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- sanman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10I'm still waiting for physicists to conquer the Island of Stability, and synthesize Unbihexium-310, which is a uniquely ultra-heavy and long-lived element having atomic number 129. This is ironically the same atomic number designated by Action Comics for Kryptonite. If we manage to synthesize it, I'd like to see the element named Lexium, in honor of Lex Luthor, the most ardent seeker of Kryptonite. I'm thinking this element would have special capabilities, like radiation shielding superior to lead.
- jimmiss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7ChubbyBubba, science only takes faith if you have a limited understanding of logic. I suppose you're referring to the faith that I have that in the people and institutions who devote their entire existence to the furthering of our knowledge of the universe? With little compensation I might add.
Face it chubby, there are people who know more than you ever will. I accept it, and I even consider myself to be fairly clever. But just because you can't understand something doesn't mean it doesn't have merit.
The fact of the matter is this: as we increase our technological level, more of our lives our controlled by systems we as individuals can never hope to understand.
Did you know that not one single person knows how a Pentium II works? Different departments of engineers and research scientists were formed into teams who individually worked on different parts of the chip, and they simply established communication protocols with each other. Is that faith? - theoverlord, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4#36: http://www.chemicalforums.com/organics/Krypton.jpg
- EuphopiaB, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I don't know about saying they are creating what they find... more like when they look it is changing what they see. Like when they shoot electrons, it theoretically exists in an infinite number of places, but when we look it takes one place. It doesn't mean they can control where the electron ends up beyond controlling the probability that it ends up in a single place.
- Jacob, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I would think kryptonite would be a more suitable name seeing as how that is the name of it in the comics.
- EntangledPhysx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Trying to understand the Universe (and other universes... how space/time works in general) is like rolling candy on the tongue. If you ever think you understand anything and everything, just thinking about that puts everything into perspective of the limits of being human. Quite comforting knowing there is stuff out there that makes me wonder just like when i was a child.
- pyrplhaze, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think it is awesome that we have the capability to do this kind of thing.
- Cerebral, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think he means dedication more so than faith. However I guess you must have faith that you are chasing something worth chasing?
- hfactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2There´s a lot of things we don´t know yet... How does researching them require faith?!
- StormTrooperVII, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The words "science" and "faith" do not belong in the same sentence, except in sentences like this one.
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmm.. was it electrons that were suspected of teleporting or am I thinking of something else... btw, thanks 4 digging me down...douches.
- dudad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is very exciting indeed! Well, for a physicist that is.
- Chongo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1GLYYYYBAN!
- andyd273, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is why the media is dangerous....
started predicting that the bird flu will become a pandemic, and it did (sorta).
a healthy dose of skepticism against what they say on TV is is the only cure to living in the world that is talked about on the news... which is not a world that I want to live in, where almost nothing good ever happens. - emjaymj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's not ironic, it's a coincidence. Actually it's not even a coincidence, because just from the name of the element, I can tell you that the atomic number would be 126. Un (1) Bi (2) Hex (6).
- AntoineHoerner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
- maz2331, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Radioactive nuclei are unstable by nature. The protons and neutrons just don't have enough binding energy to be stable, so as these subatomic particles bounce around inside the nucleus, sooner or later one of them is going to be kicked out, causing the whole nucleus to go unstable and split apart.
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I believe it was J.P. Morgan that said, "Astrology is for Billionaires." Meaning, that there were things that most people didn't, and couldn't understand. I believe this goes into the realm of extradimensional qualities. For instance. The deeper they delve into the atom, breaking it down to quarks, the opposite of quarks, anti matter, god particles and deeper, scientists began to realize that they found what "they wanted", as in, they "created" reality. Something that we just don't understand yet.
I suppose it becomes akin to "magic", in the way we used to interpret how the village shaman was smart enough to know when a storm was brewing or how to calculate the moon's phases to where he would curse or reward the village by accurate predictions. When we unlock these mysteries we'll be masters of a new realm. I'm truly interested to "comprehending, understanding, VIEWING", as much as possible, the anti, or extra dimensions.
I could go on, i'm salivating. Its nothing more exciting than waiting to see what scientists have found out. As we move forward in science, the supernatural will become discernable and We will take one step forward towards who or what God, Is. But when we do, we'll realize that we still have a billion more baby steps to make. And that again, will only have allowed us to stand upright....amazing... - rob357, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0can you produce some trilithium? pleeeeease
- chubbybubba, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Its articles like this that put science in perspective.... with all the boatload of stuff we know.... there is just tons and tons more stuff that we don't.... and maybe never will.... Science takes a lot of faith.
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