""Perhaps their particle physicists do one too many high-energy experiments thinking they know all the principles and inadvertently create a small, stable black hole which takes out the planet." Small and stable black hole? Not unless they…"

"But that 1 million is also spread out in time - about 10 billion years since the first generation stars would not have had planets at all (since it was the first stars which created the elements necessary for planets and life to exist). And as James…"

"The Fermi "paradox" is outdated. Even if we count all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans), cetaceans (dolphins, killer whales, whales) and cephalopods (octopi, squid, cuttlefish) as intelligent with us that is an…"

"Good news, bad news. All the websites I have visited so far have good people, arrogant people, religious people with some deserving more than one title. Many of the websites I've found are more contentious than here. There's…"

"I have a variety of problems but always refused to get help - in part due to my issues. Depression and lack of self-esteem/self-worth are two of my problems and I haven't been able to deal with them on my own. So I finally started getting…"

"You are right about the most honest answer being that we don't KNOW. But we are still human so things we feel certain about are given an elevated status. As for what there is after death: we have not found any evidence for a spirit / soul /…"

"Almost none of what you say is correct. The errors don't start with the word "timelessly" but that fault was the one that really said to me that you haven't explored any of what you claim here. Or you have swallowed whole what…"

"^^^ Yes, but it was happy to meet the "ground" - it's chosen name for the new possible friend rushing to meet it.  :D @Dr Bob How does what you wrote conflict in any way with what you quoted from Physeter's post? Those were…"

"I struggle with several issues myself but my situation is not the same as his. I fight the suspicions with facts. Unfortunately sometimes there are no facts and for some of the conspiracy hypotheses you mention there aren't going to be good…"

"I'm not sure if the tone of my previous post came through as intended - I think the policies are somewhere between poor and downright bad, depending upon the company and boss. As for other possibilities: but that only works if those in charge…"

"If you use a high powered laser to remove them and have the hand locked into a device holding it absolutely still you might be able to get it down to 1 or 2, well, ok, 1 or 2 dozen if very careful and very precise. If you aren't perfect,…"

"I'd go with "yes" simply because there are examples of different infinities. Take the whole numbers - there is an infinity of them. Take all fractions - a larger infinity. All the real numbers is an even larger infinity yet. So, yeah…"

"@ RobertPiano Yeah, I guess if you "touch" fissionable material hard enough, BOOM! They would only be fissionable atoms if they are heavier than iron. Otherwise they would be just smashing each other to bits - and there is a…"

"It's not possible to cut a cake into zero pieces since 1 =/= 0"

"Consider for a moment that fundraising is a business like any other and the whole point of a business today is to maximize profit which means maximizing income. Giving what should be the easy sells to the experienced people gives the company the…"

"I have experienced wonder and awe at the beauty and vastness of nature and the universe. All without god. I did have a "born-again" experience or something very much like one. I was feeling quite alone in my beliefs and finally started…"