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- sarahfailin1
I would love it if we could keep the religion v science debate in the religion thread, and leave this thread for science news and debate. if we need to have a metaphysics of the day thread, we will make one.
Think you understand what 'infinity' means? Consider this animated video...- This thread topic is about how science is not and never can be a belief system. Period.monospaced
- You miss the point. Constantly.Morning_star
- no i don'tmonospaced
- ukit21
- I wonder if got any tape wormsyurimon
- something something scarabins fridgemoldero
- Yurimon, worms and other parasites only live in the digestive track. As long as you avoid that you're safe.GM278
- My dogs are on a raw food diet ... pre-prepared (not like this guy) and mimics what their wild diet would be)GM278
- < its not dangerous? some say you dont want dogs to get into the flavor of raw meat cause they may see u as lunchyurimon
- worms from pork make it into your brainmoldero
- And those live in the meatmoldero
- yurimon0
what is the unlimits of consciousness and energy the context of human potential?
- That is mind boggling just to think about.organicgrid
- I want this on a t-shirtESKEMA
- i typo'd "in the context"yurimon
- You typo'd more than thatukit2
- ESKEMA0
I find this shit fascinating, mind boggling and beautiful
- O0O0O0-5
- wagshaft0
Regarding the definition of "Theory" and "Fact" in science:
One of the most misused words today is also one of the most important to science: theory.
Many incorrectly see theory as the opposite of fact. The National Academy of Sciences provides concise definitions of these critical words: A fact is a scientific explanation that has been tested and confirmed so many times that there is no longer a compelling reason to keep testing it; a theory is a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence generating testable and falsifiable predictions.
From the excellent article:
http://www.slate.com/articles/he…
- Morning_star0
'it should be obvious why this is bullshit' - you're gonna have to do better than that. The link i provided in the quote claims (through independent analysis) that by the standards that exist in science at the moment ESP, Remote Viewing, Survival of Consciousness is proven. The results are statistically significant and are repeatable. Sorry, but your cry of 'Bullshit' needs some evidence in the context of Radins results.
The 'Proving photography to a blind man' article whilst interesting is not comparable. A more appropriate comparison for the effects of ESP would be Dark Matter/Energy. Scientists claim it's existence yet surely (using your process) they should just be able to give me a bit in a test tube or at least show me a picture of it, or if absolutely necessary, they should get one of their whizzy machines to detect it. Sadly they can do none of that. So is Dark Matter/Energy bullshit?
It always surprises me that people don't question the results of the HRC, the discovery of the Higgs Boson, when the majority of the work done at CERN is as you've said 'poring through statistics' to produce a probability. No one's ever seen the Higgs, there is no material evidence for it, just it's assumed effects manifesting themselves in a probability.
True science follows the evidence WHEREVER it leads. If there is evidence for paranormal effects then I don't understand why this should this be such a taboo.
- HRC should read LHC. Not even sure what HRC is. (Doh)Morning_star
- Problem is when they cant find a number to an equation they make it up and call it dark matter.yurimon
- I question the process of measuring. they measure not whole but the breaking of an atom. you get missing infoyurimon
- But the numbers are there and indicate it exists. You don't have to see inside the jar to know its full of liquid.monospaced
- Exactly the same with ESP.Morning_star
- no, not really, because blindly claiming something is not exactly the same as evidence pointing toward itmonospaced
- now I know you think they're not blind claims, but that's a difference of opinion.monospaced
- How is that 'opinion'. There have been accounts of unexplainable mind phenomenon for 1000s of years. There is now emerging evidence suggesting that the effect is real. Your going to have to explain why it's a difference of 'opinion' because as far as i can see it isn't.Morning_star
- evidence suggesting that the effect is real. Your going to have to explain why it's a difference of 'opinion' because as far as i can see it isn't.Morning_star
- it isn't.Morning_star
- Because all real tests have proven these "accounts" as total bullshit. Nobody can do it when asked in a controlled environmentmonospaced
- And all evidence that appears to support it is explainable some other way.monospaced
- so, it's your opinion that it's legit, and mine that it's total bullshit because it hasn't passed a real scientific testmonospaced
- Again, you're wrong https://www.ics.uci.…Morning_star
- scarabin0
some discussion on reddit about "golden age" mythologies
- feel0
nasa is testing this next week
- i_monk1
Martian "soil" is sand and pebbles. Earth topsoil is full of organic matter. They aren't remotely comparable. When scientists refer to Martian soil, they only do so to distinguish it from rocks and dust.
- hadfield's point is there are resources (carbon, hydrogen) on the moon. not that you can plant flowers there.scarabin
- feel0
actually maybe this week
http://www.iflscience.com/space/…
- yurimon-2
- uan1
CaSSIS sends first colour images from primary science orbit
This image is from the rim of Koralev crater (165.9 E, 73.3 N) at 5.08 m/px with a ground-track velocity of 2.90 km/s. The solar incidence angle was 76.6 deg at a local solar time of 07:14:11.The CaSSIS test images have looked pretty good so far - even at low Sun. We do have a problem with an Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) software in the instrument which we are trying to solve. CaSSIS detects this and re-boots itself when that happens. The spacecraft doesn't like that!! We are working with ESOC in Darmstadt to find better ways of dealing with the issue. Should be manageable in the short term with a fix due to be ready in a couple of weeks.
Nicolas Thomas
- moldero1
Mantis shrimps can see cancer, and scientists have now created a camera that does the same
http://www.sciencealert.com/shri…
"hey shrimp, what do you see?"
"cancer!"
- OP310
@ Morning_star
First you have no idea what i believe, so lets stop putting words in my mouth to create me into someone you are trying to argue with.
Secondly, your "facts" are coming from a website called DailyGrail who's other top stories include "Our Alien DNA" and "Mysterious Forces: Exploring the Poltergeist Phenomenon". Seems like a pretty one sided point of view website.
"Science has beauty, power, and majesty that can provide spiritual as well as practical fulfillment. But superstition and pseudoscience keep getting in the way providing easy answers, casually pressing our awe buttons, and cheapening the experience."
- pablo281
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
- GeorgesII0
- he chose quantum physics not genetics. or medical...yurimon
- be too busy out chasing tail instead of sciencing if he was normalset
- he kind of did: still thinking, writing, publishing and pushing the boundariesuan
- all his character generation points went to brainingscarabin
- My sarcastic response to rhetorical trolling question from Georges.monospaced
- So science, much brainingset
- and I bet he knows himself in a parallel universe being usain bolt.uan