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No, Dr. Who, You Can’t Do That!

Byhenry September 22, 2016

So says (or at least that’s what I derive from) the work of Dr. Richard Muller. Enjoy!

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The Age of the Earth – Not a Minor Difference
Byhenry November 12, 2009
In the good old days when I used to have a seminar on this topic that I used in churches, I had an overhead transparency that showed the age of the earth (along with some of the various geological time periods). This was represented by a line that went the length of the slide. Beside…
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A Query for my Scientifically Oriented Friends
Byhenry July 15, 2009
In an article on MSNBC’s Cosmic Log, titled How Politeness Evolved, I find the following quote: “It is far from obvious how turn-taking evolved without language or insight in animals shaped by natural selection to pursue their individual self-interests,” University of Leicester psychologist Andrew Colman said last week in a news release about the research….
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Link: Expansion of the Universe
Byhenry February 28, 2019
How Did The Universe Expand To 46 Billion Light-Years In Just 13.8 Billion Years? This relates to one of my favorite statements: Everything is a matter of perspective. Not to mention the apostle Paul’s statement: “If anyone thinks he knows something, he doesn’t know it as he ought to” (1 Corinthians 8:2).
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Saturn has a Huge Ring
Byhenry October 7, 2009
I rarely post just images, but this came in via one of my NASA subscriptions today. Head on over and take a look. And if you don’t subscribe to their news and/or images, consider subscribing. Their material is a great pleasure. Click on the image to get further information, including a link to download the…
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Seismologists Guilty of Manslaughter
Byhenry October 22, 2012
An Italian court has rendered what has to be on the top ten list of stupidest rulings in history in finding six scientists and government official guilty of manslaughter for being too reassuring prior to an earthquake (Source: MSNBC). Scientists around the world are condemning the verdict, as well they should. This illustrates the widespread…
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Science and Replication (or not)
Byhenry May 12, 2016
An article today on FiveThirtyEight says it’s possible that the simple awarding of badges to those who follow certain procedures (openness of data, revealing methodology, etc), may have sparked an increase in these good practices. Or not, of course. The correlation is pretty clear. The causation is somewhat less so. It could be that all…
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