Ah ha! salyavin, when you say "no way of testing and therefore not science" are you saying that science is limited? Should we rely on a system of gaining knowledge that is limited by its very nature?!
________________________________ From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] 20 Big Questions. Yes, I often ponder such things. A question they missed is "why is there something rather than nothing" probably because that isn't about to be answered any time soon, if it even can be. Number 17 (what is at the bottom of a black hole) is an odd way of phrasing it as there is no bottom as they aren't actually holes, they probably mean "what is beyond the event horizon" but wanted it to appear snappy. Black holes are collapsed stars, we don't know what's inside in the same way we can't answer the question they missed, the laws of nature break down at these points and from where we are we can only guess, no way of testing and therefore not science. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: Oh, wonderful article, thanks for posting salyavin and I was pleased that I already knew about #11 and the Reimann hypothesis even though that knowledge came from a Numb3rs episode on same! ________________________________ From: "fintlewoodlewix@..." <fintlewoodlewix@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 10:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] 20 Big Questions. 1 What is the universe made of? Astronomers face an embarrassing conundrum: they don't know what 95% of the universe is made of. Atoms, which form everything we see around us, only account for a measly 5%. Over the past 80 years it has become clear that the substantial remainder is comprised of two shadowy entities – dark matter anddark energy. The former, first discovered in 1933, acts as an invisible glue, binding galaxies and galaxy clusters together. Unveiled in 1998, the latter is pushing the universe's expansion to ever greater speeds. Astronomers are closing in on the true identities of these unseen interlopers. The rest: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/01/20-big-questions-in-science Just a test to see if everything works the same as it did under the old system...
