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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Today, 01:02 AM
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Posted By erwinl
And this jumble of nonsense in numbers, as well...

And this jumble of nonsense in numbers, as well as in the examples above, comes from an (self professed) accountant! :rolleyes:
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 06:15 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Well, some people find it fun, to actually learn...

Well, some people find it fun, to actually learn something.
How it works and what it does.

Just throwing stuff at the wall does not help in learning.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 05:26 AM
Replies: 2,456
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Posted By erwinl
But you don't understand. If even one particle...

But you don't understand.
If even one particle is doing something and maybe only on the Planck scale, then you can never say that the effect is absolutely zero.

And as long as there is an effect,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 04:15 AM
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Posted By erwinl
Enough for stars to be flung out at speeds of 100...

Enough for stars to be flung out at speeds of 100 km/s?
Because that is what you're arguing for.
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th March 2024, 04:09 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 125,972
Posted By erwinl
Problem 1 being. The handling of fire arms. ...

Problem 1 being.
The handling of fire arms.

Rubber props, or something able to move (like the cylinder), if that part is considered important, would be much better.

Or just taking care that...
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th March 2024, 03:49 AM
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Views: 125,972
Posted By erwinl
In my opinion, the primary flaw is that real guns...

In my opinion, the primary flaw is that real guns are used on film sets, where it is not needed.

That is not Rust specific, though, but a wider issue.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 02:32 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Even if taking the inverse square law into...

Even if taking the inverse square law into consideration?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 01:56 AM
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Posted By erwinl
Enough to be the dominant force?

Enough to be the dominant force?
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th March 2024, 12:43 AM
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Posted By erwinl
You promised the defense...... And then,...

You promised the defense......

And then, you're telling everyone 'There's something! Just look very carefully! Truly there's something'.
............In order not to taint any witnesses.

Yeah,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th March 2024, 12:43 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,468
Posted By erwinl
I think that should be clear. You do have a...

I think that should be clear.

You do have a habit of reading things, then interpreting them wrong and writing your incorrect interpretation in a post here.
Then upon rereading that post (by...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 06:01 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,601
Posted By erwinl
They are accountable. Only not in the way normal...

They are accountable. Only not in the way normal political parties are.
The armed force of Hamas is in gaza (such as that force still exists) as does the day to day political structure needed for...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 05:25 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,601
Posted By erwinl
Is that really different? Politics is just the...

Is that really different?
Politics is just the practical effect of a groups(or individuals) ideology.
Of course there are those who are completely opportunistic in their political views, but those...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2024, 05:06 AM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,601
Posted By erwinl
There's no denial that Hamas is getting beaten at...

There's no denial that Hamas is getting beaten at every point there is an encounter with the IDF.
It might very well be that there will be very few original Hamas fighters left after all this is...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 4th March 2024, 04:34 AM
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Views: 45,468
Posted By erwinl
And if the Fire Brigade will report that, ...

And if the Fire Brigade will report that,
you'll say they didn't do it via a Press release and as such it wouldn't count.
And if they would put out a Press Release, it wouldn't count if they let...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd February 2024, 04:29 AM
Replies: 1,490
Views: 52,607
Posted By erwinl
Yeah, I thought it to be odd as well. ...

Yeah, I thought it to be odd as well.
Dismissing posts made here, based on what can be found in other places of the internet.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th February 2024, 01:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 365
Posted By erwinl
That energy has to come from somewhere. Where...

That energy has to come from somewhere.
Where in your case?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 02:53 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 14,366
Posted By erwinl
Last year, during our holidays, we happened to...

Last year, during our holidays, we happened to stumble upon the grave of Erich von Falkenhayn in Potsdam.
He got me thinking about the cold mathematical mind he had, that he in 1916 could design...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th February 2024, 02:28 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Maybe try to answer his question? It's...

Maybe try to answer his question?

It's really not a difficult one and Roboramma has given you the exact way in which he would use it to communicate.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd February 2024, 01:53 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
But we're not 'in the middle'. Not of space and...

But we're not 'in the middle'. Not of space and not of time either.
As seen from the existence of stars (in the universe, not of individual stars), we're more or less in the first quarter of the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd February 2024, 12:44 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Instead of discussing things with yourself, might...

Instead of discussing things with yourself, might it not be more efficient to answer some outstanding questions?
Like, for instance this question from post 2124...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2024, 06:59 AM
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Views: 15,687
Posted By erwinl
You don't need to be perfect. Nobody is asking...

You don't need to be perfect. Nobody is asking that.

What would help is recognizing that the average American is using roughly as much more energy (producing CO2) as opposed to the rest of the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2024, 06:01 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,687
Posted By erwinl
I'm not so sure that chart is helping your cause...

I'm not so sure that chart is helping your cause very much.
At least, not if you're from the USA.

What I get out of it, is that every American steals the carbon budget from everybody else on the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2024, 05:04 AM
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Views: 52,607
Posted By erwinl
I think so. I see a model Y for € 44000 new,...

I think so.
I see a model Y for € 44000 new, while I could buy a hybrid version of our present car (Renault Captur) new for € 30000.
That's a difference of 14000 euro. Which might not seem like a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 31st January 2024, 12:56 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Why do you think the universe looks like it is...

Why do you think the universe looks like it is made for us?
Genuinely curious, why you would think something like this.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 12:57 PM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Wait. What? Why would you say the universe...

Wait. What?
Why would you say the universe would be wasting its time after we, humanity or life on Earth, is gone?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 12:55 PM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
We’re missing a percent here. I suspect that...

We’re missing a percent here.
I suspect that consists of heavier elements that the sun made in its fusion proces?
Where was that percentage in the beginning?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 11:14 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
If I understand you correctly. Does that...

If I understand you correctly.

Does that mean that on average, seen over the entire universe, the amount of hydrogen would remain the same?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th January 2024, 10:46 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Mike? Setting aside the question whether it...

Mike?

Setting aside the question whether it is expanding space or increasing time that make things look like they are.

In your model of the universe.
About 13 bilion years ago. Were the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th January 2024, 08:25 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
I think that is an excellent recap of what we...

I think that is an excellent recap of what we have seen with his posts.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th January 2024, 08:23 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
That was not the point of my post. The point...

That was not the point of my post.

The point of my post concerned the use of straw men, combined with a lack of willingness to actually want to learn about the universe.
Forum: USA Politics 26th January 2024, 03:05 AM
Replies: 564
Views: 9,780
Posted By erwinl
Yes, But you then introduce the cruel part,...

Yes,
But you then introduce the cruel part, where the condemned is strapped in and the professional comes nearer with the needle and sticks it into the arm of the condemned.

If the awareness that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th January 2024, 02:40 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
The fact that you're giving it a 50/50 chance,...

The fact that you're giving it a 50/50 chance, given all the information that is available shows that your entire arguments are based on straw men and not in any way related to the wish to increase...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th January 2024, 10:42 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
I wasn’t asking what could or couldn’t. My...

I wasn’t asking what could or couldn’t.
My question was whether you saw the present knowledge to be nothing more than dogma.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th January 2024, 01:44 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Is that how you see it? That the present...

Is that how you see it?

That the present knowledge of cosmology is nothing more than a dogma?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
I think there are a lot of scientists working...

I think there are a lot of scientists working very hard to discover the truth about the cosmos.
The problem is, that you discard their work because it all is part of the conventional wisdom (or as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2024, 03:22 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Seeing as you want to change cosmology and you...

Seeing as you want to change cosmology and you brought this up, I assumed this was part of it.

And yes, on some angles, possibly even most (most likely depending on how wide the ring is), you'd...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2024, 02:55 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Possible. But in the grand scheme of things...

Possible.

But in the grand scheme of things this will not result in the mass creation of hydrogen, that Mike Helland wants. Not enough to kickstart new galaxies and such.

Violent as these...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2024, 01:17 AM
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Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
No, it truly doesn't. It just has a...

No, it truly doesn't.
It just has a 'Saturn-like' ring going around.

What you see, is really basic in cosmology. I'm surprised you don't know that.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd January 2024, 12:52 AM
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Posted By erwinl
Highlighted Seeing as that matter, even in...

Highlighted

Seeing as that matter, even in the wikipedia example you provided, is just going round the black hole, I fail to see where you are seeing something like what happens at a figure 8...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th January 2024, 02:00 AM
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Views: 45,468
Posted By erwinl
Exactly! It's so obvious, once you notice it!

Exactly!

It's so obvious, once you notice it!
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th January 2024, 01:03 AM
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Views: 45,468
Posted By erwinl
<conspiracy> The fact they're already declaring...

<conspiracy>
The fact they're already declaring it an electric bus, means it has to be a diesel powered bus! By doing it this way they can better hide the fact that the Luton Park car was an...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd December 2023, 03:42 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Maybe it would be wise to have a look at the...

Maybe it would be wise to have a look at the people you have on ignore and prune that list?
That way you could see more explanations, after you posed a question, or declaration.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th December 2023, 03:04 AM
Replies: 2,456
Views: 71,897
Posted By erwinl
Please explain to me, if you will, what makes the...

Please explain to me, if you will, what makes the now so special that only at this moment in time and space both dS and LCDM have the exact same values?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th December 2023, 07:23 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,346
Posted By erwinl
Getting back to the monsters in the OP. A...

Getting back to the monsters in the OP.

A couple of years ago I was at a convention, where they had some snakes and large hairy spiders, which you could touch to get over you fear of them.

Me,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th November 2023, 07:53 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 3,043
Posted By erwinl
I've looked it up. It sounds about average...

I've looked it up.

It sounds about average for what you can expect for a normal cruise cabin. It's about 14 - 17 m2 (for those of us, that use the 'real' measurements :cool:).
Which can be doable...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th November 2023, 07:21 AM
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Posted By erwinl
Surely, most Americans would be law abiding?

Surely, most Americans would be law abiding?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th November 2023, 02:54 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,468
Posted By erwinl
To be fair to Vixen (now there's a set of words,...

To be fair to Vixen (now there's a set of words, that I never expected to utter in my life!).

It does seem that in Finland you can, for a minor fee (https://02rekkari.fi/tuotteet/), get all the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd November 2023, 04:02 AM
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Views: 54,971
Posted By erwinl
Thanks. I had taken the pure number of murders...

Thanks.
I had taken the pure number of murders (and set it to 21000 for ease of calculating) and a quicky population number I found in wikipedia, and hoped the errors in these would be so minor...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd November 2023, 02:58 AM
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Posted By erwinl
According to this research...

According to this research (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17440572.2023.2211513), the average European fire arm homicide is 0.3 per 100000.
Most of it between criminals.

According...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th October 2023, 09:15 AM
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Views: 43,442
Posted By erwinl
Note how each and every post has been...

Note how each and every post has been meticulously crafted in order to contain at least one 'whopper' of a statement. Put there to act as a distraction so that more attention can be obtained.
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