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light_bulb, from what I've read, he only signed the letter to Roosevelt because he firmly believed Hitler's scientists were already using his theory to build their own atomic bomb. He was a pacifist, but also a realist. At that point, given the information he had (which turned out to be...

Yes, I've often wondered if they may have a little difficulty understanding the complexities of glass; but, apparently, even some human toddlers can't grasp that concept :smile: They truly are enlightened beings :approve: My point exactly, who needs it? :smile: So, what hope have the...

You just answered your own question :smile: Even when you shoo the garden variety fly away it knows which root of escape is the most viable option. What would that say for its awareness of my kitchen's architecture? Funny how it manages to find the way it came in without a memory, too ;)...

The following isn't aimed at you, Baywax, just at the prevailing attitude toward other living beings. As far as I'm concerned, if they can feel pain they have a level of awareness. Pain recognition is one of the main functions of the nervous system in vertebrates… and even we have that...

The Earthlings documentary is probably the most powerful evidence I've ever seen to prove the existence of animal awareness and sentience. You can download a free copy from youtube: Part 1: Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sRiH_Owq9U&mode=related&search= Part 3...

Mubashirmansoor. I agree, it would have been more appropriate to say "beginning cause for this particular branch of events" Everything connects back to the big bang (and the events that preceded it)

. Here's an example: It's 2:30 a.m. here in Oz. 20 minutes ago I was sleeping soundly, dreaming of philosophical and scientific epiphanies (if only I remembered the finer details!), when my two Labradors woke me up and wouldn’t let me go back to sleep until I let them out for a pee...

By definition, Omnipotent means all-powerful. Therefore, there can’t be anything in this being’s reality that could be termed “nothing”, as that would imply that it cannot be affected by an external power. In an infinite universe, with infinite determinism there is no room for "nothing" to...

Hi Royce, “why” do you love them? Perhaps the late night cookie monster act has physiological explanations. E.g. do you have a sugar addiction? Are you eating enough during the day for your energy needs? I can say, “I know cigarettes are bad for me, everyone begs me to stop, but I just...

I think the existence of a "choice" is reliant on everything that led you to it, and the existence of a decision rests on everything you experienced from birth up until the fateful moment you "choose" to go left or right. Experiences (good, bad or indifferent), upbringing, genetics, brain...

Hi ReggieB. Interesting discussion on what determines determinism. :smile: Good question! I tend not to view energy as having a definite beginning and end. I think of it being more like a circle. Perhaps it’s our limited human perception that constructs the illusion of creation &...

Hi, Stevebd1. Hypothetically, would some of the melted ice evaporate to form clouds (provided that there were enough oxygen traped under the surface), reducing the sea’s volume? It has silicate rock under there somewhere. Do we know that there aren’t rock formations relatively close to the...

Firstly, I hope this post isn’t violating any guidelines. I respect Admin's decision to delete my last post about the gravitational constant, even though I feel it was pertinent to this discussion; I concede that it would be difficult to see where I was going with that line of reasoning. I’d...

I recently read that they’ve put an upper limit on the photon rest mass. In 1994, the Charge Composition Explorer spacecraft measured the Earth's magnetic field and physicists used this data to define an upper limit of 6 X 10 (-16) eV for the mass of photons, with a high certainty in the...

Thanks for tolerating me thus far, A. Good luck with your studies :smile: