Re: Science Mag's top 125 unanswered questions



On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:09:16 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Science Mag's top 125 unanswered questions
> http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/
>
>THE QUESTIONS
>The Top 25
>Essays by our news staff on 25 big questions facing science
> over the next quarter-century.

Ones that can be answered...

> What Is the Universe Made Of?

Aether...

> What is the Biological Basis of Consciousness?

neurons

> Why Do Humans Have So Few Genes?

We don't need more :)

> To What Extent Are Genetic Variation and Personal Health
> Linked?

Who cares :)

> Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified?

Yes, but not by brain-dead modernist :) It will take a
paradigm shift in the mindset is required.

> How Much Can Human Life Span Be Extended?

Do we really want to?

> What Controls Organ Regeneration?

Genetics...

> How Does Earth's Interior Work?

Very well, thank you very much :) A poorly constructed
question.

> Are We Alone in the Universe?

No...

> How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise?

Unanswerable by science.

> How Did Cooperative Behavior Evolve?

Random chance...

> Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and
> Nonlocality?

Simply processes underlie these.

> How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be?

How hot do we want to make it?

> What drove cosmic inflation?

Nothing...

> What is the nature of black holes?

Figments of overfertile imaginations...

> Does the proton decay?

No...

> What is the nature of gravity?

Geometry, of course :) NOT! See LeSage Theory

> Why is time different from other dimensions?

The same reason mass is...

> Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?

Yes...

> Can we develop a general theory of the dynamics of
> turbulent flows and the

When we do, we'll have the foundation for the
unification of all of physics.

> Does the Standard Model of particle physics rest on solid
> mathematical foundations?

The lack of the Higgs should tell you someting...

Paul Stowe
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