An interesting discovery (Planet)

1 year 2 months ago

"Major problems with considering this a habitable planet. sure they said that the planet is roughly the same mass of the earth and about the same distance from the sun as the earth is. however, this means nothing other then it resides in whats called the "habitable zone". nothing says what the composition of the atmosphere is, what the temperature is, or if there is any water. not even going to mention that is planet is so far away that travel there currently is impossible, we cannot even send a probe or rovers to explore this planet without it taking hundreds of years. i saw an interveiw with a scientist, the question asked him was, whether or not they will be pointing radio telescopes towards that planet, to see if any life currently exists on it. his answer was that if nothing had been detected from that direction previously there would be nothing to detect now. this planet may only be inhabitable in the way that we wouldnt be crushed as we enter the atmosphere (atmospheric pressure), that we wont melt or burn to death when we land (average global tempature), and that maybe we wouldnt experiences prolonged amounts of lethal radiation, such as might happen on mars."
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Anti Social behaviour

1 year 5 months ago

"I think its rather simple. when you are younger, you want to emulate adults, but as you come closer to being an adult, you want to seperate yourself and become a individual. during this whole process everyone around you is trying to mold you into something you may not want to be, or at least dont know if you want to be. people need time to decide for themselves, others dont usually give you time. defiantly some people develop the opposite attitudes and perspectives of what those around them want and after while it becomes second nature (habit). this of course is only one probable answer.

im generally anti-social because people dont deserve my time and energy. dont get me wrong, i dont believe im better than anyone else, but why waste my time and energy on fools?"
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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

"Some people watch too many scifi flicks. amrod, first of all, what you want to say is parallel universe not parallel dimension. a dimension is the physical property of length, breadth, or thickness. a dimension is not a universe itself.

if you could, you probably would not want to leave our universe. even a minor change in the physical constants could drastically change reality as we know it. in science fiction, when people travel to a parallel universe, the universe is almost always a nearly-identical copy of our own. however, this idea is highly unlikely and another universe will more likely have different physical rules than our own. if anyone were to travel into a parallel universe or even outside our own universe, most likely they will cease to exist.

also, dark matter does not emit radiation, at least not that the scientific community believes. if dark matter emitted radiation than it would be a whole lot easier to observe it. radiation is light. much of the scientific community thinks dark matter is particles called W.I.M.P.S or weakly interacting massive particles. particles that only interact with the rest of matter gravitationally, thus the reason they are so hard to detect. there was one theory i heard out there that could explain part of the dark matter and all of the dark energy. the theory involved a new force, particle, and additions to what we know about neutrinos.

in this new theory, neutrinos are influenced by a new force resulting from their interactions with accelerons. dark energy results as the universe tries to pull neutrinos apart, yielding a tension like that in stretched rubber band"
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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

" eikenhein

you proposed that during cosmic inflation, space could have propogated at velocities greater than the speed of light, so long as it did not carry any information with it. while i know this to be true, i still have a question that bugs me. as far as i understand it, if an object were to break the speed of light, it would be switching times directional arrow. also, as far as i understand it, after an object broke the speed of light, there is no way to slow down again. if this is the case, than is space affected by similiar rules or is that only for matter?"
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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

" eikenhein

of course one or more details of this paradox has to be wrong, otherwise you and i wouldnt be here. as far as i know no major updates to this concept have been made recently. some people have talked about whether or not light and heat produced by the big bang would have added to this overal amount of light and heat in every direction. however, this paradox is built on the idea of a static universe. i may be wrong but i dont think the concept of a static universe includes a birth by big bang.

some people have claimed to have solved this paradox, but i dont think there is one solution that is recognized by the scientific community. the best solution is that the universe is at least not infinitely old.


Ali3n

it would have to be a star because i believe our only way of measuring somethings age that far away is to evaluate the light received by it. its never turned out to be anything but an error. the age of a planet would be difficult to determine, unless you can actually observe it. i think the current age of the universe is believed to be 13.7 billion years old. even if we could see farther back than this, it still wouldnt disprove the big bang theory, only extend the age of the universe."
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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

" eikenhein

olber's paradox implies that if the universe is infinitely old and infinitely large, the flux received by stars would be infinite. however this paradox doesnt just ask why is the sky dark at night. the envisioned environment is far more frightening. this paradox implies that in every direction, the light would be as bright as the surface of the sun but also as hot (5785 K).



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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

"Again eikenhein, thank you for answering my question.

back to the the issue at hand
according to relativity, matter must first obtain infinite amounts of energy in order to reach the speed of light. no known matter travels at or currently can be made to travel at superluminal velocities.

my third question

eikenhein, have you ever heard of obler's paradox?


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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

"Thank you for answering my question eikenhein

i am aware of the universes inflationary period, but i was refering to something a little more recent. the current state of the universe makes superluminal travel difficult. during the expansion period the laws of physics were probably much different than they are now.

back to the the issue at hand

according to relativity, matter must first obtain infinite amounts of energy in order to reach the speed of light. i thought this to be true and eikenhein has confirmed it for me.

my second question would be;

does any matter we know of travel at the speed of light or can be made to travel at the speed of light?

eikenhein, you asked if space is defined by matter and energy. as you know i am no expert, but if i were to make a educated guess, i would say yes they are. i would say that space, matter, and energy have a special relationship."
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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

"ExileZX, i think perhaps you misunderstood my assumption. my assumption does not say that the universe is infinite only that for infinite space there must be infinite energy. also it is possible to break the speed of light (kinda), read this article from Physicsweb.org

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Universe

1 year 6 months ago

"Eikenhein, i know we have had issues in the past but lets forget them to have a frank discussion about this. i have a couple questions about this. i will make a assumption here

Assumption
for the universe to be infinite, it would require infinite amounts of energy

Question
for matter to break the speed of light, according to special relativity, what must be done?

ill ask my next question once this one is answered."
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What kind and size of TV do you use?

1 year 6 months ago

"Anyone who buys a plasma television is a fool. most people have yet to understand that plasma televisions have smaller lifespans than a normal CRT television. the plasma used to create the picture is eventually used up (sometimes within only 3 years) and is expensive to replace.

the best high definition televisions out there use DLP projection."
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Would You Support a Murderer?

1 year 6 months ago

"You already support murderers. i do"
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Your BRAIN or Your HEART?

1 year 6 months ago

"Your brain. your heart does absolutely nothing except pump blood."
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Live for Ever

1 year 6 months ago

"I would want to live a long time but not forever. there is so much i want to learn, discover, and experience. living longer i probably could, however forever is truly a long time. don't worry though, if you can live another 50 years or so, you will no doubt have that option. a couple years ago i read an article online where a group of scientists were claiming in a quarter century we will be able to manage our age. part of what i thought was interesting was their use of gene splicing and therapy to add dna from bacteria into our own dna to help clean cells of what they called "junk" proteins. their idea was that an individual could age normally and come to a facility to recieve a rejuvenation therapy. that a person could be 50 and return to 18, age normally to 30, and go back to 18. while i can't say i would want the gene therapy but how they manage age and lifespans is preferable, because say i wanted to die i could simply age normally and die normally."
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Purpose of Life: Written or Unwritten?

1 year 7 months ago

"You really cannot pin it down to either. a individual truthfully has very little control over their lives. it is technically more correct to say we are along just for the ride. i know control is important to people, some people ignore the truth in order to gain control over their lives, their sense of control imaginary and fleeting. we are lucky though, we have more control over our lives then any other creature on the planet."
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What is your religion?

1 year 7 months ago

"Sabaku-no-leti, you don't believe in science, yet you use it every day. do you believe your computer runs on fairydust and magic? tell the truth now, you either really don't care and haven't put much effort into developing a real understanding, or you are entirely too stupid to get it.

as i have said in past posts about religion is that i am agnostic. i have not made up my mind yet and there is no way in hell the backwards and retarded people in this world are going to convince me. they are all liars and con-artists and if they are not one of those, they are delusional and probably mentally ill. i don't trust humans beings and never will."
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Life after death!

1 year 7 months ago

"I would like to be one of future carrot overlords"
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Ryu vs. Goku

1 year 7 months ago

"I agree with fairy-ayanami. both that this question is dumb and that goku would win. the amount of power that goku has by the end of the dragonballz storyline is nearly godlike. considering that ryu is just a video game character with a limited arsenal. goku would out power ryu. "
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Is sex a WANT oR a NEED?

1 year 7 months ago

"Fairy-ayanami will you keep reproducing when there is no room left to stand? or when like many third world countries, our population exceeds our ability to feed our population? famine is very god like!"
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Coincidence vs. Inevitable

1 year 7 months ago

"Both are real and both affect our lives. both are a matter of perspective. how do you decide what is only coincidence/random chance and what is fate (the word inevitable is inappropiate here). it is very much like proving the existence of god. if a tree were to fall on your car, who truly has the ability to percieve whether or not it was just random chance that a lightning bolt hit the tree and toppled it onto your car or some predestined event. while my first answer would be no it was chance, i cannot in good conscience think my opinion to be absolute.

truth is, whether fate or random chance, the events that take place might as well be completely random to us and certainly seem that way."
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Is sex a WANT oR a NEED?

1 year 7 months ago

"This is a question with no obvious answer. some would say sex is only a need when it comes to procreation. however, pyschologically a want can feel like a need. some people base their self-confidence and self-identity on who they have sex with and how often they have sex. for some people to live happily, they must be happy and satisfied pyschologically. regardless of whether i agree with them or not about how they gain that happiness, it is a need for them nonetheless.

for me sex is a want not a need"
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Philosophy Paper

1 year 7 months ago

"I can't say i like your topic for this philosophy paper. as the quote by ayn rand in fluxbox's post, said it perfectly. laws are just laws, not justice itself. justice is decided and dispensed by the people themselves. yes sometimes laws are "unjust" but regardless an unjust law is a law. having the status of a law is not entirely determined by whether or not the law is just, or at least not everyone's idea of just. every law whether in the past or present, just or unjust, was or is a law. however just because it is a law it does not mean we should obey it blindly."
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To please or not to please somebody

1 year 8 months ago

"Pleasing someone is not what is most important thing in a relationship, the truth is sometimes painful but in the long run far better for both parties. take for example, my cousin who got heavy into crystal meth. there were two types of people around him, those who said they were his friends and those who were actually his friends. those who said they were his friends, told him anything he wanted to hear, even though he was jeapordizing his job, health, and family. and those who were his actual friends, who told him what was actually happening to him and by extension his family.

because people some of his so-called friends were not telling him the truth, he was not understanding just what was going on. he would develop paranoid scenarios to explain the bad things that were happening and only his real friends were telling him that these things were not real. because he retained the support of those who only wanted to please him, he was able to push away his real friends, and eventually lost custody of his children.

now this is perhaps an extreme example, but the point nonetheless remains the same. pleasing someone is not the most important part of a relationship, it may hold a relationship together but at what cost? will you sell your soul to please someone? and are you really doing it for that other person or for yourself?

some people try to avoid conflict and feelings of guilt in order to feel good, it is as simple as that. are your good feelings worth the corruption of a true relationship, which is a honest and open relationship? i would rather tell my friends the truth and lose 100 friends, than lie and live in a false relationship. my soul is not for sale. i would rather live with the pain of loss than let my friends make mistakes that will bring them more pain than telling them the truth will.

fye-lover, i would say for the most part, the examples you provided are nothing but consideration for others, which is a great trait to have. however it is a trait that is also easy to take advantage of and people will see this in you and step all over you. you are not a coward, just a kind and generous individual. it is ok to say no to people fye, even if you have nothing more important to do. it is your life and you may live it as you wish. if someone's feelings become hurt, it is not neccesarily your fault, often it is the person who gets hurt fault. for some odd reason in this society every time someone's feelings are hurt that it is always someone elses fault, which is entirely untrue. many people hurt themselves by not being realistic but try and transfer the responsibilities of those feelings onto something or someone else. incredibly selfish and harmful to the person who does that. you dont learn to accept responsibility for your actions or learn how to take rejection or loss when you always blame someone else.

for example, this bullpoop about having no winners and losers in soccer games. losing is not problem, at least it should not be. but since some kids take it hard and parents want to protect their kids, they take it too far and prevent these kids from ever losing. how are they supposed to learn to deal with loss and rejection if they are never faced with it during childhood and when they do how will they react when faced with it in adulthood? never losing is not realistic, therefore in my eyes harmful to the development of children, and will adversely affect their behavior and responses in later life. the only thing i do not like about america is the incredible level of selfishness that exists here."
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Bringing back the military draft to the U.S.

1 year 8 months ago

"Representative Charles Rangel for the second time is trying to revive the military draft in the united states, basing his decision on what he believes would prevent going to war unneccesarily. unfortunately he apparently does not understand that because we are already in a war, in iraq, that a reinstatement of the draft would only kill more americans, americans that do not want to fight this war. he also does not seem to realize that the draft goes against the ideals of this country, which is freedom, freedom of choice. we might as well be a terrorist state or like north korea and force people to live a specific way.

if this proposal were to pass, anyone who is not 18 yet would have to sign up and face being drafted. those people would be forced to fight in a illegal war and possibly die for nothing. we are not leaving iraq any time soon, once we toppled their government and destroyed their infrastructure, we basically garaunteed our presence in iraq till we at least make their lives as good as when we came in (10 years or more). it sort of our responsibility now.

i doubt the proposal will pass but i am angry that this jackass would even propose it. he says that an all volunteer army is unfair to the lower class, because most of the volunteers come from the lower class. how is that the fault of the middle class and why should the middle class pay for it. why should anyone be forced to lose their children based on some jackasses view of fairness. the fairest and most ideal way to build the military is voluntarily, so that everyone has a choice, including the lower class of the united states. i sympathize that the lower class has less choices about their future, but why should others pay with their lives because of this? how many kids choose to be lower class, middle class, or upper class?

Representative Charles Rangel thinks he is being so clever, but he does not realize the impact it would have to reinstate the draft.

here is a link to the article Website Title"
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If a GUY was raped, would you still react so much?!

1 year 8 months ago

"By some of the responses in this thread, i think that omnidevil more then proved his point. many do not take the rape of a man seriously, let alone think it can happen at all. this thread has shown that prejudice and bias deffinently exist in this issue. it is a sick and sad world when one victim gains preference over another based on some physical difference, in this case sex. it also shows us that such biases based on sex, race, and religion exist with other matters too. it shows that prejudice and descrimination is alive and well in our world, and even those who fought against such attitudes to gain equal rights (in this case women) can be just as prejudice and descriminatory as those they fought against.

it also proves that women are no better then men and men no better then women, blacks are no better then whites and whites no better then blacks, and christians are no better then muslims and muslims are no better then christians. we are all prejudice descriminatory jackasses who think we are better then we really are. oh why oh why can't god just end it now, its just so lame being here! i hate people and i hate everyone of you!"
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