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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 01-10-2007, 11:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 70
Posted By prosellis
Re: Choose my religion

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Just to clarify...I'm looking for criteria that MIGHT imply greater credibility.

For example...one of our resident fundies has mentioned that the bible was written by lots of people,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-29-2006, 02:05 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 426
Posted By prosellis
Re: A problem I\'m running into with Evolution

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Careful here... Evolution is not a move/tendency towards perfection, as I said before it is not teleological! It is as much a matter of success as it is of failure. Both will work. ...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-29-2006, 04:27 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 426
Posted By prosellis
Re: A problem I\'m running into with Evolution

I guess I'm still struggling with this. It seems to me that one would have to follow the other, regardless of which follows which. I might not be thinking abstractly enough.

Evolution, as far as I...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-28-2006, 03:40 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 203
Posted By prosellis
Re: What millenium problem will be solved next?

I recently read (can't remember the cource, still looking) that the review was currently going on. The Chinese group is greatly complicating matters and Perelman isn't helping at all. It's...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-28-2006, 02:57 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 426
Posted By prosellis
Re: A problem I\'m running into with Evolution

I suppose that I wasn't clear.
If an organism can't survive in a given habitat then it is failing to perform its most basic function and must adapt in order to do so. If it fails to adapt in such a...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-28-2006, 02:45 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 426
Posted By prosellis
Re: A problem I\'m running into with Evolution

An important part of evolution is that form continuosly changes. Every time that a form changes the function does not change (though at times it does). More often, form changes to meet shortcomings...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 12-21-2006, 12:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 35
Posted By prosellis
Re: general mathematics forum?

I don't know what level of math you're wanting, but physicsforums.com has everything from linear algebra to analysis and calculus. Hope that helps.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 11-06-2006, 09:54 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 172
Posted By prosellis
Re: Need a good trick to teach kids about adding negatives and positives.

I'm with Fortuna. I've been teaching a basic math course for the past few years and have the same problem that you are. The integer line ("number line" for younger students) has been the most...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 10-11-2006, 11:26 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 80
Posted By prosellis
Re: How many dimension are there in the universe?

Wow! Who knew all those physicists could be so wrong for so long?
To clarify then, there are three dimensions of common experience (x,y,z), Heaven (H), and Hell (h). What about Purgatory (P) and...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 09-18-2006, 01:35 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 254
Posted By prosellis
Re: Freaky Thing About Gravity

All those M-Theorists and Loop Quantum Gravity theorists would probably disagree.
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 08-22-2006, 07:31 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 182
Posted By prosellis
Re: Visualizing Calabi-Yau spaces?

If you were to picture existence as proposed by M-theory you would begin by picturing a great empty space (p-dimension) and in that space you picture a three dimensional space representing our...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-21-2006, 02:08 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 228
Posted By prosellis
Re: Can Quantum Weirdness Be Logically Predicted?

Wave/particle duality is emphasized only to get a single point across -- a system's state vector is typically in a superposition of eigenstates of a particular observable. In the case of a particle...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-21-2006, 01:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 52
Posted By prosellis
Re: Game Theory Question

Whether or not you stand to gain from an opponents loss really depends on a lot of circumstantial factors. If this were a one time event then you would gain nothing by your opponent having negative...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-19-2006, 01:18 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 228
Posted By prosellis
Re: Can Quantum Weirdness Be Logically Predicted?

Free will exists at the level of human experience; Patterns of thought in the brain creating the sensation of free will. Quantum Mechanics is a red herring.

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Not in total...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 07-19-2006, 12:32 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 52
Posted By prosellis
Re: Game Theory Question

A slightly different approach:
The value of the prize is "x" and the minimum bidding increment is "i"
Bid= x+i
Using this strategy there are only two possible outcomes:
1)You win the auction and...
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