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OT: The F*cking Science Thread

JaysCyYoung said:
You'd be surprised at how many people have such low opinions of our predecessors in other societies that they do in fact attribute marvelous ancient engineering and construction to extraterrestrial forces.

These are also the type of people who would claim that some sort of hidden knowledge is being suppressed or that there is a collective conspiracy designed to hide the truth. That's why addressing each of their specific claims on a point by point basis is so effective. If one just casually dismisses them they don't learn anything new or they don't question their beliefs. People like the video's creator eventually altered their foolish beliefs because they were challenged and then taught the actual techniques at each site.

It's important knowledge if even just a few of the subscribers to the ancient astronaut hypothesis re-evaluate their belief system. That makes everything worthwhile for traditional archaeologists and experts in these fields: they no longer have to try and shout through the crazies who attempt to detract from their work in the field and the lab.
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I agree 100% but the crazies pull in more tv ratings and surefire watercooler moments.
 
Montana said:
Who's the author?....might read that once I'm done Cox' book.
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http://www.amazon.com/mc2-Biography-Worlds-Famous-Equation/dp/0425181642

If you have some time and really want to see the history of quantum mechanics in the words of the men who fine tuned it, check out Hawkings "The Dreams that Stuff is Made of". Warning - heavy use of math and physics....this is a collection of the papers that taken together show the history of the theory.

"God Created the Integers" is another absolutely perfect science book.

Check out the documentary BBC put out on the story of math. Part 2 is here - [video=youtube;N34bkZrQh90]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N34bkZrQh90[/video]
 
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Habsy said:
You guys hear about this diamond planet? Pretty cool.
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It's perplexing to say the least. How that much carbon could accumulate that close to a star is counterintuitive. Be cool if they could find one a little more similar to earth climate wise. They could have rivers of hydrocarbons.
 
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So you're saying we should invade the diamond planet for it's sweet, sweet rivers of hydrocarbon?


I'm in.
 
SundinsTooth said:
It's perplexing to say the least. How that much carbon could accumulate that close to a star is counterintuitive. Be cool if they could find one a little more similar to earth climate wise. They could have rivers of hydrocarbons.
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Please. You expect me to believe there were dinosaurs all the way out there? That is sub Fred.
 
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Habsy said:
Ironic how they found a diamond planet shortly after letting private industry take over space exploration. Hmmm.

Surface temperature of only 3900 degrees too.
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Yeah cause nothing was ever discovered before that. :rolleyes(2):
 
Habspatrol said:
Yeah cause nothing was ever discovered before that. :rolleyes(2):
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**** up a perfectly good joke. Get married and lose your sense of humor already.

The point is they find diamonds to ENTICE private industry to build ships to get there. It's rocket science.
 
lecoqsportif said:
So... recommendations for good science reading for amateurs like me? I'm aware of the giga classics, like Cosmos or Six Easy Pieces. I also have Einstein for Dummies, which has done nothing except make me feel really stupid.
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For pure imagination fodder I'd recommend "Indistinguishable from Magic" by Robert L Forward.

He blends fiction and non-fiction into alternating chapters witheach non-fiction chapter explaining the science of the chapter before. He really focuses on the type of stuff we may be able to do in a 100 years. Space travel, stuff like that.
 
Habsy said:
**** up a perfectly good joke. Get married and lose your sense of humor already.

The point is they find diamonds to ENTICE private industry to build ships to get there. It's rocket science.
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Shit... I forgot to ask the wife if I could use my sense of humor last night. My bad.
 
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