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grapes
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Mechanical advantages of rails?
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Simple physics and material strength allows one to calculate number of wheels. A single coal car carries a small hill of rock. (...
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2013-May-17,
08:43 PM
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Really trivial stuff that bugs you
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Spouse -- Spice Trousers -- Taser Douse -- Dice Souse -- Sots
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2013-May-16,
06:43 PM
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What is the Average Distance Between Earth and Sun?
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If it is given as 93,000,000 miles, there are two significant digits--it's been rounded to 93 million. Of course, it's 91.5-94.5 million over the...
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2013-May-16,
10:08 AM
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Interesting. The wiki says it is folk etymology. From http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=11795 That ship may have sailed! :)
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2013-May-15,
08:17 PM
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Ideas on The Multiverse Theory
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Which is also called the Anthropic Principle.
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2013-May-15,
06:40 PM
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Is there a mind independent reality ?
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Ken, I think we have had this discussion before but obviously it did not sink in ! However, this time, i think i understand what you are trying to...
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2013-May-15,
04:20 PM
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About Venus
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OK, that clears that up. The phrase "null hypothesis" is too general and actually controversial. Why not just say, Hypothesis A, Hypothesis B,...
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2013-May-15,
04:11 PM
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I think that was their point! :) There is some justification for using the semi-major axis as the average distance, as we've said, and the...
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2013-May-15,
12:39 PM
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Not just superficial resemblances, either, but as Shaula mentions, in the DNA as well. Too? What are you calling the null hypothesis? :)
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2013-May-15,
03:36 AM
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Like Glom, I'd say yes. Aphelion plus perihelion equals major axis, so half of that is the semi-major axis, and Kepler's laws depend upon the...
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2013-May-14,
08:42 PM
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Is there a mind independent reality ?
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So, no mind, no reality ?
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2013-May-14,
08:37 PM
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That is quite a profound sentence. Are you suggesting that everything will always be a subjective experience using the mind. So for example, if we...
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2013-May-14,
04:25 PM
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Lagrange point with a mass, does it create baby L-points?
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But isn't the moon of appreciable size? Or, going back to the OP, substantial enough? The moon is large enough, relative to the earth, that some...
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2013-May-14,
02:21 PM
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Yesterday, some kids asked which languages I knew. I claimed an additional ability to speak British, and they were impressed, until I admitted it...
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2013-May-14,
10:23 AM
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Putting in a second moon into the earth/moon system would not put you over the 1/25 limit.
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2013-May-13,
07:23 PM
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I see, that is a good point Strange. Why i am here, i would like to ask, what is the difference between Philosophy and Metaphysics ?
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2013-May-13,
07:18 PM
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I received this in my e-mail so thought i would post it here for people who are interested. Greetings from Barcelona, where the LHCP 2013...
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2013-May-13,
05:59 PM
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Yes, you are right. I should of said "I think it is logical that true reality is different to what we perceive reality to look like. Exactly...
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2013-May-12,
09:41 PM
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I am talking about the human mind and consciousness. I think it is logical that true reality looks different to what we perceive reality to look...
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2013-May-12,
07:53 PM
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Lagrange point with a mass, does it create baby L-points?
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L4/L5 are stabile when the large mass is 25 times as massive as the smaller mass. The earth is 80 times the mass of the moon. So, when you say...
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2013-May-12,
05:47 PM
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Only in the last hundred years http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_(game)
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2013-May-12,
04:36 PM
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Is there a mind independent reality ?
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Just because you do not see it, does not mean it is not there. Your nerves and central nervous system. What i am suggesting, is that our brains...
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2013-May-12,
03:41 PM
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Is there a mind independent reality ?
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Would you agree that our perception of reality is not what fundamental reality looks like. It is created in our brains using unknown information ?
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2013-May-12,
01:40 PM
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Is there a mind independent reality ?
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Hello ! I do not know a lot about this subject but i have just started an audio book that deals with this question. I understand that we can not...
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2013-May-10,
09:23 PM
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Which CQ rule, or combo of rules, say "No Trolls Allowed"?
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Uh-oh Jim, we've hurt his feelings again. Whose turn is it to accompany him to the tiki bar?
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2013-May-10,
03:26 PM
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Why do people crave relationships ?
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Fair points. Like previous people have said, there are lots of reasons i guess. Yes, that would concern me too ! Yes, you are probably...
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