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  1. setarcos

    Should fighting sports be legal? Are they moral?

    We are animals first and foremost. But we are also elevated animals in that we have relatively sophisticated cognitive abilities and or spiritual gifts ,some would say, which have evolved mankind beyond simple instinctual and base behaviors of survival and dominance. What you see in the ring...
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    Instantaneous action/reaction

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  3. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    Yes...fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing the link. I was referring to limits of speed of energy transference not specifically whether or not light quanta can go slower than its maximum speed.
  4. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    Thanks for the reply. Very interesting stuff. At what point do you think does the change in spacing between atoms become effectively zero? And what happens at that point do you think? Seems to me if the spacing between atoms is sufficiently close to zero then atomic particle structure comes into...
  5. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    Why does the energy transfer at the speed of sound through the material and not say...near the speed of light as we get with electromagnetic transferences of energy?
  6. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    You'll have to elaborate on what you mean by this. If all of the energy remains behind the projectile, what happens when the projectile strikes the target ahead of its trailing "energy cone"? The kinetic energy of the projectile remains with the projectile and transfers at the moment of impact...
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    Instantaneous action/reaction

    Of note...theoretically in an AC power line the net movement of electrons is zero. They do not flow through the line from one end to the other, instead they oscillate states. During this oscillation the electrons supposedly do move a minimal distance before reversing. But that's neither here...
  8. setarcos

    What does God do when Jesus becomes ruler over the created world?

    Here is what we can glean from scripture about Gods kingdom. 1)It will be a kingdom ruled by Christ with absolute authority forever in Heaven AND on Earth 2) That Kingdom as it will be is not yet established 3) That Kingdom will consist of Gods spiritual blessings flowing from the absolutely...
  9. setarcos

    A Christian becomes a nonbeliever

    Um....thanks for the reply...I guess? Seems a bit harsh and unnecessarily confrontational for a friendly discussion but perhaps that's just your style. I agree..."love" gets equivocated, misused , misapplied, misunderstood and whatever else you wish to throw in there but only in so much as we...
  10. setarcos

    Why So Much Trinity Bashing?

    Yes God is everywhere but wouldn't you agree that we distinguish God from his creation even though God is found throughout? All Gods "messengers" do Gods bidding. They are "sent" by God. Those that are sent by God are distinguished from begin God. Otherwise the phrase "sent by God" would be...
  11. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    Thanks for replying but you'll have to elaborate on what you mean by "The energy is all there." ? The total energy of the system has increased and presumably is conserved throughout the interactions between the particles. I'm guessing your referring to Laplace's demon thought experiment...
  12. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    You caught that...I was pretty sure that would be the focus of some explanations. Should lead to the question of whether or not two particles can be in a relational superposition in which one particles actions or interactions instantly translate over to another particle. "Spooky action at no...
  13. setarcos

    Instantaneous action/reaction

    For those of you who are scientifically inclined....I was thinking about that desktop toy "Newtons cradle" and the speed at which the energy is transferred from the first ball to the last. How fast is it transferred and why isn't it possible to transfer action instantly? Given a particle whose...
  14. setarcos

    Justice and Revenge

    How do we/you define justice and how revenge? Is there a qualitative difference between Justice and revenge? Or are the two substantively equal? Can justice be served through revenge? Or is justice somehow polluted by revenge? Or might it ever be just to seek out revenge for a wrong?
  15. setarcos

    What is 'Real'?

    It doesn't have to make sense to you. Quantum mechanics doesn't make "sense" to anyone. Feynman said...nobody understands quantum mechanics. Because our rational brains are at their limits of sensibility with these phenomena. Imagine how limited our rationality is when trying to understand...
  16. setarcos

    What is 'Real'?

    My point is that a "thing" which produced an effect existed prior to time and space becoming existent themselves. That we cannot coherently make sense of such a thing isn't relative. What is relative is that a "real" thing - in that it effected reality - existed "outside" of the time and space...
  17. setarcos

    What is 'Real'?

    No offense taken. If I am wrong, then I am wrong. Thanks for at least showing some curtesy. This seems like a strong opinion of yours. I cannot deny that human beings have very rarely "proven" anything. Theories are theories because by their very nature they cannot ultimately be proven but only...
  18. setarcos

    What is 'Real'?

    Not necessarily. Hawking showed that time actually had a beginning. That beginning was at the moment of the Big Bang. Prior to the Big Bang there was an existent singularity, "outside" of time. Found somewhere perhaps, though even that somewhere cam be hard to make meaningful to us, but a...
  19. setarcos

    What is 'Real'?

    Not quite true. The force of gravity as is currently known, alone is not strong enough to break the lattice network of molecular bonds and repulsive forces that define glass as a solid no matter how long its given. There are other forces that can turn that solid glass into a viscus liquid such...
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    What is 'Real'?

    In consideration that time is a struggle to pin down within science and without, what do you mean by "in" time? As apposed to what? And how are you defining that "what"? What do you mean by outside of time? Is that your phrase for non-existence? If so then wouldn't you agree that some things...
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