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Science Porn
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Michio Fing Kaku, don't get me started.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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(April 21, 2017 at 9:57 am)Alex K Wrote:
(March 16, 2017 at 9:24 am)pocaracas Wrote: Not exactly "science porn".. .but... this thread needed some revival!


I completely understand your pain. These knee jerk low information fusion sceptics are all idiots. We have some in our national green party (omg cancel all fusion research now and build organic solar panels!). Screw them

Well, solar panels are fusion powered. Tongue
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Hey listen, you don't have to concentrate on fusion. Yes fusion would be great, but unless there is basically some sort of revolution to bring it on, we won't see it so soon.
One other option is traveling-wave reactor (TWR). It is in theory a small nuclear device that can go on for 30 years on nuclear waste. Maybe people should push for that? Because it seems it would be very safe to use, non-polluting and it could perhaps very quickly replace all the (polluting) power sources we have.

It also seems to be around the corner and easy to develop. Because every time you hear plans for drilling on Europa, or diving on Europa or driving on Titan or even peeps living on Mars or any other complicated deep space mission you can be sure they're talking about developing TWR. So it's doable if they plan missions with it. Is it not?
But why is it not here? Is it that perhaps that oil companies are afraid of it? If you ask me that's the main reason we don't see drilling on Europa, because there is a fear people on Earth would start to use it as well and burning oil would drop.

But if that's the case why aren't entrepreneurs working on it? Like Musk? Why doesn't he develop it? Maybe it's too expensive? Maybe nobody in private sector wants /doesn't know how to handle nuclear waste in that sort of manner.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Sounds very interesting
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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I found, Science Porn, PAYDIRT!!! 
On a Saturday night too, I should at least get a science fan award???

I introduce to you (unless you already knew) ....

The Interactive Geology Project Library
https://vimeo.com/coloradoigp

Timelapse of Western Interior Seaway
http://https://vimeo.com/144552668

A brief history of Colorado through time 
http://https://vimeo.com/143654356

AND for those of you interested in North America timeline, this is awesome! Privacy settings won't allow for video shown here but if you click the box it'll take u to the video. 

https://vimeo.com/84255718
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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(April 26, 2017 at 5:04 pm)Alex K Wrote: Sounds very interesting

Sure, it's interesting and there is also a similar thing the Molten salt reactor. Here's a very brief introduction:

The guy that is speaking is nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson who has a company that is trying to realize it



EDIT: aww why won't livelieak video show like the youtube ones? https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=663_1496312743

Also according to it's wiki article it seems that many nations are apparently working on it's development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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New way to track human origins--track the DNA of worm infestations in poo.
No wonder Vikings were so grumpy. Tongue

http://sciencenordic.com/dna-study-vikin...-parasites
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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well, that shoots a specific Viking fantasy . . . .
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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(June 1, 2017 at 9:17 am)vorlon13 Wrote: well, that shoots a specific Viking fantasy . . . .

Meh, don't give up just yet, a week of mead laced with PANACUR ™ and you're good to go.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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