Ah ah 8-) sorry I'm only an engineer... by the good example of how patho-skeptics deny critics !
2013/6/8 Roger Bird <[email protected]> > No cow ever shits bull shit. They always shit cow shit. Therefore your > reasoning is flawed. > > > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Alain Sepeda <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Those miracles could be translated in Cowboy language : >> >> People who have seen animal in the sky are drunk because >> >> 1- no cow have wing >> 2- even with wings flying cows would dump bullshit and you will find some >> on the roofs >> 3- you should find linear tracks of cows running to take-off >> >> This what cowboys science say, and there is no alternative. >> >> >> >> >> 2013/6/8 Harry Veeder <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks. Take your time, but it would be nice to read the source. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The headings that set out the three "miracles" in his book are (pp. >>>> 111-13): >>>> >>>> 1. Fusion-rate miracle >>>> 2. Branching-ratio miracle >>>> 3. Concealed-nuclear-products miracle >>>> >>>> He goes into further detail on each of these, and I do not see a >>>> succinct summary anywhere. For (1), he is referring to the problem of >>>> overcoming Coulomb repulsion. For (2), he's talking about how you'd have >>>> to significantly decrease the rate of the d+d→3He+p and d+d→t+n branches, >>>> which are normally ~50 percent each, and increase the d+d→4He+ɣ reaction, >>>> which is normally minuscule (on this point I think he's mistaken). For >>>> (3), he's concerned about missing gamma rays, among other things. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> >>> Does he classify them as miracles because he considers them impossible >>> or extremely improbable? >>> It seems to me if he was certain they were impossible he would >>> have explicitly mentioned violation of conservation of momentum/energy >>> since >>> modern physics considers that impossible in no uncertain terms. >>> >>> BTW, if a possible but extremely improbable event is miraculous, is an >>> impossible event monstrous? >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
