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depends on the "social"

one isn't born and then a sudden adult...

at birth, one is dependent upon a mother to survive...

-Imp

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2026 10:02 am Well yeah, that sort of space only gets longer if points move, it doesn't expand.

I noticed the irony

distance and time (to traverse) both increase (get longer) while not expanding...

-Imp

if space is nothing but the distance between points, I don't think it can expand, especially without a measurer... sure, the distance between points of matter moving in opposite directions gets larger, but I don't know if the universal playground expands - going into nothing making "more" ...

the reason I ask is that the existence of atoms themselves seems to include space... is the universe really expanding or are atoms simply moving quicker? I wonder if the total space of the orbits of the electrons in two hydrogen atoms and the electrons in one oxygen atom is increased when combined i...

evolve beyond drooling? that's a big ask...

-Imp

I have a question for the more scientifically enlightened here... is the space between electrons and protons constant depending on the size of the atom? is the space between one electron and one proton in a hydrogen atom the same as the space between one electron and one proton in another hydrogen a...

Well, as Xenophanes said: The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. Yet if cattle or horses or lions had hands and could draw, And could sculpt like men, then the horses would draw their gods Like horses, and cattle li...

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2026 8:55 am @impenitent: Does all the above now make me the "big cheese"?

ranting and raving does not make cheese

but neither does Chucky

-Imp

the method is everything

-Imp

Confucius say: he who runs behind car is exhausted

-Imp

Will Bouwman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 6:22 pm

Impenitent wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 3:30 pm 1,000,000 years ago, there were no humans as we know them today... there was nothing...

Eh? Surely there was Rachel Welch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKtNGcyhSY

as well as her camera crew...

and stop calling me Surely

-Imp

if you don't want to be a rat, be the big cheese...

-Imp

1,000,000 years ago, there were no humans as we know them today... there was nothing...

10,000 years ago, there was no written language... there was nothing...

today there are both... isn't that something?

-Imp

amazing what can be created with a series of on and off switches...

-Imp

at least the sine was friendly enough to wave...

-Imp