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I had a discussion with someone about does .999...=1. She used finitism and I don't know enough about it to reply. I read a little about finitism but I don't know what to make of it, it just seems wrong Can someone recommend a site with a good rebuttal

I am in a discussion with someone about the Alcubierre drive. I have doubts about it and he seems to think that Harold White experiments shows it can be built I am trying yo get an idea what current thought is on the drive. I know the drive does not violate general relativity but what about...

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1029 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_model If they are wrong I like to know

I know that early oscillating models of the universe fail due to the second law of thermodynamics. One thing that I am unclear about is since as far as i know the laws of physics break down in a singularity can the second law of thermodynamics break down also? When I see comments to the...

I am trying to get a better understanding of subspecies vs species notably for humans. For example are Neanderthals a subspecies or separate species or if a new subspecies of Homo Sapiens were to emerge how would decide that there is a new subspecies Is there a good book that explains this in...

question about math as an universal language Hi I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, my first time here I have some interest in thing like SETI and was curious about mathematics, as a universal language to communicate with ET, using prime numbers and such As math is based on...