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Also Dark Matter != Dark Energy, a lot of the mass of the universe probably isn't from matter.

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1. I am aware that fructose and sucrose are not the same, but sugars do generally enter into glycolysis through some set of alternate steps. They aren't the same thing, but I had not previously seen any proposed mechanism for why it would be linked to getting fat. Whether or not one existed, I was n...

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And just as strange as the tendency to lump all beliefs into a left-right spectrum is the tendency for candidates to pander squarely into this non-related set of positions. It sometimes seems you can't like the second amendment without being a religious nutjob, and you can't support gay marriage and...

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Back on topic. I've seen other studies about HFCS, but most of them were stupid and pointless. Like finding that HFCS and a lack of exercise is bad, or finding that consuming HFCS is worse than not consuming HFCS. This is the first study that I've heard of that provides some decent evidence, but th...

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Actually, that is sort of what I meant, I don't believe in souls either, but if they existed, they logically couldn't be exclusive to non-clones and I can't imagine arguing that clones somehow are exempt of human rights.

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As to actin dynamics, heck of a lot more exciting if you've taken differential equations.

And I agree with the poster 2 above me.

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Who claims clones don't have souls? And who (on these fora) would listen to that sort of person anyway?

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In my experience most biology majors (although not most of the ones I respect) just memorize their way through all classes. This is more-or-less okay in organic chemistry, etc., but it means that you get NOTHING out of statistics classes. And this approach leads to a good number of PhDs too (once ag...

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I'm trying to read through all the Analog and Asimov's magazines from the past year in the hopes of having an informed opinion when it comes time to vote for best stories in January. Anyone else doing this?

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Hi, I'd like to talk about some of Donaldson's stuff that is not The Gap or Thomas Covenant. Short stories in particular, do you have a favorite and why? I want to get a friend of mine into him, but I don't really like Lord Foul's Bane, and Gap didn't really get good until halfway through Forbidden ...

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So does anyone know for sure that NASA's probe data contradicted the radioactive decay time variation? Or has it not even been looked at?

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There are some good biologists who don't do math, but there are also a lot of bad biologists, just saying. I've seen a decent amount of shoddy experimental design and blindness to the whole "statistically significant" concept. And people that come ask me for help any time they need somethi...

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Minerva wrote:It's New Scientist we're talking about. It's more and more tabloid crap these days.

I hadn't read anything out of New Scientist in at least a year, but if this is their standard, I'll take your word for it.

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Apologies for the Thread-Necromancy, but I have been reading all this year's Analog magazines and came across an article on this . So I was wondering a couple of things from any of the physics people on these fora: 1. Is this pretty much the consensus view of Fischbach's work? 2. Do you agree with t...

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I'll probably read this some day, but I just can't get past the fact that my MOTHER recommended it to me. It's almost like having your political candidate endorsed by Dick Cheney (I've avoided that so far, but I can imagine). Maybe when I head home for Christmas I'll give it a shot, who knows.

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, if you can find them. Try Amazon. Have more math than many physics books, but I really got A LOT more out of them, I took physics major level intro physics courses at university, and learned almost nothing, but the Feynman books, while a bit heavier reading than my a...

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My google-fu is weak. In graph theory my professor showed me this awesome representation of the Petersen Graph that looked like a giraffe. I was giving a friend of mine a mini-lecture on how cool the Petersen graph was and wanted to show the giraffe-looking isomorphism of it; but I can't find it any...

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Or not...

Anyway, anyone in the Burlington area, feel free to post here I suppose, and if no one does, any mods want to delete it?

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tvtropes has been ruining my life for 6 hours now. facepalm.

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For the record, I gave Bill Richardson my spam email back during the primaries, as I was a huge fan of his, but didn't trust politicians to not spam; and I was pleasantly surprised. Begging email happened but was rare, and not enough to bother me at all. So, some democrats are better than others any...

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Change of basis isn't tough, you'll be able to pick it up fine if you ever need it, and your book will definitely cover it. Eigen vectors/values are probably the most important thing to get out of lectures in that course, and row reduction, but that is more easily picked up on your own, having a tea...

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Granted, but now you live in Atlanta.

I wish I was nigh invulnerable.

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Granted, but they all get corrupted by this thread.

I wish for a response?

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Granted, but the bubbles are made of steel, so it doesn't cushion things, OR pop.

I wish I didn't procrastinate so much.

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That sounds awesome, what is it called in case I ever chose to visit the tropics where you live?

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Hey, we had a tornado here a few years ago. Also cows, until recently, outnumbered people...
Maybe we should combine forces and attack Wisconsin.

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I may just have to declare dairy-jihad on your state and force your family-owned, vertically integrating respectable ice-cream brand to be bought out by aging hippies.

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Today I learned to recognize sarcasm.

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Awww. I'm am in VT, the center of the ice cream universe, unless you like Hagen-Daas. I could ship you some, but it would melt.

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I've had some dreams like that before, not exactly the same, but fictional people telling me they don't love me or whatever and then waking up really depressed. As far as ascribing meanings to dreams goes, I think it just is tied to low self esteem and longing for someone for you to care about and w...

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I use Dvorak because it is just more logical. Seriously, that is the only motivation I have or need for it, but I do type a bit faster on it, for whatever reason you want to argue.

Also, it is much much easier to type on drunk...

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Ben & Jerry's milkshakes may actually be worth their exorbitant pricetag. Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz is better mashed into little pieces with coffee and milk.

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My favorite cereals, by far, are those big, old fashioned shredded wheats (that are about 2 inches by 3 or 4 inches, I think, I'm bad with lengths), and then Crispex. I put some sugar on these, but I can't stand pre-sweetened cereal for some reason, except applejacks and Life, which I never buy. My ...

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So I have this friend, and currently the two most attractive females in my opinion are his girlfriend and his sister...

And his girlfriend wants me to be dating his sister (they are roommates).

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Note: Conditions in rural India/China in 1890 were not much better than rural Europe in 1348, something to keep in mind. Also, the location of buboes, to me, seems a much weaker argument than the speed of transmission, geographic spread, and required incubation time as per modeling of population/spr...

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So, I'm currently taking a history class on the Black Death. Of course we discussed the debate over what the cause of the Black Death was, and arguments by the likes of Sam Cohn and others that it might have been something different than the Bubonic Plague (Yersinia pestis) which was the cause of th...

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So one of my friends and I came up with an amazing sandwich this summer while we had nothing in the house (random fridge raids are the mother of invention).

Avocado + Kippers + Balsamic vinegar + Tomato on garlic/onion or Jalapeño bagels.

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While people in other places put maple syrup on pancakes/waffles, I think that outside of New England/Quebec people don't realize that MAPLE MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER including anything with apples, squash/pumpkin, breads, oatmeal, and snow. Also, coffee milk seems to be a regional thing, but I'm not ...

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Hello all you manly men! In my summer hiatus from the fora, I have grown a beard, thought you all should know.

Also, I made homemade jam, but I've been eating it with cheddar cheese and bourbon. So that is still acceptable, right?

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I knew I was going to be AWOL from the forums for a while due to moving and not having internet, but I stopped posting early because I wanted to leave my postcount at 314. Of course no one notices your postcount when not posting, so this whole post is basically a cry for attention. Also a microcosm ...

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