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When have you been censored? Crap is not a scientific term but, as you refuse to be scientific in your approach, it is a reasonable description of your baseless assertions.

What do you base that on? (I am crossing my fingers and hoping you have a rational reason, not that it is based on the bible.) There is some evidence that primates (and maybe other animals) engage in ritualistic behaviours, i.e. with no obvious external function. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-chimpanzee-behavior-may-be-evidence-of-sacred-rituals/ It seems almost certain to me that humans have always had a need/desire to believe in "higher powers", gods, spirits, etc. As these books are written by humans (who claim, in some cases, that they have had messages from angels) I assume that people would know exactly the same amount about god, even if they hadn't invented the idea of angels. Although an atheist could believe in angels in some other sense (messengers from "nature", some higher power or aliens).

Do you have any measurements that show a quantitative difference in the effects of light from a backlit display versus a reflective display?

And the data presented show it to be wrong. The Speculations forum is not for random guesses. Read the rules: "Speculations must be backed up by evidence".

Please show, using data, that this is the case.

It applies in engineering too, where we make use of things like biomimetics and genetic algorithms (which work, despite the scepticism of some about the existence of evolution!)

This seems to be yet another example of you not really understanding how science works. For example, the relationships between biology, geology, climate, sociology and economics (and probably other disciplines) is covered in ecology.

Well, it is pretty clear that curvature of space-time is a reality. (Modulo the usual caveats of what "reality" means and the fact that it is impossible to know anything about it, etc.)

Please give a specific example of something that can be discovered from these comparisons. (Note that the model of electrons orbiting the nucleus of an atom can be compared to satellites around planets. But it is also wrong. So the comparison is not very useful.) There is a large amount of multi-disciplinary research. But you would need to show that something useful could come from it.

I believe it is possible (but very difficult in practice). https://www.technologyreview.com/s/420664/physicists-build-a-memory-that-stores-entanglement/

And, despite being called "spin" nothing actually rotates ...

Took the words right out of my mouth.

I thought mentalism was that branch of stage magic that dealt with "mind reading" tricks, etc.

It is a measurement of the angular momentum of the parcel. Like many other properties it is quantised. By being entangled? Not at all except that their spins will be correlated when measured. No. Their spins become known. (Before then, they are undetermined.

Any politician who said such a thing would probably be laughed off stage. Please explain how it is supposed to help solve the problem. (And just repeating the same thing is not an explanation.) Just making speeches is not very productive. Especially when those speeches are full of vague platitudes. I still tend to the view that doing something is a better way of solving a problem. So, if the politician gave a speech saying, "we have initiated a plan to tackle homelessness by (1) building 100,000 new homes, (2) tackling the causes of poverty and (3) providing enough resources to treat mental health and addiction problems", including a clear timetable, costs and how it was going to be paid for then I might be impressed. But a politician standing up and sounding like an old hippy, "I mean, like, we are all stardust, man" seems like a complete and utter waste of time.

It can be. After all, it is the approach that makes something science, not the subject. I think there is a lot of good scientific work done in psychology nowadays - although there is still the legacy of Freud and his ilk. But things are definitely improving, especially when it is combined with things like neuroimaging, biochemistry, genetic analysis, etc.

I would point to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation process as an alternative approach. Similarly, restorative justice projects seem to had a lot of success.

Please explain how it would help. Please explain why it is a better solution than, say, building low-cost housing or tackling poverty. Politicians say things without it having any effect. We need action not speeches. There is no bias. It is always better to do something than just make speeches. ???

If that is the problem. Although shortage of housing is not always the reason for homelessness. And you think that is better than actually doing something?

You might be interested in some of these, as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Monotheistic_religions

On the other hand, someone could come up with some practical solutions to the problems of homelessness. (Or maybe that is too much like hard work.)

A more practical response would be not to be a squatter and encourage others not to. Avoiding the word won't stop people doing it. And then, because people do it, a new word will have to be invented. No one controls language, it arises out of use to describe the world.

Huh?

Because I am not claiming that there is any such thing. That is the general consensus at the moment. (Which, ironically, means it is infinitely divisible.)

I may be pedantic (about most things) but I don't think I am an art snob. I just happen to think that if you know something about a piece of art you can get more out of it than just "I like it" (or not). You might find out why you like it. (We had a copy of Guernica on the wall at school and I found it incredibly powerful; it wasn't until decades later that I found out when and why it was painted.) And (personally) I think there is value knowing about the craft and technique involved. There are artists I don't like, but I have to admire their skill. Someone might think that Rothko or Pollock are not "real art" but knowing how much care and skill went into them might just change their opinion. But each to his own.