Recent content by c12_z

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    News Is It Time to Restructure the Role and Rules Governing Politicians?

    I think the biggest change would come if people would vote for what they want. This combined with making voting systems more proportionally represent the vote. As far as I have been able to make out, in various countries (certainly those with a small number of tremendously dominant parties -...
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    A Little Quiz -truth, existence, proof

    This one reminds me of: "Have you stopped beating your wife?" I can't see how you avoid being snookered whether you answer "Yes" or "No". Circular loopiness of annoyance looms.
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    Fallacies: which do you see the most?

    I will start with a disclaimer that I am capable of falling foul of fallacies! I try to avoid it, but am no perfect being, :smile:. **** I'd have to go for ad hominem and non sequitur. It seems to me that the rest flow from these two (are different forms, or special types, of them could be...
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    Undergrad What would we need for a warp drive?

    Surely non-wormhole type warp would shift you in time, too? Wouldn't special relativity demand it? If I am mistaken in this thought (which is distinctly likely), then I'd be very grateful to know why. Lord knows the implications (both proven and possible) of special relatively...
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    Graduate What Was the Force Holding Matter Together Before the Big Bang?

    Isn't this "quantum foam" simply a proposed "the singularity explained"? I'm not debating the merits, or otherwise, of this "quantum foam" idea, for I am just a layman perpetually wandering in a fascinating world of endless intrigue, but rather just questioning how it is distinct from the...
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    Graduate Big bangs origin relative to the earth's location

    Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems the clash with yelram is over the ceasing of the chain of spatial contexts? The problem we have is that trying to get an "answer" to this requires our minds to comprehend beyond that which we can truly comprehend, and for our language to express that which...