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- ZOOP0
I reject the barbarian predisposition. I refuse to live with my primary drive being eternal preservation of my existence, based on fear of the unknown.
- uan0
pretty cool use of drones
- sarahfailin0
Sir Karl Raimund Popper CH FBA FRS[4] (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British[5] philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics.[6] He is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century.[7][8] Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method, in favour of empirical falsification: A theory in the empirical sciences can never be proven, but it can be falsified, meaning that it can and should be scrutinized by decisive experiments. If the outcome of an experiment contradicts the theory, one should refrain from ad hoc manoeuvres that evade the contradiction merely by making it less falsifiable. Popper is also known for his opposition to the classical justificationist account of knowledge which he replaced with critical rationalism, "the first non justificational philosophy of criticism in the history of philosophy".[9] In political discourse, he is known for his vigorous defence of liberal democracy and the principles of social criticism that he came to believe made a flourishing "open society" possible. His political philosophy embraces ideas from all major democratic political ideologies and attempts to reconcile them: social democracy, classical liberalism and conservatism, more explicitly so in his later years.[10]
- drgs0
- yurimon0
http://inhabitat.com/korean-scie…
Korean Scientists Recycle Cigarette Butts into High-Performance Supercapacitors
- Morning_star0
@OP31
"lol i love how people say you are not "open minded" just b/c you don't believe in the crazy pseudo and fringe science theories."
That not why. You are not open minded because even when faced with evidence that contradicts your world view you reject it without investigation or rely on second-hand, agenda driven, armchair opinion. You claim to be on the side of science but all you continually do is prostrate yourself at the alter of cultural opinion.
"The world is an amazing place, its just not as magical and mystical as people want it to be, but that does't mean it is any less amazing."
Apologies if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming that you have a determinist, materialist world view and that you believe we have no free will, we are just biological machines and consciousness is an illusion? How do you KNOW that the universe is just not as magical as people want it to be?, because there is mountains of evidence, over thousands of years of human experience that say something different
- ESKEMA0
I find this shit fascinating, mind boggling and beautiful
- feel0
actually maybe this week
http://www.iflscience.com/space/…
- 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."