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That Quora poster was @John Duffield aka @Farsight. Author of Relativity+, a crackpot physics book. He's long since been banned from physicsforums.

For Aliens, he borrows a bit from Aram Khachaturian's Gayane Ballet Suite: Start around 1:00 - 1:30

A more massive object experiences more gravitational force. A body with twice the mass will experience twice the gravitational force and accelerate at the same rate. See: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/why-is-acceleration-due-to-gravity-a-constant/ That aside, an object of any mass will...

That way, when you criticize him, you'll be a mile away and you'll have his moccasins. --Stolen from Jack Handy

No. https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/can-i-send-a-signal-faster-than-light-by-pushing-a-rigid-rod/

I believe this is the thread: Can you scoop out part of a black hole?

See the link in post #4 of this thread.

It was an old blog post that doesn't exist anymore. I did find it on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20120217062315/https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=3203

Not really. Energy is one of many properties of matter. See Drakkith's post immediately before yours. More information: Matter and Energy: A False Dichotomy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/movies/debbie-reynolds-dead.html Debbie Reynolds, the wholesome ingénue in 1950s films like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tammy and the Bachelor,” died Wednesday, a day after the death of her daughter, the actress Carrie Fisher. She was 84.

I believe it's only the jets that are moving at a small angle toward us that appear to be superluminal. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/Superluminal/superluminal.html https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Cohen/cohen.html...

True but over-heating is a common cause for short bulb life.

For small desk lamps—which is what you mentioned in your original post—60 W is a typical maximum rating. The table lamp I have in my living room is rated at 150 W. It just depends on the lamp.

This: https://spkiehmphysics.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/photo1.jpg Usually 40 or 60 is the maximum recommended. Your bulb probably got too hot in its enclosed space.