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Bilderberg plots genocide of 70% of planet Earth
Friday, May 29, 2009 6:22 AM
CITIZEN
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: We have no real application of quantum mechanics in technology, because quantum mechanics is inherently random and impossible to fully predict and control.
Quote:Furthermore, quantum mechanics occur on a sub-microscopic, sub atomic level. Lasers are not an application of quantum physics, were invented before quantum mechanics came into prominence, and deal with macro-scale phenomena, therefore they are reliant on classical physics and relativity until we find the unified field theory.
Quote:And light is very much a form of energy. I'm not sure where you're getting your information from.
Quote: Anyway, there's not much more I can argue about alien life and culture. Just my caution not to narrow our scope or assume too much. I think anything we might find will very likely defy every prediction we could make.
Quote: They may conform to our laws of physics, I would hope they would, but I'm not sure even that is guaranteed, because we don't KNOW everything for certain about physics, and we also don't know if our laws are consistent everywhere else in the universe.
Friday, May 29, 2009 7:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: And I say they do imply the other
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: and every possible method of proposed of population control I've also shown how they would be a (sometimes indirect) form of selection, and my definition of eugenics is general enough that indirect selection is still a form of eugenics.
Quote: Your example of overpopulation only shows that designer babies aren't something we want under any situation, not that the problem wouldn't be made worse with population limits (which I think it would).
Quote: If population control leads to people wanting to use designer baby technology, then they are not separate issues. Cause and effect are not separate.
Friday, May 29, 2009 7:32 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Friday, May 29, 2009 7:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Of course, from what I'm reading (and I confess I haven't kept up with the entire thread), all assumptions are that any form of "population control" must stem from human involvement. Historically, most forms of population control seem to have been external forces - pandemic, climate change (ice ages), natural disaster, etc.
Friday, May 29, 2009 8:05 AM
BYTEMITE
Quote:A laser is a device that emits light (electromagnetic radiation) through a process called stimulated emission.
Quote:In optics, stimulated emission is the process by which an electron, perturbed by a photon having the correct energy, may drop to a lower energy level resulting in the creation of another photon. The perturbing photon is seemingly unchanged in the process (cf. absorption), and the second photon is created with the same phase, frequency, polarization, and direction of travel as the original. If the resultant photons are reflected so that they traverse the same atoms or gain medium repeatedly, a cascade effect is produced. Stimulated emission is really a quantum mechanical phenomenon but it can be understood in terms of a "classical" field and a quantum mechanical atom. The process can be thought of as "optical amplification" and it forms the basis of both the laser and maser.
Friday, May 29, 2009 8:19 AM
Friday, May 29, 2009 1:26 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: In any case, you still are not CREATING the photons from nothing. A photon is simply a unit of energy that moves both like a particle and a wave.
Friday, May 29, 2009 1:39 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: Frankly, I don't think you've shown anything in regards to population control NOT leading to eugenics. You haven't suggested any alternative methods of population control to the ones I've already suggested, and at this point I'm not sure there are any others. But then, you don't think I've shown anything in regards to population control being equivalent to eugenics. I tried to deconstruct how there's inherent selection in all the population control methods I can come up with, but it seems like I've failed. So I guess that's fair.
Quote: But I did enjoy talking about this with you. I think this debate was very civil, considering how volatile it's subject could be.
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