Saturday, February 27, 2021

Does reductionism End? Quantum Holonomy theory says YES

Cutting to the chase, an alternate theory called QHT claims to explain everything.  I like the idea of a "simpler" theory, although not really simple at all, that eliminates the concept of an infinite density singularity.  Generally speaking, when your mathematical model produces one or more infinities, something has gone wrong with your theory.  In the past, I heard that infinite density would produce infinite gravity, which seems to make no sense.  I have also heard that Black Holes never stop collapsing; they are in an eternal free fall.

Decades ago I saw where some very fringe scientists claimed that Black Holes don't exist.   They claimed that what we observe are super-massive neutron stars.  Although a simpler theory, it does not fit our current understanding of physics.  Some force would be needed to keep the neutron stars from collapsing further.  I also don't think that this fits the observations.

The summary starts at about 12:22 in the video...

https://youtu.be/fSVbWwivu5g?t=742

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Re: Scientists don't know why one-third of U.S. rivers have turned yellow or green - Mic

Algae bloom?

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:55 AM Albert <> wrote:
Remember the old kid joke about the Yellow River in China? We would make up a book title and author. This would make us laugh and laugh. As an example, Yellow River, by I. P. Daily. In the light of this article, it doesn't seem as funny as before.🙁

Scientists don't know why one-third of U.S. rivers have turned yellow or green - Mic


https://apple.news/A6QYGO3s3QLezJwF_9b6rCw


Friday, February 19, 2021

What's Up with Those Bird Beak Plague Masks?

I learned from this:

The word "quarantine" comes from the Italian word "quarenta" meaning forty because they would isolate bubonic plague victims for forty days.

I was well aware of the Miasma theory of disease, which was the dominant theory of disease for 1200 years up to 1850 and beyond when the germ theory disease was just starting and didn't become fully accepted until around 1890.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzTPOvM9Bpo

Homogenous Vs. Homogeneous: What's The Difference?

Apparently, these are two different words, but I would get confused.


ho·mog·e·nous

  1. 1.
    BIOLOGY
    old-fashioned term for homologous.


ho·mo·ge·ne·ous

adjective
  1. of the same kind; alike.

Laser Weapon that you can't See or Hear #shorts



Is this going to lead to boats and missiles with reflective surfaces?


Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Top 10 Human Ancestors

Senate Priority on all committees

Schumer made it clear he's prioritized climate change for Democrats' turn at power for the next two years.

"I've already instructed the incoming Democratic chairs of all relevant committees to begin holding hearings on the climate crisis in preparation for enacting President Biden's 'Build Back Better' agenda," Schumer said of Biden's green jobs plan.

Schumer, McConnell strike deal on Senate power-sharing agreement | Fox News


Amazing hydrogen paste

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Larry Trout 

In Powerpaste form, it's completely stable at temperatures up to 250 °C (482 °F). It carries 10 times the energy of a similar weight in lithium batteries, and substantially more than a 700-bar H2 tank of the same weight. The researchers say vehicles running on a Powerpaste powertrain can expect a range "comparable to – or even greater than – gasoline."

When it comes time to release the energy, a plunger mechanism extrudes the paste into a chamber where it reacts with water to release hydrogen at a dynamically controlled rate, which then feeds a fuel cell to create electrical power with which to run an EV powertrain or other device. Part of the paste's impressive energy density comes from the fact that half of the hydrogen released comes from the water it reacts with.



I wonder about the cost.


Monday, February 1, 2021

Are Pilot Waves the True Nature of Reality? & 2 Wild theories of quantum mechanics

The standard model of physics is excellent, but incomplete because Quantum Physics and Relativity don't agree.

Quantum Physics is easier to understand if we think of subatomic particles as waves.   Because of their wavy nature, it is hard to pinpoint their exact location, and the particles have some randomness to them.  

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) says that subatomic particles are actually waves in invisible fields that exist everywhere.  This is similar to photons being waves in the electromagnetic field.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNJFUo7yHhQ

The pilot wave theory is probably more complicated than it needs to be.

P.S.  I get slightly annoyed when people say that there is no gravity in space.  There is gravity everywhere.  Objects in a stable orbit do not experience gravity because they are continuously falling toward the Earth, but their high velocity is enough to keep them at the same level.

The further away you get from massive objects then the less gravity you will experience, but gravity permeates the entire universe.



Will You Still Eat Raw Fish After Watching This Video?

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Strange Galaxy With a Tidal Tail That's Losing 40% of Its Mass

I find this interesting.  Apparently, galaxies interact with each other more than I realized.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMhQueTGwes

The Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way Galaxy in 4.5 billion years.

Since these processes take billions or hundreds of millions of years, from our perspective the universe might as well be static.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

This Old Book Predicted Everything

China Shocked The World By Planting Billions of Trees...Our Turn!


Plants take CO2 out of the atmosphere.  All plant material is eventually consumed or decays, which is another form of consumption by bacteria and fungus.  This consumption puts the CO2 back into the atmosphere.  A small amount of it might be buried.  Trees are a reservoir for carbon that can last decades or centuries.  This might be useful because according to what I have heard most fossil fuels will run out by the year 2100.  



Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The 7 Smartest Animals In The World | Answers With Joe

The long thought figure of 100 billion neurons for humans has been disproven.  The correct number is 86 billion.  Dogs have 2.25. billion.  Cats have 0.75 billion.  I think that it is safe to say that dogs exhibit more behaviors than cats, but cats are brilliant at being cats.  Ants only have 7 thousand.  The house fly has 100 thousand, bees have 960 thousand, while cockroaches and praying mantises have 1 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84MgzOtOLA

Thursday, December 10, 2020

FDA panel endorses Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use | Fox Business

I thought that FDA approval would come today, but they are saying later this week, although there is not much week left. There seems to be some concern about people with allergic reactions. There is also some talk about people being hesitant to take the vaccine. Some of my friends are saying, "You go first", which would be okay by me. We can't make progress without a vaccine.

From what I can tell by casual observation, maybe 10 to 20% of the population doesn't want to take the vaccine.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/fda-panel-endorses-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-emergency-use