Archive for February 2010
Evidence of Noah’s Flood? Mega Fauna : There Were Giants In Those Days
Let's look at a less controversial but little known group of Giants, the giant mammals and other giant non dinosaurs we'll call Mega Fauna. Dragonflies with 2 to three foot wingspans, giant centipedes 6 feet long, trees that grow to only a few feet today, grew to almost 100 feet according to the fossil record.…
Read MoreHuman Zoos
Found : Human Zoos As has been well-documented on this site, America imprisons more people than any other nation. The state takes away inmates' liberty, controlling every moment of their lives, and locking them up in cages. For some reason, we've forgotten that maybe, just maybe, throwing hundreds of thousands of violent people together in…
Read MorePerspectives on the structure of the superverse and implications for its transit
Found : Perspectives on the structure of the superverse and implications for its transit and other means of exploitation In early 2003 space appears to possibly be infinite in its depth and distance, even if mankind can only ‘see’ with his instruments out to as many lightyears as has been possible for light to travel…
Read MoreWhat Happened Before the Big Bang? : Paul Davies
Found : What Happened Before the Big Bang? : Paul Davies …given an infinite amount of time, anything that can happen will already have happened, for if a physical process is likely to occur with a certain nonzero probability – however small-then given an infinite amount of time the process must occur…
Read MoreShocking revelation: Santa Clara University professor mirrors famous torture study
Found : Shocking revelation: Santa Clara University professor mirrors famous torture study Replicating one of the most controversial behavioral experiments in history, a Santa Clara University psychologist has found that people will follow orders from an authority figure to administer what they believe are painful electric shocks. More than two-thirds of volunteers in the research…
Read MoreThe Elder Gods, the Forgotten Ones and the Jungian shadow
Found : The Elder Gods, the Forgotten Ones and the Jungian shadow The major means of contact between the conscious man and the Elder Gods are the forgotten ones. Now, the forgotten ones dwell in the individual and irrational unconscious. They are the gods of survival, they are pre-rational, they are blind and immensely powerful.…
Read MoreGarbage theory of the origin of life
Possibly the least appealing idea about how life began on Earth. Thomas Gold of Cornell University suggested1 that biological contaminants accidentally left behind by interstellar survey parties could introduce life to a previously sterile or prebiotic world. He envisaged a group of extraterrestrial visitors having a picnic somewhere on the young Earth. What if they…
Read MoreStudy : Monogamous Animals May Be More Likely To Die Out
Found : Study : Monogamous Animals May Be More Likely To Die Out New research reveals a surprising risk factor for extinction: monogamy. Large mammals that live in pairs or have small harems are far more likely to die out than those with big harems in reserves in Ghana. "In avoiding extinction, it pays to…
Read MoreWhen Women Get their Claws Out
Fans of the TV series Sex and the City may not be surprised, but scientists have found women are prone to bitchiness when they are on the hunt for a man. It is because females become far more critical of the looks of potential rivals when they are at their most fertile, say researchers. This…
Read MoreMutation, Selection, And Vertical Transmission Of Theistic Memes In Religious Canons
Found : Mutation, Selection, And Vertical Transmission Of Theistic Memes In Religious Canons A study of ancient and modern Near Eastern religious canons reveals the mutation, selection, and vertical transmission of fitness-enhancing textual units, defined as theistic memes. The earliest recorded theistic memes dealt with human fear of death and defined man’s earliest relationship to…
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