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{EK} Permutate the state of the Universe many, many, many times, and eventually it will revisit the same spot.
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
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'I need something good to die for, to make it beautiful to live' -QSA
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Originally posted by Joe Pluta:
ME: No, I'm not. You are.
I am what? Arguing against 12th grade mathematics? Okay, which of the following is not true:
1. 12th graders learn basic calculus (also known as pre-calculus)
2. Pre-calculus introduces the concept of the limit
3. The limit of 1/x as x tends to 0 is infinity
4. The limit of 1/(1-v2/c2) as v tends to c is infinity
Thus, the limit of the Lorentz transform as v approaches c is infinity, not "undefined". Based on typical 12th grade mathematics, then, the special relativity equations imply that infinite energy is required to accelerate a body as velocity approaches the speed of light.
Unless you refute one of the four numbered statements above, I'm pretty much done here.
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Hope you don't mind if we don't actually bother responding further though, since it's evident the SNR will be well below my threshold of interest.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
A good theory with a few simple postulates will describe a large number of phenomena and will make definite predictions that can be tested. If the predictions agree with the observations the theory survives the test but if the observations disagree, the theory must be modified or discarded.
With the positivist approach , one can never say what time *actually* is. One can come up with a good mathematical model of time and say what predictions it makes.
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
EK: Look, love and existance of God cannot be scientifically tested. Does that mean that there is nothing to talk about?
No, but it does put some limits on your ability to convince someone else to change their views on something.
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So you are saying that you want to prove the limitations of relativity by using the Bible?Originally posted by Eugene Kononov:
I don't know about that, Jim. What convinced more people to change their views, -- the Holy Bible or Newton's "Principia"?
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Haven't you heard of the "many worlds" theory? Or the anthropomorphized universe? Physicists do address these questions but until we understand what and how the questions are pointless. How can you ask "why" when you don't even know what you are asking why about? That logic gets you answers like "42".Originally posted by Eugene Kononov:
To put it differently, there will be no light until physics starts to address the question "Why?" and the priest addresses the question "How?".
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Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
- Robert Bresson
Spot false dilemmas now, ask me how!
(If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
- Robert Bresson
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
- Robert Bresson
Spot false dilemmas now, ask me how!
(If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
- Robert Bresson
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
- Robert Bresson
Spot false dilemmas now, ask me how!
(If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
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