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A speculative, unproven idea is a hypothesis. An idea which has stood the test of time and not been disproven is a theory. That is what the words...
Of course science has a lot to learn, of course science doesn't have all the answers. Our descendants in years and centuries to come will, I...
8/12. But some of the questions are rubbish - whoever set the quiz is no physicist.
Amazon have to make up their minds. Once you have clicked on the appropriate box, they insist that you have now entered into a binding contract...
The point was not about how often this happens (so far), or about the likelihood of prosecution. The point was about what might constitute...
It is not surprising that some parts of the human population lack the capacity to understand complex ideas, and fall back on simply believing in...
Semantics here. You believe that it is likely the plane will arrive, and you believe that the plane will fly. These beliefs are based on past...
Ridiculing a person on account of their beliefs is rather like ridiculing a mentally ill person on account of their delusions. Ridicule the...
I suspect you are comparing predictions of future events (which are very hard to predict) with measurement of actual facts (which is rather...
"All basically being pacifist"? If only. Have you read any of the Koran at all? Islam is not pacifist in any sense - it was always warlike from...
Faith: choosing to believe things which are not true.
That's a fair point. The thing is, all of science is based on a method. The scientific method is based on observation and experiment, on...
That's not strange at all. So people whose ethical world-view is rooted in the real world can be less unpleasant that people who accept ethical...
I think Hawking's point is that so far all our eggs are in one basket. Two baskets would be better. He is not implying that trashing earth is...
I think this is an important point. If something happens which you don't understand, saying "God did it" is no explanation at all. It is just a...
Two centuries ago, our ancestors lived in a world which was awash with radio waves, viruses, magnetic fields, radioactive materials, etc just as...
I may believe that my wife is beautiful and children are brilliant. Everyone else may think those beliefs are patently nonsensical, which is fine...
The difference between science and religion is that if all scientific knowledge were lost to mankind tomorrow, every bit of it could be discovered...
On one occasion I actually was the first out on an empty track. I got in four laps before it started to get busy. And I was going so slowly on the...
