Lava Key to Understanding Crust Formation?

June 19th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

So this is kind of an interesting bit. Astronomers are traveling to Hawaii to study lava and how it might relate to planetary formation. Not necessarily a new idea but they seem to have a new theory on the process. Where initially studies focused on the rock formations as a whole, now they are analyzing the individual materials at the subatomic level and how the iron isotopes evolved over time.

Running down the way up.

June 17th, 2008 by spider

Dark Energy

June 3rd, 2008 by Pixelpixie

And Then There Were Two…

June 3rd, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Astronomy Quiz: Part 2!

May 30th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Exploring Life’s Origins

May 30th, 2008 by Brando

Science in Tucson

May 29th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

ITER technology development and other huge machines.

May 27th, 2008 by spider

GLAST

May 22nd, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Schedule for Pheonix Landing

May 20th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare

May 19th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

NASA Ares V 8 Meter Telescope Mission

May 16th, 2008 by Brando

Phoenix Festivities

May 9th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

New Sun Probe

May 5th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

If You Were a Stellar Pancake, Would You Eat Yourself?

May 2nd, 2008 by Pixelpixie

I am the Center of the Universe

May 2nd, 2008 by Brando

Ticking Time Bomb of Doom!

April 30th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Astronomy Quiz

April 24th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

Cassini Stop-Loss

April 15th, 2008 by Pixelpixie

In Praise of Korolev

March 29th, 2008 by spider

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We have hit this point in modern society where the concept of truth has been blurred by both opinion, religion and science itself. If we take truth to be a measure of veracity (dur), and absolute truth as the binary projection of that (true/false), we find that there is no absolute truth in anything. There is no absolute truth in the bible, nor is there absolute truth in the Copenhagen interpretation. Right now, there are bitter battles being fought in memespace over truth. global warming is one example of this. Does it exist? I don't know, I am not a scientist and I know not to trust CFD sims. There are equal weightings of opinion on either side. So what I mean by the truth being obsolete is that consensual truth seems to have disappeared. Everyone carries a zone of personal truths with them and now that we have such incredible accesses to information, we are seeing these zones interact violently. So the concept of consensual truth is obsolete in the internet age. Is absolute truth also obsolete?

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