Recent content by LaPalida

She doesn't have a theory actually... her exact words were "I refuse to believe that the laws of physics that are detected here on Earth or Solar System are the same as in another galaxy" ... later on she added "in another dimension" (shifting ground?) but anyway there she may be right... but no...

Thanks for your replies guys :)... can't wait till 2007

I heard that some kind of experiment on frame-dragging was in process (or is that finished?). What was the outcome? Was the theory of Relativity vindicated? Does anyone know... wiki isn't very clear on this and it's full of math I can't even begin to imagine to understand... oh yeah also...

@ Omega: Heh well she is not a physicist... neither am I for that matter. I was just surprised to hear that from her because I believe that she is a very intelligent and reads a lot about different subjects. I just thought that this is a case of pink unicorns. By that I mean ... a person can...

I promise this is the last question... Is the spectrum of color a gradual gradation of one color to another... if so then do we arbitrarily create divisions between colors that distinguish them one from another OR is there a specific frequency that is the domain of red or yellow... if so then...

Ok here's another question: A friend of mine shook her head in doubt and disbelief when I said that I believe physicists when they say that the universe is constant and is the same everywhere... meaning that the laws of physics don't change whether you are in this galaxy or in another. She...

Ok here goes: I had a disagreement with someone over what the word law (in physics ofcourse) stands for. Now I realize that it can refer to a prescriptive law (such as human laws passed down by an authority for example) and descriptive law (a law that describes some kind of regularity in nature...

Hmm interesting. Thanks Dave :)

Oh great just the topic I wanted to start :). What my question was (it is closely related to this) is this - How do we explain the laws of the universe. What I mean is, if the universe first started with the big bang ... were all the laws of the universe already made in the big bang or were they...

Microevolutionary mutations are random. If not random then purpose right? No purpose has been observed then chance is the clear default stance on this argument. In an argument you take the negative stance as the default stance (best bet). Reality of evolution definitely disproves the literal God...

To Les, There is no difference between the two mutations (macro and micro), you're making a false distinction and then touting it as true. Organ development is just a whole load of superficial mutations happening over a much longer period of time. You say that it is bad logic to extrapolate...

"That would be favoritism and would make God who said "I love all of you equally" a liar, an impossibility." 1. Where in the Bible does it say that God loves "all equally" exactly? There is a claim to impartiality, that's about it. 2. God does play favourites. The entire Old Testament is a...

Too subjective. The mind is known to be faulty (optical illusions, hallucinations for example). How would I know that what I experienced is the real thing and not a delusion. How do I know that I experienced it at all? There must be a criteria which I can follow and compare. For example they...

For me anecdotal evidence just doesn't cut it. People also reported seeing ghosts, the Virgin Mary, aliens and UFO's, the Devil, and Elvis too. Until there is concrete proof for this it's all just hockey pockey stuff. Hate, love, thinking, hallucination are all inner experiences too but no one...

I am beginning to feel that we disagree on this issue a lot less than we think we do. Whether it is by your bad phrasing of your original statements, shifting ground, or I my lack of comprehension of them I don't know because as I see it you don't disagree that macroevolution (evolution above...