Category: Prejudice
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Garbage can contain gold! (or... GPS inventions)
An unknown inventor. (1) He created what could be called an ancestor of modern GPS. Garbage can contain gold... If only we looked into the garbage bin... PS. Have you checked "Philosophical Garbage", the "recycle bin" of Harmonia Philosophica portals?
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All of our life, a single measurement...
New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. [1] Do you remember that funny Lucky Luke comic (Lucky Luke Collines Noirs) with some funny looking anthropologists who wanted to study…
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Leprosy bacteria, Human arrogance...
A study reveals that the bacterium that causes leprosy still packs the same punch it did in the Middle Ages. [1] Bacteria insist on reminding us the fallacy of the theories we use to understand nature: They seem to be THE most adaptable to survive with not even the need to change for thousands or…
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Science the New Religion: The NSF example
Congress wants to pass a new bill that will better regulate NSF grants. Scientists do not. They think that other scientists should “freely” decide which research projects are funded based on the “I know because I am an expert” logic. In the context of the complaints, many related articles have been posted on the Internet.…
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Relativity Theory and Light - The fake "limit"...
What is the Relativity Theory? What does it really say? The major misconceptions are related to the speed of light as a universal speed limit. A limit which... limits us in almost everything - from interspace journeys to information transmission and time travels (yes, Godel proved they are possible). But how is that limit derived?…
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