Tag: science dogmatism
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Eye, complex to simple, fallen angels...
Evolution-explains-everything-and-answers-to-all-philosophical-problems skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the brain or the eye, are simply too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have proposed various ways that so-called 'irreducibly complex' structures could emerge incrementally over time, bit by bit. But a new study proposes an alternative route. Instead of starting from simpler precursors and…
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HIV, possible cures, Cures...
A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy. [1] Funny how just one (out of MILLIONS) case of POSSIBLE cure by western medicine is making the headlines with flashing bold letters, while on the other hand many cases of treatment by…
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Quantum mechanics, Interpretations, Subjectivity
Quantum mechanics is a weird thing. Something like the last frontier of Science, it poses extreme questions which make us wonder about fundamental issues - like the role of measurement in what we see happening. It goes to the hear of the biggest problems of existence - i.e. what is a particle, what is mass…
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Absolute temperatures, efficiency > 100%, definitions, “limits”…
What is normal to most people in winter has so far been impossible in physics: a minus temperature. On the Celsius scale minus temperatures are only surprising in summer. On the absolute temperature scale, which is used by physicists and is also called the Kelvin scale, it is not possible to go below zero. Physicists…
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Bionic hands, mind, brain, misunderstandings...
In one of this year’s bionic breakthroughs, a paralyzed woman carried out her own superhuman feat: Using an implanted brain chip, she controlled a robotic arm with her mind. [1] Scientists jumped to the roof out of joy. But what are we to celebrate here? The "with her mind" is the key sentence. Is it…
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