monday-friday:

Just an observation from an ex-christian.

Brilliant.  :)

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atheistoverdose:

God is such a cop-out answer

more atheist stuff here

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I hate to correct this because there is lots of tangible proof that the universe more than 6000 years old, but the nearest star to us is only 4.2 light years away (Proxima Centauri).  The furthest thing in the universe visible to the naked eye, however, is the Andromeda galaxy, which is about 2 million light years away, and thus at least 2 million years old.

I have NO idea where the number 800,000 comes from.  O.o

~ Steve

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miu-sherandhiscollar:

astrotastic:

Let’s see if I can appropriately contain my emotions

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MY BODY’S READY

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A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Krauss (via kandiscloud)

I love this book.  :)

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thenewenlightenmentage:

Weekend Feature: “Dead Zones of the Universe” —Do They Prove the ‘Rare Earth’ Theory?

While the Kepler Space Telescope has discovered 3,030 exoplanets with 709 confirmed that revolve around a star, new findings from diverse fields are being brought to bear of the central questions of the 21st century: How common is life in the universe? Where can it survive, Will it leave a fossil record? How complex is it? The list below moves several key features of the Universe off the chart of likely places to search for life.

Continue reading “Weekend Feature: “Dead Zones of the Universe” —Do They Prove the ‘Rare Earth’ Theory? ” »

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I would love if the universe would sign an autograph for me. :D

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Yes, the Abrahamic God is much to small for our universe.

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And that’s what makes Neil deGrasse Tyson cool.  :)

~ Steve

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reasons-greetings:

This is perhaps the best thing ever about being an atheist. Whatever I find through science or inquiry goes. I don’t feel threatened by the unknown of what I might find; I feel free and whole now more than ever. If I find out that my life is truly incredibly insignificant in the scheme of things, I don’t care. I will simply relish in the fact that I am alive and discovering the very properties of reality and the cosmos. It seriously gives me chills and a thrilling sensation. :)

A beauteous post.  :)  ~ Steve

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thenewenlightenmentage:

5 of the Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics

The mysteries of the universe are as vast and wide as existence itself. Throughout history, mankind has searched and struggled to find the answers tucked away inside the universe and everything we see around us. As Deep Thought said in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you’ve never actually known what the question is.”

True, we have yet to come up with the answers to life, the universe, and everything — but oh do we have questions! Solving these mysteries may help to explain not only the creation of the universe, but also how it works, why it works, and possibly how it will end.

1. The Higgs boson
The Higgs boson is a hypothetical particle whose accompanying field is believed to be accountable for giving all other fundamental particles their mass. It is also the only elementary particle theorized in the Standard Model — the closest thing modern physics has to a “theory of everything” — that has not yet been actually observed through experiments. Why the difficulty proving this particular particle’s existence? The Higgs boson has such a rapid decay that its appearance in the world is ineffably brief. Instead, physicists look for evidence of the particle’s decay itself through experimentation.

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The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it

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Dammit!  I could be riding in a flying saucer RIGHT NOW if it weren’t for theists!  :(

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nonplussedbyreligion:

Carl Sagan

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cwnl:

[Review] by SciAm

An experiment going up outside of Chicago will attempt to measure the intimate connections among information, matter and spacetime. If it works, it could rewrite the rules for 21st-century physics

In Brief

Space may not be smooth and continuous. Instead it may be digital, composed of tiny bits. Physicists have assumed that these bits are far too small to measure with current technology.

Yet one scientist thinks that he has devised a way to detect the bitlike structure of space. His machine—currently under construction—will attempt to mea­sure its grainy nature.

The experiment is one of the first to investigate the principle that the universe emerges from information—specifically, information that is imprinted on two-dimensional sheets.

If successful, the experiment will shift the foundations of what we know about space and time, providing a glimpse of a new physics that could supplant our current understanding.

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