“The universe is expanding, and faster now than it did in the past. Scientists don't know why, but the leading explanation is that the universe contains something that has a repulsive gravitational effect - it pushes the universe apart instead of pulling it back together. This phenomenon is called dark energy.”
NASA, image by the Euclid European #Space Agency telescope ✨
‘Tis the season I lose my kitchen for a week. But that also means I get to hang out with the great WKAR-PBS folks who make Serving Up Science so much fun. Season 5 should be a good one 🌶️
@Sheril Not intrinsically but:
1- Science cannot include religious explanations unless they can be described in naturalistic ways, by which I mean the "god" acting within the laws of nature. Many religious people would not be happy with such a rule.
2- Many religions make metaphysical claims, which may be at odds with scientific evidence.
@Sheril I strongly disagree.. primary purpose of religion was to be substitute for science - god as a box filled with all the stuff human mind couldn't explain. As science progressed, that box was becoming more and more empty 🧐..
Like a placeholder for scientific discoveries - "hey let's say god is responsible for this until science comes to a real explanation"
@Sheril "Can I buy a reasonably priced electric vehicle yet?"
"Nope. China was gonna sell us some but we put the extra taxes on that so no one can afford that either."
Good job folks. 😞🙄😓
We chose profit over life again. 🔥
The current choice in "Leadership" has got to change.
We're all in trouble, double so if the felon gets traction that doesn't keep him in a hospital bed.
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@Sheril The more we learn the more we know how little we know. The more we know how little we actually know, the more we know how much we need to learn.
By a freakish coincidence, this Doonesbury comic about Nixon, the first one dropped from the Post in many years (but not Doonesbury's last) came out on May 31, 1973 - fifty-one years ago today, less one day.
Actually, Garry Trudeau can run it tomorrow morning, the exact 51st anniversary.
Just an advisory to all American friends:
His new first name is "Convicted Felon", the full name must be used henceforth:
There’s a lot of commentary about the film The Idea of You bc Anne Hathaway plays a 40 year old mom who is attractive.
I have not seen the movie, but as a mom of 2 who is also older than Anne Hathaway, the seemingly widespread surprise(?) that women of a certain age can still be engaging & lovely seems so silly.
@Sheril@Gargron I find I have far more interactions with (real) people here than on that other site -- everything from finding sources and story leads, to minor computer help, to just plain fun.