server down wrote: » I’m pretty sure the banshee sound is the sound of a distraught cat.
FishOnABike wrote: » Which is why they are also called groundnuts.
Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: » I'm afraid not. That's another myth. I know several internationally renowned Marine Biologists and this came up in conversation years ago. None of them had ever heard 'dork' used in reference to a whale's anatomy. Some internet myths say it only refers to a Blue Whale but that is equally incorrect.
Ipso wrote: » A bit off topic, but I wonder if the fairly recent survival of Wolves helped the banshee ghost story hang around. From hearing Coyotes in the US and how human they can sound, I wonder if the same thing happened with howling from Wolves.
Fourier wrote: » The Cosmic Egg might have been sitting there for 50 trillion years before it erupted.
Hector Bellend wrote: » A whales mickey is called a dork
david75 wrote: » The last wolf in Ireland was killed in 1759. We had wolves and bears apparently. I never knew this. Wonder when the bears went.
Ipso wrote: » I'll try to find the book and read the bit again. I used a bad example phrasing it in modern terms like 0.99, he was speaking about the early days of the US so sales tax may not have been around.
FishOnABike wrote: » Polar bears can trace their family tree back to Ireland. Genetic evidence shows they are descended from Irish brown bears that lived during the last ice age.
Fourier wrote: » Does Brian Cox have an explanation of the expansion of space?
Greybottle wrote: » About 2000 BC. Give or take. There are plenty of sites where bear remains have been found in Ireland, most famously in the Ailwee Caves also known as the Very Dark Caves. There's a good article on bears in Ireland here: www.google.ie/amp/amp.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/richard-collins/irish-brown-bear-no-polar-ancestor-227656.html
server down wrote: » That’s the reason alright. And it works. Anybody who knows America knows that if an item has a sticker price of 2 dollars you don’t just hand over 2 dollars, not in most states anyway. The tax is calculated at the cashier. It’s not on the price tag. With a sales tax of 8.5% after rounding the cost is $2:17 for a sticker price of $2 or $1.99 I even doubt that Bryson wrote that as it wouldn’t make sense to Americans.
stimpson wrote: » I have to say that this is one of the more interesting topics on the thread. I think you are doing a good job of explaining a complex subject in layman’s terms. You’re no Brian Cox, but you’re not far off.
sbsquarepants wrote: » If they don't require power, how can they "do" anything? Surely the transfer of power of some kind is the difference between something happening and nothing happening?
Fourier wrote: » Some of what I say may sound arseholish, this is simply because forums provide no tone. Your questions are deep and interesting ones, to which I am simply providing the direct answers. I do understand your confusion..
Fourier wrote: » Let me emphasise one point. What I am saying here is observationally confirmed scientific fact. It is as far from supernatural as it is possible to get, i.e. directly confirmed mathematical models of natural behaviour. They describe something counter-intuitive, but reality does not have to conform to human intuition..
Fourier wrote: » You are confusing two issues here, causation and power. I said that the expansion of spacetime requires no energy or power to occur. I did not say it was uncaused or that it occurs randomly for no reason. There are definite reasons/causes for the expansion of space, it's just that the mechanisms don't require energy or power.
Fourier wrote: » Some of what I say may sound arseholish, this is simply because forums provide no tone. Your questions are deep and interesting ones, to which I am simply providing the direct answers. I do understand your confusion.
