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"Believe it
or not, there is such a thing as objective reality.
The ability to perceive it is a skill. An example of objective reality is the fact that you will burn your
hand if you stick it into a flame. Everyone who doesn't have mystical powers
will burn their hand if they stick it into a flame no matter how much you wish
it weren't so. It's an objective reality that is true
for everyone." - Bruce McDonald
"Science is not threatened by
God; it is enhanced.
God is most certainly not threatened by
science; God made it all possible."
- Dr. Francis
Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
"My efforts to communicate
science are often hampered by the
fact that so many perfectly intelligent people are so
ignorant about the basic
principles of science." - Len Fisher
"Physics is more than a basis for technology; it
is a cornerstone of modern
thought."
- Fang Lizhi
"It's not what
science says or hypothesizes about
that is important,
but the fact that what is said is verifiable and
testable." - Mark A. Pumar
"Science, like art, philosophy and
culture, would be fruitless but for
our abiding appreciation of the mysterious." - Bill Spivey
"We are made of the same
matter and energy as the
universe. We are not in exile here:
we are at home. It is only here that we will ever get the chance to see
paradise face to face. If we
believe our real home is not here but in
a land that lies beyond death - if we
believe that the numinous is found only
in old books, or
old buildings, or
inside our head, or
outside this reality - then we
will see this real, vibrant, luminous
world as if
through a glass
darkly.
The universe is
deep and old beyond our ability to reach with our
senses.
The
universe is
beautiful beyond our ability to describe
in words.
The
universe is complex beyond our
ability to fully grasp in science.
We must
relate to the
universe with humility, awe,
reverence,
celebration and search for deeper understanding."
- Paul
Harrison
Science is about the process, not the results.
It is a process of understanding and verifying the
truth, not making things.
"Though they recognize in their hearts the Law of
God to be one and the same,
yet from every direction they issue a new
command,
and in every season proclaim a fresh decree.
No two are found to
agree on one and the same law,
for they seek no God but their own
desire,
and tread no path but the
path of error. "
-
Bahá'u'lláh
"His delight is in the Law of God,
on
God's Law he
meditates day and night.
He is
like a tree planted by
streams of
water,
the
tree yields its
fruit in season and its leaf does
not wither."
- Psalm 1:2-3
"There are a number of basic
laws that
govern the universe as basic
principles.
They have been discovered not fabricated.
Four of these are worthy of "introductory"
notation:
the law of non-contradiction (B
is not non-B),
the law of
identity (B is B),
the law of
the excluded middle (either B or non-B),
and the
law of rational inference.
Without adhering to these laws
of logic,
it is impossible to think correctly.
Logic really means,
putting
your thoughts in order.
Without these laws it would be
impossible
to put your thoughts
in order."
- C. Matthew McMahon
"Rational knowledge belongs to the realm of the
intellect, whose function it is to discriminate, divide, compare, measure and
categorize." - Franz Capra
Heavier
denser bodies
fall at the same rate as lighter
smaller bodies.
May be
immediately proved through casual
experimentation.
The
planets move in elliptical, not circulal
orbits.
The velocities of the planets
are not uniform but vary at
different points in their orbits.
The areas swept by the radius vectors
in equal times are
equal.
The velocities of the
planets relative to each
other can be
expressed
mathematically:
The squares of
the periods of revolution are proportional to the cubes of the distances from
the sun.
May be immediately
proved through casual observation.
A
force emanating from the
sun governs the
motion of the
celestial bodies.
Weight arises from
the mutual attraction between
two bodies.
May be
immediately proved through casual observation. Don't trip!
The three
physical laws of
motion as observed by Sir
Isaac Newton:(1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of
moving uniformly in a
straight line, except so far as it is made to
change that state by external
force.
(2)
Change of
motion is proportional to the
applied force, and takes place in the
direction in which the force is applied.
(3) Reaction is always equal
and opposite to action, that is to
say, the actions of two bodies upon
each other are always
equal and in
opposite directions.
May
be immediately proved through casual
experimentation.
The law of
diminishing returns as observed by Thomas Robert Malthius:Population,
when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio,
while
subsistence increases only in
arithmetic ratio.
Accordingly, there is a strong and constantly operating check
on
population because of the difficulty
of subsistence.
The price of
food will tend to increase,
owing to the necessity of employing additional
land
of inferior quality to increase production.
Proved through
study of historical
records.
The laws of
heredity as observed by Gregor Johann Mendel:The
law of segregation;
parental
elements pass into the
germ cells of the offspring without
influencing each other.
The law of independent
assortment;
inheritance of one
element does not govern the
inheritance of any
other element.
Proved through
work in the garden.
The
law of natural
selection, known as
anagensis;
Small, random, inheritable differences
among individuals results in
varying chances of survival and
reproduction in the
ecological niche in which the
individual
organism
exists.
The
law of divergence, known as
speciation;
Genetic changes may
accumulate within an isolated
segment of a species as that isolated
population adapts to it's
ecological niche. At some point the
species will become so divergent that
individuals with a
common ancestor will be unable to
interbreed, branching into two distinct species.
Natural selection is proved through
biogeography, animal husbandry, experimentation, embroyology,
palenontolgy or fossil records, and morphology which is supported by genomics,
the DNA
analysis of the genome
structure of
living entities and
populations of
living entities. Divergence is proved
by DNA
analysis as no two
living entities are identical,
including identical twins.
Electricity and magnetism are two
aspects of a single unified force of
nature.
Proved through
experimentation.
Laws of
thermodynamics as observed by James Clerk Maxwell:Thermodynamic
laws and properties of
gases may be derived from a statistical
description of molecular motion.
Proved through
experimentation.
Periodic law of
the elements as observed by Dimitri Ivanovich
MendeleevElements placed
according to the value of their atomic
weights present a clear
perodicity of properties.
Proved through
experimentation.
Explains the electrical
conductivity of highly dilute solutions.
Can be proved by
joining a copper
water pipe to a steel
water pipe.
The molecules from one
will migrate to the other causing
joint failure.
Explains how carbonic acid
(carbin dioxide) has the ability to trap heat .
"On the influence of
carbonic acid in the air upon the temperature of the ground"
by
Svante Arrhenius was published in
1896.
Proved through the observation of natural phenomena over the
last 100 years.
Ohm's law as
observed by German physicist Georg Ohm: The current flowing in a
metallic conductor maintained at constant temperature is
directly
proportional to the potential difference (voltage) between its
ends.
Used every day by
electricians.
A few tenative laws that have not been throughly
proved.Quantum theory as
defined by Max Planck:
The
energy of electromagnetic energy is found
only in discrete packets of quantum.
The amount of such
energy must be a
whole number multiplier of
Planck's constant.
"A new
scientific
truth does not
triumph by convincing its
opponents and making them see the light,
but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is
familiar with it."- Max Planck
Theory of special
relativity as
defined by Albert
Einstein:
Coordinate space and
time are not absolute as the speed of
light is invariant.
Theory of relativity as
defined by Albert
Einstein:
Gravitational fields are manifestations of curvature of
spacetime.
Theory of light as
defined by Albert
Einstein:
Light exhibits quantum
properties in the photoelectric effect.
These are some of the Laws of God
that mankind has been able to
observe.
We are conditioned to believe by our social culture
that we are separate from nature. This
mistaken belief allows us to suppose that we might be exempt from nature's
laws. Our separate from nature is an
illusion, a
forgetting, a detachment, a
delusion.
An individual
that has fallen into the trap of
the transcendental temptation believes that by prayer, wish, ritual,
incantation or will alone they are able to adjust, alter, bend, change, modify,
replace, substitute, sublimate, supplant or otherwise
corrupt the Natural Laws of God.
Evolution of the
theory of light.
Newtonian
theory was the first
theory
developed to
explain the
nature of light. Newton's
theory was regarded as consisting of the
actual transmission of material particles, or
corpuscules, sent off in all directions from luminous
bodies, and traversing
space, in right lines, with
the known velocity of about 186,300
miles per second. Newton's math was
right!
The
theory of the
nature of light known as the undulatory or wave
theory consisted of the propagation of
vibrations or undulations in a subtile, elastic medium, or ether, assumed to
pervade all space, and to be
thus set in vibratory motion
by the action of luminous
bodies, as the atmosphere is by
sonorous bodies. This is logically and
conceptually accurate -
objects in sunlight gain radiant
energy when exposed to the rays of our
sun, Sol.
The currently accepted
theory, electro-magnetic
theory of light, most accurately describes the
properties of light as a
form of electro-magnetic
oscillations.
Light behaves in all three ways - it has the properties
of electro-magnetics, it has the properties of a wave and it also has the
properties of a particle. What is light?
The life of
our mother warms us.
And then,
We feel
pain.
We feel
fear.
We feel cold air.
Cold air burns our delicate
lungs.
Our bodies crave nourishment.
And then,
Our
mother's suckle us and
We learn to smile.
Later we
learn,
Flesh will
bruise.
Flesh will
bleed.
Fire will
burn
flesh.
Cold will
burn
flesh.
Water will
flow.
The heavens
exist above our heads.
The
earth exists beneath our feet.
We breath in
air.
We drink water.
We warm ourselves by the
fire.
Earth, air, water and fire are things.
Every day ends but
tommorrow is
another
day.
The
sun is a
fire in the
sky that provides
light and warmth.
Even later we
learn
All that is organic lives and all that
lives will die.
Animal life
lives by consuming
other life, plant or animal.
We know that the
Earth is a planet circling a star.
We know the star, our
sun, will come up over the
horizon tomorrow as
we understand the function of
our solar
system.
We
know that if you drop a
rock it will
fall to Earth as we understand the function of
gravity and how it works from the
time we began to try to walk.
We know time moves in only one direction.
We all travel in
time from one
moment to the next.
We all
know this to be
true as not one of
us has ever physically moved backward in
time or physically jumped forward in
time.
"When you touch the ground, you can feel the
stability of the earth and feel confident. When you observe the steadiness of
the sunshine, the air and the trees, you know that you can count on the sun to
rise each day and the air and the trees to be there." - Thich Nhat Hanh
pseudoscience
The real problem is that many of these people
vote.
For fun, ask the
next college educated professional you meet to
explain where liquid
hydrogen, a proposed auto fuel, comes
from and why it is not a 'source' of
energy.
While most high school
students in the 1950s could easily
explain this, we have
dumbed down our educational standards
in math and
science so far that public
policy is now at risk.
A population that believes in
telepathy, fat-burning diet
pills and a 10,000-year-old planet
Earth is unable to evaluate anything
objectively. "- Paul S. Dwan
"Corn crops require
nitrogen-based fertilizers, virtually all of which are derived from synthetic
ammonia. Synthetic ammonia is produced by the reaction of nitrogen gas and
hydrogen. Nitrogen gas, which makes up about 80% of air, is abundant and
renewable, but hydrogen presents a
problem. The current major source of hydrogen is from natural gas, a
nonrenewable fuel. I have seen many statements about the energy yield of
corn-derived ethanol outweighing its costs, but it is unclear whether these
estimates include the cost of natural gas needed to produce fertilizers. If the
energy cost of fertilizers, harvesting, distillation and transportation match
or exceed the energy produced by burning the ethanol, then claims that
corn-produced ethanol is a renewable
energy source are invalid." - Henry Abrash, professor emeritus of chemistry
at Cal state Northridge
"Our culture of pseudo-science and pseudo-democracy
is all too willing to engage in ad hominen attacks, politically correct
ridicule, cloture of debate, and lack of tolerance toward anyone who questions
the current accepted scientific truth." - Edward L.
Kelly
"Something that is overlooked these days is that the
influx of large amounts of money, bureaucratic power and influence and prestige
that has flowed into science over the last 75 years has turned large parts of
it into a careerist profession rather than the vocation it supposedly is or
was. This is important because there are a number of scientific beliefs which
are maintained in the face of contrary evidence which is politically repressed
and editorially swept under the carpet because those who have built their
careers on those reigning beliefs are loathe to have them removed from under
their hard won elevated positions and from the textbooks they have written." -
Anthony Liversidge
THE FOLLOWING LETTER WAS SENT TO CNN BY FED EX
(FOR DELIVERY, 12/22/08), BY FAX AND BY EMAIL December 19, 2008
Jim Walton,
President
CNN Worldwide
One CNN Center, 6 South Tower Atlanta, GA
30303
Jon Klein, President CNN/United States
One Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
Dear Mr. Walton and Mr. Klein,
We are
writing on behalf of several national and international science journalism
organizations to express our strong concern about CNN's shortsighted decision
to cut its science, technology and environment unit in one fell swoop. In
wielding this ax, your network has lost an experienced and highly regarded
group of science journalists at a time when science coverage could not be more
important in our national and international discourse.
The environment,
energy technology, space exploration, and biotechnology are crucial ongoing
stories that will have growing prominence as a new American president takes
office and nations confront a wide range of science-based global issues.
As the impacts of climate change intensify, shows like "Planet in Peril" cannot
make up for informed daily coverage of this important issue and other science
topics in the public eye. As with political and policy reporting, it is
important that the underlying science be covered by journalists with the skills
and knowledge to sort out competing claims.
Concerned as we are about
the dismissal of our colleagues—including the award-winning science
reporter Miles O'Brien in New York; Peter Dykstra, head of CNN's science unit
in Atlanta; and five other science producers there—this letter is not
about individual journalists. Rather, the wholesale dismantling of the science
unit calls into question CNN's commitment to bringing the most informative
science news to the general public, including the science-minded younger
audience. If CNN wants to be truly international, it will be at odds with the
trend toward increased science coverage in many parts of the world.
It
is difficult for us to imagine why CNN, which has earned a justifiably strong
reputation for its science journalism in the past, has opted to widen the gap
in science coverage rather than strive to fill it. We would hope that you would
reconsider your decision and reassemble a cadre of well-trained science
journalists that would enable you to expand unfolding science news and in-depth
coverage, not shrink it. Your action is an unfortunate symbol of recent
widespread cutbacks in specialty science journalism. Our groups will continue
to push for more science coverage by the major media and to do our part to
promote the highest possible professional standards for communicating complex
science-based issues across the spectrum. We plan to publicize this letter as
widely as possible to encourage further discussion of the future of science
journalism.
Thanks for your attention.
Sincerely, Cristine
Russell, President, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW)
russellcris@nasw.org
Mariette DiChristina,
President, National Association of the Science Writers (NASW)
mdichristina@sciam.com
Christy George, President,
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) CGeorge@opb.org
Pallab Ghosh, President, World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)
pallab.ghosh@bbc.co.uk
"I am increasingly dismayed by the devaluation of
scientific fact by its inclusion,
by superstitious
commentators, in opinions about purely
superstitious subjects. Zev
Chafets* derides "secular
liberals" for "profoundly"
believing in
global warming. Then Zev Chafets* writes about
Armageddon as though the
latter is more likely to occur. There is no such thing as "liberal"
science. Peer-reviewed
scientific method has no
political party, race or
religious creed and no objective but
truth. There is no disagreement among
peer-reviewed scientific journals
about the fact of global warming and its
cause being human activity." - Sue
Simmons
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