ydoaPs

The Bohr model is not correct; the electrons do not orbit.

Book to read: 'Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason' by Schellenburg Thingy to build: particle accelerator Hobby to start: parkour Program to program: skynet Book to write: 'What I did over winter break'

Other apes and even some non-apes have displayed learned behaviour.

Early happy birthday.

That's rather interesting with the abstract of Penrose's paper saying he had indeed found the circles. edit: The first one said they DID find the circles, yet it somehow doesn't agree with Penrose. What's the deal? The second paper also found the circles. edit2: What these papers seem to say, despite the title of the second one, is that the circles DO exist, but they are not evidence exclusively of a cyclic cosmology. If that is the case, then this really wouldn't be a problem with the current model considering the background radiation analysis showing large scale euclidean nature of the universe. It seems to me that the cyclic proponents need to account for why our universe is flat. Doesn't a flat universe indicate that the universe is either the last cycle or the only one?

It would cavitate like hell. As for slowing down the turbine to match the screw speed, the speeds at which the screws turn, the turbines are ridiculously inefficient.

I might pick that one up, cap'n. I'm reading "Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason" by Schellenburg right now. It's a great read and a very thorough treatment of the problem of Divine Hiddenness.

So, what we need is a fission reactor that works in zero-G?

1 mole of He=4g c=3x108 p=mv p=1.2x109 As a point of comparison, according to wikipedia, the space shuttle is approximately 108kg. Our 4g of He would have about the same momentum as a space shuttle going 10m/s. So, this gives us a ridiculous change in momentum for a small amount of gas(yes, I know the particles can't go at c; this is an order of magnitude thing). So, what we need is a really good ion drive. How difficult would it be to develop an ion drive capable of accelerating the gas to near light speed? I'm assuming we'd need good superconductors and some sort of nuclear reactor as a power source. What else?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11837869 http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3706 The BBC has an article with a link to unpublished research suggesting that microwave background may hold clues to events that happened prior to our Big Bang. Thoughts?

The equation shows that mass is a type of energy. C is not a random large number, the equation actually provides accurate results. The equation as you have put it, though, assumes that the object being studied is at rest with respect to your reference frame. E2=m2c4+p2c2 where E is energy, m is mass, c is the speed of light, and p is momentum.

Your post is hard to understand.

What are the consequences that are possible since the degree has already been given? Given the example I've already typed out, do you think it counts as plagiarism? "The twentieth century, writes Stuart C Easton, at the conclusion of The Western Heritage, is an age of paradox. The achievements of this century, and indeed, the modern period as a whole have made it possible for the majority of Western men and women to liberate themselves from the numerous restrictions that shackled persons living in past centuries. The individualism that sprang from the Renaissance, but which could be the possession of only an elite few in that age, has now become possible for the majority. Throughout the course of his whole life, Western man makes thousands of decisions that were not available to him earlier. In contrast to previous ages, he now chooses his career and spouse freely. He may determine the quality and extent of his education. Neither his state nor his society constrains him to believe in a particular creed or to worship in a specified manner; religious pluralism is the order of the day, and he may even choose to be an atheist or an agnostic if he so desires. Available to him is a dazzling array of entertainments and escapisms to assuage his mind. No longer forced to labour for long hours, he may pursue hobbies of interest to him in his spare time; he can choose where he wishes to call home, either in the place of his birth or abroad. All that is demanded of him in return is that his behavior is such that it does not curtail the liberty of others or outrage too blatantly the standards of his society. He is expected to obey the laws of his government and to make enough money for himself and his family by his work(or to inherit it from a wealthy ancestor who has earned more than enough for his needs) to enable him to meet what he believes to be his needs."-The Nature of History, William Lane Craig "The twentieth century is an age of paradox. The achievements of this century and its predecessors in the modern period have made it possible for the majority of Western men to emancipate themselves from the numerous restrictions that afflicted men in past centuries. The individualism that we notice as early as the Renaissance, but which could be in the possession of only a few in that age, has now become possible for the majority. Throughout his life, Western man makes decisions not available to him earlier. He can choose his career and spouse freely; he can educate himself or not according to his bent; he can choose from myriad forms of entertainment; he can cultivate a hobby in his spare time; he can live wherever he feels inclined, either in the country of his birth or in a foreign land. All that is required of him in return is to behave in such a way as not to infringe too outrageously on the freedom of others, to obey such laws as his society imposes on him, and to make enough money for himself by his work(or to inherit it from an ancestor who made more than enough to meet his needs) to enable him to satisfy what he conceives to be his requirements. Truly an enviable lot, one would think, in comparison with what was demanded of a medieval serf."-The Western Tradition, Stewart C. Easton Here is a pdf of the relevant portion of Craig's thesis. From Trinity Evangelical's official policies It seems that, should his Alma Matter be made aware of this, he could in fact lose his masters.

St Nick actually existed.

Today, at 2pm EST, NASA will hold a press conference about a recently discovered life form with alien DNA. From Gizmodo: Does this mean it is possible that our sample size for life has gone from 1 to 2?

Is there a sentence in there somewhere?

William Lane Craig has recently been accused of plagiarizing parts of his Masters thesis. The following two part video presents the evidence(the title is a bit misleading; it's a joke from the channel): It seems to me that it's fairly clear-cut that he in fact plagiarized these parts of his thesis. If he did plagiarize, what are the possible repercussions? Can his Masters degree be revoked? We have: "The achievements of this century and its predecessors in the modern period have made it possible for the majority of Western men to emancipate themselves from the numerous restrictions that afflicted men in past centuries."-Easton "The achievements of this century, and indeed, the modern period as a whole have made it possible for the majority of Western men and women to liberate themselves from the numerous restrictions that shackled persons living in past centuries."-WLC and we have: "The individualism that we notice as early as the Renaissance, but which could be in the possession of only a few in that age, has now become possible for the majority."-Easton "The individualism that sprang from the Renaissance, but which could be the possession of only an elite few in that age, has now become possible for the majority."-WLC This isn't even good plagiarism; it is middle school level copy/paste-modify type plagiarism.

What makes you think that?

[math]F=ma[/math] [math]F_g=G\frac{Mm}{r^2}[/math] [math]ma=G\frac{Mm}{r^2}[/math] [math]a=G\frac{M}{r^2} [/math] It looks like the mass whose acceleration is being examined dropped out.

Krauss seems to indicate that I was onto something here with gravity being negative energy.

That's what science does. Science does not verify; it falsifies.p->q p q That doesn't work, because q could be true even if p was false. So, we have to use falsification: p->q ~p ~q Using falsification, we can eliminate options and raise our certainty of our pool of the most viable options.

At least they're not talking about warp drive.

What kind of power source do you have?

No. That's like saying charge=Felectric. Both forces vary by position whereas the property causing the force does not. [math]F_{weight}=mg=mG\frac{M}{r^2}[/math], so your weight varies by the mass of the other object and your distance to its centre. Your weight here and on Jupiter are very different, but your mass will be the same.

Because 'Why?' is a silly question to ask here. 'Why?' is a question regarding the intention of a causal agent with respect to the effect said agent caused. Mass alone lacks the necessary requisite ability of intent which would render the question meaningful.