Recent content by Glynos

Yes, the key here is evolution. Something obviously laid an egg and out of it came a chicken ... or something which bridges the gap between a modern day chicken and whatever it was the chicken evolved from.

Well it's because the initial argument with my friend was that lightning couldn't strike the same place twice, so I figured I'd ask you lot what you thought. Another side of the argument was that the lightning would have to strike the same point and cause precisely the same amount of damage...

I don't agree. Probability comes about because we can't take into account every variable that causes an act. In the lottery instance, there isn't a 1/14million chance of winning. If you win it, then it is "fate." We can see why this has happened and realized that it couldn't have happened...

I agree that it is very philosophical, I actually started thinking about this when I studied some stuff by John Locke. As I mentioned before, it can strike the same general area, of that I've no doubt. But the area it hits is always to a certain measurement, and in reality, we can't measure...

But would that rod ever be struck in exactly the same point? Would it be struck with exactly the same power? Would the effects it causes be exactly the same in two different strikes? I accept that the same tree can be hit twice for example, but not with precisely the same velocity, not at...

Hi, I'm sure you've had so many of these posts over the time of this board's creation, but alas, I've been having something of a debate with a friend of mine regarding lightning. My point is that lightning cannot strike precisely the same point twice because: 1 - No two things in existence...