'The theory we've come up with is simply for velocities greater than the speed of light.' In effect, the singularity at the speed of light divides the universe into two: a world where everything moves slower than the speed of light, and a world where everything moves faster.
Actually, the exact opposite is the truth: nothing can move faster or slower than c. It is an illusion that objects move slower than c. Motion is discrete and consists of discrete jumps at c interspersed with huge numbers of discrete wait periods. This is true regardless of how smooth you think motion is. Why is c the only possible speed? For two reasons:
Firstly, a time dimension is illogical. Why? Because a time dimension makes motion impossible? Why? Because it is self-referential. This is the reason that Karl Popper compared Einstein to Parmenides and called spacetime, "Einstein's block universe in which nothing happens. Surprise! So in order for an object to move at different speeds, nature would have to calculate temporal intervals, which is impossible.
Second, the universe is necessarily discrete. Why? Because a continuous universe would lead to an infinite regress.
Read Physics: The Problem with Motion for more if you're interested. Believe me, you don't understand motion especially if you think you do. The truth is weirder than fiction.
The current patent system is harmful to society because it tramples on freedom. The purpose of patents is to provide an incentive for innovation and compensate inventors for their hard work. However, it should not infringe on the freedom of others. That would be counter to its purpose. Above all, the system must never serve as a carte blanche for a few to bully all others out of the market. What we need is something like this:
1. A special independent fund must be set aside to compensate inventors for their inventions and reward innovation. 2. A retroactive formula must be adopted to calculate the amount of the compensation. 3. The formula must be adjustable so as to establish the best return for society at large in terms of innovations. 4. Last but not least, whatever the formula chosen, it must never infringe on the right of the individual to copy and use any invention for whatever purpose.
Inventors should register and publish their findings as soon as they can because their compensation will depend on how much society like and use their ideas. Of course, we still need a Patent bureau and a system to manage claims and the proper registrations of inventions. The system should be as automated as possible.
There will be no impact on science other than the usual atheist psychopaths screaming and yelling that science is being attacked. Computer science and engineering will be 100% unaffected. Normal physics will be 100% unaffected since the Big Bang has no impact on technology whatsoever. Biology will be unaffected because there is no problem with having a design evolution resulting in a hierarchy, i.e., the tree of life. There is no need for a Darwinian tree of life. In fact, the tree of life is a Biblical concept to begin with. So is the brain's tree of knowledge, i.e., hierarchical memory.
The only thing that might affect science is if this congressman's silly ideas on the age of the earth were suddenly held by the majority of educators and scientists. I bet it's less than.001%. In the meantime, the atheist psychopaths can have fun jumping up and down and foaming at the mouth and screaming that America is anti-science. It's fun to watch.
Even the Bible says that a worker is worthy of his wages. If someone works hard to invent a new technology, he or she must be fairly compensated but the compensation must not restrict the liberty of others. Above all, the system must not be a carte blanche for a few to bully all others out of the market. We need something like this:
1. A special independent fund must be set aside to compensate inventors for their inventions. 2. A retroactive formula must be adopted to calculate the amount of the compensation. 3. The formula must be adjustable so as to reach the best return to society at large in terms of innovations. 4. Last but not least, whatever the formula chosen, it must never infringe on the right of the individual to copy and use any invention for whatever purpose.
Inventors should publish their findings as soon as they can because their compensation will depend on how much society like their ideas. Of course, we still need a Patent bureau and a system to manage claims and the proper registrations of inventions. The system should be as automated as possible.
PS. The system could work for copyrights as well. Create a work of art, register it, publish it for everybody to download and copy and wait for the money to start flowing in.
And all along we were bombarded with propaganda that mankind was destroying plants everywhere at a rapid pace. Now we find out that it has not changed at all. Somebody has been lying. Why?
Well, back in 1980, we didn't have the internet, the fastest and most efficient cross-pollinator/broadcaster of ideas the world has ever known. That's a game changer.
As I said above, in spite of all your high education and expertise, you will be no more valuable, economically, than a dishwasher, a fry cook or a gardener. What will you do then?
it's harder to see the broader appeal of the Wii U
The broader appeal of the Wii U is that it is no longer just a video game/fitness machine, it is now a TV set-top box and an intelligent TV remote as well. It is an aggregator of multiple internet-driven entertainment choices. The opportunity for Nintendo to may serious money is immense. I can sense the determined hand of Reggie Fils-aime ( Nintendo US CEO) behind Nintendo's newest push.
This strawman is really getting old. You guys should wake up from your self-righteousness every once in a while and realize that science is not served by criticizing non-scientists. Science moves forward through self-criticism. Unfortunately, since you decided to turn science into an 'us versus them' pissing contest, any criticism of science is wrongfully and automatically seen as coming from 'them' and truths run the risk of being rejected just because they look like they might have come from the other side. This is both lame and dangerous because it creates the same sort of untouchable and destructive elitism and blind despotism that organized religion is known for throughout history.
I just want to conduct a few scientific experiments. For example, send a bunch of Neanderthal kids to school and see if some can learn math and physics and eventually get a college degree.
I want to see a stone age man/woman brought back, or preferably a Neanderthal. I want to see if they are as stupid as modern thinkers believe. Just a thought.
That foreman is a patent holder. Therefore he should have never been allowed on the jury, let alone selected as the foreman. The conflict of interest is glaring. What we had there was a kangaroo court and a lynching, so to speak.
A hundred coelacanth species? So what? Your so-called species are not due to mutations (Darwinian evolution) but to the variety that has always existed within the coelacanth genome. This genomic variety is the reason that one can go from a pair of wolves to chihuahuas without mutations, just breeding. It is a good bet that the coelacanth genome of today is almost identical to the one that existed 400 millions years ago.
The only way a species can't evolve is if it goes extinct.
Aw, come on. That sounds like a religion. The tiny changes in the coelacanth over the hundred of millions of years were not necessary for its survival. It was just minor genetic drift arising from natural breeding and temporary isolation.
Coelacanths don't believe in random mutations and evolution. But they're not the only creatures on this planet who refuse to evolve. Many insects have not evolved for hundreds of millions of years. But I'm sure evolutionists have an explanation for that.
Hahahaha... Funny and I agree. But you won't make many friends here. Slashdot is a bastion of politically correct atheists, Darwinists and other dirt worshippers. Sorry.
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'The theory we've come up with is simply for velocities greater than the speed of light.' In effect, the singularity at the speed of light divides the universe into two: a world where everything moves slower than the speed of light, and a world where everything moves faster.
Actually, the exact opposite is the truth: nothing can move faster or slower than c. It is an illusion that objects move slower than c. Motion is discrete and consists of discrete jumps at c interspersed with huge numbers of discrete wait periods. This is true regardless of how smooth you think motion is. Why is c the only possible speed? For two reasons:
Firstly, a time dimension is illogical. Why? Because a time dimension makes motion impossible? Why? Because it is self-referential. This is the reason that Karl Popper compared Einstein to Parmenides and called spacetime, "Einstein's block universe in which nothing happens. Surprise! So in order for an object to move at different speeds, nature would have to calculate temporal intervals, which is impossible.
Second, the universe is necessarily discrete. Why? Because a continuous universe would lead to an infinite regress.
Read Physics: The Problem with Motion for more if you're interested. Believe me, you don't understand motion especially if you think you do. The truth is weirder than fiction.
If rebels fighting for a good cause can use this to their advantage, so can the terrorists.
I wish I lived in a world where there were no need to encrypt anything.
With the right system in place, nobody would be able to sue anybody for infringement, period. That's what freedom gives you.
The current patent system is harmful to society because it tramples on freedom. The purpose of patents is to provide an incentive for innovation and compensate inventors for their hard work. However, it should not infringe on the freedom of others. That would be counter to its purpose. Above all, the system must never serve as a carte blanche for a few to bully all others out of the market. What we need is something like this:
1. A special independent fund must be set aside to compensate inventors for their inventions and reward innovation.
2. A retroactive formula must be adopted to calculate the amount of the compensation.
3. The formula must be adjustable so as to establish the best return for society at large in terms of innovations.
4. Last but not least, whatever the formula chosen, it must never infringe on the right of the individual to copy and use any invention for whatever purpose.
Inventors should register and publish their findings as soon as they can because their compensation will depend on how much society like and use their ideas. Of course, we still need a Patent bureau and a system to manage claims and the proper registrations of inventions. The system should be as automated as possible.
There will be no impact on science other than the usual atheist psychopaths screaming and yelling that science is being attacked. Computer science and engineering will be 100% unaffected. Normal physics will be 100% unaffected since the Big Bang has no impact on technology whatsoever. Biology will be unaffected because there is no problem with having a design evolution resulting in a hierarchy, i.e., the tree of life. There is no need for a Darwinian tree of life. In fact, the tree of life is a Biblical concept to begin with. So is the brain's tree of knowledge, i.e., hierarchical memory.
The only thing that might affect science is if this congressman's silly ideas on the age of the earth were suddenly held by the majority of educators and scientists. I bet it's less than .001%. In the meantime, the atheist psychopaths can have fun jumping up and down and foaming at the mouth and screaming that America is anti-science. It's fun to watch.
We agree.
A damn lot more.
Like a revolution?
Even the Bible says that a worker is worthy of his wages. If someone works hard to invent a new technology, he or she must be fairly compensated but the compensation must not restrict the liberty of others. Above all, the system must not be a carte blanche for a few to bully all others out of the market. We need something like this:
1. A special independent fund must be set aside to compensate inventors for their inventions.
2. A retroactive formula must be adopted to calculate the amount of the compensation.
3. The formula must be adjustable so as to reach the best return to society at large in terms of innovations.
4. Last but not least, whatever the formula chosen, it must never infringe on the right of the individual to copy and use any invention for whatever purpose.
Inventors should publish their findings as soon as they can because their compensation will depend on how much society like their ideas. Of course, we still need a Patent bureau and a system to manage claims and the proper registrations of inventions. The system should be as automated as possible.
PS. The system could work for copyrights as well. Create a work of art, register it, publish it for everybody to download and copy and wait for the money to start flowing in.
And all along we were bombarded with propaganda that mankind was destroying plants everywhere at a rapid pace. Now we find out that it has not changed at all. Somebody has been lying. Why?
Well, back in 1980, we didn't have the internet, the fastest and most efficient cross-pollinator/broadcaster of ideas the world has ever known. That's a game changer.
As I said above, in spite of all your high education and expertise, you will be no more valuable, economically, than a dishwasher, a fry cook or a gardener. What will you do then?
You will be no more valuable, economically, than a dishwasher, a fry cook or a gardener. What will you do then? Sorry, I had to ask.
it's harder to see the broader appeal of the Wii U
The broader appeal of the Wii U is that it is no longer just a video game/fitness machine, it is now a TV set-top box and an intelligent TV remote as well. It is an aggregator of multiple internet-driven entertainment choices. The opportunity for Nintendo to may serious money is immense. I can sense the determined hand of Reggie Fils-aime ( Nintendo US CEO) behind Nintendo's newest push.
This strawman is really getting old. You guys should wake up from your self-righteousness every once in a while and realize that science is not served by criticizing non-scientists. Science moves forward through self-criticism. Unfortunately, since you decided to turn science into an 'us versus them' pissing contest, any criticism of science is wrongfully and automatically seen as coming from 'them' and truths run the risk of being rejected just because they look like they might have come from the other side. This is both lame and dangerous because it creates the same sort of untouchable and destructive elitism and blind despotism that organized religion is known for throughout history.
I just want to conduct a few scientific experiments. For example, send a bunch of Neanderthal kids to school and see if some can learn math and physics and eventually get a college degree.
I want to see a stone age man/woman brought back, or preferably a Neanderthal. I want to see if they are as stupid as modern thinkers believe. Just a thought.
That foreman is a patent holder. Therefore he should have never been allowed on the jury, let alone selected as the foreman. The conflict of interest is glaring. What we had there was a kangaroo court and a lynching, so to speak.
The range is to the corner store and back. A mule would be more practical. Besides, you can make fertilizer from the exhaust.
A hundred coelacanth species? So what? Your so-called species are not due to mutations (Darwinian evolution) but to the variety that has always existed within the coelacanth genome. This genomic variety is the reason that one can go from a pair of wolves to chihuahuas without mutations, just breeding. It is a good bet that the coelacanth genome of today is almost identical to the one that existed 400 millions years ago.
The only way a species can't evolve is if it goes extinct.
Aw, come on. That sounds like a religion. The tiny changes in the coelacanth over the hundred of millions of years were not necessary for its survival. It was just minor genetic drift arising from natural breeding and temporary isolation.
Coelacanths don't believe in random mutations and evolution. But they're not the only creatures on this planet who refuse to evolve. Many insects have not evolved for hundreds of millions of years. But I'm sure evolutionists have an explanation for that.
Hahahaha... Funny and I agree. But you won't make many friends here. Slashdot is a bastion of politically correct atheists, Darwinists and other dirt worshippers. Sorry.
Either humans suck or the patent system sucks or both.
We need something much better to encourage innovation, something that is as fair and unobtrusive as possible. Above all, it must respect freedom.
The child molesting institution and home to global warming alarmist and liar, Michael Mann.
Instead Ecuador doesn't matter. That's what they're saying.
They are wrong. Ecuador has powerful allies in south America: Brazil and Venezuela. Brazil and Venezuela are not afraid of the UK, I can assure you.