James Nordhoff
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Re: Time is Not Real. It Is a Human Perception.
Time is real and would exist whether life on Earth existed or not, since change has been around since the Universe began. If the Universe has always existed, then so has change and therefore, time.Why life exists could just be that life is inevitable given the proper mix of organic molecules, warm enough temperatures, energy and time. Life has more than likely taken hold on planets and/or moons of other stars, just as it has here. There are so many planets being discovered beyond our star system, that they are the norm, rather than the exception. I feel that life, too, will be found to … Read More
February 20, 2008 | In
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Who else has has there responses on Big Think removed??CENSORSHIP?
I've been going back to ideas I've recently written responses to, and am unable to find a lot of them. This is not acceptable. It is either censorship, or computer error, and I'm starting to think it is censorship. Do any other Big Think members have similar instances occuring with their responses? If my opinions do not matter to certain types of people, then this is Free Speech. If censorship of those opinions is allowed by Big Think moderators, then they are molding the responses to fit their own narrow views of the world, which is CENSORSHIP, plain and sinple. If you want sheep, who … Read More
February 15, 2008 | In
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Re: Will mankind ever figure out a way to travel back in time?
Maybe. If we don't allow the fools in our midst to bring us all to the brink of extinction. But, as for Time Travel into the Past, I think it has been agreed upon by any scientists who even talk about it as possible, that you wouldn't be able to go back to a time before your machine became operational. If this is the harsh reality, then time travel may only be a way to escape from disaster on a planet-wide scale into a past before said disasters. Which, of course, would still be quite useful, but as a research tool into the past, not so much. I really like watching Doc… Read More
February 6, 2008 | In
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Cosmic Expansion, Big Bang and Red Shift Question.
Have any pictures of galaxies or clusters of galaxies taken many years apart shown these receding objects actually getting smaller? I hope this isn't a stupid question, as the size of these objects is immense and so are the distances involved. I guess my question is meant as a means of evidence in support of Luminal Red Shifts which are supposed to tell how fast objects are moving away from us due to cosmic expansion from the Big Bang. Just as another way to convince everyone who may still be on the fence, like the Null Physics camp. I suppose I could research this myself with the web, … Read More
February 5, 2008 | In
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Re: Re: What are the risks of centralizing information?
No risk, unless you have something to hide. Knowledge, should be free to all. Read More
January 28, 2008 | In
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Re: Re: Whom you would you like to see interviewed on bigthink?
Dr. Ron Paul. He is running for President, is against NAFTA and the Superhighway that would erase American Sovereignty and would pull us out of Iraq sooner than any other candidate.Despite all this, he gets almost zero media attention. Why is this???? Because of his chances?He is also from Texas, I believe, but so are a lot of decent people. The North American Union is a bad idea, right now, for a multitude of reasons. It seems the Bushies want all of us to just give away our heritage to the highest bidders. Ron Paul would stop them. Give him another voice, please! Read More
January 27, 2008 | In
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Re: Re: Should there be a North American Union?
No, but for differnet reasons. Bush and his handlers are trying to outmanuever Congress into getting the NAFTA Superhighway built and our borders erased. Never mind the immigration distraction Bush was fumbling around about. Dr. Ron Paul is on to this scheme and wants to end it before it gets unstoppable, but the media refuses to give him any "real" attention. Perhaps the Bush "thugs" have gotten to them all, but whatever. It pumps millions of dollars into Bush's friends interests to build the massive project. Taxpayer money has already been used for feasability studies, despite zero ap… Read More
January 27, 2008 | In
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Could Bush & Cheney be tried for war crimes by an international court?Executed?
There seems little doubt, now, that the current administration deliberately lied to everyone to illegally declare war on Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have since died as a direct result of this deliberate tapestry of deceit. No, I wasn't foolish enough to vote for them, but I and many betrayed Americans want justice. Is there any circumstances that would force them to accept a judgement from an international court? Or are they forever protected from extradition because they "served" our country as President & Vice-President? Is there any way our nation itself … Read More
January 23, 2008 | In
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Re: What powers magnetism, subatomic particles, and gravity? Science, please.
I'm sorry, but potential energy is missing my point. What makes Gravity attract mass to itself?I took physics and chemistry and algebra and took some tech school electronics & engineering in the early 80's. Kinetic & potential energies are easy concepts for me to grasp, but why does mass attract itself. Einstein describes what happens and his theories are so far correct in our current understanding of physics and he makes an attempt at WHY that is really just a description of what will always happen. Warping of space-time by mass is really a very weird concept that could explain what is… Read More
January 17, 2008 | In
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What powers magnetism, subatomic particles, and gravity? Science, please.
A magnet pulls or attracts. Earth magnets require no batteries, yet will attract forever. Ditto, Gravity. I know Einstein's theory on how Gravity works, but it is still just a theory. These forces cause work to be done in the form of attraction, planets orbit stars, a bar magnet grabs up iron filings some distance from a Petrie Dish. The sub atomic particles that make up everything material are always in motion. These forces seem to come from nowhere and don't run down. Is there a real, satisfactory, scientific theory that explains these forces in terms a layperson could grasp? I have n… Read More
January 16, 2008 | In
Married. Two daughters. Six dogs. Six cats. Own my own home.
I consider myself to be a decent, fun loving intellectual with a moral center. Non-religious, but slightly spiritual and very human. Animal lover with the belief that animals understand a lot more than many of us give them credit for.
Michigan resident and currently unemployed, but diligently looking for a decent paying job, (very difficult in my state, at present).
