Tag Archives: Science

Evolving Through Layers

The first widely popular computer mouse was packed in with the Apple Macintosh in 1984.  This Macintosh had a black-and-white, 9 in CRT with a resolution of 512×342 pixels. The only drive was a single-sided 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. The … Continue reading

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Ideas Worth Spreading

Note: If you don’t see the videos in the RSS feed, please visit the site to watch them. The beauty of the internet is that it gives us access to content that was allow available at a local level in … Continue reading

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A Universe Not Made For Us

If you are a visitor of skeptical or scientific websites, you have probably already seen this video. But I know that many of my readers do not visit such places, so I wanted to make sure they got to see … Continue reading

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Science is the Poetry of Reality

First, a bit of meta: I have been struggling a bit with finding the right topics to write about, and the energy to write them.  As such, I have exhausted by backlog of posts.  Not having anything great to say … Continue reading

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Cheapening Life with Miracles

Traditionally, a miracle is an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that is ascribed to a supernatural cause, usually with positive results.  The parting of the Red Sea by Moses and Jesus multiplying fish and bread are two … Continue reading

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Life is Not an Accident

I look at DNA and am amazed at the complexity and the beauty . . . It doesn’t feel like it could be the result of a million accidents. Life is not an accident.  Nor is DNA.  Life in its … Continue reading

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Tolerance of the Illogical

The following quote is from a recent comment.  I was originally going to respond to the comment with one of my own, but decided a post would be better.  This something I have already addressed in a way before, but … Continue reading

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Science Inspiration

A while back, I wrote about how science-fiction is for people of all genders and sexual orientations.  Science fiction should children of all types to grow up and get careers in science fields.  But it is doubly important for women, … Continue reading

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Theories and Facts

Gravity is a natural phenomenon by which objects with mass attract one another.  It is a fact.  Objects with mass attract each other in every single experiment and observation we have ever made. Evolution is change in the genetic material … Continue reading

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The Absolute Truth

[W]hen people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, … Continue reading

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