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May 9 |
answered | How many digits of Pi are required in physics? |
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May 5 |
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What is the probability that a half dollar coin lands on heads? Lets say that the coin was completly uniform, yet it kept coming up heads more often, would you consider that coin to be weighted? |
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May 4 |
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What is the probability that a half dollar coin lands on heads? added 227 characters in body |
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May 4 |
answered | What is the probability that a half dollar coin lands on heads? |
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Mar 31 |
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Why does Venus rotate the opposite direction as other planets? Is Venus the only planet/moon to spin in an opposite direction? |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Citizen Patrol |
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Feb 8 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Feb 8 |
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Significance of the second focus in elliptical orbits Thank you, I was after any significance of any form or type. I could not elucidate that in my question as I did not know what more to ask for. It is greate to see the answers exceed what one can ask for. |
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Feb 8 |
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Significance of the second focus in elliptical orbits @Colin K: thank you, but in reality I was after any significance of any form or type. I could not elucidate that in my question as I did not know better. It is greate to see the answers exceed what one can even ask for. |
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Feb 7 |
accepted | Significance of the second focus in elliptical orbits |
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Feb 7 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Significance of the second focus in elliptical orbits |
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Feb 7 |
asked | Significance of the second focus in elliptical orbits |
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Feb 1 |
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Why is cold fusion considered bogus? @Steven Devijver : Is that all they are doing? Repeating the same experiment over and over? That is madness! I thought by research they meant varying, modifying, realizing new things. Of course repeating the same experiment and expecting a different result is insane, but that shouldn't be called research. |
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Jan 31 |
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Jan 27 |
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Why is cold fusion considered bogus? I guess so at some point a line must be drawn. But the question is who should draw the line, us that are not funding them, or scientific community that has become the new dogma. Looking at how much money has been wasted on wars, the total research funding (both scientific and crank like) is nothing. If somebody decides to follow up on perpetual motion machines, I would point them to what is known and history of attempts and wish them all the best. A perpetual motion machine that uses zero point energy be a new twist? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy#Claims_in_pseudoscience |
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Jan 26 |
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Why is cold fusion considered bogus? @gigacyan : By what is known today, yes it is impossible. But in trying there would be new things learned and progress made. Maybe not in the cold fusion itself but other areas. In mathematics solving the hard problems on their own did not matter much at the end, but in the way to do that many more tools/discoveries were made. For example look at the the Fermat's Last Theorem, whether it was true or not was not as important as the fields of study that were invented by the people were working on it. It is not just about the final result but the journey to get there. |
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Jan 25 |
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Why is cold fusion considered bogus? @gigacyan : Dear gigacyan, In Sydney there is maritime building, every time I pass by the entrance of the building I see a huge knot woven together by steel strands. In the sign next to it, it is mentioned that the person who did it, did it with the knowledge of engineers having clearly known for a fact that knot is impossible. Yet there it stands, despite the belief of many experts in the field, it has been done. Science is not rule of the mobs, the victory belongs to those who do not accept what can NOT be done, but try to figure out how to do it. |
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Jan 25 |
awarded | Student |
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Jan 24 |
accepted | What is the name of the principle saying it is meaningless to talk/ask questions that can not be measured/tested? |
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Jan 24 |
answered | Why is cold fusion considered bogus? |
