EdEarl

Is the following bold: a mistake? Otherwise, is it science news?

Filtered city water may have chlorine and fluorine, which are harsh, and may have bacteria, which might not be good. Boiling after filtering will kill bacteria and minimize the chlorine and fluorine. Of course, filtering also removes the x-ines.

Mayo clinic says: Warm water, rubber-bulb method seems best for home use to me, unless otherwise directed by a doctor. I'd boil the water before use, or use distilled water, but haven't done any of these, and don't plan to.

Fatty acids, too thick to flow, will dissolve in olive oil, and flow out of your ear, taking the other stuff with it.

False is often subjective. For example, Christians believe Christ is the son of God, but Muslims believe that to be false. You may need to define your query more thoroughly.

(Biting tongue) I dislike this thread, but I applaud those who have posted scientific findings.

Since the Universe seems to be created in the "Big Bang," it seems to be finite, but expanding towards infinity. Thus, an infinite regress of anything is impossible. We don't know the fate of the Universe, it may expand indefinitely towards infinity in both size and time, but no one knows. It is expanding now, and it is becoming less dense and colder. Thus, whatever thing having a cause and effect will loose its energy to entropy and be isolated in space; thus, it will be unable to have an effect on anything. There are other possible scenarios, but none AFAIK allow infinite regression, for example some things fall into black holes that eventually evaporate. Concur with studiot about quanta.

Culture and society already control us generally with cultural mores and specifically by advertising, laws and regulations. We may have an original thought, but it is rare. Monitoring will not require an implant. Do you think control of people will become more pervasive, and how?

Not sure which forum this post should be in. Maybe it should be in news. I suspect the NSA is filtering phone calls with similar technology, except voice activated with automatic translation. (not news). If not, they will be soon. In fact, every form of electronic communication may be filtered, if not by the NSA, then another less scrupulous entity...country, corporation, or crackpot. Laser microphones can detect vibrations in windows and listen to conversations behind closed doors. WiFi can detect people moving within buildings, perhaps detect heartbeats. Ubiquitous electronics with AI will be able to track every person on Earth from cradle to grave, no need for an implant. There are good an bad aspects of such technology. Some medical emergencies would be reported instantly. Privacy is eroded. Some people won't like the intrusion, and will fight it. Others will adapt. Can it be regulated?

You are right, H20 isn't heavier than O2 or N2. Though, it tends to form drops and fall from the sky.

The Bible says it rained 40 days and nights and flooded, and that nowhere was safe except the Ark. It didn't mention Mt. Everest because bronze age people in the Middle East didn't know about it. What? You mean how much water escapes the Earth into space. IDK. Since we have an atmosphere, is suspect that heavier water molecules are less likely to escape the Earth than oxygen and nitrogen. There is nothing to prevent a planet from being covered in water, except the amount of water and smoothness of land. Gliese 1214 b is called a water world, because it is thought to be covered in water.

Container A is a mystery. Container B is spot on. Container C differs a little; do you expect them to be exact or is C OK? Is it possible Tank A someone is screwing with you? Is it possible you are getting moisture from the air, differences might occur by having a different salinity in each tank, or a different temperature. You didn't specify any environmental data, so I'm guessing.

Do this mean charging every three to six seconds?

Neon sign transformers come in many sizes, but 3.6A, 6kv? You want to charge something in a second that would take 60ma for 60 seconds, that's 3.6A for a second. That's serious electricity. The primary would pull the following: 3.6A*6000 v= xA/120v xA=3.6A*6000v/120v xA=180A 180A @ 120v is way more than you have in your house, which is probably limited to 30A @ 120. You might have an electrician install a 240V line big enough. However, your torus transformer is too small by at least a factor of 10, maybe 100. The transformer you need is closer to the ones you see on utility poles, two or three feet tall and 16" diameter. I can think of nothing you can charge using AC at 6kv.

I agree, philosophy of science would be good to teach early and often. Someone, somewhere would object, unfortunately.

Your insulation is so thick on the secondary your metal core isn't effective (efficiency terrible), the rheostat reduces voltage across the transformer to <<120v making output v <<2500, one turn primary is a short at 120v, .... You have many things that will prevent success. Let's suppose you need 100 turns on the primary to avoid a short circuit; you need to know how much current you will pull to be able to buy the right size wire Is it 22 gauge or 6 gauge. The same is true for the secondary winding. Moreover, you can use thinner insulation, because winding-to-winding voltage is less than 6K, which allows you to put the wire closer to the iron core, key to having more double digit efficiency.

Forgive me, you don't have the right stuff. I'm too ignorant to design the transformer you describe. In school about forty years ago, I might have done it. But I know enough to know you can't get there with your collection of components. You need to know the information in this Wikipedia article before you can begin to design and build the transformer you desire.

Well, you have discovered there is more to it than turns-1:turns-2. It sounds like you intend to attach 120vac to a one turn primary, which should be a short and trip your circuit breaker. You need enough reactance in your primary to limit the input current. BTW current steps down as voltage steps up. 6kvac at 50-60 Hz can be dangerous. Tesla coils operate at high frequency, which makes transformers with less metal more efficient, and makes the HV safer. You can buy a 6kv neon sign transformer for < $20. You could dissassemble one to discover how it is made. I'm afraid your attempt is extremely lossy, at best.

In addition, the article explains that deep learning, which uses artificial neurons, is now common, and will mean AI will eventually take our jobs.

Given charlatan reviewers and range of paper quality, each scientist might use a Watson assistant to read and rate papers. Its owner would train the AI by having it read papers with relevant information; then let it read the general literature to select papers for the scientist to read.

There's too much to choose from; some of the Hubble images are incredible as are many of plants and animals. My pic offering: However, my favorite art in engineering (no pic is possible) is the 2M pound (900,000kg) turret of the proposed 30m telescope, tracking a star to arc-second precision. Not only is that feat beautiful, it will facilitate taking pictures similar to, but more incredible than, those taken by the Hubble.

When one does not understand something, even the simplest thing seems complex. Engineers often start working towards a nebulous goal. The boss says, I need a card reader, and development produces the following: A few iterations later, after understanding the system, they develop the following, simpler desktop version: : Note the punched cards in both pictures to understand the size difference between these two card readers. Rube Goldberg and followers poke fun at humanity with overly complex, do nothing, machines. Some people may try to bolster their image with complexity, but IMO most are slaves of ignorance, and have come to the right place to conquer their ignorance, here.

Not quite.

A bigger antenna can collect more, but 100 micro watts should be enough if the drone is around 0.02 gram. Otherwise, it would be necessary to beam energy to the drone, maybe as big as a butterfly.

Washington Post Sept 2015: AI can now muddle its way through the math SAT about as well as you can AI math almost as good as HS graduates taking the SAT college entrance exams. It read the problem with a camera and translated pixels into a computer solvable problem. Its biggest difficulty was understanding the question. Assuming it learns from experience, this AI will improve with faster computers and training. It should be doing advanced math in a few years. What effect will this tool have on us?