Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: How many star are there in the universe? Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:53:06 -0700 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 96 Message-ID: <5B929EE2.343F@ix.netcom.com> References: <5B8B89F7.70F@ix.netcom.com> <5a6ca7b7-8487-4d63-94be-4f9c67e1b1ff@googlegroups.com> <5B8CB5AD.6064@ix.netcom.com> <08b99118-fbeb-4429-857f-42b1d8d080fb@PointedEars.de> <5B8EC27A.4DCD@ix.netcom.com> <44a146b8-3dea-b2fd-7c72-8f6af7c9d33d@PointedEars.de> <5B8F7C21.45FF@ix.netcom.com> <2a800123-5ab5-61fe-a19a-38ff2c3e7688@PointedEars.de> <5B91F5F2.1595@ix.netcom.com> <0c64715a-b95d-36bd-05cd-2fac73856efd@PointedEars.de> <5B920F05.1331@ix.netcom.com> <06d8ee27-8b9a-97d3-1f5c-d83fd0b46347@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: X9ItFNC7Zcz4l6MobL/YRA.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 180907-4, 09/07/2018), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:470830 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: > > > > 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