Scientific impression for 'anything is possible' is that you can write a possibility function for the specified event. There are 4 fundamental interactions in our universe and every single event can be expressed in terms and combinations of these interactions. Every macroscopical event like the 'lottery' or another manmade concept is a result of these interactions. You will ALWAYS get a possibility distribution no matter how imaginative you get because your imagination (your brain, neural network, axons, dendtries, sodium-potassium gates, your thoughts) obeys these fundamental laws as well. Thus everything can be modeled and there will always be a possibility distribution. At the most basic level everything is essentially -information- ; http://arxiv.org/pdf/0806.0051.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DGbSiExjS_rM So I think he can lift anything he wants and doesn't have to 'fight' against gravity or friction. I am an EEE but these topic made me to pursue research in Physics. On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Alexandros Nipirakis wrote: > FWIW - I rather like Russell's quote and think its fairly apt. > > There are plenty of things that are impossible - > > For instance - one I used over the weekend - it is impossible for me to w= in > the Utah State Lottery - > > Because it doesn't exist. > > I suppose that one is kind of silly - but I am sure you could come up wit= h > others. There are things which (scientifically speaking) are generally > accepted to be impossible. Creation of matter - etc. > > In general, I think another good axiom is - if its too good to be true, i= t > probably is. > > In this case, without being smart enough to know the actual science behin= d > any of this (and only somewhat understanding what those smarter than I am > on this board have explained about the given concepts) all of this really > smells like snake oil salesmen trying to separate fools from their money. > > For what its worth - anyways - and admittedly probably not that much. > > Kind Regards, > > Aleksei > > > On 2 June 2014 10:33, RussellMc wrote: > > > On 3 June 2014 04:11, Yigit Turgut wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anything is possible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No. Anything MAY be possible. > > > > > > > > And it's possible that some things may be impossible. > > > > > > > > > > Would you mind sharing something that is impossible ? > > > > Do you think that that's not possible ? :-) > > > > _______________________________ > > > > ie it's the classic 'Can God make a weight so heavy that he can't move > it' > > type question. > > > > The suggestion that it's impossible that anything is impossible is > possibly > > impossible to deal with. > > > > No? > > > > _____________________________ > > > > But: From my private reflections (which parallel those of innumerable > > others) : > > > > - It's impossible that everything always just has been > > > > - It's impossible that everything just came into existence from utterly > > nothing. > > > > - It's impossible to make sense of the above two assertions, either > jointly > > or severally. > > > > Further discussion of the above could begin to (rapidly) look dangerous= ly > > like 'religion', but I can't see how anyone can 'just dismiss' such lin= es > > of thought, or be comfortable that there is any sensible answer or > sensible > > alternative to them at a level that "anyone" could ever sensibly > > understand. > > > > > > > > Russell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .