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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
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nerd
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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
Only one matters
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On the Road---Kerouac
Variety of Deepak Chopra Books
not much else at the moment
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Disturbia, you should read Trout Fishing in America.
And anything by Charles Bukowski.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Very good book)
The Prince
Makes me Want To holler
Soledad brother
Manchild in the Promised Land
Monster
Autob of Malcolm X
Southern Storm William T Shermans March to the Sea
48 Laws of Power
Autob of Jim brown
Coldest Winter Ever
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Option D, did you read this: The Five Percenters: Islam, Hip Hop, and the Gods of New York?
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Black people don't read. I was shocked i didn't see ebony magazine or Snoop Dawgs autobio :D
I have read the Auto Bio of snoop.. I remember he is a liar. Said he lost his virginity at 12 to 2 chicks at the same time
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Oprah has a nice selection
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Option D, did you read this: The Five Percenters: Islam, Hip Hop, and the Gods of New York?
Havent read either of them...yet.. Im gonna look them up and see if i can get a deal.
I have read City of Quartz and Bastards of the Party. Both about LA.
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Fiction is Gay
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Fiction is Gay
As you can see all of mine are Non-fiction
Except for coldest winter ever.. i read it when i was 18
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Just finished Tom Rachman's 'The Imperfectionists,' am presently reading John Valliant's 'The Tiger,' and have Adam Levin's 'The Instructions' in the on-deck circle.
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The outsiders..lmao
Things Fall apart
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Havent read either of them...yet.. Im gonna look them up and see if i can get a deal.
I have read City of Quartz and Bastards of the Party. Both about LA.
Mal, that is one book. It is interesting. I'm a white guy, so I laugh when all of these young bucks are rapping/spitting about shit they don't even know about.
Here is one inocuous example: "Lookin' at my Rolie (Rolex), it's about that time".
They have no idea that this originally came from one of the most unsung MC's of all time: Schooly D "Gucci Time".
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Mal, that is one book. It is interesting. I'm a white guy, so I laugh when all of these young bucks are rapping/spitting about shit they don't even know about.
Here is one inocuous example: "Lookin' at my Rolie (Rolex), it's about that time".
They have no idea that this originally came from one of the most unsung MC's of all time: Schooly D "Gucci Time".
Schooly D
Thats the fool in jail for robbing a bank right
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my bad.. that was Steady B and Cool c who are in jail...not Schooly D..
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While "Glamorous Life" was a good song (especially for 7th grade), it cannot hold a candle to any of Schoolly D's library.
Cool C got busted robbing in Conshohocken, while I was in college, if I recally correctly.
The same year I saw the Pharcyde live (one of the greatest/under-rated albums of all rap time), with Souls of Mischief opening for them.
I met a lot of people on the hip-hop scene, and many respected me because I did not try to be "down" as other white kids did. I looked at rap as individual educational pieces, that told a story (it should) of a life I did not know or could not comprehend, but needed to know if I were to be able to effectively communicate with those "from the streets"; that is to say those unlike me.
Unfortunately, rap has devolved into generation nothingness.
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Lovemonkey you actually read those books receantly, wtf :P
well i finnished my book "Luciferian withcraft" the Azal'ucel Edition, Satan speaks By Anton Lavey and satanic scriptures By Peter H. Gilmore
But since receantly I've become selfaware ( ::)), I don't need to read anything because all the answers are infront of me, but I've been thinking of buying books about goetia and sex magic etc for the lols.
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A bridge too far
Enemy at the Gates
The united methodists hymnal
the longest day.
Jory. (better than True Grit.)
first few pages of the book of mormon
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Only one matters
Picked this up a few weeks ago at the Border's clearance rack for $3.50...:D
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On the Road---Kerouac
Variety of Deepak Chopra Books
not much else at the moment
Always wanted to read "On The Road". Guess I should! My friend always recommended it. And Deepak Chopra has been on my list as well. What book of his do you recommend most? I've been meaning to read "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind".
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While "Glamorous Life" was a good song (especially for 7th grade), it cannot hold a candle to any of Schoolly D's library.
Cool C got busted robbing in Conshohocken, while I was in college, if I recally correctly.
The same year I saw the Pharcyde live (one of the greatest/under-rated albums of all rap time), with Souls of Mischief opening for them.
I met a lot of people on the hip-hop scene, and many respected me because I did not try to be "down" as other white kids did. I looked at rap as individual educational pieces, that told a story (it should) of a life I did not know or could not comprehend, but needed to know if I were to be able to effectively communicate with those "from the streets"; that is to say those unlike me.
Unfortunately, rap has devolved into generation nothingness.
I think ill read more. I know Schooly D was Deep i heard.. My friend say he was one of the originals
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Mal, Schooly D was one of the originals for sure. Check out "P.S.K."
For me, nobody was better than Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, for that time era.
I love to read, and read/digested a lot more books while in law school, which may seem kind of odd.
I used to read while I was working at the gym, during slow hours (books on nutrition, bodybuilding and philosophy were the most often utilized subjects).
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Reading this right now...
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Read The Stand by Stephen King.
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it is a common misconception that zombies can run. However, zombies move at a top speed of just over 3mph.
great book. it is sure to come in handy one day
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it is a common misconception that zombies can run. However, zombies move at a top speed of just over 3mph.
great book. it is sure to come in handy one day
I rread it when i was stoned and found it in my parents basement
I just kept reading it on the airplane - it was interesting but it got to damn serious - I mean shit I thought haiti was full of zombies when I would get blazed real bad at one point in time
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Black people don't read. I was shocked i didn't see ebony magazine or Snoop Dawgs autobio :D
racist post reported... and sure we read. http://www.blacknews.com/
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Flat out awesome! As far as authors Malcolm Gladwell is still my go to guy . Love his stuff, but this is great
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Just finished...
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Billions and billions
8)
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currently reading: too good to be true (bernie madoff book)
just finished: diary - chuck palahniuk
i read more books in the last year and a half than i have my whole life i think.
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Right now i'm reading Fahrenheit 451, so far it's great.
Before that I read "The Prince". Also incredibly interesting.
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currently reading: too good to be true (bernie madoff book)
just finished: diary - chuck palahniuk
i read more books in the last year and a half than i have my whole life i think.
How's Too Good to be True?
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PTPS by BDB
Who's gimmick are you? Your little one or two word posts are really lame and pointless.
You're just that guy in the corner of the room who says "yes" and "no" all day. Pointless.
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Trying to get through Beyond Good and Evil right now. I have a hard time reading these days though...
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We read you stupid honkey crackah. http://www.blacknews.com/
Racist post reported... stop stirring drama ::)
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Racist post reported... stop stirring drama ::)
I like the way you lick that ice cream.
Are you gonna lick my asshole like that?
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Flat out awesome! As far as authors Malcolm Gladwell is still my go to guy . Love his stuff, but this is great
Aw you dick ;D
I totally forgot about that one, now I have to buy that one too. I'll send you the bill!
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Who's gimmick are you? Your little one or two word posts are really lame and pointless.
You're just that guy in the corner of the room who says "yes" and "no" all day. Pointless.
BDB is a legend here. Watch your mouth, convict.
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"Pimpology:48 Laws To The Game"
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Liking Bill Bryson's Shakespeare.
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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
You must be unemployed.
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"In Search of Goodpussy: Living Without Love" by Don Spears ;D
Brother West:Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir" by Cornell West
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Crime Scene
Murder in Brentwood
What Cops Know
Law for Dummies
The Strategies of War (Robert Greene)
Fat Land
Fast Food Nation
Stairway to Heaven
The Secret story of Lucifer
Riddles (Aliester Crowley)
Philosophy 101
How to think about weird things: Critical thinking for New Age
Thus spoke Zarathustra: A book for none and all
The Matrix and Philosophy
The Anxiety Phobia workbook
Kinesiology of Exercise
The Templars and Assassins
Three Cups of Tea
The Sacred Romance
(this is just one stack next to my puter...)
I have every philosophy and metaphysics book you can imagine.
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The Matrix and Philosophy
I might want to read this...
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I might want to read this...
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/plato.html
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David M. Buss- The Evolution of Desire
Matt Ridley - The Red Queen, Sex & The Evolution Of Human Nature (1993)
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http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/plato.html
ahhh, whetting my palate..
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ahhh, whetting my palate..
Starring Plato as Morpheus. :D
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Starring Plato as Morpheus. :D
and his daughter as Bacchus ;)
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Product Description
Noted martial combat writer Bradley Steiner managed to penetrate the inner sanctum of the world's busiest assassination bureaus in compiling this terrifying guide to death-for-sale. Covers edged weapons, handguns, improvised weapons, the garrote and crossbow, poisons, unarmed killing techniques and dim-mak, as well as the attributes of the professional assassin. For information purposes only!
This review is from: Death Dealer's Manual (Paperback)
This book is very thorough in it's description of how to kill another human.. Unlike most other books in the same genre, it does NOT describe obscure and fancy methods, therefore is not especially thick, and it doesn't have to be either.. It's written almost 20 years ago, so please consider the developements in firearms, since the text on handguns doesn't apply 100% today.. It does however describe such things as the correct use of the garotte, which is often badly handled, or outright wrong. All in all, I think this is simply the best book in the genre..
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Product Description
Noted martial combat writer Bradley Steiner managed to penetrate the inner sanctum of the world's busiest assassination bureaus in compiling this terrifying guide to death-for-sale. Covers edged weapons, handguns, improvised weapons, the garrote and crossbow, poisons, unarmed killing techniques and dim-mak, as well as the attributes of the professional assassin. For information purposes only!
This review is from: Death Dealer's Manual (Paperback)
This book is very thorough in it's description of how to kill another human.. Unlike most other books in the same genre, it does NOT describe obscure and fancy methods, therefore is not especially thick, and it doesn't have to be either.. It's written almost 20 years ago, so please consider the developements in firearms, since the text on handguns doesn't apply 100% today.. It does however describe such things as the correct use of the garotte, which is often badly handled, or outright wrong. All in all, I think this is simply the best book in the genre..
Settle down, Kurt Saxon.
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Aw you dick ;D
I totally forgot about that one, now I have to buy that one too. I'll send you the bill!
Amazing book! I'm almost done. Some really cool theory he's debating. Good, especially when thinking about starting a family.
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You must be unemployed.
lol
I do have a job, I just like to read a lot.
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How's Too Good to be True?
i'm only about 1/4 of the way in, but it reads more like a crime novel than a financial book. i guess that's kind of what happened. i bought it just to see how the hell he pulled it off.
it's a good read, almost "Wall Street" like.
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Just finishing 007 Dr. No right now. The book is pretty good. Anyone else read the Bond books?
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Currently reading Thomas Ligotti - The conspiracy against the human race - A Short Life of Horror
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Just finishing 007 Dr. No right now. The book is pretty good. Anyone else read the Bond books?
When I was 12. Fleming had to know his market, as he's a terrible writer.
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When I was 12. Fleming had to know his market, as he's a terrible writer.
Yes, very campy, or was it the fact that, that era was very naive? I mean, The Naked And The Dead was a good war novel, and Bush Baby was good as well.
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Anything by Stephen Hunter or Bernard Cornwell.
The Richard Sharpe series,the Starbuck chronicles, and the Saxon stories are all great 8)
....In England they made a series of the Sharpe books into tv shows but I've never seen them here in the states >:(
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Anything by Stephen Hunter or Bernard Cornwell.
The Richard Sharpe series,the Starbuck chronicles, and the Saxon stories are all great 8)
....In England they made a series of the Sharpe books into tv shows but I've never seen them here in the states >:(
I think these are what you mean ?
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I think these are what you mean ?
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Tease >:(...I can't open Youtube from this computer!
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Epic bump.
My updated list from the last couple of months:
-Europe at War by Norman Davies - a very sobering read about WWII
-Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond - should shut up some two-faced racists out there
-The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch - Fascinating but will probably require at least two more reads before it really sinks in
-Young Stalin by Simon Sebag M. - Amazing
-Billions & Billions and The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan - Very pleasant and informative read
-Hitler's Warriors by Guido Knopp
-Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku - Very fascinating although his books are starting to get very repetitive
-The FountainHead by Ayn Rand - I actually quite enjoyed reading it but the whole philosophy thing has not sunk in yet
-1984, Animal Farm and various essays by George Orwell - By far one of my most favorite authors
-The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson - Don't remember most of it but I enjoyed it
-Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Jesus Papers by Michael Baigent - Although bordering on being nothing more but a conspiracy theory, the books do contain a lot of relevant facts
That's the ones I can think of right now.. there are surely more to come.
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History of Philosophy by William Turner to learn what I missed in college while getting some needed sleep.
Damcing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav– Continuous reading until I get a better understanding of it.
The Hunger Games because a good number of people have recommended it.
The Hobbit due to friends currently working on the production in NZ …. Actually two films.
Plus I've read a good number of those books previously mentioned.
Four books I'll always remember which most GetBiggers may have never even heard of ...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Carpetbaggers
Gone With the Wind
Battlecry.
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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
We have very similar tastes.
I've read a few most of what you've mentioned. Save for the ambiguous titles lol
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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
all of those books suck dick :D
better list of authors:
mishima
nietzsche
deleuze & guattari
kierkegaard is pretty good too if you interpret god for what god really is in society, which is the authorial intent, imo
zizek makes for a good and interesting read, nothing that is groundbreaking that will make you say "holy shit" like with other good authors but he's fun to read and listen to nonetheless
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i started reading "romantic economist" but got bored with it very quickly.
i used to like reading philosophy but its gone to shit over the past few hundred years and i havent found any decent stuff for a while.. got into theology a bit and read several books by paul tillich... hes pretty good. probably going to go back into political philosophy if i can find some decent stuff. ..might just have to write some of my own.. :P
nietzsche
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all of those books suck dick :D
better list of authors:
mishima
nietzsche
deleuze & guattari
kierkegaard is pretty good too if you interpret god for what god really is in society, which is the authorial intent, imo
zizek makes for a good and interesting read, nothing that is groundbreaking that will make you say "holy shit" like with other good authors but he's fun to read and listen to nonetheless
nietzsche, nice
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nietzsche was a pathetic excuse of a man, a cynical, negative, depressing schmuck who couldnt string together a paragraph without committing some kind of logical fallacy. died a woman hating virgin whose opinion of the gender was formed solely on his experiences with his sister and whatever harsh rejections he suffered as a result of his awkward patheticness.
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The Stand - Steven King
Get Laid or Die Trying - Jeff Allen its totally ridiculous and funny as hell. im sure Getbig would approve
The Dome- by steven king, only a couple hundred pages in so far, but its not bad
agreed, Nietzsche was a lunatic and has never said anything credible. its amazing that he was paid to write. He is just an incomprehensible loser.
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nietzsche was a pathetic excuse of a man, a cynical, negative, depressing schmuck who couldnt string together a paragraph without committing some kind of logical fallacy. died a woman hating virgin whose opinion of the gender was formed solely on his experiences with his sister and whatever harsh rejections he suffered as a result of his awkward patheticness.
thats true but his writing was still amazing
twilight of the idol and thus spoke zarathrustra were really fucking good. also check out the parable of the madman and tell me you don't say "damn" multiple times while reading this
Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!"---As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated?---Thus they yelled and laughed
The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have killed him---you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.
"How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whoever is born after us---for the sake of this deed he will belong to a higher history than all history hitherto."
Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern on the ground, and it broke into pieces and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time is not yet. This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars---and yet they have done it themselves.
It has been related further that on the same day the madman forced his way into several churches and there struck up his requiem aeternam deo. Led out and called to account, he is said always to have replied nothing but: "What after all are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God?"
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Alot of Milton Erickson and Joe Dispenza lately.
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A Brief History of Time by Hawking is pure gold. I love his recent conclusion that god was not needed to crete the universe, and he can prove it lol. Religious people went nutssssssss. Aside from that, i've been reading The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and The Rum Diary by my favorite writer of all time, Hunter S. Thompson.
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Will Self's 'Walking to Hollywood.' Here's an author that's really not for everybody.
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Settle down, Kurt Saxon.
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Product Description
Noted martial combat writer Bradley Steiner managed to penetrate the inner sanctum of the world's busiest assassination bureaus in compiling this terrifying guide to death-for-sale. Covers edged weapons, handguns, improvised weapons, the garrote and crossbow, poisons, unarmed killing techniques and dim-mak, as well as the attributes of the professional assassin. For information purposes only!
This review is from: Death Dealer's Manual (Paperback)
This book is very thorough in it's description of how to kill another human.. Unlike most other books in the same genre, it does NOT describe obscure and fancy methods, therefore is not especially thick, and it doesn't have to be either.. It's written almost 20 years ago, so please consider the developements in firearms, since the text on handguns doesn't apply 100% today.. It does however describe such things as the correct use of the garotte, which is often badly handled, or outright wrong. All in all, I think this is simply the best book in the genre..
I had no clue that Bradley J. Steiner wrote anything but books on weight training.
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A Brief History of Time by Hawking is pure gold. I love his recent conclusion that god was not needed to crete the universe, and he can prove it lol. Religious people went nutssssssss.
because he is a fucking moron who doesnt even understand the basic concepts in his own field of expertise.
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because he is a fucking moron who doesnt even understand the basic concepts in his own field of expertise.
it seems you need to come to england and have a long talk with him to relieve him of his delusions
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it seems you need to come to england and have a long talk with him to relieve him of his delusions
im quite sure he would backpeddle on some of his more egregious statements once i verbally bitch slapped him a little bit
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im quite sure he would backpeddle on some of his more egregious statements once i verbally bitch slapped him a little bit
I can only imagine, someone like Hawking is nowhere near remotely of your intellectual caliber.
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The wisest man I the one who admits he knows nothing.
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because he is a fucking moron who doesnt even understand the basic concepts in his own field of expertise.
Please elaborate. I'm not arguing for or against your position. I'm just curios.
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The wisest man I the one who admits he knows nothing.
oh brother, I see you read your first Plato dialogue
what are you, 12?
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Andy McNab...he's an ex SAS soldier that has a fictional series on an ex-soldier out.
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Fuck I don't know what books I've read lately, I read 1-2 per week
About to finish up the revised edition (to compare to original) of A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
last books include: White Noise (fiction), John Christman's Social and Political Philosophy book, as well as Jonathan Wolff's political philosophy book, a logic book, some John Stuart Mill (On liberty, subjection of women, utilitarianism, reread these from before), published lectures of John Rawls, etc
About to start (over the next 2-3 weeks) AC Grayling's intro to logic book, Sovereign Virtue by Dworkin (egalitarianism), some essays by Gerry Cohen, Law's Empire, and some HLA Hart as well as commentary of him and Dworkin's arguments against each other
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Please elaborate. I'm not arguing for or against your position. I'm just curios.
"asking what happened before the big bang is like asking whats north of the north pole" .. one of his many moronic statements
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"asking what happened before the big bang is like asking whats north of the north pole" .. one of his many moronic statements
Gotcha.
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Gotcha.
are you still believing in massless particles?
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are you still believing in massless particles?
Yes. Please tell me where you find mass in this equation describing the total energy of a photon:
E=hc/λ
I'll be delighted to hear your answer.
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I'm reading a book about the all black guys tbombz has banged
It's a long book
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/2zhjvcx.jpg)
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Just got about 15 new books the other day. Eleven Madison Park has been the only one I've been reading of the bunch so far and it's terrific!
Well, you must have looked over 000's of cookbooks in your time. What makes this one worth noting?
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I can only imagine, someone like Hawking is nowhere near remotely of your intellectual caliber.
tbombz is the biggest expert in the world...on black holes.
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tbombz is the biggest expert in the world...on black holes.
;D
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oh brother, I see you read your first Plato dialogue
what are you, 12?
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I wish. Then I would be much closer to my girlfriends age.
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Yes. Please tell me where you find mass in this equation describing the total energy of a photon:
E=hc/λ
I'll be delighted to hear your answer.
this should be common sense and easily understood, a "massless" anything is by definition impossible.
photons mass can not be measured.... with current technology....
but photons absolutely have mass.. they have, or more accurately, ARE energy...
and energy=mass and mass=energy...
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i dont read books, a good estimate for how many books ive read my whole life is 30
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"asking what happened before the big bang is like asking whats north of the north pole" .. one of his many moronic statements
thats a legitimate question to ask from a philosophical and metaphysical point of view
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this should be common sense and easily understood, a "massless" anything is by definition impossible.
photons mass can not be measured.... with current technology....
but photons absolutely have mass.. they have, or more accurately, ARE energy...
and energy=mass and mass=energy...
What is it with your obsession with mass? You know next to nothing about particle physics but you still claim to know something that for example Stephen Hawking does not. A photon is a very bizarre thing in many aspects since it automatically travels at the speed of light and is at the same time a neutral particle/wave that is not affected by any magnetic or electromagnetic fields whatsoever. There's nothing to currently suggest that it has mass.
Energy equals mass only when there is any mass to be had as in the theory of relativity and it's described by the famous formula E=mc^2. An objects/particles total mass is also given by
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/6/3/c/63c2f2f10e83e1067c19e77e81e94ab5.png)
where you can clearly see(if you know basic math and physics) that if you get really close to the speed of light you'd require an infinite amount of energy to travel any faster and hence your relativistic mass increases.
This does not apply to photons however as described by E=hc/λ. It's energy only depends on it's frequency! Get this into your head!
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Have you seen the world's shortest books?:
Jewish Business Ethics.
Italian War Heroes.
Negroes I Have Met While Yachting.
Aboriginal Hygiene Hints.
Adolf Hitler's Kosher Recipes.
Muslim Pork Dishes.
Great Women Drivers of Today.
The Complete Guide to Catholic Sex.
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What is it with your obsession with mass? You know next to nothing about particle physics but you still claim to know something that for example Stephen Hawking does not. A photon is a very bizarre thing in many aspects since it automatically travels at the speed of light and is at the same time a neutral particle/wave that is not affected by any magnetic or electromagnetic fields whatsoever. There's nothing to currently suggest that it has mass.
Energy equals mass only when there is any mass to be had as in the theory of relativity and it's described by the famous formula E=mc^2. An objects/particles total mass is also given by
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/6/3/c/63c2f2f10e83e1067c19e77e81e94ab5.png)
where you can clearly see(if you know basic math and physics) that if you get really close to the speed of light you'd require an infinite amount of energy to travel any faster and hence your relativistic mass increases.
This does not apply to photons however as described by E=hc/λ. It's energy only depends on it's frequency! Get this into your head!
He has the same approach towards physics that Johnny Falcon has towards medicine/physiology - have very little knowledge of the fundamental concepts and then try to explain phenomenon using a simplistic, illiterate approach that involves rationalization using non-scientific arguments, while expressing contempt for experts who've actually studied and developed theories in the field.
You won't get any scientific rebuttal from tbombz regarding the mass energy equation, just an oversimplified, illogical argument that's a mixture of metaphor, metaphysics and semantics, like, "If it has no mass, how can it exist?"
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He has the same approach towards physics that Johnny Falcon has towards medicine/physiology - have very little knowledge of the fundamental concepts and then try to explain phenomenon using a simplistic, illiterate approach that involves rationalization using non-scientific arguments, while expressing contempt for experts who've actually studied and developed theories in the field.
You won't get any scientific rebuttal from tbombz regarding the mass energy equation, just an oversimplified, illogical argument that's a mixture of metaphor, metaphysics and semantics, like, "If it has no mass, how can it exist?"
:)
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Have you seen the world's shortest books?:
Jewish Business Ethics.
Italian War Heroes.
Negroes I Have Met While Yachting.
Aboriginal Hygiene Hints.
Adolf Hitler's Kosher Recipes.
Muslim Pork Dishes.
Great Women Drivers of Today.
The Complete Guide to Catholic Sex.
German humor...
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because he is a fucking moron who doesnt even understand the basic concepts in his own field of expertise.
hahahahahahhahaa
I like you, you're a good guy at heart but so delusional it hurts.
brb teaching one of the world's most respected experts in his field about HIS OWN FIELD
ahahahahahah
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Time to share your intellectual database. What have you read recently? Any books in particular that stood out?
The last couple of months I've read:
A brief history of Time by Stephen Hawking
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt(just ordered Superfreakonomics, looking forward to it)
The Missionary position by Christopher Hitchens(a must read, both hilarious and pretty shocking at the same time although overwritten)
Stalin, the Red Tsar and his court by Simon Sebag M.(Buy it, read it)
A book dealing with science philosophy by an author I can't remember the name of
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku(an excellent read if you find theoretical physics fascinating, a little bit easier to grasp than say A brief history of time)
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
June 1941 by John Lukacs(interesting book about Hitler's motives for attacking Russia)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins(must read, gives you a lot of insight into how animals and evolution in general work)
A huuuge 700 page book summarizing the world's history but can't remember the author(a little bit on the dry side but very educational at the same time)
etc
etc
Pretty much all of it deals with either science or history which I have a hard-on for right now. Obviously I'm reading this only while waiting for Nasser's epic piece of literature to come out, make no mistake ;D
What, you have read all those books and yet you are still dumb enough to post here.
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Currently reading Stewart's 'Calculus'. Great book, one of my favourites.
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this should be common sense and easily understood, a "massless" anything is by definition impossible.
photons mass can not be measured.... with current technology....
but photons absolutely have mass.. they have, or more accurately, ARE energy...
and energy=mass and mass=energy...
Take some courses in real Science and come back.
I like the fact that you think outside of the box, but you simply cannot debate something like this without the fundamental knowledge of Science and advanced Math. I used to think the same, but after years of Engineering, Science and Math classes, i was quite humbled.
Study some Astronomy or Astrophysics and come back and debate then.
8)
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what pretentions, and you wish you could come up with even one incomplete thought that i come up with
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I'm currently reading.
-The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by the late Carl Sagan.
8)
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One of my favorite series of books is the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice, been a while but I want to read more of them soon.
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The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
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What is it with your obsession with mass? You know next to nothing about particle physics but you still claim to know something that for example Stephen Hawking does not. A photon is a very bizarre thing in many aspects since it automatically travels at the speed of light and is at the same time a neutral particle/wave that is not affected by any magnetic or electromagnetic fields whatsoever. There's nothing to currently suggest that it has mass.
Energy equals mass only when there is any mass to be had as in the theory of relativity and it's described by the famous formula E=mc^2. An objects/particles total mass is also given by
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/6/3/c/63c2f2f10e83e1067c19e77e81e94ab5.png)
where you can clearly see(if you know basic math and physics) that if you get really close to the speed of light you'd require an infinite amount of energy to travel any faster and hence your relativistic mass increases.
This does not apply to photons however as described by E=hc/λ. It's energy only depends on it's frequency! Get this into your head!
first let me point out that your statement about requiring an infinite amount of energy to moce faster than the speed of light is extremely moronic. if its possible to go faster, there is a quantity of energy that will make it happen. if its not possible, then not even an "infinite amount of energy" could make it happen.
secondly, a photon is energy. a tiny glowing little piece of power, if you will. think of a ray of sun light divided up into a million pieces. that little golden bit of energy. get it very very small. thats, basically, what a photon is. now.. that little glowing piece of energy... does it take up space? if it takes up space, it has mass. AND if its going at the speed of light it has built up a wicked amount of kinetic energy that adds to its mass making it quite a massive object.
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"If it has no mass, how can it exist?"
can 1+1=3 ?
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What is it with your obsession with mass? You know next to nothing about particle physics but you still claim to know something that for example Stephen Hawking does not. A photon is a very bizarre thing in many aspects since it automatically travels at the speed of light and is at the same time a neutral particle/wave that is not affected by any magnetic or electromagnetic fields whatsoever. There's nothing to currently suggest that it has mass.
Energy equals mass only when there is any mass to be had as in the theory of relativity and it's described by the famous formula E=mc^2. An objects/particles total mass is also given by
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/6/3/c/63c2f2f10e83e1067c19e77e81e94ab5.png)
where you can clearly see(if you know basic math and physics) that if you get really close to the speed of light you'd require an infinite amount of energy to travel any faster and hence your relativistic mass increases.
This does not apply to photons however as described by E=hc/λ. It's energy only depends on it's frequency! Get this into your head!
Wtf is this drivel? Where's the vagina pics?
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3/4 of the way through THE HUNGER GAME.
Nowhere near a book for intellectuals such as mentioned above but entertaining nonetheless and it appears that Hollywood has a lot of confidence in it's financial success next year.
Basically it a story in which the post Armageddon central government forces 12 of its colonies to submit one male and one female between the ages of 12 to 18 each year to fight to the death until the last individual is standing.
This is enforced as a form of punishment after those colonies start a war against the central government and lose.
I understand that it's currently a major seller.
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Monkey, How did you write that formula ?
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What is it with your obsession with mass? You know next to nothing about particle physics but you still claim to know something that for example Stephen Hawking does not. A photon is a very bizarre thing in many aspects since it automatically travels at the speed of light and is at the same time a neutral particle/wave that is not affected by any magnetic or electromagnetic fields whatsoever. There's nothing to currently suggest that it has mass.
Energy equals mass only when there is any mass to be had as in the theory of relativity and it's described by the famous formula E=mc^2. An objects/particles total mass is also given by
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/6/3/c/63c2f2f10e83e1067c19e77e81e94ab5.png)
where you can clearly see(if you know basic math and physics) that if you get really close to the speed of light you'd require an infinite amount of energy to travel any faster and hence your relativistic mass increases.
This does not apply to photons however as described by E=hc/λ. It's energy only depends on it's frequency! Get this into your head!
Was reading this and thought of your discourse with Tbombz
http://www.parabola.org/seeing-table-of-contents (http://www.parabola.org/seeing-table-of-contents)
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first let me point out that your statement about requiring an infinite amount of energy to moce faster than the speed of light is extremely moronic. if its possible to go faster, there is a quantity of energy that will make it happen. if its not possible, then not even an "infinite amount of energy" could make it happen.
secondly, a photon is energy. a tiny glowing little piece of power, if you will. think of a ray of sun light divided up into a million pieces. that little golden bit of energy. get it very very small. thats, basically, what a photon is. now.. that little glowing piece of energy... does it take up space? if it takes up space, it has mass. AND if its going at the speed of light it has built up a wicked amount of kinetic energy that adds to its mass making it quite a massive object.
Are you trolling?
With this kind of nonsense for a response you have to be joking surely.
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He has the same approach towards physics that Johnny Falcon has towards medicine/physiology - have very little knowledge of the fundamental concepts and then try to explain phenomenon using a simplistic, illiterate approach that involves rationalization using non-scientific arguments, while expressing contempt for experts who've actually studied and developed theories in the field.
You won't get any scientific rebuttal from tbombz regarding the mass energy equation, just an oversimplified, illogical argument that's a mixture of metaphor, metaphysics and semantics, like, "If it has no mass, how can it exist?"
I get what you're saying and if it had been anyone else besides tbombz spewing this nonsense I would have been absolutely convinced he was trolling by now. But the sad thing is that I think he's being genuine here and I simply can not wrap my mind around it. I just can't let go of it. His arrogance and ignorance is simply awe-inspiring.
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Are you trolling?
With this kind of nonsense for a response you have to joking surely.
The defense rests.
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The defense rests.
Judgement: Banishment to Retard Island.
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Tbombz:
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I don't even... how can someone be so delusional? Dude, you don't even know basic mathematics, how can you call anything 'moronic'?
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Coach John Woodens Pyramid of Success for about the fifth time. Great inspiration!
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Are you trolling?
With this kind of nonsense for a response you have to be joking surely.
im not going to get into a scientific debate because i am not an expert on the science. in the last thread we talked about this i quoted someone else who was more informed than I who explained that indeed photons have mass, just immeasurable mass.
It is not that a photon has no mass. A photon has no “rest-mass” but it does have a unified entity called “mass-energy”, which has the same properties as rest mass does, as far as gravitation is concerned.
Consider a pair of electron and positron. They have rest mass, which other masses surrounding them can feel and react to. If this pair of electron and positron were to collide each other and turn themselves into photons, their previous rest mass did not just simply vanish but became mass-energy of the photons. The surrounding masses would still feel the gravitational effect of “mass-energy” of the photons as if it still were rest mass of a pair of electron and positron.
What is meant by the sentence “A photon has no rest-mass” is that there is no frame in which a photon appears at rest. So, it’s impossible to talk about rest-mass of a photon. A photon can only travel at a speed of light and what is measurable is only its mass-energy quantity.
but this kind of talk is unnecessary.
this is basic, common sense. if soemthing exists, it takes up space. if something takes up space, it has mass.
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His arrogance and ignorance is simply awe-inspiring.
the arrogance of the scientists of the last century is what is awe-inspiring.
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im not going to get into a scientific debate because i am not an expert on the science. in the last thread we talked about this i quoted someone else who was more informed than I who explained that indeed photons have mass, just immeasurable mass.
It is not that a photon has no mass. A photon has no “rest-mass” but it does have a unified entity called “mass-energy”, which has the same properties as rest mass does, as far as gravitation is concerned.
Consider a pair of electron and positron. They have rest mass, which other masses surrounding them can feel and react to. If this pair of electron and positron were to collide each other and turn themselves into photons, their previous rest mass did not just simply vanish but became mass-energy of the photons. The surrounding masses would still feel the gravitational effect of “mass-energy” of the photons as if it still were rest mass of a pair of electron and positron.
What is meant by the sentence “A photon has no rest-mass” is that there is no frame in which a photon appears at rest. So, it’s impossible to talk about rest-mass of a photon. A photon can only travel at a speed of light and what is measurable is only its mass-energy quantity.
but this kind of talk is unnecessary.
this is basic, common sense. if soemthing exists, it takes up space. if something takes up space, it has mass.
Wanna play the copy and paste game huh? Let's do it
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/960731.html (http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/960731.html)
"The Question
(Submitted July 31, 1996)
Do photons have mass? Because the equations E=mc2, and E=hf, imply that m=hf/c2 . Is it so?
The Answer
No, photons do not have mass, but they do have momentum. The proper, general equation to use is E2 = m2c4 + p2c2 So in the case of a photon, m=0 so E = pc or p = E/c. On the other hand, for a particle with mass m at rest (i.e., p = 0), you get back the famous E = mc2.
This equation often enters theoretical work in X-ray and Gamma-ray astrophysics, for example in Compton scattering where photons are treated as particles colliding with electrons.
Andy Ptak"
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=240 (http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=240)
Do photons have mass? If not, then how does gravity affect light (i.e. Black holes)?
Photons, the tiny packets that make up light, do not have mass. However, they do have momentum, even though we learn in physics class that an object's momentum is proportional to its mass. Scientists discovered that a photon's momentum is proportional to its frequency - a property that we usually use to describe things like sound waves. So how can this "particle" have no mass (a property of particles), and yet have a frequency (a property of waves)?
Countless experiments have led scientists to conclude that light is neither a wave nor a particle, but that it is actually both! This is called the wave-particle duality of light: one experiment will show that light is made of particle-like bundles of energy, while another will show light splitting and recombining like wave-fronts in water.
But if light has no mass, then how is the pull of gravity from a black hole so strong that light can't escape? Einstein figured this out with a thought experiment (a favorite past time of great thinkers), and detailed the answer in his theory of general relativity.
Imagine you are in a transparent elevator and your friend is outside aiming a flashlight into your eyes. Annoyed, you press the second floor button. If your friend doesn't move the flashlight, you'll see the light move from your eyes, down your chest, and then past your feet as you accelerate away. From your point of view in the elevator, the light "bent" as you accelerated. So what does this have to do with gravity? In short, Einstein's principle of equivalence states that there is no difference between being accelerated and being pulled by gravity. So if an acceleration "bent" light, then so should gravity - and this is what experiments show! It's usually only seen with massive objects that have very strong gravitational pulls like the Sun and black holes, but scientists have documented this phenomenon and Einstein's theories have been proven extremely accurate.
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the arrogance of the scientists of the last century is what is awe-inspiring.
How can you say that when you know absolutely nothing about the things they do research on? Were they all wrong? What the hell do you think you're typing on right now?
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what you copy and pasted didnt address what i copy and pasted.
in fact it doesnt nothing to refute it at all.
if one were to read both copy and pastes, they would still understand that a photon is only "massless" because its never at rest and therefore its rest-mass is immeasurable.
but it indeed has "mass-energy", which is the same thing as just plain "mass".
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How can you say that when you know absolutely nothing about the things they do research on? Were they all wrong? What the hell do you think you're typing on right now?
basic, common sense my friend. the principles of logic applied to physics and the history of time.
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what you copy and pasted didnt address what i copy and pasted.
in fact it doesnt nothing to refute it at all.
if one were to read both copy and pastes, they would still understand that a photon is only "massless" because its never at rest and therefore its rest-mass is immeasurable.
but it indeed has "mass-energy", which is the same thing as just plain "mass".
This is where you're wrong and it also seems that whoever typed that quote is also wrong/misguided. It's a common misconception to apply the E=mc^2 formula to photons and therefore think they have mass.
But photons have energy. By E=mc2, doesn't this mean that they have A mass?
The equation above was derived from this expression:
E2=(pc)2+(m0c2)2
A photon can still have zero invariant mass (m0), and can still have energy. There's nothing inconsistent here. All of the photon's energy is in the term pc. Some people would say that this is the photon's "inertial mass", since it is similar to the inertia that one feels when trying to stop a moving mass. This may or may not be useful to consider. However, it certainly should not be confused with the concept of the ordinary mass that most people are familiar with.
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basic, common sense my friend. the principles of logic applied to physics and the history of time.
There's absolutely no way you're not trolling at this point.
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basic, common sense my friend. the principles of logic applied to physics and the history of time.
Might as well drop out now, bombz. It's obvious you know it all. A(ny) degree would just be superfluous at this point.
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This is where you're wrong and it also seems that whoever typed that quote is also wrong/misguided. It's a common misconception to apply the E=mc^2 formula to photons and therefore think they have mass.
no, he wasnt wrong.
If this pair of electron and positron were to collide each other and turn themselves into photons, their previous rest mass did not just simply vanish but became mass-energy of the photons.
this is basic. niether mass nor energy is ever destroyed.
again, if something exists it takes up space. if something takes up space, it has mass.
i will suggest to you though.. if you consider the idea of energy as not existing at all in physical terms.. but only in a supernatural "ghostly" manner.. like a spirit which can be seen but is transparant, permeable, and not physical... then its possible for it to exist and not have any physical mass..
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Might as well drop out now, bombz. It's obvious you know it all. A(ny) degree would just be superfluous at this point.
chimps, use your head a little bit, if you read my posts its obvious im not being arrogant, i wont even attempt to dicsuss complex scientific issues because i am unable to do so. i stay in the realm of basic concepts and logical deduction.
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no, he wasnt wrong.
If this pair of electron and positron were to collide each other and turn themselves into photons, their previous rest mass did not just simply vanish but became mass-energy of the photons.
this is basic. niether mass nor energy is ever destroyed.
again, if something exists it takes up space. if something takes up space, it has mass.
i will suggest to you though.. if you consider the idea of energy as not existing at all in physical terms.. but only in a supernatural "ghostly" manner.. like a spirit which can be seen but is transparant, permeable, and not physical... then its possible for it to exist and not have any physical mass..
You're making the exact same mistake again. Photons have momentum-energy and not mass-energy.
Btw, for someone ripping modern science apart to its core you sure do like to use the results of it to try and prove a misguided point. You can't have it both ways.
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chimps, use your head a little bit, if you read my posts its obvious im not being arrogant, i wont even attempt to dicsuss complex scientific issues because i am unable to do so. i stay in the realm of basic concepts and logical deduction.
That's all right. I've met a goodly number of bar-stool prophets in my time. They never really accomplish anything, but, boyo, they do know how to talk a good game. Usually flamed out by 40, and dead by 50, so ya got that to look forward to. :-\