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Started by Kermos

Faith is proof of things not seen; in other words, that which you say/think but not see is what you believe.I want to give you an idea of who I am. I was an evolutionist, but Christ changed me into a Christian.Many scientists believe the beginning of Universe was about 13.8 billion years ago. A subs

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Started by SatanLucy

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-shipI didnt really take AI danger seriously until I read this.So AI generated an entirely false report which almost led to international incident and possibly even war, by fabricating data of Chinese ship transportin

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Started by fauxlaw

The title of this string is a quote from 19th/20th-century philosopher George Santayana. He was talking about how we escape, to our peril, from embracing what is uncomfortable fact by satisfaction with theory. Theory, such as what was once called "global warming," because we thought, then, that each

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Started by fauxlaw

Climate [existental] change? Climate [science]Long before we thought we knew what climate was, and that it is existentially changing, was a pair of events between 2.somenting billion years ago, and about 580 milion years ago. A pair of ice ages, both so severe, the entire Earth was buried in ice. Ye

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Started by fauxlaw

What goes up must come down. That's not always a simple, safe exercise; we only know for certain that the up/down is a necessary sequence of anything that leaves the ground with the intent that it return to the ground safe and secure.That it sometimes does not return safe and secure is what makes th

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Started by fauxlaw

While it's not precisely known, what is estimated to be the percentage of the human genome that is physically expressed? This means it is actively transcribed into RNA, which is the single strand of our double-helix DNA molecule. An RNA single strand is that which is encoded in each ovum and sp

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Started by ebuc

No one knows how the standarised, bronze, Roman Pentagonal Dodecahedron was used for. Go to 24:40 or some before for context of other ideas. Believed now to be used by the grammati surveyors along the military fort border lines across Roman territories in Europe and Britain. As of now, no one knows

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Started by fauxlaw

Many physicists who disavow the existence of God were and are still enraged by the nickname given to the Higgs Boson when that particle was finally demonstrated to exist. Peter Ware Higgs, a theoretical physicist, first announced his theory of the existence of the Higgs Boson in 1964. In 2012, the p

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Started by fauxlaw

This week's disastrous flooding in Nepal [suggested to have been caused by earthquake] is a testament to our poor ability to respond preventively to natural disasters.No climate change wizardry, no dollar contribution to the Green New Deal would have prevented this disaster. To think we could have p

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Started by fauxlaw

What a woman! As much as I denigrate "science" as it relates to Earth-bound climates, a deserving woman of a more mature science, astronomy, is honored this week as the leading edge of space-based astronomy, who, among other accomplishments, spearheaded the Hubble telescope project. A new telescope,

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Started by fauxlaw

You're probably thinking this subject belongs in either sports or politics, but, honestly, I'm not sure many of you know the difference. Some others may insist it belongs in culture, but I'd make the same accusation. I put it in science & tech because at the root, that's where the definition of

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Started by ebuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQQXQK_NgkShe never states Fermionic Matter, Bosonic Forcce, or what this crystaline structure may be best catagorised as Bose-Einstein-Condensate{ BEC }, that, has been known as a catagory since 1995{?}AI...' The Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) state of matter was f

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Started by SatanLucy

So I have about 6 phones (well 4, because 2 dont work cuz my parents ruined them).What I find good about Xiaomi phones is that they offer high quality and good design at cheaper price.First, its the camera which offers like 100 to 200 megapixels, depending on model. You are not going to find same se

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Started by ebuc

Wow!, Way Cool! Tensegrity Tumble-weed Blowin In the WindTo Spread Seed and Bio-disintegrate when rain hits its releasing seed when and where it is most needed in desert areas. https://indiandefencereview.com/yizhuo-guo-wind-device-for-desert-soil-recovery/. 

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Started by ebuc

Mass curves spacetime. What is spacetime? AI..Google..' Matter and energy, such as stars and planets, warp the surrounding 4D fabric, forcing objects to follow curved, efficient paths'.. https://www.uh.edu/~jclarage/astr3131/lectures/4/einstein/Einstein_stanford_Page7.html Fabric = occupied space in

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Started by ebuc

In regards to of a spherical, outer event horizon surface ---planckian area-- being equal to the the four great circles that define a spherical cubo-octahedron, this below is presented this Oloid of two same size circles --ergo same area-- reshaped as an The Oloid below at link.For me it is perhap

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Started by ebuc

60 seconds of humming..' Humming for 60 seconds is a simple, effective tool to promote healing by stimulating the vagus nerve, shifting the body from a "fight-or-flight" state to a "rest-and-digest" state. The vibrations increase nitric oxide, improve breathing, reduce stress, and can lower blood pr

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Started by fauxlaw

As we approach the U.S. 250th anniversary, I thought it would be fun to see what tech was developed in the 18th century that is still in use today, essentially unchanged from when invented;The plumbing S-trap: Alexander Cummings patented the S-trap in 1775, which allows standing water in the pipe to

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Started by SatanLucy

The main advantage of "weights based" AI models is their reasoning ability, which in some cases fails even at top models.AI which isn't based on weights, but by pure next word prediction, can actually become creative too and write things which aren't contained in it's training data.Because predictin

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Started by SatanLucy

this is first model:this is second model with smaller training data:this is 3rd model, with huge training data and huge pattern groups:3rd model is essentially huge. Its brain txt file is almost 500 megabytes.Whats interesting is that it produced knowledge which isnt found anywhere in its training d

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Started by fauxlaw

When movies develop a realistic, 3D holographic image, will images like a burning structure be excluded as an allowed image due to the risk of an audience member thinking the theater itself is on fire, causing a panic and potential injury to others by shouting "Fire!"

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Started by FLRW

While we know how the universe has evolved over the last 13.8 billion years, scientists are still investigating exactly why the initial explosion occurred. Because space and time were created at the exact moment of the Big Bang, questioning what happened "before" it remains one of the greatest myste

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Started by ebuc

Is finite, occupied 'space ' truly expanding......‘The previous and well-accepted measurements were, in fact, fine and our current understanding of the fate of the Universe remains robust. Thankfully we have averted this crisis, but the mystery about why the Universe is still accelerating remains.

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Started by Rohith

Description: I hereby created this forum to discuss chatbots currently available to us, and there are a number of chatbots like ChatGPT , Claude , Gemini and perplexity ......., I believe or experienced , that a single chatbot excels in a specific tasks or role compared to others. So I'm interes

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Started by fauxlaw

Bio-male thinks he's a female? Well... no. Biology isn't a matter of choice, boys and girls. This is ultimately a decision for States, and it just may end up that the States which disagree, allowing bio males to compete as females may find populstion shifts of greater proportion than occur due to pu

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Started by CSDebate27

I know this will seem super nerdy and out of place with philosophical debates on this site, but do you have a favorite field/area of mathematics?

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