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Originally Posted by AB517 Rom
What do you mean ½ life is made up? I thought they decay at a given rate and we just call that rate ½ lives. Also, what do you mean by phenomenon? | Hi AB
made up? .... partly Og's answer .... neuron patterns salt imbalances in neurons and across synapses etc.... I will defer to the brain scientist on the details.... but this is not practical answer from an everyday point of view though quite likely very true.
the rate of decay for radioactive materials is proportional to the "concentration" of radioactive material. This is a mathematical construct.. So a natural phenomenon fits an equation... so what? The equation allows us to predict a lot, but how much of a measure is that when it comes understanding...... leading back to Herra's question.
Science uses mathematics to "draw a picture" of the universe and how it behaves. Can be simple like Newton's Laws or it can be be quite complex. Nevertheless it is just a picture (or map).
'Made up' may have been the wrong phrase .... perhaps 'man made' would have been better.
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Herra ...... man made "1", and thefore it is defined a s such? |
I understand.
Thank you
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I see your green light herr. What you doing up? Where do you live?
It is 2:45 am here ... I am feeding a kid. That’s one kid. If this is all made up for something’s amassment, when I get up there I am taking names and kick'en some azz.