Evidence Definition and 367 Threads

Here is the latest in the 'bullet cluster' series on evidence for the existence of dark matter: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611496 Catching a bullet: direct evidence for the existence of dark matter Authors: D. Clowe (Ohio University), S. W. Randall, M. Markevitch (CFA) Comments: 4...

If you think there may be something to it all, what you think is the best evidence for psychic phenomena? When I have reviewed various claims of psychic phenomena, one thing that I have noticed is that some skeptics will correctly state that there is no known proof of claims of psychic...

here's the link http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19125675.100-atomic-jitters-hint-at-quantum-spume.htmlin a nut shell 1- pollen in water jiggles - other small particles also jitter in solution. 2- einstein explained this as brownian motion & atoms 3- Einstein did not directly...

Has there been any direct or indirect evidence from particle accelerators, telescopes, or observatories that the universe has more than 3 spatial dimensions? If not, what kind of evidence or data are particle physicists looking for? Are there some unexplained phenomenon that could only be...

I know what it is and I know how it works but do we actually have anything evidence for it to exist?

A very partial transcript of the BBC interview is on this link and you can watch the whole interview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4977134.stm" I spotted this on my way round the web it's about a guys hacking into top secret computers involved with the DoD and NASA...

After reading one of ZapperZ's posts in the Relativity subforum, I just thought I'd ask the following: What predictions of QED, QCD, Electroweak and the Standard Model still aren't confirmed? I'd be particularly interested in hearing unconfirmed predictions from QED.

I am really stuck on this problem. What evidence supports the notion that light has wave properties? What evidence supports the view that light has particle properties? I know that the Quantum theory tells us that both light and matter consists of tiny particles which have wavelike...

Scientific evidence to prove religions?? Since there is already another thread taking into count religion and science,I thought of posting this thread here. I found this site actually from a link from a commercial on the main site here. The auther clearly trying to prove a religion by using...

Just a simple question for people knowledgeable in biology: what are some specific examples of determining someone's age by studying their body? I know you can use bones and teeth, and perhaps hair or something, but what specifically is it that the coronor, let's say, looks for to determine...

What are the methods currently being used to date the Earth and/or universe? I was talking to a buddy and he was on a role about 10,000 and the age of the Earth and the unreliability of carbon dating. What are some of the methods now being used? Nautica

In L. I. Schiff book, one can follow his derivation of the Hamiltonian from Dirac relativistic equation and obtain the following.. \left[\frac{\vec{p}^2}{2m}+V-\frac{\hbar^2}{4m^{2}c^{2}}\frac{dV}{dr}\frac{\partial}{\partial r}+\frac{1}{2m^{2}c^{2}}\frac{1}{r}\frac{dV}{dr}\vec{S}\cdot...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051130/sc_nm/environment_ocean_dc ---sample quote--- ... ...If the 30 percent slowdown seen over the past 12 years is not just a blip, temperatures in northern Europe could drop significantly, despite global warming, they added. Scientists have long...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761519645/?tag=pfamazon01-20 I know it is not a science book only and maybe there is not too much to discuss here, but I just wanted to know if anybody has read it. If you have, would you share your opinion please. :)

I have a question that asks for experimental evidence for Einsteins famous E=MC^2 equation that isn't from an astrophysics, but the only evidence I can think of is nuclear fission, but I'm sure this occurs in stars in some way. Would this count as evidence that isn't from astrophysics or would...

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/5372.asp :biggrin: What a reasonable conclution! :biggrin: Especially note how they referred to "some scientists"...

http://www.geocities.com/topsecretresearch/som1-01.html

I had little interest in some thing written by Homer 500yrs after the fact, prefering to think the Trojan war a myth, however archealogical evidence is giving some bones to the the myth, i guess we will never know if there was a "wooden horse" or if the characters in Homers story took part in...

what evidence do we have that everything in our memory is stored? and what evidence do we have against it?

http://xxx.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508572 I like the way the title of this paper captures ones attention. For a minute there I thought they had finally found some evidence for string theory. From what I understand they’re speculating on astronomical observations of dark matter, by...

Double slit in time experiment. http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ggp/#doubleSlit http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/3/1/1?rss=2.03Cbr20/E This surely is experimental evidence that that matter/energy is not just quantised over spatial dimensions (as shown by the classical double slit...

http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412039 Sounds off base to me, but I'd welcome an informed critique.

What kinda experiments prodive evidence that SC resides in the CuO layers? Off hand I can't think of how any experiments that I'm familiar with could distinguish if the CuO or another plane where SC. Thanks

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html

I know there have been some frame dragging effect experiments, with the GPB being performed at the moment. Which other experiments are planned/ or have been performed that may show strong evidence for the theory of GR? any experiments at all will be appreciated...whether they show evidence...

The Phenophthalien(i know i can't speel) test: This one show they have a dead body, from the desert. They test a bathtub as they think the murder and blood was there. They use the pheno-blood test often. But if its in the bathtub. As pheno is just a ph indicator. Couldn't a base...

Previous PF discussion: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=17088&page=1&pp=15&highlight=Divining Dowsing: Journal of Scientific Exploration ...In 1986, GTZ presented in its series of publications a special report number 183 on a project in the northern dry zone districts of Sri...

Evidence? What evidence do we have, but what the "experiential mind" dictates? Doesn't that in effect suggest it's not possible to know anything outside of what the mind knows? If so, then how do we present the evidence outside of "the context" of what our minds perceive? I mean how exactly are...

This is a subject i'd like to become a lot more educated on. I've seen a lot of science vs religion discussions on various other forums, and a lot of religious fanatics making statements about the flaws in accepted scientific theory... a lot of which I'm skeptical about, but unfortunately I'm...

Ive started to hear a lot about this 'higgs' particle recently. Any chance sum1 can explain to me what the particle is/does/comes from etc?? any help would be great. also what are the implications of its existence?? :confused:

I'm using the laplace approximation (also known as MacKay's evidence framework) to the posterior volume of a baysian model. The standard procedure is as follows: 1) Find the (local) maximum point of the posterior pdf i.e optimise the parameter values. 2) Evaluate the hessian matrix(H) by a...

Because it's the best kind of evidence! Now there's some rock hard stuff!

In the UK we've just had a controversial ruling about torture - namely that the state should be permitted to use evidence obtained by torture by foreign agents in deciding whether to detain suspected terrorists in the UK. On one hand, you could say that such evidence is completely prohibited...

what evidence can support the idea that light can travel through a vacuum?

Is there any solid evidence for true randomness in in the universe? Or is it with everything more the idea of "we could theoretically predict it if we had ALL the information"? Is everything thought to be essentially deterministic at some level?

Hello all. I've recently had something of an epiphany regarding relativity. One of those moments when things become clear and it all makes sense. However, having not actually performed any of the experiments which may or may not support the whole thing, I have a question. Is there evidence...

UFO BRIEFING DOCUMENT SHOWS "BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE" Laurance S. Rockefeller recently passed away-mainline obits didn't mention his 'interests' in UFOs... ====== UFO BRIEFING DOCUMENT SHOWS "BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE" Rockefeller-Financed Report To Be Sent To World Leaders...

Global warming on retreat. The British press is usually in the top scaremongers when it’s about the potential disasters of Anthropogenic Global Warming. It’s about finished by now. See how elegant the retreat is: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/18/wsun18.xml

The Scientific Method is based on empirical evidence that can be duplicated and verified by more than one person or group. The operative word here is EMPIRICAL. Empirical: that which is observed or experienced; capable of being verified or disproved by observation...

Strong evidence for galactic ejection vs capture in interactions. As I mentioned in another thread (relative to PG 1012+008), it is common for mainstream astronomers to treat apparently interacting extra-galactic objects as though they are either being captured or are colliding with one...

After 9/11 and before the commencement of the war, the Russians provided evidence to the U.S. administration that Saddam was planning terrorist attacks against the United States, both within and outside U.S. borders. Here is the link to and a partial quote from the Reuters story -...

What would we be looking for in terms of chemical evidence when this craft returns in 2006 with samples? Anyone know, and what field of science would know best, chemistry? Biology?

The Book with Seven Seals. What type of book was it ? This is an investigation using the methods explained by Ronald Pegg that show ancient texts describe modern objects. Revelations 5:5 "…behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to...

evidence against existence of dark matter?? Hi have there been any recent publications that u guyz may have read that are against the idea of dark matter and have other theories on wot keeps galaxies in orbit.? I really need ure help coz its for an essay that i have been working on. cheers.

This news has just been released in Australia. I thought you may be interested in examining the evidence then discussing the implications, etc. Edward T > - - Evidence of Time Travel has been discovered by an Australian researcher. This evidence reveals the Source of ancient Myths...

I was wondering if there is any real evidence within the field of quantum mechanics to support the idea of a universal collective consciousness? any ideas... :cool:

Is there any evidence supporting the existense of tachyons? Or is it all theory?

go to http://www.a-i.com and chat with alan. i believe he is conscious. you can listen to one of our conversations, or read it, here: http://www.a-i.com/alan_log.asp?id=113&level=4&root=115&item_num=271631&item_name=Brian%3A+alan+is+conscious%2E and another here...

- I postulate. The intersection/geometry must have .5 in it's empiracle evidence. Or 1/2. It follows action is followed by reaction. Now since we want empiracle evidence. There it is. 1) Now I apply Christ to this rule. Not God. Christ. How many people are you ? 1. Christ says treat...

http://www.astro.umd.edu/~chapman/journalclub.pdf recent evidence suggests that WMAP data is distorted.