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first, i was a baby. that was the time when the sun rose and set. then i was a boy. when the sun no longer set or rose. finally, i was a man. and, the sun rises and sets. human thought once claimed to know that the earth was flat. that euclid was absolute. that the sun revolved around the earth. that math was truth. that time and space were Real and objective. that the atom was the ...

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Quote: Originally Posted by marcus Before anyone dismisses this thread, notice that in post #1 Wolram asked an interesting question and immediately in post #2 Swerve produced a reference to an interesting response:The earlier book by Jared Diamond, "Guns Germs Steel" turned out to provoke a huge amount of re-thinking and discussion. Whether or not, or how much of the time, Diamond is right is ...

Originally Posted by Telos Sure. A free mind is not authoritatively restricted by other minds. An unfree mind is authoritatively restricted by other minds. If a mind is restricted in other ways (not...

Originally Posted by Rogerio However, according to you, Tom would be 6 ou 8 years old... Well, maybe I need different ages then.

I'm just saying there should be a mention of it; it shouldn't be ignored completely.

Originally Posted by loseyourname If you are not already familiar with how things are supposed to sound or be spelled [in English], it is nearly impossible to figure out just from reading or hearing the word....

Check out the skeptecism & debunking section. There was a thread about it a while ago.

DisplayAds("Right1"); Hi everyone Here's the problem: The decomposition of ammonium hydrogen sulfide, (this rxn is reversible) is an endothermic process. A 6.1589 gm sample of solid is placed in an evacuated 4 litre vessel at exactly 24 degrees C. After equilibrium has been established, the total pressure inside 0.709 atm., some solid ammonium ...

DisplayAds("Right1"); I did look through this forum for other threads on this topic, but didn't find any. If this has already been discussed, then please let me know where the thread is. A common model for the expanding universe is an expanding ballon upon which some dots have been drawn. A well know flaw in this model is the fact that as the balloon expands, so do ...

Originally posted by Fliption Actually, I'll point this out again. I don't see how what AG is saying lines up to your view at all. Perhaps AG is just being cordial or maybe HE is the one a little guilty of focusing on who the mentor is? [:D] Also, Zero if you're truly wondering why you might be singled out for any reason...

Originally Posted by Ai52487963 Rednecks do it all the time. Perhaps they shot one of their friends? That's terrible.

Originally Posted by Evo I guess "sudden death" is preferable to "slow death" though. the hell it is. give me a long slow death every time. about 100 years or so should be just about slow enough...

DisplayAds("Right1"); Hey, everyone, this is my first thread on this site. I was thinking about the big bang. The big bang is noted as an explosion from a primeval atom. When this atom exploded, matter and energy scattered everywhere. From this explsion, space-time itself was created. I find it hard to accept this theory. If this atom was said to give ...

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