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PhenixRising
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Ever see an aluminum saw blade for steel? How about an armor piercing bullet made from paper. Armor piercing bullets are not pure lead...Wonder why?
 
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Oh and if we are being "scientific", please show me the math. I want to understand how puny sheet aluminum slices through steel reinforced concrete.

"because it's going fast" is not scientific.
Edited 2025-11-05 06:21 by PhenixRising
 
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What turns intelligent people into conspiracy theorists? Motives, experiences, socialization, psychology?

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  Quote  Intelligent people can become conspiracy theorists due to a combination of psychological, social, and experiential factors. Here’s an organized breakdown:


    [*]Cognitive Styles and Psychological Traits  
    - Pattern Recognition & Agency Detection: Intelligent people often excel at spotting patterns. This skill can backfire when it leads to seeing connections that aren’t there.  
    - Need for Cognitive Closure: Some individuals have a strong desire to resolve uncertainty. Conspiracy theories provide clear (though false) explanations.  
    - Counterfactual Thinking & Suspicion: High intelligence can correlate with skepticism of authority, which, when extreme, can evolve into distrust of mainstream information.  

    [*]Motivations  
    - Control & Certainty: Believing in a hidden order provides a sense of understanding in a complex, chaotic world.  
    - Identity & Belonging: Aligning with a conspiracy community can fulfill social or ideological needs.  
    - Moral or Ideological Purpose: Some use conspiracies to justify political or moral positions, framing themselves as “truth seekers.”  

    [*]Experiential Factors  
    - Personal Trauma or Disillusionment: Experiences of betrayal, injustice, or institutional failure can prime distrust in authority.  
    - Exposure to Misinformation: Repeated engagement with misleading media or echo chambers reinforces conspiratorial thinking.  
    - Significant Events: Witnessing major events or crises (e.g., pandemics, scandals) can trigger pattern-seeking and suspicion.  

    [*]Socialization and Cultural Influences  
    - Family & Peer Influence: Growing up in an environment where distrust of institutions is normalized can predispose one to conspiracies.  
    - Education & Critical Thinking: Paradoxically, highly educated individuals may use analytical skills to rationalize conspiracy beliefs rather than to reject them.  
    - Group Identity & Online Communities: Social reinforcement from like-minded groups strengthens commitment to conspiratorial narratives.  

    [*]Psychological Mechanisms  
    - Confirmation Bias: Intelligent people can selectively gather evidence that confirms pre-existing beliefs.  
    - Overconfidence & Argumentation Skills: High cognitive ability allows complex rationalizations, making conspiracies seem coherent.  
    - Motivated Reasoning: Reasoning is directed by emotion, identity, or ideology rather than by objective evaluation of evidence.  


    Summary: Intelligence alone does not prevent belief in conspiracies. The combination of cognitive tendencies, psychological needs, social environment, and life experiences can lead even highly intelligent individuals to adopt conspiratorial thinking.
causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence
 
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@John S

You see how this is totally on topic?

AI is merely parroting a ridiculous narrative.
 
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Kinetic energy and material strength of wing tips?

Yeah didn't expect any  
 
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  twofingers said  
  Quote  The response? "Oh you're one of those conspiracy theorists"

How did they come up with that? I don't understand.


Conspiracy theorists have been 100% correct

We didn't roll up our sleeves and guess what........

We are alive and not "dying suddenly"

Aren't we all supposed to be dead by now?

Nope, no myocarditis, pericarditis, turbo cancers

Go figure 🤣😂
 
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  PhenixRising said  how the wing-tips sliced through steel reinforced concrete


Another Phenix hobbyhorse introduced. How long now before the whole herd is stampeding?


Hobbyhorse? No, I'm a real engineer with some real bragging rights. And you?
 
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  PhenixRising said   no myocarditis, pericarditis, turbo cancers


Gratuitous hobbyhorse number 3 in this thread. Going for the record.

Yee ha! Ride 'em
PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed
 
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  PhenixRising said  @John S

You see how this is totally on topic?

AI is merely parroting a ridiculous narrative.

My points were specific to things you stated (e.g. about Stan Meyer & the Navy) and I stand by them.  I've no interest in diving into aircraft wings or what not as they weren't the topics.

As Volhout has said, efficiency less than 1.

In case you want to argue that the laws of thermodynamics are wrong then a Nobel Prize awaits you should you be right.  You'll need compelling evidence, though, not some BS.

John
Edited 2025-11-05 07:48 by JohnS
 
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  PhenixRising said   no myocarditis, pericarditis, turbo cancers


Gratuitous hobbyhorse number 3 in this thread. Going for the record.

Yee ha! Ride 'em


You have those numbers for me yet?

No you never will.
 
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What the above discussion has shown is that no one is changing any others minds.
It is therefore achieving nothing.

The last time this sort of thing happened that person was blocked from the forum.
 
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  PhenixRising said  @John S

You see how this is totally on topic?

AI is merely parroting a ridiculous narrative.

My points were specific to things you stated (e.g. about Stan Meyer & the Navy) and I stand by them.  I've no interest in diving into aircraft wings or what not as they weren't the topics.

As Volhout has said, efficiency less than 1.

In case you want to argue that the laws of thermodynamics are wrong then a Nobel Prize awaits you should you be right.  You'll need compelling evidence, though, not some BS.

John


Laws of thermodynamics involve no fuel.
Water is a fuel, a very potent one.
 
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  phil99 said  What the above discussion has shown is that no one is changing any others minds.
It is therefore achieving nothing.

The last time this sort of thing happened that person was blocked from the forum.


Changing minds?

I am merely requesting a simple mathematical proof. It is clearly not forthcoming and so subsequent posts are sidestepping.

We are supposed to be scientific are we not?
 
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  PhenixRising said  
Laws of thermodynamics involve no fuel.
Water is a fuel, a very potent one.

What????  You're splitting water into H2 & O2 (& then recombining them) so of course the laws apply.

John
 
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Not too long ago:

"man could never fly"

"steam trains? Man will suffocate at >30mph"

Some things never change  
 
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  PhenixRising said  Not too long ago:

"man could never fly"

"steam trains? Man will suffocate at >30mph"

Some things never change  

Those were things said in ignorance (if they were).

Not relevant to the water / H2 & O2 stuff and thermodynamics.

John
Edited 2025-11-05 08:57 by JohnS
 
PhenixRising
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"I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable."



Jules Verne

You won't believe it until the telly allows you to.
 
JohnS
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  PhenixRising said  
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"I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable."



Jules Verne

You won't believe it until the telly allows you to.

Believe what?  If you've an inexhaustible source of hydrogen & oxygen... well, you have if you've plenty of water and energy to split it, but so what?

What's your Jules Verne quote supposed to prove?

The telly appears utterly irrelevant (as does the quote as yet).

So, back to thermodynamics - your Nobel Prize awaits.

John
Edited 2025-11-05 09:17 by JohnS
 
PhenixRising
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Who coined the term "fossil fuel"?

JD Rockefeller  

Gotta make people believe that it's a limited resource to justify the price  

While you're at it, search who coined the term "conspiracy theorist"
 
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Let the Trees do the water splitting,
  Quote  The oxygen is released as a byproduct, and the hydrogen is used to create glucose (a sugar)


Lets get back o topic.
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