After all it is genes that control nearly all the stuff!

Voltman, if you guys have a good, I mean gooood microscope at school, or anywhere where you could use one, you could take pictures of it yourself. They wouldn't look so clear and beautiful like these ones on this thread do, but it would represent the originality of your project and you'd get come credit for sure!

Well if you're building it for a school project or only to see if your idea works then you could use a motor, it would work much easier but then "wind" wouldn't be necessary. Using a motor will produce more watts since it'll spin the turbine much faster than the wind would, unless there is a strong wind going on and the wind wheel is just the right shape and size.

Oh really, well congrats Kalynos, I'm glad to hear. Would you like to share that with us? (unless classified)

I like my user name, I love it, but I'm sure it would look just perfect on blue!

You got issues man, serious issues! I used to be like that, but it never really worked. I always ended up getting extra detention at school or cut the grass in the yard for a week. That relaxes you a lot!

Well the greater the velocity the more watts you'd get. And I'd suggest to make the wind wheel big (not too big though) so it can be affected by the wind easier. I once built one but it didn't actually work by itself and I always had to rotate the wheels by hand, but if you shape the wheel in the right way, it will work fine. You could also use (maybe) transformators to increase the outcome. I used this method in a generator I built recently and it did it's work OK. As for the wires copper would do just fine, I always use that!

Physics is fun, honestly! I doesn't have such a big importance in a medicine career, but I personally think that anyone alive in this planet should take physics classes. It's because it tells you about the reality, after all physics is just a mathematical way of describing the universe. Most of the people that I know hate physics, but that is just because of the fancy equations that it contains. The equations are only the result of deep and critical thinking. If there is anyone that needs to be paid attention that is physics. Well since you seem to want to study medicine, then a lot chemistry will be needed. Chemistry is sweet you know. You got these endless reactions which sometimes are slow, sometimes fast, sometimes dangerous and sometimes funny. It indeed gives you the idea that you are really doing science, and as a matter of fact you are. But it's a bit tricky. Sometimes the concepts can be so complicated and you'll be stuck for hours trying to find the x values in reactions that at first look seem no have maths at all, but they actually do. But after having a snack and a beer you'll see that things will work our much easily. Then biology is too necessary. I think biology is the most fundamental of all, and especially the human anatomy. Studying the inner composition of cell, how do things work in there, why everything happens the way it does and the perfect harmony that exists inside the cell is indeed addictive. It's been two years from now since I started to take biology (advanced) classes and I just love it. You will probably have to do a lot of work, everybody has to, but I assure you that you will be dealing with such interesting and addictive stuff that will want nothing more than just some more time to read (but do not forget SFN btw). I wish you luck Voltman and Long Live Science!

Lanthanides and Actinides are considered as "inner passing elements" (dunno if the spelling is correct), this is because these elements start to fill the f subshell. Nor La neither Ac have electrons in f, but the other lanthanides and actinides do have. If the name lanthanides is bothering you, that is only because the elements in this group have very very similar characteristics with La. Why would La be counted in f when when the config. is 5d 6s ...!

You have to know whether the reactants are acidic or basic. When you have an "acid + base" reaction the outcome will be the salt plus water, though in some cases water will be needed only to equalize the reaction.