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Is there a scientific difference between a hedgehog and a domesticated hedgehog as there is between wolves and dogs or lions and cats? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.240.26 ( talk) 01:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I just woke up from a long nightmare. The last part of the dream was someone digging their hands into my chest, as if they were trying to murder me. The odd part was that I ran away from the person in my dream, but then I saw myself laying down where I was in real life right after, in my dream. The person was right there, which is when they dug their hands into my chest. An even more odd thing is that I felt the pain and woke up from it. I am very shaken and I don't think that I can get back to sleep which is understandable, considering I felt like I was being murdered. Has there been any reports of people feeling pain in their dreams? Please don't tell me that it can't happen, I felt the intense pain in my chest, in all of the correct spots. SL93 ( talk) 08:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I feel pain in dreams fairly often. I was surprised a few years ago when I saw a thread on here about c-fiber nerves and people claiming that it is impossible to feel pain in dreams. I challenged it and nobody offered up a counter argument or any sources, and I haven't been able to find anything concrete one way or the other myself. But I assure you, when someone in a dream is cutting my fingers off or stabbing me, I feel it. 82.44.76.14 ( talk) 10:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
It appears than dreams can contain just about anything that real life can contain - including hearing, taste, feeling etc. Brains can be weird <g>. Collect ( talk) 15:57, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I have read that death's cap is responsible for most mushroom poisonings; including the deaths of a few roman emperors; which makes me wonder how often it was used in medieval well poisonings. I know that is a rather sensational subject from hundreds of years ago and the numbers were inflated for propaganda purposes; but there were at least some recorded instances. I recently tried adding an article I found on PubMed Central about the use of Amanita phalloides homeopathically to treat B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I'm aware that a single study needs to be repeated; which is why I'm not contesting the removal. Now I don't believe in water memory; but what is the difference between homeopathy and diluting something in water; wouldn't diluting poison with water allow for smaller amounts of it to be consumed? They do say that the poison is in the dosage. I'm also confused as to whether alternative medicine journals are legitimate primary medical sources when they are from the NIH or other government health organizations. Here is the link; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151460/. Thanks for answering these questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CensoredScribe ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, in the Orders of magnitude (speed) article, I wanted to highlight the fact that the speed measured in the Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly is "incorrect". Is there a symbol or syntax I could use to denote an intentionally incorrect value or item (in science)? I thought I could use italic for the values, or maybe an asterisk or something similar, but I frankly have no idea. Thanks in advance. -- CesarFelipe ( talk) 21:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Guys,
Is there a direct relationship or conversion factor for comparing fecal coliform results by enzyme reaction reported as MPN and results by membrane filtration reported as CFU? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.66.156.178 ( talk) 22:02, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, that helps a bunch! I didn't think they directly related but it seems they are at least roughly comparable as my results are either near zero or in the 20-30k range. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.66.156.178 ( talk) 00:26, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
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Is there a scientific difference between a hedgehog and a domesticated hedgehog as there is between wolves and dogs or lions and cats? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.240.26 ( talk) 01:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I just woke up from a long nightmare. The last part of the dream was someone digging their hands into my chest, as if they were trying to murder me. The odd part was that I ran away from the person in my dream, but then I saw myself laying down where I was in real life right after, in my dream. The person was right there, which is when they dug their hands into my chest. An even more odd thing is that I felt the pain and woke up from it. I am very shaken and I don't think that I can get back to sleep which is understandable, considering I felt like I was being murdered. Has there been any reports of people feeling pain in their dreams? Please don't tell me that it can't happen, I felt the intense pain in my chest, in all of the correct spots. SL93 ( talk) 08:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I feel pain in dreams fairly often. I was surprised a few years ago when I saw a thread on here about c-fiber nerves and people claiming that it is impossible to feel pain in dreams. I challenged it and nobody offered up a counter argument or any sources, and I haven't been able to find anything concrete one way or the other myself. But I assure you, when someone in a dream is cutting my fingers off or stabbing me, I feel it. 82.44.76.14 ( talk) 10:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
It appears than dreams can contain just about anything that real life can contain - including hearing, taste, feeling etc. Brains can be weird <g>. Collect ( talk) 15:57, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
I have read that death's cap is responsible for most mushroom poisonings; including the deaths of a few roman emperors; which makes me wonder how often it was used in medieval well poisonings. I know that is a rather sensational subject from hundreds of years ago and the numbers were inflated for propaganda purposes; but there were at least some recorded instances. I recently tried adding an article I found on PubMed Central about the use of Amanita phalloides homeopathically to treat B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I'm aware that a single study needs to be repeated; which is why I'm not contesting the removal. Now I don't believe in water memory; but what is the difference between homeopathy and diluting something in water; wouldn't diluting poison with water allow for smaller amounts of it to be consumed? They do say that the poison is in the dosage. I'm also confused as to whether alternative medicine journals are legitimate primary medical sources when they are from the NIH or other government health organizations. Here is the link; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151460/. Thanks for answering these questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CensoredScribe ( talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, in the Orders of magnitude (speed) article, I wanted to highlight the fact that the speed measured in the Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly is "incorrect". Is there a symbol or syntax I could use to denote an intentionally incorrect value or item (in science)? I thought I could use italic for the values, or maybe an asterisk or something similar, but I frankly have no idea. Thanks in advance. -- CesarFelipe ( talk) 21:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Guys,
Is there a direct relationship or conversion factor for comparing fecal coliform results by enzyme reaction reported as MPN and results by membrane filtration reported as CFU? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.66.156.178 ( talk) 22:02, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, that helps a bunch! I didn't think they directly related but it seems they are at least roughly comparable as my results are either near zero or in the 20-30k range. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.66.156.178 ( talk) 00:26, 2 August 2013 (UTC)