Your analogy is you go on vacation and, in your absence, a gangwar erupted in your apartment? Then you come back and see the damage. Respond with "Alright motherfuckers, I dont give a shit who started it." Then presumably go on to kick some ass. Sounds pretty awesome.
I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the last part. All those questions have been discussed and argued extensively for decades by people who spend disproportionate amounts of times thinking about them... to the point where the "answers" can be found on wikipedia. I'm not a physicist, so I won't answer you unless noone else does, I really like your set of questions though.
Know anything more about this kind of stuff? Like for example I always wondered if I could tell if I was having trouble digesting something based on the different smells of shit and things like that. The sulfurish smell would be sulfide compounds from protein, the kinda sweet smell would by butyric acid and other short chain fatty acids from fat and oils. I know theres a couple others though.
yes, when the ice crystals form the envelope of water that surrounds your proteins and dna and such is disrupted, causing them to unfold and probably not refold correctly upon thawing. So the cell will not be able to function and die. Also ice is less dense than water so the cell may swell up and burst during the freezing process. Bacteria have cell walls though so they are more sturdy. Likely at least a few would survive. Also when the pants were removed from the freezer all the smelly molecules had low kinetic energy and so less of them were diffusing off into the air making them difficult to smell. Finally water vapor would condense on the pants then evaporate as they warmed up, carrying some of the bacteria and smelly molecules with it which is kind of like washing and drying clothes without any detergent.
Also, I've put together this custom bag of supplements you can buy for $50, and, oh here is this pamphlet showing how simple and logical the cause of and solution to your medical problem is...for only 15 bucks. Also, I'll need your email address so I can follow up on you... You'll probably want to receive my monthly newsletter, its only $5 a month. And hey can you fill out this questionnaire really quick...
Oh I see this in almost all my patients. You have a sub-clinical (fungal, bacterial, oxygen) deficiency or subclinical (fungal, bacterial, acid) excess. Taking this medication for 4 months at a sub-clinical dosage will care of that, I can sell you all you'll ever need for $250. So remember to watch your diet and stress levels, don't forget to spit into a clear glass of water every morning to see if your spit sinks to the bottom. If that ever happens it'd be best for you to come back for a second visit before you get toxic, the problem is my treatment worked too well and we need to replace the (fungus, bacteria, acid) using this second package. Most of my patients never return to me though so you probably won't have to worry about it.
Progress= People have to be scared of less things, feel too cold or too hot less often, get a comfortable amount of sleep, can satisfy their various primal hungers (food, water, sex, knowledge) with less effort and consequences... everyone gets to explore their own concepts of the universe without artificial limits or interference from authority(as long as its not hurting someone elses... this gray area will always be there), you and you're loved ones dying less often (or never except due to extraordinary circumstances). The idea of an Utopia may be unattainable but didn't come to be out of nothing. (Progress= more like the star trek universe.) I'm not being facetious here. I really believe what I just wrote.
Really I'm interested in the life circumstances so that I can try to extrapolate further alternative explanations (in the vein of the "neighbor is a constant asshole, hes also now stealing your electricity" type of thing). Or even worse, we hoard so much old stuff in our basement we don't know about the rats down there chewing on wires getting electrocuted. Explanations like that are popping into my head since I have no idea and would like to rule them out. Like I said though its clearly a personal matter and I'm just an interested person on the internet so I have no right to even ask.
Sorry, it seems like i'm trolling here, but I am actually interested...Why was she suddenly praying for a sign for the first time ever, and what other reasons could there have been for the power going out? (e.g. a really bad storm, debt, weird things going on in the house)
Ah ok, I thought you were proposing that you had heard of such a thing. For the record I would say that it also indicate that we have become very good at purifying sodium, chlorine, etc. Compare that to accounting for the genetic, psychological, and environmental variables that lead to one person detecting a ghost and the other not. I guess in that way your point stands, these phenomenon should be investigated. Though, if thats the case, I'm not sure if I entirely get your perspective, since billions of dollars are already spent every year trying to figure out how the brain works.
I should note that I think differences between people are definitely the first place to look in investigating paranormal phenomena like ghosts, if only because environmental differences (infrasound, sudden temperature changes, EM radiation) are more easily detected, and have been for quite awhile now... with no progress towards producing good evidence. I'm heavily generalizing here so if you have specific studies/anecdotes you're referring to I'm interested to hear them.
I just haven't really seen good evidence that any supplement use (even just multivitamins) is superior to diet and lifestyle modification. Whenever I dig deep enough into one of these alternative medicine type ideas it invariably becomes clear to me that their proponents are accepting a pretty low level of evidence... Or even worse just misinterpreting evidence because don't even know what they are talking about, or are just making crap up to make money of the ignorant. Omega-3s are really the only exception I've come across so far.
Anyway, I think you are wrong about Linus Pauling being concerned with unhealthy individuals and about what preventative medicine is, just use wikipedia to find out why I think that. I haven't had time to really look up the sugar thing so i won't comment much on that. Looks like the idea is to use non-animal ligands (i.e. derived from cell walls... which your cells don't have) to moderately potentiate the innate immune system though. Basically trick your body into thinking there is an infection to fight when there isn't. This would be beneficial with regard to cancer and fighting infections, but would raise the likelihood of developing allergies, autoimmune disorders, etc. How it actually works out in practice hasn't yet been extensively studied.
Everything that goes on in your body is a tradeoff that has been delicately tuned over the course of billions of years of natural selection to let you live long enough to have 2+ kids survive into adulthood. Nature is not perfect however and doesn't even select for what we as individuals would select for (e.g. live hundreds of years), plus our environment has changed pretty drastically over the last 10,000 years so there are probably ways in which we are not completely adapted to our new environment, and thus supplement use could be a rational way to deal with this. However, supplements are not safe just because they are ALL NATURAL, or whatever wording is used. They are just thought to be safer on average than some weird synthetic compound none of your ancestors cells has ever dealt with before because they are obviously compatible with at least some form of life.
But my original point in this thread was that "Health care is another wealth-concentrator that needs to be addressed," and I haven't seen/read anything from you that opposes this point. Pharmaceutical-based medicine has more mindshare, and more $ to spend on marketing, but it produces much poorer results than non-pharmaceutical approaches to health.
I don't oppose that point... I do oppose grouping together supplement use with lifestyle modifications under the umbrella of "non-pharmaceutical approaches to health."
Dosage matters, absorption matters, metabolism matters, other things you take into your body (even without knowing it) along with the therapeutic compound matter, the pattern of the dosing matters, genetic differences matter, age matters, your personal history matters. And all these factors interact with each other in complex ways. Anyone who will confidently tell you something will work without some understanding of all that isn't giving good advice.
Good medical advice: "This should be beneficial for you if X, Y, Z, plus A, B, and C are true. We know X, B, and C, are pretty sure about Z, but Y and A are up in the air. Still it doesn't look like it'll be dangerous so should be worth a try, tell me immediately if you start noticing anything weird going on though."
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Your analogy is you go on vacation and, in your absence, a gangwar erupted in your apartment? Then you come back and see the damage. Respond with "Alright motherfuckers, I dont give a shit who started it." Then presumably go on to kick some ass. Sounds pretty awesome.
this was hilarious
I'm pretty sure you're wrong about the last part. All those questions have been discussed and argued extensively for decades by people who spend disproportionate amounts of times thinking about them... to the point where the "answers" can be found on wikipedia. I'm not a physicist, so I won't answer you unless noone else does, I really like your set of questions though.
They should be releasing this dec 12 2012
Maybe hes got sinus issues and the moisture in the air once a day clears it up. He could try getting an humidifier.
Know anything more about this kind of stuff? Like for example I always wondered if I could tell if I was having trouble digesting something based on the different smells of shit and things like that. The sulfurish smell would be sulfide compounds from protein, the kinda sweet smell would by butyric acid and other short chain fatty acids from fat and oils. I know theres a couple others though.
urine is sterile when it leaves your body but it also contains bacteria food so whatever urine gets on grows bacteria.
yes, when the ice crystals form the envelope of water that surrounds your proteins and dna and such is disrupted, causing them to unfold and probably not refold correctly upon thawing. So the cell will not be able to function and die. Also ice is less dense than water so the cell may swell up and burst during the freezing process. Bacteria have cell walls though so they are more sturdy. Likely at least a few would survive. Also when the pants were removed from the freezer all the smelly molecules had low kinetic energy and so less of them were diffusing off into the air making them difficult to smell. Finally water vapor would condense on the pants then evaporate as they warmed up, carrying some of the bacteria and smelly molecules with it which is kind of like washing and drying clothes without any detergent.
Also, I've put together this custom bag of supplements you can buy for $50, and, oh here is this pamphlet showing how simple and logical the cause of and solution to your medical problem is...for only 15 bucks. Also, I'll need your email address so I can follow up on you... You'll probably want to receive my monthly newsletter, its only $5 a month. And hey can you fill out this questionnaire really quick...
Oh I see this in almost all my patients. You have a sub-clinical (fungal, bacterial, oxygen) deficiency or subclinical (fungal, bacterial, acid) excess. Taking this medication for 4 months at a sub-clinical dosage will care of that, I can sell you all you'll ever need for $250. So remember to watch your diet and stress levels, don't forget to spit into a clear glass of water every morning to see if your spit sinks to the bottom. If that ever happens it'd be best for you to come back for a second visit before you get toxic, the problem is my treatment worked too well and we need to replace the (fungus, bacteria, acid) using this second package. Most of my patients never return to me though so you probably won't have to worry about it.
well I hope something good came of it then.
I was being intentionally vague with polite intent.
I mean really I feel like Im being a dick here... but would like to narrow down the reasons for this happening.
I think so...So you flushed the toilet and the power went out for a bit?
Progress= People have to be scared of less things, feel too cold or too hot less often, get a comfortable amount of sleep, can satisfy their various primal hungers (food, water, sex, knowledge) with less effort and consequences... everyone gets to explore their own concepts of the universe without artificial limits or interference from authority(as long as its not hurting someone elses... this gray area will always be there), you and you're loved ones dying less often (or never except due to extraordinary circumstances). The idea of an Utopia may be unattainable but didn't come to be out of nothing. (Progress= more like the star trek universe.) I'm not being facetious here. I really believe what I just wrote.
Really I'm interested in the life circumstances so that I can try to extrapolate further alternative explanations (in the vein of the "neighbor is a constant asshole, hes also now stealing your electricity" type of thing). Or even worse, we hoard so much old stuff in our basement we don't know about the rats down there chewing on wires getting electrocuted. Explanations like that are popping into my head since I have no idea and would like to rule them out. Like I said though its clearly a personal matter and I'm just an interested person on the internet so I have no right to even ask.
Still not enough info on why she was contemplating joining a church... but I understand its none of my business.
Sorry, it seems like i'm trolling here, but I am actually interested...Why was she suddenly praying for a sign for the first time ever, and what other reasons could there have been for the power going out? (e.g. a really bad storm, debt, weird things going on in the house)
Ah ok, I thought you were proposing that you had heard of such a thing. For the record I would say that it also indicate that we have become very good at purifying sodium, chlorine, etc. Compare that to accounting for the genetic, psychological, and environmental variables that lead to one person detecting a ghost and the other not. I guess in that way your point stands, these phenomenon should be investigated. Though, if thats the case, I'm not sure if I entirely get your perspective, since billions of dollars are already spent every year trying to figure out how the brain works.
I should note that I think differences between people are definitely the first place to look in investigating paranormal phenomena like ghosts, if only because environmental differences (infrasound, sudden temperature changes, EM radiation) are more easily detected, and have been for quite awhile now... with no progress towards producing good evidence. I'm heavily generalizing here so if you have specific studies/anecdotes you're referring to I'm interested to hear them.
Can you give an example of a chemical anomaly? Not trolling, just interested.
Why does your university know anything about the phone you have? Why wouldn't you just tell them you have no phone?
where are you looking?
I wonder how jack felt abotu forced castration...
Noone was stopping you from doing both...
This one?:
http://now.sprint.com/nownetwork/
I just haven't really seen good evidence that any supplement use (even just multivitamins) is superior to diet and lifestyle modification. Whenever I dig deep enough into one of these alternative medicine type ideas it invariably becomes clear to me that their proponents are accepting a pretty low level of evidence... Or even worse just misinterpreting evidence because don't even know what they are talking about, or are just making crap up to make money of the ignorant. Omega-3s are really the only exception I've come across so far.
Anyway, I think you are wrong about Linus Pauling being concerned with unhealthy individuals and about what preventative medicine is, just use wikipedia to find out why I think that. I haven't had time to really look up the sugar thing so i won't comment much on that. Looks like the idea is to use non-animal ligands (i.e. derived from cell walls... which your cells don't have) to moderately potentiate the innate immune system though. Basically trick your body into thinking there is an infection to fight when there isn't. This would be beneficial with regard to cancer and fighting infections, but would raise the likelihood of developing allergies, autoimmune disorders, etc. How it actually works out in practice hasn't yet been extensively studied.
Everything that goes on in your body is a tradeoff that has been delicately tuned over the course of billions of years of natural selection to let you live long enough to have 2+ kids survive into adulthood. Nature is not perfect however and doesn't even select for what we as individuals would select for (e.g. live hundreds of years), plus our environment has changed pretty drastically over the last 10,000 years so there are probably ways in which we are not completely adapted to our new environment, and thus supplement use could be a rational way to deal with this. However, supplements are not safe just because they are ALL NATURAL, or whatever wording is used. They are just thought to be safer on average than some weird synthetic compound none of your ancestors cells has ever dealt with before because they are obviously compatible with at least some form of life.
But my original point in this thread was that "Health care is another wealth-concentrator that needs to be addressed," and I haven't seen/read anything from you that opposes this point. Pharmaceutical-based medicine has more mindshare, and more $ to spend on marketing, but it produces much poorer results than non-pharmaceutical approaches to health.
I don't oppose that point... I do oppose grouping together supplement use with lifestyle modifications under the umbrella of "non-pharmaceutical approaches to health."
Dosage matters, absorption matters, metabolism matters, other things you take into your body (even without knowing it) along with the therapeutic compound matter, the pattern of the dosing matters, genetic differences matter, age matters, your personal history matters. And all these factors interact with each other in complex ways. Anyone who will confidently tell you something will work without some understanding of all that isn't giving good advice.
Good medical advice: "This should be beneficial for you if X, Y, Z, plus A, B, and C are true. We know X, B, and C, are pretty sure about Z, but Y and A are up in the air. Still it doesn't look like it'll be dangerous so should be worth a try, tell me immediately if you start noticing anything weird going on though."