Recent content by phinds

Why would you leave now? You've just found the best science forum (in English anyway) on the Internet and if you are interested in physics, this is THE place to be. Yeah, we don't deal with personal theories, but you might find that there are part of your ideas that you are not entirely clear on...

Thanks for that clarification.

That doesn't make sense to me. Why would photons not interact with matter, when encountering it? We are not talking about neutrinos here, after all.

No, I think my facts don't agree with yours

Well, I guess it's a matter of taste.

Fair point, but if you say "two" to the average person, how many of them are going to think "10" vs how many will think 2? Yes, I KNOW they are the same thing but the representation does matter.

You state something as categorically true that, I think, is not true. I believe that the probability is so close to zero as to "make no never-mind" as my uncle Billy Bob would say, but it is not zero, just vanishingly small. See post #8.

Because in English "two" means 2 base 10. If you want to talk about 10 base 2 you need to be specific that that is what you are talking about, unless there is a clear context that implies you are in base 2.

I don't think you are listening or understanding what I am saying. Again, mankind has been around for about 300,000 years. Do you not understand that? Your original statement was (bolding is mine) Maybe in the last 10,000 years to so (if at all) but NOT for anything like 300,000 years. Your...

BUT ... your statement was not about his "desire" it was specifically about his destiny, which is what I addressed. Make up your mind what it is that you want to be talking about. Also, humans have been around for roughly 300,000 years. Only during the most recent 1% of that time have we had...

Huh? What does that even mean ? Throughout almost all of human history, man has tied his destiny to his ability to get his next meal.

He was also renowned as a director. Among many others, he directed Ordinary People which one 4 Oscars including one to him for best director. I'm old now and, being a movie buff, have thoroughly enjoyed dozens of major stars. Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, Bogart, Gregory Peck, Cagney, Cary...