Category: Empirical data
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Observe. Choose. Religion. Science.
We’ve received a birth announcement from 20 million light years away, in the form of our first ever glimpse of what seems to be the birth of a black hole. When massive stars run out of fuel, they die in a huge explosion, shooting out high-speed jets of matter and radiation. What’s left behind collapses…
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I am wet. But how would I "know" it?
Though it seems simple, feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because our skin does not have receptors that sense wetness. UK researchers propose that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture. (1) Everything we know is based on our senses.…
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Free will. Yes, yes, yes... We have one. For the 1000th time, we have one! (ywan) [or: Religion is the Science. Science is Religion]
The vast majority of people think we have free will and are the authors of our own life stories. But if neuroscientists were one day able to predict our every action based on brain scans, would people abandon this belief in droves? A new study concludes that such knowledge would not by itself be enough…
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