Reg the Fronkey Farmer

PopeBeanie wrote:
instantaneous disentanglement could occur if a dimension exists where those two particles are actually very close to each other, or perhaps even still joined as one particle or wave.

In higher dimensions, that could happen.  That makes perfect sense in its way.  Distance is distance, in 1-dimensional units, no matter what d…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
Or, more than one dimension.  All the dimensions maybe.

In string theory they speak of 10 or 11 dimensions (I forget which). I’ll never understand the theories, but the most convincing argument to me is about how entanglement of two particles can be broken instantly, even when those particles are separated by a distance that…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
If we go “above” our three-dimensional world, we go into the fourth dimension of time, from which we can see the 3-d landscape, embedded within spacetime, some way into the past and future.

Hang on, I’m not sure about that.  It’s “some way in space”, not the past and future.

To go “above” our world, it’s a 4-d world, so we…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
It is at best a faulty analogy and here’s what’s wrong with it. That example envisions a three-dimensional object, the ball, on a two-dimensional surface, which is easy to visualize. However, a real massive object exists in a three-dimensional space. Infinite number of planes. In the one-dimensional example, we see it sinking int…

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PopeBeanie wrote:
I.e. it’s more like a cosmological distance dimension is increasing.

I think that’s very true, @popebeanie.  Or, more than one dimension.  All the dimensions maybe.

Trump’s lies are not ordinary lies. He lies like Big Brother in 1984. “Don’t believe your lying eyes.” He does not lie to deceive. His lies are a loyalty test.

A guy I used to count as a friend (we were both photographers) is a MAGAhead now. He’s actually a successful attorney, so he’s no idiot. Still, he will not concede that Trump ever…[Read more]

“And somehow, we Unbelievers ended up being smered as the arrogant, preumptuous ones.”

It is written.

If one were to credit a theist with a modicum of perspective instead of a cave of ignorance the arrogance is outstanding.

Unseen,

Would they buy a Honda or Peugeot if it was made in Mississippi or Kentucky?

I found out 30 years ago–no, 38 years ago–that Ford Escorts had parts from France and South Korea and were put together in Mexico. This is going to be a real shocker for MAGA who want their American vehicles artesan-made from local on-board electronics and…[Read more]

Robert,

Instead of simply “not knowing”, religious apologists resort to bad logic and philosophy to answer physics problems with gods as the solution. So, imaginary realms and beings are conjured up, and theists are immortal!

And somehow, we Unbelievers ended up being smered as the arrogant, preumptuous ones.

Unseen,

If something happens or manages to exist or to be manufactured, it satisfies the laws of nature and is ipso facto “natural.”

Precisely! A man’s dam is as natural as a beaver’s dam.

And Deoxyriboneucleic Acid is natural as well, but to hear the Crunchy people talk, if it has a hard to pronounce chemical compound, it’s best to avo…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:

TheEncogitationer wrote:
That is possible, although Religious and Crunchy people, both Left and Right, have messed up the word by calling perfectly natural things in the Natural Universe “unnatural”, e.g. “unnatural food” or “unnatural acts.”

If something happens or manages to exist or to be manufactured, it satisfies the laws of…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
That is possible, although Religious and Crunchy people, both Left and Right, have messed up the word by calling perfectly natural things in the Natural Universe “unnatural”, e.g. “unnatural food” or “unnatural acts.”

If something happens or manages to exist or to be manufactured, it satisfies the laws of nature and is …[Read more]

Wow……

She: I am not really religious but I am very spiritual.

Me: But is that enough? Really, is it? Just how not religious are you? How much more is very spiritual to just being regular spiritual? Is there training involved?

She: Huh??

Strega,

Enco, I’ve always found “unnatural” to suffice.

That is possible, although Religious and Crunchy people, both Left and Right, have messed up the word by calling perfectly natural things in the Natural Universe “unnatural”, e.g. “unnatural food” or “unnatural acts.”

And just think of the mental short circuits that would result from…[Read more]

Robert,

Just wondering as the US economy grinds to a crawl, if environmentalists will declare The Mango Mussolini an eco-friendly president, LOL. He doesn’t understand why drivers in Tokyo or Paris don’t want to buy a Chevy Silverado.

Eco-Fascism is a definite thing, along with many other flavors. They all translate into subordination of the…[Read more]

Enco, I’ve always found “unnatural” to suffice.

Unseen and Robert,

What’s the surprise here? Trump gets support for his tariffs from Peter Navarro who gets his bogus advice from an imaginary economist friend “Ron Vara,” whose name is an anagram of “Navarro.”

Trump’s Anti-China Trade Advisor Invented a Fake Economist To Sell His Protectionist Views
Peter Navarro also said Americans wouldn’t…[Read more]

Robert and Unseen,

Using a word for a concept should not be taken to mean belief that the concept actually exists. I use the word “Supernatural” to mean a thing that is “beyond” the Natural Universe and not operating by Natural Laws. I suppose all the other prefixes could apply too, as well as “Supranatural” or “Extranatural.”. It could include…[Read more]

John Oliver enlightened me on the trans athlete situation.

I feel bad for one of my favorite bloggers who never talks trans issues. So I now really think trans were weaponized by the right.