Category: Science Philosophy
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Saturn rings. Predicting models. And the (philosophical) uselessness of science. [Predicting models: An autoanaphorical lie]
Why do Saturn's rings look like that? New research from the University of Leicester finally confirms why the planet's iconic rings look the way they do -- and the answer might allow us to make predictions about other planetary rings in the universe. Saturn's rings are made of chunks of ice and rock that range…
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Science and Faith, two good friends...
If no human can check a proof of a theorem, does it really count as mathematics? That's the intriguing question raised by the latest computer-assisted proof. It is as large as the entire content of Wikipedia, making it unlikely that will ever be checked by a human being. "It might be that somehow we have…
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What is Science, Prophecies, Peer review, Free thinking.
Harold Camping died recently. In case you don't remember, Camping, the president of evangelical Family Radio, predicted that the world would end in 2011. Twice. He made these prognostications on the basis of numerology, which sounds like it might be a sophomore-level math subject, but isn't. The data for the calculations Camping used to forecast…
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Cockroaches, science, control freaks...
New technologies can help us control a cockroach with Kinect. [1] This is why most people need technology and science for. To CONTROL things... However... ...are everything susceptible to control? ...would YOU like to be controlled? ...would you like to control e.g. love and turn it on and off with a switch?
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300, 400, 500 light years? Who cares?!? If you are an astronomer everything goes… (or why Astronomy = Astrology)
New measurements of the Polar Star have revealed that the distance of the star from Earth is 323 light years, instead of 434 light years which was the last measurement known. [1] Astronomy is the only science where measurements can change so drastically without anyone saying anything. What would your professor tell you if you…
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