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Death being final impacts our value as human beings
Moontanman replied to MattMVS7's topic in General Philosophy
I did read it, I would suggest you continue to take your medication... -
Death being final impacts our value as human beings
Moontanman replied to MattMVS7's topic in General Philosophy
How does such a life square with your idea of new age value? Why would that happen if there was something special about us? We live and die, just like every other living creature on this planet. We are social creatures, if there is anything special about us it has to do with making things better for our society and the people who inhabit it. Look at wolves, wolves arguably have a similar sense of self and duty to that self but they also display, much like we do, a sense of duty to each and other and their pack. It's why dogs and humans get along so well, loyalty and duty to each other and the greater good is why we have accomplished so much. What happens to me after I die is meaningless and to say it's somehow more important than what i do while i am alive is very self centered and counter productive to the greater good of humankind.. -
Death being final impacts our value as human beings
Moontanman replied to MattMVS7's topic in General Philosophy
Very true, good answer! You old softy you! -
I will guess no, surface tension would pull it into a string of spheres...
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Some my friends!
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Przybylski's Star Appears to have to have short lived radioactive elements in it's spectral lines. no reasonable source of these elements is known. As well as short lived elements heavier than uranium and thorium, plutonium is also present. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przybylski%27s_Star How could such short lived elements be present in this star?
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As soon as I heard that Trump had attacked Syria I thought of this song...
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Why are we humans and not robots?
Moontanman replied to jimmydasaint's topic in Evolution, Morphology and Exobiology
Jimmy, what makes you think we are not robots? -
I would wipe the floor with you in chemistry...
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You are amazed because you do not understand what stable elements are or why they are stable. There could be a basket ball in orbit of Uranus, but since that would go against everything we know about out solar system I see no need to speculate it's existence. Why should we speculate about stable transuranic elements when that goes against everything we know about nuclear physics?
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Yes, Strange is correct, we do know what elements can and do exist and all of them are listed on the periodic table. The fact you question this speaks volumes to your own grasp of science. As for the second, another civilization less advanced than us could contact us as long as they are relatively close by. Radio signals are not exactly 21st century technology...
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Assuming another world would be the home of intelligences is putting the cart before the horse a bit. Not to mention the only life we know anything about is us... Lots of speculation about your basic question and even life as we know it might be difficult to spot. Here on Earth we are still finding odd life forms, desert varnish is a good example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_varnish https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/apr/14/shadow-biosphere-alien-life-on-earth This also interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_biosphere. Chris Mckay of NASA fame has suggested that Titan might have life that uses methane and ethane in place of water. https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/titan20100603.html If you want to visit another world i would suggest scuba diving, our land based ideas about life and what it should look like breaks down under water. a weird example but not as odd as it looks once you know what it really is: http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/201576/a-horrifying-living-rock-that-bleeds-when-you-cut-it-open/
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Is this universe completely silent?
Moontanman replied to Sriman Dutta's topic in Astronomy and Cosmology
There are pressure waves in space, that is what causes the galactic spiral arms but we cannot hear them. Sound is the movement of matter, matter moves in space, from the galaxies spiral arms to the bow shock wave of the sun moving through space, all of them are far too low or weak or both for us to hear... -
How was protein synthesized from amino acids in the prebiotic world?
Moontanman replied to whoknows's topic in Chemistry
Why do you have so much trouble understanding that science honestly saying they do not know for sure lends no credence to your Ken Ham fanboy assertion that god did it? -
How was protein synthesized from amino acids in the prebiotic world?
Moontanman replied to whoknows's topic in Chemistry
If the conversation had continued you would just have said "Well I have this book" Were you there, damn.. just damn... where you there? Was anyone there? How do you know... oh you have a book.. -
Yes but you would be antimatter!
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How was protein synthesized from amino acids in the prebiotic world?
Moontanman replied to whoknows's topic in Chemistry
If you hadn't asked loaded questions made up by Ken Ham and his ilk we could have shown you the answers. But you and your kind cannot approach the problem honestly, I cannot provide evidence for dishonest questions... -
How was protein synthesized from amino acids in the prebiotic world?
Moontanman replied to whoknows's topic in Chemistry
I see no reason to discuss this with a Ken Ham fan boy... Ken Ham is a dishonest steaming pile of monkey shit, thanks for wasting my time.. -
Much to my surprise it would appear that this idea is really a thing. I had no idea at the time, it just seemed to be... I don't know, the first time I ever saw that image it occurred to me that a big bang in the opposite time direction was necessary in some way... I know way to use conformation bias but I honestly had no idea anyone else had really considered it. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2-futures-can-explain-time-s-mysterious-past/
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You realise you contradicted your self?
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How was protein synthesized from amino acids in the prebiotic world?
Moontanman replied to whoknows's topic in Chemistry
You are trying to set up a strawman, the assertions you make are either totally false or have no relevancy to abiogenesis. This is totally misleading, these things are not necessarily part of abiogenesis. You are trying to suggest that whole cells and systems must pop into existence for abiogenesis to occur. It is totally dishonest to suggest this, creationists know it, but they have to assert it for their arguments to work. The questions you ask are disingenuous and do nothing but set up a strawman for you to knock down... yet another dishonest ploy, the odds are obviously 1/1, random chance has no place in chemistry, chemistry is deterministic not random. The organic molecules come about naturally, in fact interstellar space is full of these chemicals, meteorites containing the chemicals rain down on earth every day. -
Well, you can google the math, spend a few decades learning it or since this guy is a legitimate authority on the subject, quite possibly one of the few who really does understand it, I tend to go with his assertions. I admit I've always thought the assertion of the beauty of the theories is poor wording at best..
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Lots of hype little to no data..