The Science & Philosophy Thread

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

This thread is for gnarly, bizarre, or perhaps simply cool science articles, videos, and other knowledge expanding things that are sweet.

with everybody's collective help, we could discover the true source of our existence.  I say unexplainable shit should be posted here too.  The nerd thread.

this is a pretty awesome science site that has a nice clean layout and covers the full spectrum:

www.sciencedaily.com

anybody else have any links or articles? I want my mind to be blown.  Philosophy is fair game, it has to be.  Don't let me down geniuses.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

this is more philosophy but it still makes you ponder:

http://deoxy.org/w_self.htm

http://deoxy.org/watts.htm

[capt. scotty]

you couldnt just call it the Science Thread? or the Bill Nye Thread?   ;)

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

you couldnt just call it the Science Thread? or the Bill Nye Thread?   ;)

maybe you animals should fight it out for the new title.  

[woodnymph]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccceee... good links, good thread

Always like to read this stuff

[woodnymph]

That was my 420th post, hombres

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

That was my 420th post, hombres

wanna simul-blaze at 3am EST before I pass out for the night?  

[MarkW]

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2010/Title,59358,en.html

Cool!

[woodnymph]

That was my 420th post, hombres

wanna simul-blaze at 3am EST before I pass out for the night?  

Bummer I missed the boat... I was there at some level though, I'm sure

[darkglow]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU[/media]
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

HOME official website
http://www.home-2009.com

[darkglow]

I've read a book by the physicist David Deutsch called "The Fabric Of Reality" which talks about the possibilities of time travel among many other things. Here's a short youtube vid and a TED talk he did:


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpyi_8-MMg&feature=player_embedded[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R6e4xNoarg[/media]

[darkglow]

also if you guys don't know about TED talks.. then do yourself a favor and hop on over to http://www.ted.com

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

That was my 420th post, hombres

wanna simul-blaze at 3am EST before I pass out for the night?  

Bummer I missed the boat... I was there at some level though, I'm sure

that is one of the coolest emo-cons I've ever seen.  Baxter needs to put that in face bank.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

also if you guys don't know about TED talks.. then do yourself a favor and hop on over to http://www.ted.com

that link looks awesome, going to check it out in a bitty boo.

[el_chode]

also if you guys don't know about TED talks.. then do yourself a favor and hop on over to http://www.ted.com

For starters, I recommend Sir Ken Robinson & Larry Lessig's talks on Creativity, as well as Enric Sala on Coral Reefs & Pristine Oceans

Oh, and James Randi's overdosing on stage on homeopathic sleeping pills

/Philosophy major

[woodnymph]

I was watching the James Randi vid, about psychics and the paranormal... when my bath towel hanging on my doorknob started to shake and shudder.

"The weight shifts sometimes," I rationalized. Then it kept shaking, and I popped my earphones out and ran to the door to investigate. And wouldn't you know, it was Buddha himself.

OK, my cat.. named Buddha... he was clawing at the towel from behind the door on the floor....

So I thought that might make for at least a mildly entertaining opening for a response about said vids...  uncanny timing on Buddha's behalf :P

That TED site is great! Very cool to have free access to discoveries, theories, and the like. And those David Deutsch ones are mucho interesting. I like the way he presents.

I read that Alan Watts 3-part bit too today, and that's just great reading there. I love reading peoples' thoughts that feel either in some way to confirm thoughts or feelings I've had, or bring light to questions I've pondered... or sometimes just to know that experiences have been shared...  I started to read the discussion he had with Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder ("Japhy Ryder" in Dharma Bums) too. I haven't read the whole thing yet, so I don't have anything to say about it as of yet! But that deoxy site is muy bueno.

Awesome infro, peeps  8-)

Oh and P.S, Invisibility Cloak GO!

[darkglow]

I read that Alan Watts 3-part bit too today, and that's just great reading there. I love reading peoples' thoughts that feel either in some way to confirm thoughts or feelings I've had, or bring light to questions I've pondered... or sometimes just to know that experiences have been shared...

on youtube there are some pretty awesome videos that people have made to honor some of the best alan watt's audio recordings that exist. here is my favorite:


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4[/media]



shiiiiiiiyat yall.. i fucking love this thread..

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

I read that Alan Watts 3-part bit too today, and that's just great reading there. I love reading peoples' thoughts that feel either in some way to confirm thoughts or feelings I've had, or bring light to questions I've pondered... or sometimes just to know that experiences have been shared...

on youtube there are some pretty awesome videos that people have made to honor some of the best alan watt's audio recordings that exist. here is my favorite:


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4[/media]



shiiiiiiiyat yall.. i fucking love this thread..

that videos great. thanks yee.

[woodnymph]

Good call on the Alan Watts 'tube vids.... watching/listening now

[woodnymph]

Say, the Leonids meteor shower has been going on this week as well.... I think tonight may be the last main evening for viewing.....

The Leonids shower is one of I think several showers that happen around the same time each year (November, for the Leonids), due to our alignment with certain comets (?) (comet "Tempel Tuttle" being responsible for the Leonids showers) But anywho, think I'll head out late-night and have a look-a-loo, and recommend you all do the same if your sleep schedule allows!



Oh, quick linkses::
http://earthsky.org/tonight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids