James Nordhoff
Time is real and would exist whether life on Earth existed or not, since change has been around since the Universe began. If the Universe has always existed, then so has change and therefore, time.Why life exists could just be that life is inevitable given the proper mix of organic molecules, warm ... Read More
I've been going back to ideas I've recently written responses to, and am unable to find a lot of them. This is not acceptable. It is either censorship, or computer error, and I'm starting to think it is censorship. Do any other Big Think members have similar instances occuring with their responses ... Read More
Maybe. If we don't allow the fools in our midst to bring us all to the brink of extinction. But, as for Time Travel into the Past, I think it has been agreed upon by any scientists who even talk about it as possible, that you wouldn't be able to go back to a time before your machine became ... Read More
Have any pictures of galaxies or clusters of galaxies taken many years apart shown these receding objects actually getting smaller? I hope this isn't a stupid question, as the size of these objects is immense and so are the distances involved. I guess my question is meant as a means of evidence in ... Read More
No risk, unless you have something to hide. Knowledge, should be free to all. Read More
Dr. Ron Paul. He is running for President, is against NAFTA and the Superhighway that would erase American Sovereignty and would pull us out of Iraq sooner than any other candidate.Despite all this, he gets almost zero media attention. Why is this???? Because of his chances?He is also from Texas, I ... Read More
No, but for differnet reasons. Bush and his handlers are trying to outmanuever Congress into getting the NAFTA Superhighway built and our borders erased. Never mind the immigration distraction Bush was fumbling around about. Dr. Ron Paul is on to this scheme and wants to end it before it gets ... Read More
There seems little doubt, now, that the current administration deliberately lied to everyone to illegally declare war on Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have since died as a direct result of this deliberate tapestry of deceit. No, I wasn't foolish enough to vote for them ... Read More
I'm sorry, but potential energy is missing my point. What makes Gravity attract mass to itself?I took physics and chemistry and algebra and took some tech school electronics & engineering in the early 80's. Kinetic & potential energies are easy concepts for me to grasp, but why does mass attract ... Read More
A magnet pulls or attracts. Earth magnets require no batteries, yet will attract forever. Ditto, Gravity. I know Einstein's theory on how Gravity works, but it is still just a theory. These forces cause work to be done in the form of attraction, planets orbit stars, a bar magnet grabs up iron ... Read More
About James Nordhoff
Married. Two daughters. Six dogs. Six cats. Own my own home.
I consider myself to be a decent, fun loving intellectual with a moral center. Non-religious, but slightly spiritual and very human. Animal lover with the belief that animals understand a lot more than many of us give them credit for.
Michigan resident and currently unemployed, but diligently looking for a decent paying job, (very difficult in my state, at present).