Archive for 'Science' Category
Tim Berners-Lee (web creator) on misleading information
With the growing popularity of sites promoting cults and false accusations on anything from science to politics , it can be very hard for some to distinguish fact from fiction . This article discusses such problems with excerpts from the creator of the world wide web. A possible solution that I have just thought about [...]
Creating a scientific religion.
There is a well thought out argument against it here . By definition religion has to have faith in a God(s). For the purpose of this post I will override that component. Is too much fervour for atheism going to be negative and turn me and others into a atheist thumper’s?. The large difference that [...]
Is our existence real?
On stumbling across Anthony Campbell website, I noticed a short essay entitled How to tell if you live in a simulation It lays down some questions on to weather we are just in a simulation, this does sound like elements from the film matrix , there is no fiction to be found in this article. [...]
Promiscuity and polyamory
In today’s societies a woman that has often a different sexual partner gets labelled derogatory names yet a man that has many sexual partners is applauded. Society must get over it , support for wars in the Afghanistan and Iraq are ok, yet having sex with someone mutually is frowned upon. Where do we get [...]
I have more chance of a family ….
Well this is according to research done at University of Glasgow in Scotland that older brothers have more chance of having children. My fathers only younger brother does not have children, however he is not really able to have a family, so that does not fairly count. My fathers father was the youngest and he [...]