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Are we sure that wasn't what happened?

You assume two things here. 1.)He insulted their beliefs 2.)He forced his "irrelevant opinion about the evils of organized religion" down their throats. I'm not sure you can draw that out of the article. From what I gather, two things happened. First, in class, he said that the creation story was meaningful, but if you read it literally, you were missing out on a lot. We can't be sure exactly what he said, how he said it, or in what context the comment was made. From his quote, it looks as though neither 1 nor 2 apply. The second thing that happened, was a conversation AFTER CLASS in which he stated that the story was a fairy tale. This is his opinion, which one assumes, he has every right to share. It was not in class. This was presumably a voluntary conversation which had no bearing on the class. It is no different than saying the stories of Hercules are fairy tales. So, once again, I fail to see how 1 and/or 2 apply. Just my 2 cents.

If an electric field is twisted spacetime, what keeps it twisted? IIRC, gravity is the curvature of spacetime caused by mass, and when the mass is removed, so is the curvature. This seems to imply a springy-ness to spacetime. Would this not produce an opposing effect? You said charge is like a wound spring. Remember that a wound spring must be kept from unwinding. Essentially, my question is: what keeps the twist field from untwisting? Also, I am confused as to whether this twist is static or dynamic. Is the twist twisting or twisted? From your Falaco Solution analogy, you seem to be saying charge is twisting spacetime, which would cause a charged particle to deflect non-charged particles(put a rubber ducky in the pool). When you described charge as a wound spring, it seemed like you were saying charge is twisted space-time. This leads to the question I have above. Also, how would you determine the polarity of the charge? I had assumed you were thinking the polarity would depend on the direction in which spacetime is twisted. Then, I quickly decided that such could not determine the polarity since the direction really depends on your position relative to the field and that would mean the two polarities are just one polarity from different angles. It would also mean there are six distinct polarities and infinite intermediate polarities. And, as in one of the above posts, I'd like to see how you explain the discrete nature of charge with your twist field speculation. As to the accusations about your speculations not being theories, I'd say they are not theories YET. From a few moments of thinking about your speculations, I can see a few predictions(most of which don't correspond with reality as we currently know it, however). And as I said in another thread, you can definitely apply mathematics. You problem, as you have been told countless times, is that you are too vague. Once you get more specific, the maths and predictions become easier. Just look at the predictions that fall out of my posts in this thread.

Sure you can. For example: You describe charge as a "twist" in spacetime. There are several ways to describe twist mathematically that are quite distinct from the way we currently describe charge. You could even create your own set of Maxwell equations describing how twist and turn are related. Your speculations could use maths everywhere. If you did use maths, you might get more serious attention. Out of curiosity, what is your level of maths?

And it's about time he makes a comeback. And extrasense too. Don't you miss talking about blueberries and goats on Mars?

I'm always right.

No, you head that way for a few decades and just stop.

What do you think about the user illusion theory?

Come on Farsight! You're on to something. Let's hear it.

It's been years. I think it is about time he gets another chance.

Not fair! None of the answers are correct. I demand a regrade!

Is this in the FAQ yet? There have been like 4 billion threads on this over the years.

Welcome back to the Heat Engine. Entropy does decrease in a system with heat transfer out of the system. Think of it like this: Most commonly, entropy is defined as the amount of disorder in a system. Temperature is a measure of the average molecular kinetic energy of a substance. Heat transfer out of a system causes the temperature of the system to decrease(assuming no phase change is occurring). This means that after the heat transfer, the molecules are moving slower. Which is more orderly, fast randomly moving molecules or slow moving molecules? Even with a phase change, liquid molecules are more orderly than gas molecules; and solid molecules are more orderly still. That means that as you transfer heat out, you are getting rid of disorder as well. Yeah. You're right. My power plant doesn't work. Not quite. It can only "return" if the NET change in entropy is zero. If entropy decreases, by the exact amount it increases, then the net result is no change. Just like if you walk forward 10m and then walk back 10m, you will be in the same place even though you walked 20m.

I don't know. Can you?

MMs do all the important stuff! Most people don't know that the watch station responsible for reactor power isn't really the reactor oporator, it is actually a mechanical watch station. Think about how a reactor works and then know that I work on all the fluid and mechanical systems. WE are all that matters.

Start by writing the formulas for each reactant.

Does your biology cease to function if you move to the left? How about five minutes from now?

Thank you. I don't think I'm very accomplished, but there aren't too many 19 yr olds playing with nuclear reactors. What do you mean by "there"? If you mean my job, then there is a real quick way. Join the US Navy. Have you taken the ASVAB? If not, talk to a recruiter. It would be a good thing to do even now if you want to join any of the armed services. I took it in my Sophomore year and got a 95(out of 99). I'll let you in on a secret. The nuke school isn't that hard. People are told over and over how hard it is, so they make it hard in their heads. It's like calculus; it's so simple people overcomplicate it and make it hard in their heads. Boot camp is cake too. No matter what you meant, if you keep at it, you will eventually gain my level of knowledge in whatever field you wish(I recommend never that you cease gaining knowledge). You just have to never give up. Oh yea, I passed my radiation worker qualification, so I get issued a TLD tomorrow!

I'll bold the important part. "entropy is like a one-way ticket but when you arrive you find out there aren't any return tickets available because where you came from has ceased to exist." Entropy simply isn't one way. And if the "where" refers to the original state of the system, it should be bold too, as steady state makes my life easier.

Nowhere near noticeably

The problem is entropy CAN go back. If it couldn't, I would be out of a job.

Yes, real work increases entropy due to friction, but heat transfer out of the system more than compensates for the entropy increase. It isn't like reducing the entropy of the system takes away from how much work was done. I'm sorry for being short with you. I am still getting used to 12 hour shifts.

Notice how many of them are used by scientists.