Re: Science Mag's top 125 unanswered questions
- From: Paul Stowe <ps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:56:57 GMT
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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