If Islam never had a Renaissance, then where did we get algebra and algorithms? Your ignorance hurts me.

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The important distinction campionidelmondo is that this is 2008, and no-one is killing in the name of Christianity. The Crusades and Christian Emperialism ended quite some time ago.

The Muslim world's drive, however, is still fueled by the ideology of a 6th century sectarian battalion. Islam never had a Renaissance... never had the period of self-doubt and introspection that Europe went through... this may be in part because just question Koranic validity is punishable by death!

Cheers to jwray for going against the grain.

Another report of the above story

If you think that's bad, you should see what they did when Dumbledore tried to teach algebra.

Carson nearly wrecked my life. In high school, I was addicted to his show. On ET it ran from 11:30 PM to 1:00 AM. I watched it every night and then got up at 6:45 for school. Algebra first period snnnzzzzzz, Chemistry second period, ssnnnnzzz, I would wake up about half way thru 3rd period Journalism class, wipe the drool off my text book and try to straighten out my hair. It's a good thing I didn't have a TV when I went to college.

and to think this is the part of the world algebra came from. Looks like religion retards another aspect of logic.

In High School, my addiction to his show (East coast time slot 11:30 PM to 1:00 AM) caused me to sleep through my first 2 classes in the morning. I was drooling on my desk through Algebra and Chemistry. I usually woke up about half-way thru my Journalism class. He will always be the King of late-night.

hahaha! you actually posted your own "get's gold" to sift talk? That's like running into your high school algebra class and excitedly telling everybody that you just learned how to tie your own shoes (while wearing a boyscout uniform 3 sizes too small).

The greatest line was the one about how religion isnt known for inventing physics and algebra and one day they wont be known for ethics either. That simple idea of straying so far off course is really sad. To think of some of the great contributions that came back in the day and how much it hinders us now

Similarly, algebra is derived from the writings of a Persian mathematician.

this is basic algebra.

There are no extra dimensions in this theory. I think you might be confusing string theory in here, which using projection matrices to collapse dimensions.

A rotation matrix is mathematically different than a projection matrix.

He does predict many new particles, but right now it is clear that the theory makes new connections to physics that we don't already know.

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Im still reading through the paper (have to catch up on some lie algebra first) but the rotation is significant because it can help you (somewhat) to visualize the different projections onto lower dimensions which describe the effects of different feild forces: gravity + standard model forces.


Although i have to admit im far from understanding any of the actual physics underlying the math, im not too sure about this one. From what i hear, even though it has received some praise, the science community in general hasnt exactly welcomed this guy with open arms. Maybe if this theory helps with research into the Higgs boson, the media will be justified in their hunt for the newest Einstein. Lets not forget, if you read this guy's bio you will see he is very media friendly unlike your typical theoretical physicist locked up in his office, rarely seeing the light of day let alone encountering any human interactions. This one could just be gaining attention for purely superficial reasons, so stay skeptical.

I am just glad we are seeing a shift in attention away from dreadful string theory. I have never understood that 30/40 years of research that led to so few results is still mainstream. "The Trouble with Physics" by Lee Smolin discusses this in more depth. I am a physicist but not specialized in string theory so maybe I am just groping because I dont know enough about it, but it always seemed weird to me that people believe a theory that is so complex and versatile, you can practically prove anything with it.

Heim, Lisi, it doesnt matter who gets a chance but we need some new impulses. Besides. So far all of these theories have been using Lie Algebra in some form or another and if Lisi is right, well, it is tremendously beautiful to behold. For the sake of artistry, lets hope it is E8. Even my girlfriend liked the pretty colors and hypnotic patterns. And I have been trying to get her excited about physics for 10 years now.

Im still reading through the paper (have to catch up on some lie algebra first) but the rotation is significant because it can help you (somewhat) to visualize the different projections onto lower dimensions which describe the effects of different feild forces: gravity + standard model forces.


Although i have to admit im far from understanding any of the actual physics underlying the math, im not too sure about this one. From what i hear, even though it has received some praise, the science community in general hasnt exactly welcomed this guy with open arms. Maybe if this theory helps with research into the Higgs boson, the media will be justified in their hunt for the newest Einstein. Lets not forget, if you read this guy's bio you will see he is very media friendly unlike your typical theoretical physicist locked up in his office, rarely seeing the light of day let alone encountering any human interactions. This one could just be gaining attention for purely superficial reasons, so stay skeptical.

The width specified in that embed code is too large. That's probably also the problem for you djsunkid.

You can always change the dimensions manually, with a little algebra like so:

Resize 640x360 down to width of 540 without squishing the picture:
360 / 640 = 0.56
540 * 0.56 = 302
So, dimensions that fit and retain the aspect ratio of 0.56 are 540x302 (where 540 is width and 302 is height).

jesus, what an irritating little monkey, kept looking around for a fly swatter-
Bound. To finite sensory apparatus and a linear reality......

So happy there are a variety of souls on this plane....cause' a planet full of folks similar to this god-fearer, would be like, well, an algebra club breakfast or a Battlestar Galactica Fan Club convention......

"If the line is not straight, how can it be a line?"

Poor, frustrated atheists......Ya really aught to try Taoism or something.......

We need mandatory public education so that parents can't deliberately keep their children ignorant of basic facts about all other religions of the world and science. Public education should teach critical thinking and the formal algebra of logic at a young age also. Mandatory public education is our civilization's immune system against ideological viruses.