Don't know why Newton's law of gravity is a faulty approximation? Maybe you should do some of the digging your self. I'm not here to give you a science lesson. I never suggested you were here to give me a science lesson. Your gaping ignorance of the subject makes you unqualified to teach it. Furthe...

Don't know why Newton's law of gravity is a faulty approximation? Maybe you should do some of the digging your self. I'm not here to give you a science lesson. I never suggested you were here to give me a science lesson. Your gaping ignorance of the subject makes you unqualified to teach it. Furthe...

tiltbillings wrote:That would be the science way of doing things, and we cannot have that because science is naughty.

Silly me, I forgot!

I would like to explore this with you further, whether you have any evidence that supports your supposition and whether the need for absolute certainty is a reasonable expectation. Sure. Evidence? I'd shoot you a link to "dark matter" on wikepedia if I had time. Astronomers should see spi...

Pondera, I'm just wondering....do you have faith or trust in Newton's law of gravitation? chownah Newtons law of gravitation assumes all the weight of the objects, no matter how large, is situated in their centres. His law has been shown to break down over galactic distances. It doesn't account for...

I love this kind of stuff, but I missed it. Did you get to watch it, Ben? Hi Sattva, It was a visualisation that was linked to the spacecraft data updated in real time. That is, in real time from data acquisition. Light takes 39 minutes to get from Jupiter to Earth. The maneuver went as to plan and...

If in Copernicus time he had said that the World is made of atoms, and that each atom has subparticles, that wouldn't be testable at the time. It would constitute an educated hypothesis, but imune to experiment. Centuries later, when this became testable, it came under the scrutiny of science. And ...

Greetings Matthias and welcome!

A comment from particle physicist Professor Brian Cox (who has a new series on BBC TV called "The Forces of Nature") regarding cynicism towards professional expertise: “It’s entirely wrong, and it’s the road back to the cave. The way we got out of the caves and into modern civilisation is...

tiltbillings wrote:Well done article, thanks.

Ben wrote:The mistrust of science

Sadly, it will persist.

You are welcome. You are right, the mistrust of science will continue to persist.
The irony is exquisite.

Mission Control live feed:

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In a few hours, the Juno space probe will perform a tricky maneuver (Jupiter Orbit Insertion) to slow down so as to be captured by Jupiter's gravity where upon Juno will then make another 35 orbital fly-bys while collecting data and imagery of the gas giant. The JOI can be watched via NASA's app: NA...

This will be of interest to some but I recommend it for all. The following was delivered as the commencement address by Atul Gawande at the California Institute of Technology, on Friday, June 10th. If this place has done its job—and I suspect it has—you’re all scientists now. Sorry, English and hist...

I think this is fairly accurate: [cartoon] This bloke https://northamericancontrarian.com/2014/05/18/deadly-encounter-with-an-australian-melon/ would probably agree. Then again, he nearly got himself killed doing something dumb. (I know, I shouldn't be too rude about Canadians' intelligence. We've ...

Yes, very good scriptural support and quite a bit of it, as well. I suggest you research suttas on the Buddha's refutation of the Nigantha's view on kamma and also research the origin of the schism led by Devadutta. Thank you kindly Ben, it's always humbling to see where I'm lacking in understandin...