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Below is a funny thread about how to model the WTC 1 crush down that Mackay may enjoy: http://the911forum.freeforums.org/crush-down-models-t145.html David B. Benson, co-author of the famous BLGB paper that predicts that skyscrapers in USA are bound to crush down due local failures up top as...

This thread is the first part of what (I hope) will be a two-part series. In this thread I will accept ideas for a particular model I would like to build. In the second (proposed) part, I will collect the best ideas, and then present my working model for further scrutiny. I would like to build...

Hey guys Anyone on this board involved with national level energy data or modelling in your respective countries? My PhD is in this area and on the off chance there are some experts floating around on this board, I'd be interested in chatting to you! Cheers

http://www.freewebs.com/democraatus/page04.htm You just cannot make this stuff up.

I was thinking about how to assess claims of reincarnation that we often read about. A bonus is that examining claims of reincarnation could also be used to examine claims of Near Death Experiences, stages of reincarnation (hell, purgatory, etc.), if certain people get priority, and if there is...

I have a couple of reasons for starting this thread. One is to ask for suggestions for a protocol for a perpetual motion machine (pmm). Another is to state unequivocally that I don't have a physical model of a pmm. I've been accused of saying I did so I'd like to clear that matter up. In...

http://freespace.virgin.net/john.hewitt1/pg_ch07.htm Oh, go on then. Have a thread about it. Excuse my ignorance, but having read this theory I am at loss to explain exactly what problem it was seeking to address. Perhaps Dr. Hewitt could briefly summarise the idea. 1. What is the question...

Building a model of morality I cannot remember where I read it but is resonates for me; ‘all decisions, wherein there is a choice, are moral decisions’. One may find quibbles to get around this message but the essence of the matter is that for a person seeking to be moral, all judgments from...

I've been wondering this for a while. Perhaps someone with the relevant education can help me with it. Ultimately, perhaps it would be a good way to discuss this with the CD theorists. Suppose we had an imaginary 1:100 scale model of the twin towers (41cm high) to demonstrate how the collapse...

Sorry, I'm a Brit so that's soccer to most of you! I'm interested in deriving a prediction equation for the number of goals scored in a match based on the two teams' average scoring and conceding rates. Using the match results of the whole of last year's Premiership season I am going to find...

Several posters, mainly Ian, have made the analogy that the brain is like a TV set, receiving and interpreting signals from the mind, rather than, in fact, generating the mind. The analogy seems consistent, up to a point, but I have a few questions: 1. A TV set (or radio, or other receiving...

I figured this would make for a fun thread, even if I'm completely wrong in describing the league this way. I'm sure I'll learn something. The most popular sport in the USA which is nominally a capitalist country, has some very socialist ideals. - Revenue sharing - Salary floors and ceilings -...

Hello, Has anyone heard of this "The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe"? It is the baby of a self-procaimed genius named Chris Langan. I don't trust him. The theory sounds like Creationism on steroids. He seems to have a contempt for the scientific establishment and seems like a...

There is an interesting article, with a link to a simulation, here http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_01_10_05.html Apparently it is used as a model in studying the distribution of disease in a population, among other things.

Some of my female relatives and friends are always dropping their earring backs and asking me to find them! I have a pretty good track record of finding them so far, but thought it would be easier if I had some mathematical model to estimate a 'search radius'. This radius is obviously...

Penguins attack standard model (subscription only) What a great title for a commentary. What's it about? I don't really understand it, so I'll just quote a few bits.

Check out Adventure Safaris Books Their point #2 is shot down apparently by the photelectric effect, as someone else pointed out...so they reject a hypothosis that actually explains something, and replace it with another one that CAN'T explain the photoelectric effect, just because it goes...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/04/ford.sierra.reut/index.html Does anyone know whether it is factually true? And if it is true, is it because the reasearch for fuel efficiency is not profitable, or because cars now have many more features that require power?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59510-2003May30.html And: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62613-2003Mar31&notFound=true