PoppersOfCorn

PoppersOfCorn t1_j53vjer wrote

The "needs of the environment" is why we we develop the traits that make that survival easier.

For instance, people who have lived at high altitudes for generations tend to have larger spleens and looped capillaries because that is what was needed to live easier in that environment

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PoppersOfCorn t1_j4yvmu3 wrote

The inverse square law proposed by Newton suggests that the force of gravity acting between any two objects is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance between the object's centers.

So it is not as simple as the moon is tidally locked to earth, so, therefore, two earth sized planet could be tidally locked

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PoppersOfCorn t1_j4dl3j5 wrote

Apart from that the sun and moon are really far away and that you can clearly see why the moon phase is what is it because of how it is orientated in relation to the sun, just because the sun is setting for your perspective doesn't mean the moon is is going to be looking "down" on the sun

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PoppersOfCorn t1_j48y19g wrote

There are "galaxy" night light/projectors that cast a light on the ceiling/walls. Relatively cheap, and there no need to redecorate if they change themes

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PoppersOfCorn t1_j21t7we wrote

Because all life that we know of have evolved using water/oxygen and are carbon-based life forms. So there is no proof of it evolving in other ways, so to assume would just be pure speculation based on zero previous hints or evidence. However, if you check out extremophiles, it will show you the range in which life can evolve through our current knowledge.

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PoppersOfCorn t1_izmztau wrote

>Sure, we could send people to other planets. The question is: what could humans do that machines couldn't?

>Answer: nothing.

With current technology, a lot. Computers are inhibited by the programs they run on and can only learn on what they encounter.

Whereas humans can look at different areas that Computers never will, also if we were to find other life, we would react differently than any computer.

Is this a reason to send humans atm, No. But dont think machines can do everything humans can with the given tech

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PoppersOfCorn t1_iy79h20 wrote

So basically, from the gravitational interaction between earth and the moon. The moon creates a bulge on the earth surface(tides) but this bulge isn't directly underneath the moon, so it causes torque, and the difference slows the earths rotation and also results in the moon continually moving away from earth

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PoppersOfCorn t1_iy6ql60 wrote

The moon caused a lot of drag on our rotation and massively slowed us. It is reckoned the Earth used to have a ln 8/10 hour that gradually slowed.

So if we had another moon and depending on what type of resonance it had as well as its mass, yes, it could have changed our day either nearly nullifying the drag from the other moon, or even causing more "drag" and slowing our day even futher.

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