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Re: How many star are there in the universe?

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> >> The Starmaker wrote:
> >>> Where do trees come from?
> >>>
> >>> A] from the air
> >>>
> >>> B] from the ground
> >>
> >> C] None of the above
> >>
> >> Nice try, though. […]
> >
> > Maybe you didn't understand the question...
> 
> Or maybe your question was nonsense to begin with.
> 
> > Here is Feynman quote: "the tree is coming out of the air? They surely
> > come out of the ground! No, they come out of the air!"
> >
> > So, I repeat the question:
> >
> > Where do trees come from?
> >
> > A] from the air
> >
> > B] from the ground
> 
> Feynman’s statement is from a BBC *radio interview* “Fun to Imagine” that he
> gave *for interested laymen* in 1983.  The full transcript is available online:
> 
> <http://antoine.wojdyla.fr/assets/traductions/feynman_fun_en.html>
> 
> The context is this:
> 
> | […]
> | When it get started, why is that the wood has been surviving all this time
> | with the oxygen all this time, and it didn't do it earlier or something?
> | Where did I get this from? Why did it came (**) from the tree. And the
> | substance of the tree is carbon, and where does it come from? That comes
> | from the air, it's carbon dioxide from the air. People cut trees and think
> | that it comes from the ground. The plant grows out from the ground. But if
>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | you asked "where the substance come from?", you find out where does it
> | come from (**) the tree is coming out of the air? They surely come out of
> | the ground! No, they come out of the air! The carbon dioxide in the air
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | goes into the tree, and changes it, kicking out the oxygen, and pushing
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | the oxygen away from the carbon, and leaving the carbon substance (topped
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | with water. Water comes out of the ground, you see; only is that it has to
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | get there out of the (**) air, it came down from the sky. So in fact most
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | of the tree is out of the ground -I'm sorry: it's out of the air! There's
>                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | a little bit from the ground: some minerals and so forth.
> 
> Your problem, like that of many other crackpots here, is that you have not
> learned to read (perceive) *comprehensively*.  You do not understand that
> *the context* of a statement is *vital* in order to understand it *properly*.
> 
> Until you have learned to overcome that personal shortcoming *by yourself*
> or a person you can talk to (studying allows this), you will forever be
> mystified by science.  Because teaching you how to read comprehensively by
> using a medium that requires the ability of comprehensive reading from you
> for you to understand the teaching, like Usenet, is obviously futile.  (And
> so was this posting regarding you, but at least now the truth is where it
> needs to be.)
> 
> --
> PointedEars
> 
> Twitter: @PointedEars2
> Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.



Sorry, my mistake. I was under the false impression you were 'well versed' on the works of Richard Feynman.

I thought by now you read all his works. It appears that all you read was one PDF of Feynman Lectures.

Well, now that you a little more familiar with the subject of the question...



I'll repeat the question:

 Where do trees come from?

 A] from the air

 B] from the ground

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