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We can believe in cause and effect, but we would be wrong at the quantum level. The Big Bang (which is actually not that good of a name for whatever happened) was the result of a series of probability events. A quantum fluctuation triggered something else which probably caused a cascade of...

Occam's Razor is always about the simplest explanation that WORKS. Quantum mechanics has been shown to work. Other things fail to explain stuff that QM explains. No violation. Technically speaking, all that Occam's Razor really does is that it forbids you to "multiply" unknowns or "guesses."...

I never actually saw someone die, but a few times I have seen "Death" in someone's face and knew I would not see the person alive again. So far I have not been wrong. FiFi, even for someone like me, death is not cause for fear. It is dying slowly that is the painful event. In death you...

When you are a caregiver at that level, Jon, the first thing to have on your home supplies list is a disinfectant spray and the second thing is a good pair of rubber gloves.

"I think, therefore I'm here" = "Cogito, ergo sum adsum " "I think, therefore I came here" = "Cogito ergo veni."

Biomedical technology is a good field if you have even average competence because the general medical community will continue to rely on new tools to give better diagnoses, better treatments, and more accurate results in general. Not to mention that Biomed will allow for getting results faster...

I see you have no takers since last month. I'm going to respect any others and keep out of this (because my own beliefs are known and not consistent with this forum.) But I thought I might "bump" it for you.

Had to think about this one for a while. Nuclear deterrence is a stalemate situation, but given that politics is a case of games within games within games, I would see that the stalemate at one level allows time for other solutions to come to fruition. A case in point from not-too-distant...

I take it to mean, do not give so much that you yourself become a charity case. But I also see that charity is an attitude that begins because you were brought up to be generous and to share with others. I.e. your charitable habits began when you were a child living at home with your parents...

In situations of low voter turn-out, it is actually a really good idea to vote because in that case, your seemingly small vote increases in effectiveness.

Reservations? Most of the restaurants my wife and I attend are first-come, first-served. Reservations only occur if you are booking the back room for a party. In the main dining area, you give your name and wait. If you have to make reservations, the will be obvious that you want to impress...

Yep - they fail the Turing test. I once asked one of them "Are you a real person" to which there was a hesitation followed by "Of course I am." But it didn't take long to confound them.

A recent "thing" that annoys me beyond belief and causes near-maniacal rage is the number-spoofing telemarketer. Apparently it is possible to spoof the "from" number that shows up on caller ID and make it look like it comes from your local area code and exchange number. Then they spoof the...

And all this time I thought it was just smelly cheese... (Sorry - some straight lines simply DEMAND a response!)

Understood. For me, there is the risk associated with a particularly greasy fast-food purchase. That will DEFINITELY lead to buyer's remorse, in no more than about 24 hours when the grease hits my digestive system that no longer has a gall bladder.

AI: Which is why I altered my comments to use the definitions you were trying to use. Jon: It is always the same for ALL of us. We do the best we can with what we've got. I drive the best I can after having a bout of macular degeneration (which in my case was treatable to head off further...

If we have a definition disagreement, then let's be clear. AI claims three physical genders - male, female, and hermaphroditic. OK, fine. But gender isn't the person. The person's behavior and self-perception will come from the brain. And therein lies gender identity. There is NO...

I am reminded of the Woody Allen movie, Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). Near the end of the movie, there is a "mad scientist" type who brags about placing the brain of a Boy Scout in the body of a female Telephone Operator. And the "subject" was Lily Tomlin of...

Ah, the lowly octothorpe, now turned into "number", "pound", and "hash-tag" - from rarely used to commonly used in less than one generation.

Cats can survive a fall from a single-story roof and will land on their feet. (Second floor? Not quite so sure.) However, you should have looked for cat poop near the point where the cat would have fallen. I know that if I were falling, I would have left some evidence.