A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles
Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of “Anthropic Principles” that strive to explain why the laws of physics take the form we observe, given the nearly [...]
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A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles
Posted in My Thoughts on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Doughnut-shaped Universe bites back : Nature News
Posted in My Thoughts on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Astronomers say Universe is small and finite.
Zeeya Merali
Mmm… Universe. Calculations show it really might be shaped like the snack favourite.
The doughnut is making a comeback – at least as a possible shape for our Universe.
The idea that the universe is finite and relatively small, rather than infinitely large, first became popular in 2003, when cosmologists [...]
Belgian beer fans unveil urinal video game | Oddly Enough | Reuters
Posted in My Thoughts on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This what we always needed.
Belgian beer fans unveil urinal video game | Oddly Enough | Reuters
McCain Backer Hagee Said Hitler Was Fulfilling God’s Will (AUDIO) – Politics on The Huffington Post
Posted in My Thoughts on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God’s behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. According to the Reverend, Adolph Hitler was a “hunter,” sent by God, who was tasked with expediting God’s [...]
Two Tables
Posted in My Thoughts on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing – Yahoo! News
Posted in My Thoughts on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BEX, Switzerland – A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.
Yves Rossy’s performance in front of the world press capped five years of training and many more years of dreaming.
“This [...]
JPL.NASA.GOV: News Releases
Posted in My Thoughts on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars LandingMay 13, 2008
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25. Phoenix will enter the top [...]
Einstein letter calls Bible ‘pretty childish’ – Faith- msnbc.com
Posted in My Thoughts on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Einstein letter calls Bible ‘pretty childish’
Famous scientist also dismisses belief in God as product of human weakness
A letter by Albert Einstein outlining his views on God and religion is being sold on Thursday and is expected to fetch from $12,000 to $16,000.
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Chris Floyd Online – Fallujah Revisited: Bush, Petraeus Prepare ‘Cleansing’ of Sadr City
Posted in My Thoughts on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fallujah Revisited: Bush, Petraeus Prepare ‘Cleansing’ of Sadr City
Friday, 09 May 2008
I.George W. Bush and David Petraeus are preparing to make a new Fallujah in Sadr City, home to two million Shiites in Baghdad. Thousands of people are already fleeing the area before the full-scale slaughter and destruction begin. As in Fallujah, the multitudes [...]
Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’ | the Daily Mail
Posted in My Thoughts on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’
By DANIEL COCHLIN – More by this author » Last updated at 16:32pm on 4th May 2008
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Plans for a robot that can crawl like a spider are ‘well developed’
It may have seemed like just another improbable scene from [...]
