Recent content by Quarkmaster

You ain't just a whislin' dixie. I read a book many years ago on the prospect of time-travel, and it was heavy with the notion of "exotic matter", or basically matter that would have to have certain properties that no matter anywhere in the universe (that we know of) has. So that was the last...

Well, if real numbers don't exist, then neither do imaginary ones. Seriously, though, what number multiplied by itself gives you a negative number. Whatever it is ends with an i. For imaginary. A theoretical construct, as are all numbers and the concept of numbers.

I'm still trying to figure this one out. I don't think physics has the ability to choose. The word, "physics" derives from the ancient Greek word, Phusologia, and I would have to go back to one of my own books to re-research this, but in the beginning, it referred to "natural philosophers" or...

But I will challenge your physics. And the math. I recently had a practical (engineering) problem that produced infinities at the edges of a charged disk, when I could plainly say that I knew the infinities didn't exist, because you can put a charge on a penny and it won't produce an infinite...

I don't think any of these ideas are in line with the prevailing theories, although I may have missed a new theory or two that may have cropped-up recently. The only one I know of that is being "debated" is the torroid theory of black holes. It is suggested that only "some" black holes are...

Nobody gets my humor. That being said, you'll never have a more intimate or deep conversation than with an INTP. And still feel like you're comfortable and right at home in your easy chair, relaxed and enjoying it (and having fun).

A relationship destined for failure. While I appreciate ENFP friends, we're not made for romance. Better matches are with INFJs (for INTPs). I thought for a long time that ENFJs would be an ideal match, but through my experiences with both ENFJs and INFJs, that INFJs seemed to be more...

Seriously, until you've loved an INTP, you haven't truly loved.

I appreciate your synopsis of the current state of physics and astronomy. While I'm fairly certain that black holes really are torroidal "things" at the centers of black holes, and there are already many papers on this subject, the description of "ring" probably doesn't describe things well...

I don't think MBTI is going away. I think it's evolving. It has evolved since I first learned about it, and the last I heard, they still teach it to college students in psychology courses. Traditionally it is INTPs who build theoretical structures like this, which was first devised by Carl...

When I was young, all the kids in the neighborhood would gather together, the boys mostly, and play baseball. That was our forum. I don't know what the girls did, but I don't think they were interested. We also played football, depending on the season. And basketball. And between seasons we...

Sure, but that still doesn't answer the question about how to hide from five-dimensional beings. Especially when we're asleep. I gave up philosophy when I never bothered to look up the word, "dialectic" for an entire semester. I mean, I did recently, but it would have been so much handier...

There is a whole branch of mathematics devoted to just this. You get "relative infinities" which can give you real values. On the other hand, if you ever tried to work out a Bessel function by hand, your brain would squirt out like a zit. Well, mine did. I'm still looking for it.

Geez, I promised myself I would do some laundry this mornign.

But wasn't it Descarte who resolved this way back in the 14th, or 15th or 16th century, when he said, "I think, therefore I am." But honestly, if you can point to any alternative reality that might or could exist, or that we could imagine, then Descarte's statement would be insufficient...