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Endy0816

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  1. Mostly just force of habit, though the term "gray hole" also has other meanings in astronomy. You say black hole and everyone knows what you mean. matter -> hawking radiation (roughly speaking) What you 'see' in between (the hole) is dependent on you being able to observe space and time. Hopefully this is somewhat clear, my own observation of time right now is that it is getting late.
  2. We do have some limited abilities when young and we retain the ability to regenerate our liver as adults.
  3. Apparently there is a more viable location than the hull... http://inhabitat.com/scientists-develop-solar-powered-wind-turbine/ Wouldn't be worth it everywhere but is neat to see.
  4. They why are medical costs are expected to climb in the US as a result of the decrease in the number of circumcisions? I just don't want to see our society(and more to the point, individuals) suffer as a consequence. If we could count on people to always do the right thing, then we wouldn't have half the issues we do have. Way too much sentimentality over it. There are a number of common medical procedures that people deemed mutilation in the past that we do everyday.
  5. Mostly talking in terms of practicing good hygiene(origin: Goddess Hygieia). That might change someday but we still have a ways to go. They didn't have a logical reason to start these practices. Ritual purification, circumcision, covering your mouth when coughing, etc. But at the same time they led to improved circumstances. Certainly don't need to look at it or explain it in religious terms anymore. "We did it so you wouldn't need to suffer the pain later and decrease your risk of contracting disease. As sexual activity is frequently engaged in prior to adulthood, we felt it necessary to make the decision for you. Yes, son, it could have gone awry but those cases are the rare exceptions and not the norm." No reason for people to get emotional about it. The risk involved in not being circumcised is X. If I could, I'd make that risk go away and nobody would need to be circumcised. Sadly I lack this ability so we're all stuck debating.
  6. Disease(STD's, UTI, etc.) issues with remaining uncircumcised. Think poorly maintained location in an area exposed to a number of disease vectors. You don't even need any studies to imagine what is probable down the road. CDC website is probably the best source of info on the subject. Often religions are filled with bull, other times people have chanced upon an intelligent behavior and are explaining the necessity in religious terms.
  7. There is quantum teleportation. It is all more about the properties than anything else.
  8. The problem is that you are presuming it has to be one or the other. It can in fact be that both are true in a Universe with increasing entropy and a finite self life. Something may be repeatable but that does not mean it will be.
  9. My own thought is that a black hole is our observation of a transition. Best I've been able to come up with anyways. At any rate should consider hawking radiation as well here.
  10. It'd be a subset of everything available in Africa at that time that was the easiest to forage for. Probably nothing you are going to find in a supermarket, at least not in their original form. Some species of plants have also gone extinct as well. Tubers would be your best bet, some fruits maybe. Hard to know for sure what has been subject to artificial selection and what wasn't at this point.
  11. Most of the above is non-evidenced. Theory as it is used in Science is something backed by mountains of evidence. Life is a process. That's why the atoms involved don't really matter. They come, they go but the process is what is ongoing.
  12. It is more the maintenance that requires the calories. Let your cravings guide you, but make sure you have quality food on hand to satisfy them.
  13. Install solar water heaters? Solar panels are inefficient if all you want is hot water. You lose energy by making electricity and then using that electricity to heat up water. Sunlight is quite capable of heating up water all on its own. Main issue with the towers would be that most of the available locations would decrease the amount of sunlight falling on the solar panel. Almost everywhere but the very top would see power intake cut by at least half. Flat stretches of land or roofs would tend to be better options.
  14. There are such things as synthetic seeds. Not entirely from scratch though. Still require cells(tissue cultures) to make anything happen.
  15. Provide answers to related questions on an online forum? Games can also work depending on the knowledge. Often is as good for your score, as it is for your memory.
  16. You mean the planet Earth? There are relative degrees of clean, but you won't find "completely unpolluted" anywhere. Good thing too, as certain heavy metals are critical for human life.
  17. Pikinni Atoll would be pretty decent. Has never had any heavy industry and maintains tropical weather all year round.
  18. yeah, pretty much the thread of my own thoughts. Makes me feel like our reality is held together by spit and bailing wire.
  19. Well, I mean impossible in terms of measuring zero. Frustratingly difficult subject to discuss. Extrapolating seems reasonable to say that could the photon have a perspective, that perspective would be that it took no time to travel no distance. Though you can't have such a perspective as the nature of that perspective forbids having it.
  20. I would jump all over someone if they insulted you. You yourself though made a statement insulting yourself. Others are allowed to reference that statement. The one person you cannot argue with is yourself. There is worse later on, but this example should suffice. My observation is that you have self esteem issues. I don't know why, on most days you do fine. You even managed to come across something most of us didn't know before this thread. Have some pride and realize the only one truly against your self-happiness is yourself.
  21. If I say, "Endy0816 is stupid." I would be breaking the rules. If I state "Endy0816 admitted to being ignorant". And Endy0816 did in fact make a statement to that effect; then it is a statement of fact. Statements of fact are allowed here. Your case is an example of the second. Now, I'm just going to ask that the thread be locked for everyone's sakes. The question was answered and answered well, so nothing more can be gained here.
  22. Is it a case of trying to relate to a situation that is impossible to relate to? Been bothering me off and on.
  23. Don't over dramatize the situation. Many have made similar statements over the years. They are gone and the forum keeps going. Work on your behavior(which relative to many others is not even particularly bad). You are always free to leave, that is the very definition of freedom. If you choose not to then you willingly agreeing to accept community standards(codified by the rules). Now the thread probably should be closed as your original question has been answered. As the answer was one of the more interesting results of a speculation thread I'd even consider it a reasonably accurate speculation(a rarity here).
  24. Numerology is false pattern recognition and is a plague on good logical reasoning. Many otherwise great minds have ended up wasted on it. The majority of others here are recognizing it as such and trying to show you the error in your thought process.
  25. Yeah, garbage in, garbage out still applies. Mostly just beneficial in terms of speed and allowing Google parse your meaning for you. Can do: "elementary charge * e *1e5=" and Google can correctly parse it.
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