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That is not relevant to the Sun or black holes. 1. You cannot exceed the speed of light. 2. No. Really? Do you just mean: "once upon a time there were no aeroplanes"? Still waiting for evidence of this.

1. That's not how it works. Your claim: you need to provide evidence. 2. But I did, anyway and can find no evidence that this is the case. Unlike charges are attracted to one another. I don't see how this is relevant to black holes or the Sun. (Charged black holes are theoretically possible but I don't think there is any real reason to think they exist.) I don't understand this at all. 1. You can't travel at light speed. 2. However fast you were moving (99.999999% speed of light) the light would pass you at light speed. (Google "special relativity" ) Here: "The speed at which light waves propagate in vacuum is independent both of the motion of the wave source and of the inertial frame of reference of the observer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light#Fundamental_role_in_physics (We have known this for 113 years, so it should be more widely known!)

No, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you can't travel at the speed of light. Secondly, the speed of light is "invariant", that means that however fast you go, you will still see light travelling at the speed of light. Dark matter is called dark matter precisely because it does not interact electromagnetically. You seem to be suggesting that gravity is caused by electromagnetism. There are all sorts of reasons why this can't be the case. Gravity is proportional to mass, not electric charge. Things with no charge are affected by gravity but not by electromagnetic forces. Electromagnetic forces come in two polarities, gravity doesn't. We can block electromagnetism, we can't block gravity. And so on and on. It has? News to me. Light is not affected by magnetism. That would imply that the Earth and Sun would have to have opposite polarities. And then the Moon would have to be the opposite polarity from the Earth. But when we launch a spacecraft to orbit the Earth and the Moon, it would have to magically(?) change polarity at some point. Basically, gravity and electromagnetism are completely different forces. We have a good model for gravity already. And it works.

And, I assume you have EVIDENCE for this? No? What a surprise.

OK. That's it. Reported for lack of science and trolling.

I don't think you can call a belief in something that is obviously false a "philosophy". Believing the Earth is flat is not a philosophy, it is a delusion. Believing that man didn't land in the Moon is not a philosophy, it is a delusion. Believing that everybody else in the world is lying to you is not a philosophy.

You are claiming that everybody in the world (including me) is lying. And you provide no evidence to support this.

Did you miss this bit:

As what you are now claiming is obviously false, there isn't much scope for being open minded about it. You might as well ask that people be open minded about the Earth being flat.

But congratulations on finally staggering your way incoherently to a statement that no one is going to agree with. I assume that is what you wanted? You cannot assume that because you are unable to get pleasure from art or a beautiful sunset or whatever that no one else is. I think I will suggest the mods close this thread as you have nothing scientific (or even intelligent) to contribute.

Where is the evidence that everybody lies about this? Or do you want to admit you have just made this up? Are you delusional or trolling?

Orbital velocity: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_speed

So when people say they get pleasure from doing a crossword or reading (or writing) a poem, or watching a friend win a race or ... you think they are just lying? You will really need to provide some evidence for this. Otherwise we can only conclude that you are completely delusional (or lying).

As people experience pleasure from “higher level” emotions (if such a distinction really exists) from a variety of intellectual activities, it would appear you are wrong.

Or maybe it does: http://web.mit.edu/wisdom/www/swimming.pdf

Yes, but not every person feels positive emotions from that. You are just making stuff up again. (By the way, when do you intend to provide evidence for all your earlier claims?) Different people have different values because different things cause more or less positive emotions for them. Some people value football (because it gives them a positive emotion) others prefer golf. Obviously, anything one person wants to do may come at a cost to others. This is an old problem in philosophy and ethics (something you should study). For example, you could look up utilitarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism Or, more accurately, you are defining morality in terms of positive and negative emotions. But, as you point out, it is more complicated than that because not everyone shares the same values/emotions.

Good point. But the various strains are fairly specific to animal types. Avian flu is rarely transmitted to and between humans (and vice versa).

Christ. Don't they teach logic in schools anymore? He may get a positive emotion and think it is a good (valuable) thing for him. But that doesn't mean it is a good thing for anyone else for society as a whole. Sheesh. In which case, they are as incapable of rational thought as you seem to be.

You need to respond with a rational argument. Not just repeating your belief in your chosen god(s).

Many other countries play those games and watch those same movies though. And produce their own. So I don't think that is a significant difference. But it might contribute to the willingness/acceptability (in some people's minds) of reaching for a gun as a solution to a problem. The difference is that, in most other countries, you can't reach for a gun.

Sorry to hear that. In my case, being here is often work avoidance! (I'm freelance.)

If we take "guns" to include more metaphorical weapons then I think there may be a sea change happening where the survivors are winning through their skilled use of rhetoric, social media and protest. "The pen is mightier than the sword". Although, in this case, it may be more a case of Twitter being more powerful than bribes lobbying.

Who said there are? Although, this is something I would probably disagree with. I get emotional pleasure form intellectual activities: writing computer software, doing mathematics, defining business processes, etc. And that is a very silly conclusion. It may be true for a family of robots, but most people get married, have children etc. because they want to; because it fills an emotional need; because it makes them happy; because they are in love; and for other positive emotional reason. And because of those emotional ties, most people value their family above almost anything else. Remember, it was you who pointed out that value comes from positive emotion. No shit, Sherlock. Keep those impressive insights coming. Hey, me too! (Initially, I assumed English was not MattMVS7's first language. But now I think it was just sloppy writing.) Maybe your opening posts in this thread were just unusually badly written then. But when two professional writers/editors tell you that your writing is incoherent, then you might want to think about where the problem lies.

Nonsense. I said that the film has value (because it will cause positive emotions) but his family has more value (because he has more positive emotions for his family). He will weight up these values (emotions) and go with the more positive. I was agreeing with your statement that positive emotions correspond to value. And using that to show that your claim about how people would behave is wrong. You are being completely irrational because on the one hand you say that emotion is what defines value and then on the other hand claiming that people will behave as if that weren't true. Now, where is the evidence for those claims? If you change the subject again, I will report this thread to the mods as being incoherent, unscientific rambling.

I never said any such thing. If you are just going to make up lies, then it is probably time for this thread to be closed.