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opinion: science is a form of prophecy

Submitted by shehal on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 20:03

one of the cool things in science is its ability to predict future events. we apply various theories (sometimes hypotheses) 'hoping' to obtain results as predicted by them. for example, we sit on a chair hoping that i would not break. if the chair seems broken we do not sit on it (unless you are paris hilton). prophesying is about predicting a specific event in the future. since science is able to predict and most often accurately then i feel that it is a form of prophecy.

link: one of the coolest eclipse photos

Submitted by shehal on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 19:12

check out this photo of the partial solar eclipse of 04 january 2011. astrophotographer thierry legault captures the eclipsed sun with the international space station (iss) and some sunspots.
nasa: lining up the sun, moon, and iss | photo credit: thierry legault

opinion: what does science regard as a natural phenomenon?

Submitted by shehal on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 17:19

i was asked once by my girl friend: "I question the definition of "Natural Phenomenon" because if Science has failed to explain the laws of nature then throwing the term 'natural phenomenon' and all its elements around for its own purposes is quite presumptuous "

to which i replied:
what science considers a natural phenomenon is something that is observable or measured repeatedly yielding similar results.
(i can't find a citation for this. i made this up based on my understand of science. you are obviously free to challenge it :p)

religion: the universe is not the result of chance - pope

Submitted by shehal on Mon, 01/17/2011 - 06:08

don't panic. the pope is a science retard. so it's "just a theory". he doesn't offer any logical reasoning to his claim in his homily. ironically, his claim can be falsified by his own words: "we must not let our minds be limited by theories that always go only so far and that - at a close look - are far from competing with faith but do not succeed in explaining the ultimate meaning of reality."

science: lead acid batteries on relativity steroids

Submitted by shehal on Sat, 01/15/2011 - 12:09

yeah! your car battery is on (special) relativity steroids! newscientist reports of research conducted on the relationship between special relativity and lead-acid battery performance apparently by 80%. i've not read the paper so i cannot comment. based on the article, this is because lead atoms attract electrons about 60% faster. mass of matter is composed of rest mass which is the mass of it when at rest and relativistic mass which is the mass it induces temporarily when in motion. total mass of matter in motion is the sum of its rest mass and relativistic mass.