hkmaly at 12:02AM, Sept. 29, 2008

I'm probably not so up-to-date, but if I remember correctly the reason research begin with embryonic stem cells was that they were not able to FIND any adult stem cells. And I'm not saying we must continue embryonic stem cell research: I'm saying to let scientists choose what to research - based on what they still have ideas for - and not the priests or "general public".

KAM at 9:03AM, Sept. 28, 2008

Thanks all. :-) Stickfodder - It relates to an old theory about someone falling from a great height dying before they hit the ground. It was hypothesized that the air would rush by so fast that someone would be unable to draw air in. This was disproven by 1. some people falling from great heights & living & 2. the automobile. hkmaly - I didn't say stopping stem cell research. Adult stem cell research is successful. Embryonic on the other hand have proven to be anything but so very few businesses want to waste money on it (that's why some people want government funding). At what point will something be considered a failure? If everything science can think of has failed do you still want to waste money on it? Hogan - Everyone knows the 2048 time travel experiments were horribly flawed. Everybody who tried it became an axe-wielding maniac.

hkmaly at 2:52AM, Sept. 28, 2008

Celtic_Minstrel: I was speaking about original greek-formulated problem, which we proved to be impossible. But it is true we don't know if the France army specified it that way, so we may even have all three.

Hogan at 12:55PM, Sept. 27, 2008

Never believe something is impossible, there's always somebody you will try to prove you wrong, and usually with great success! They said that same to me when I talked about my ideas around timetravel... back in 2048

Celtic_Minstrel at 8:24AM, Sept. 27, 2008

Actually, we have all three. Angle trisection is impossible with just a compass and straightedge, but may be done with origami. Navigable air balloon? Check. I would consider the blimp to fit this description. Tunnel to England? Check. The Channel Tunnel. I'm assuming angle trisection is the one you didn't include there.

hkmaly at 3:48AM, Sept. 27, 2008

Stickfodder: I did - or to be more exact, I did heard about theories that people will suffocate if they travel faster that some limit. I actually think the limit speed was lower. It was in the beginning of using automobiles. There was all sort of crazy theories about what can't be done - that it's impossible for something heavier that air to fly, that is impossible to overcome the speed of sound ... in some time, france army (or something like that) had list of three problems considered impossible and didn't want to talk about them: angle trisection, navigable air-balloon and tunnel to England. We already have two of them. Moral: If older scientists say something is impossible, he is mistaken. Almost everything is possible in science. You know about that alchemists dream about turning lead into gold ? We already know how to do that. In cyclotrone. It's not cheap enough to be practically usable, but we can do that. That's why we shouldn't stop stem cell research.

Xade at 1:48AM, Sept. 27, 2008

LMAO

Stickfodder at 10:34PM, Sept. 26, 2008

I've never heard any theory saying that people will suffocate if they travel faster than 60 mph