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Weather Patterns: Effect of Vertical Earth Rotation
Could anybody say please, what change might occur in our current weather conditions, if the Earth rotated vertically, instead of the current angle of 22 1/2 degrees.- Ian Rumsey
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- Patterns Weather
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- Forum: Earth Sciences
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Graduate Trying to understand gravitomagnetism
Gravitomagnetism? Is this not the field radiated by rotating mass? Is it not the force that causes tides? Is it not present in the atom due to the rotating mass of the electron? Is it not a medium through which instant communication may be made between all things, at all times? In simple...- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Can the human brain decipher jumbled words?
Gleemtenn; one, two, six, ten,-yes, but I feel three is one mroe.- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: Art, History, and Linguistics
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Can the human brain decipher jumbled words?
Aoccdrnig to a rsceheearr at Cmabigrde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can siltl raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid...- Ian Rumsey
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How Many Were Going to St. Ives? A Riddle Explored
sixtysix if you include the bus driver.- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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Show Difference Between Human & Pocket Calculator
I don't think there is an absolute answer, but the best so far seems to be- Say the pocket calculator had a ten digit display. Question 1. 1234567890 times 1 Answers Calculator 1234567890 - immediately. Me 1234567890 - almost immediately. Question 2. 1234567890 times 8 Answers...- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Can a Life Form Think and be Intelligent?
Honestrosewater. I find the debate most interesting. I think (thats juggling with imagined reality) I will believe , for the time being, that my reasoning is conceptionally correct. It is reassuring to feel that whatever method of evaluation is used the question should obtain the same answer...- Ian Rumsey
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Show Difference Between Human & Pocket Calculator
Gentlemen, you are avoiding the question. How could you SHOW the difference between these two situations. Just 3 simple questions will suffice.- Ian Rumsey
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Can a Life Form Think and be Intelligent?
Definition of Terms-May I suggest. Think-Being able to imagine reality. Power of reason- Being able to juggle imagined reality. Aware- Believing 'I think therefore I am' Deduction- Being able to juggle imagined reality and come to a correct solution in reality. Itself-Being aware,as defined...- Ian Rumsey
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Show Difference Between Human & Pocket Calculator
A pocket calculator is programmed but cannot think. I could provide the same answers but I am not programmed. How could one show the difference between these two situations?- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Can a Life Form Think and be Intelligent?
We have a life form that can think. If the life form can think it must have the power of reason. The power of reason would permit a 3rd fact being obtained from 2 other facts. The life form would be aware of its ability of deduction. The life form would be aware of itself. The life form...- Ian Rumsey
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What is the Philosophical Explanation for Gravity?
Could anybody say please, in amongst your gravity considerations, whether in theory, a horizontal gravitomagnetic field, produced by a rotating mass, would be influenced by a vertical magnetic field.- Ian Rumsey
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Undergrad Finding the Optimal Chess Board Puzzle Piece Arrangement
Ceptimus,rather like your solution,can you form your twelve different pentominoes into rectangles. 20 x 3 ;15 x 4 ;12 x 5 ;10 x 6 ;- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: General Math
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Undergrad Finding the Optimal Chess Board Puzzle Piece Arrangement
Most complex. That which is most difficult to solve.- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: General Math
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Graduate Is Mass Outside of Space-Time the Ultimate Brain Twister?
Would this subject actually be the biggest brain twister of all time? All the information is available,its just the interpretation of the facts.- Ian Rumsey
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- Forum: Other Physics Topics