A very personal question

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  1. bigfella

    bigfella Well-Known Member

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    We have better alternatives. Carp is considered a very poor eating fish here. Most people who eat fish have easy access to a variety of ocean fish & somewhat less easy access to freshwater fish. All are considered preferable to carp.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If there were any fertile soil on the lunar surface, would there not be signs of vegetation of some kind, albeit sparse? Hold that thought.
     
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    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    Why?
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Why what?
     
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    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    Why must I "hold that thought" when it is patently obvious that it stems from a woeful lack of subject matter knowledge?
     
  6. cerberus

    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well don't hold it then - who cares. I don't know why you bother with that sneer instead of answering my question though. Or perhaps I do . . . you can't answer it!
     
  7. Derideo_Te

    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    :roflol:

    Ironic projection of your own shortcomings duly noted for the record again!

    Onus is entirely on YOU to explain how there could be "fertile soil on the lunar surface".

    And it is YOU that won't be able to answer your own question because you don't even understand the very basics of what is involved in soil being "fertile" as opposed to being sterile.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Surely your insults would have more impact if you simply point out to myself et al exactly why my question is so ignorant?? But it's not too late, and lest among all your efforts to humiliate me you've forgotten it, I'll ask again - If there were any fertile soil on the lunar surface, would there not be signs of vegetation of some kind, albeit sparse? And to remind you the reason I asked, it is because supposedly vegetation sprouted there? Right, over to you?
     
  9. Derideo_Te

    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    You FAILED to do any of your own homework BEFORE you asked that facile question!

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonath...n-for-the-first-time-in-history/#4149b70b2a2b

    Vegetation did NOT "sprout" on the lunar surface!

    The lunar surface is BARREN because there is no air or water and it is exposed to radiation.

    The experiment was designed to test of the effects of GRAVITATION on plant growth. It was NOT an attempt to grow anything on the "lunar surface" which is why the experiment was done in a SEALED CONTAINER that already had fertile soil and air and water.

    Had you bothered to do even a modicum of research of your own you would have learned all of the above yourself and not have posted such an asinine question in the first place.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Who the hell needs to know if plants will grow in zero gravitation ffs? What the **** does that prove, other than er, plants will grow in zero gravitation? You ought to do a 'modicum of self-analysis' if you're really interested in such ridiculously irrelevant facts.
     
  11. Derideo_Te

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    :roflol:

    You directly responded to this post which explained the IMPORTANCE of gravity for plant growth!

    This was NOT an experiment regarding ZERO gravity because that has already been done before. This was the NEXT step to measure growth in 1/6th gravity.

    So why didn't you throw your inane hissyfit when you allegedly read the content of the post you originally responded to?

    Was it because you didn't read it all the way through or because you didn't understand it?

    Which raises the pertinent question as to why do you even bother posting in the Science Forum if you have no actual interest in science at all?

    Perhaps that is the "modicum of self analysis" that YOU should be engaging in.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I didn't even read WillReadmore's post because it had **** all to do with the topic . . . which you haven't answered by the way, but please feel free if you want to - it isn't too late. So I'll remind you of the salient question, which was What difference has the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle made to your life?
     
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    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    The benefits of any discovery are seldom immediate. Electricity was discovered 2,600 years ago but it wasn't until 140 years ago that the light bulb was invented and then another half a century or so before it began to be used to replace gas and fossil fuels as usable light in our homes.

    Why MUST every discovery have an IMMEDIATE BENEFIT to anyone personally?
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Alright then, why not promulgate a conjecture upon what kind of life-enhancements might, in the fullness of time, result from the discovery?
     
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    Moving the goalposts duly noted and ignored because the OP is presupposing that others have access to Crystal Balls and can Foretell the Future!
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Way to squirm out of answering a question! o_O
     
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    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    This is the SCIENCE forum.

    If you want to dabble in mysticism you need to ask that question elsewhere.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I think there ought to be a sub-forum called Science for Gullibles wholly devoted to space, and keep this one for real science. Nice bit of side-stepping apropos the salient question . . . although I forget what it was now! :roflol:
     
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    Derideo_Te Well-Known Member

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    Obviously you failed to take your own advice regarding that "modicum of self analysis"!
     
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    Flying cars.
    Cure for Cancers
    400 year lifespan
    Peace on Earth
    Anyone named trump will one day be disassembled at the atomic level.
    Science Forum trolls will be shipped to Uranus
     
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    They are working hard on large scale carbon capture. Different science completely of course.

    As for exploring the fundamental energies of our universe and the particles that everything we know of is made of, is something most people might think a worthwhile. Energy is the key driver of civilization.
     
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    For that to happen I think life would have had to start there - which is a low probability event in the best of circumstances.

    Beyond that, it would have to be life that didn't mind stupendous radiation (that humans can not survive), the absence of oxygen (or other meaningful atmosphere), solutions to the extremes of temperature, etc.

    That's a tough combination of problems.
     
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    cerberus Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I don't know why Derideo_Te likes that (well I do really! lol) because it's a load of nonsense: there will never be flying cars; a cure for cancer won't be found because of Higgs Boson ( :rolleyes: :wall: ), it will be eventually eradicated by future understanding of genomic science; there will never be peace on Earth while there is religion, and that's here to stay?: and I won't dignify the last two by making a considered comment.
     
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    Self driving cars and self self flying drones are steps in the direction of self flying cars. The technology for the latter is already well advanced and will probably become the reality of the Millennial generation. They don't want to own cars so having a self driving car pick them up and drop them off is the future in that direction.

    The next step is to isolate the cabin containing the person from the drive train which is easy enough to do with today's technology using wireless technology. If the cabin can be isolated then it can be picked up by a drone and delivered to another location and landed on another drive train in order to complete the journey.

    https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/2018-07-05-is-the-world-a-step-closer-to-flying-cars/

    Currently expensive but the price of technology makes it feasible for the not too distant future. High end automakers are already looking into this as a means of offering a premium ride.
     
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    One of the things which convinces me that humankind is going a bit wacky (apart from the evangelistic belief in 'space', and religion) is the notion of autonomous vehicles. For example, how will those vehicles overtake other autonomous vehicles? Anybody?? [​IMG]
     

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