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DinDjinn
Old man waxing philosophical and waning energetic. Retired Illinois lawyer, now living in Wisconsin. Recovered alcoholic.
Why do we have and thoughtlessly use the expression : "Meteoric RISE to fame"...?
...when in reality, meteors FALL, not rise. (Once fallen, they are called 'meteorites', and if you know that give yourself 100 imaginary Bonus Points ! LOL )
6 AnswersWords & Wordplay5 years agoSo, the policy philosophy of the American pundits is this: ...?
We cannot ban them from coming here to the USA, but it's OK to bomb the hell out of civilians in their homelands?
3 AnswersPolitics5 years agoHow and in what particulars were Einstein's "thought experiments" different from what I'd call "educated imagination". ?
Why the need to use the word "experiment" ?--to add weight and scientific authority to his speculations?
2 AnswersPhysics5 years agoIf the presidential election were held tomorrow, whom would you vote for?
I'd switch to Republican for the first time in my life, if Carly Fiorina gets on the ballot.
5 AnswersElections6 years agoAre Humans becoming less intelligent?
I ask because I read some science article claiming that Cro-Magnon Man had a larger brain mass than modern man.
6 AnswersAnthropology6 years agoAre there and Female Rap Musicians?
I ask because I haven't heard (of) any. If there are, please tell me. If there aren't, why do you think that is?
3 AnswersRap and Hip-Hop6 years agoWhat do you think of TV ads that really turn you off?
Like, I really find the Liberty Mutual commercialos to be sarcastic, smart-alecky, and even misleading. I'd never consider them for auto insurance. Why do they (or other advertisers) think we're stupid?
3 AnswersPolls & Surveys6 years agoWhy do some people who are NOT in the upper socioeconomic ranks vote Republican anyway, when it does them no good?
Are they entertaining an unlikely hope that someday they WILL make a jump in wealth, and want the country set up for that case? !
12 AnswersElections6 years agoWould you rather be a teenage boy, or a teenage girl ?
10 AnswersPolls & Surveys6 years agoHow would you describe Chaos Theory...?
Does it have mathematicalalgoriths yet? ...We understand the concept of the Butterfly Effect from movies (of that title, or as in Run, Lola Run) ; but isn't there much more to it? Analysis of Simplexity and Complexity? ...Of convergent patterns arising out of apparent stochastic processes?
Please answer by enriching the above rather amorphous and inchoate ideas.....Thanks and may the Best Answer win !
3 AnswersOther - Science6 years agoWhere are my contacts' questions ?!?
I usually get several each day, but it's been quiet for the last week, as far as my "Regulars" is concerned. wth ?
2 AnswersAbuse and Spam6 years agoIf our Macro-Reality is a Virtual Reality Hologram,....?
Which is projected by the Quantum Realm of Reality, will Astrophysics and Cosmology have to give up their so-far frustrated search for a consistent theory of gravity, space (dark) matter and energy. Would the vaunted Laws of Physics crumble?
8 AnswersAstronomy & Space6 years agoWill we ever unlock and control the deep structure of matter. ...or?
....Is the Quantum Realm forever beyond our manipulations, because it behaves impossibly by our reasoning.?
7 AnswersPhysics6 years ago