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I was given a warning for hijacking thread https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4306454#post4306454 and would like to dispute it publicly. The Forums Global Guidelines says: "Do not hijack an existing thread with off-topic comments or questions--start a new thread." First of...

Hey, Astronuc! Thanks so much for the info. That's the basics of what I hoped to find out. I appreciate the answer!

First of all, I never said there was a problem with anything. I've just been wondering how, exactly, distribution works beyond the journals that initially bring us things. Second of all, based on Andre's example, I'd say improvements would be welcomed. Graduate students are still in school and...

There needs to be order in science, and there are organizations that act as "creationists". The IAU is one example. They decided a new way of defining what a planet was and now Pluto is taught to be a "dwarf planet". That was an official decision "made by someone" that now needs to be respected...

Additionally, new schools, in particular, must go through some process for having their curriculum accepted before being accredited, right?

Out of curiosity, I wonder where I could find this. And yet, this very statement implies a standard. After all, you can't "weight" different universities without a standard to weigh against. Also, I wonder if some of that weight is based on money before serious consideration to the actual...

It sounds like you're saying that university/college programs don't need to change with new discoveries because they are intended as a general foundation only. Do you really think that's true? I wonder what the point of science is, if not to also incorporate its new discoveries into our...

That's good to know Evo, and thanks for the clarification. I know people DO get kicked out of the forums, so it's a reasonable concern. Still, my suggestion stands on maybe changing the approach. Instead of the scary, "You have received a warning", maybe the policy could be changed to "This is a...

Posting something to the wrong sub-forum can be an easy mistake that doesn't warrant a "warning". My thread "How does science maintain cohesion?", I think, makes a good discussion. I was told it should go in the "General Discussion" sub-forum and not "General Physics". The reason I didn't put it...

There is so much information out there and new studies happening all the time. How is all of this information organized so that new discoveries are incorporated in standardized curriculums? I guess I'm wondering how all of the thousands of colleges and universities across the globe stay on...

Actually, by definition, the universe IS everything. I know there's a new popular movement about the "multi-verse", but that's ultimately semantics. The "universe" is intended to describe everything that is. What you appear to have a picture of is not the universe, but a galaxy. There are a...

Thanks for the link. I did read through it. The reason it doesn't fully help is because it focuses on regional changes of CO2/O2 based on the local season. It doesn't seem to describe any global increases of O2. The source of my (limited) knowledge is the movie, An Inconvenient Truth. Any other...

I'm writing a paper (not homework) and would like to refer to how the entire Earth's O2 levels rise when it's spring/summer in the northern hemisphere. I understand that this happens because most of the Earth's plant life is there. Can anyone please tell me the proper name of this phenomena, or...

Here's my newest idea: What if they were military aircraft that were still in our atmosphere? The brighter one may have been sending off powerful signals that actually moved the air, making the moonlight reflect off of the atmosphere instead of the signals themselves. This seems feasable...

I asked my husband how many arcs he remembered and he said he thought 6-8. Between both of our memories, then, and the fact that I was most comfortable with the number 6 to begin with, I think 6 is the best guess. Jared or James, your input is a little confusing. I'm not sure what lense...