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leeholsen, I've heard the name enough times but I haven't read any of his books. I've read from other 'believing' astrophysicists, but there are obviously multiple theories from all sides of the fence, and I'm not yet sure which one he thinks most likely. Thanks for the name, I'd be curious to learn ...

I know it's often mentioned of the flexibility of renting, but until experiencing it, I had never applied that to unplanned cheap renting options that may come up, off market and way below rates. Obviously one couldn't plan on reproducing this, but while I had pondered potential opportunity cost of ...

George the original one , I have not, thanks! The first one in particular sounds interesting to me (I'm assuming the second one parallel's the concept, just not an area of interest, but likely valuable none-the-less). While knowing nothing about it, I'm going to go on a limb and say I will be ...

Jacob, this was meant to be short, since there has been so much already, but I have yet to master the art of writing concisely! Thank you for weighing in on the article though. At the risk of trying everyone's patience :oops: , I appreciate that the suggested 'laws' listed in the link are not ...

ThisDinosaur , that is always a good question. Strong resistance to change despite gross cognitive dissonance can be observed by individuals (including very intelligent ones) on both sides, and I'm sure all who have done a bit of digging in the topic has seen examples of some famous quotes ...

hey everyone, sorry for the delayed reply, things have been getting busier again lately. While I was hoping some people would read a few of the links (if not books) to go through some most often misunderstood info (especially regarding the natural selection/entropy relationship), I really appreciate ...

Ok, I need a break from the computer, big time :shock: . I will try to refrain from answering too much that is not on topic of the main question. I'm atleast somewhat interested on every off topic issue related, but there are nearly multi-verse levels of rabbit holes we could go ;) , but I want to ...

Now turn to all of the old religions, and most of the new ones. Are there any ideas there that lead to testable predictions? Are any of the predictions more accurate than what science offers? If God, god, or gods made the universe, wouldn't studying creation itself be the ultimate test of the ...

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George the original one and Dragline , (sorry, it's kind of a cluster because you two had some overlapping questions/comments)

Of course it would change the life I live!! How could it not? I know many people in North ...

ThisDinosaur ,I fully agree with what you're saying about there being some things we can't know and science's role in trying to close that gap. However, this is a vastly different issue than what I outlined in the quotes I had described, which for the record is recognized by some atheistic and ...

Dragline, I get where you're coming from, but i think the motive of upholding truth (likely on both sides) is not necessarily always as ugly as it looks. I'm not saying the motive is only coming from one place and pure, but I support the notion, even if it disagrees with me, provided it is done in a ...

fair enough. I have not even a layman knowledge of quantum field theory, and unless it contains something that counters what I believe to be true, I don't intend on 'getting into it' for lack of interest honestly (blush, I'm not the academic many of you are). I've read a couple articles and a wiki ...

Woohoo! Surprise day off today! I suppose it's good either way, although I certainly don't always appreciate it in the moment, but I digress..

If my question was unclear, I'm basically asking for a viable theory of the origin of universe and life and mind, that doesn't bend or break the natural ...

food for though.

I have heard through a couple sources (although I have not verified so take with a grain of salt) that when bank tellers are trained to determine between real and fake bills, they don't put all their focus on testing all the different fakes they have in house. Rather, they work ...

Riggerjack, well put!

Hey everybody, I tend to lurk here(probably 2 years before joining) because I'm young(28) and inexperienced in most things and enjoy soaking up your wisdoms in areas where I'm undeveloped. Thank you for your time; sometimes, people do change.

A common theme seems to be cropping up that often pairs ...

ditto on the food changes making much more noticeable impact over supplements (well short of ibuprofen or something)

interesting to hear about the eating window being the biggest factor for that. I had experimented with it for a while, but for different purposes so I wasn't looking for that. Right ...

I've experimented with a few different diet types and find that general inflammation is directly relevant to diet (obvious). Given that this is such a big factor in just about all diseases & reasons for death, not to mention cognitive clarity, has anyone used this as one of their primary markers for ...

Dragline brought up an interesting point with food preparation as well. I don't remember who but somebody else was going into a bit more detail about that regarding resistant starches and the conversion of said starches. I've only recently heard about these but it's pretty neat to hear of such ...

I used to really subscribe in the many meals throughout the day plan, but more recent research points/I've learned that it's not likely a good idea to always be constantly grazing(excessive amount of small meals throughout the day) for sake of having constantly elevated blood sugar levels, not to ...