I like it! We didn’t have enough stupidity, but now the inner core is outside of the core!
Category: Renewables – Science
Cold Fusion
Cold fusion. As an extremely senior scientist once told me: “It’s more related to seances than sciences.” I thought that was pretty clever.
Science and Religion
When we look back at the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the dichotomy of science and religion actually made sense. The content of the Book of Genesis actually is in conflict with the theory of evolution. As shown at left, …
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Home/Plant-based Remedies
I’m sure all this at left is true. But almost all these home remedies were popular before the 20th Century, and, since then, science has kicked in, and global life expectancies have increased from about 30 to about 70. Causation …
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When the Social Media Post Starts with “Scientists Say…” Beware
The comments on the meme here seem to miss the point: it’s crap. The world’s oceans contain 97% of the planet’s water (321 million cubic miles), and enormous lakes, e.g., the Caspian and Black Seas and North America’s Great Lakes, …
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Science and Religion
What Neil deGrasse Tyson (supposedly) said at left isn’t true. The theory of evolution is about 170 years old. Science demonstrated that Earth is approximately 4.55 billion years old in 1956. There are still people who believe that Noah put …
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Here’s a “Science-based” Idea for You to Think About
Are scientist really testing these wind-powered pumps? No, not unless they lack a high school education in science. Suppose you want to cool your kitchen. How about opening the door to your refrigerator? You may respond: Oh, I don’t think …
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The First and Second Law of Thermodynamics Say a Great Big NO Here
There are grown-up people on this planet who believe that more energy can be pulled out of a system than we put into the system. This supposed hydrogen-powered Norwegian ship at left ostensibly: 1) Starts with seawater 2) Uses electricity …
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We Don’t Choose Our Sexual Orientation
It’s extraordinary when you come across a meme like this one and you realize how stupid some people are. Literally every one of us (post-puberty) had the same experience. We woke up one morning, strangely attracted, as if by magic, …
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Nature’s Design
In addition to the statement at left, the output of every process is the input for some other process, e.g. worms eating our dead bodies. Regarding learning from nature, this is called biomimicry. (Linked above are 15 posts on the …
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