It's a shame that creationism and cosmology usually don't get along. For me, the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis makes me reconsider the existence of a designer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_censorship_hypothesis

It even has an out - "Okay, fine, curious sapient creatures, you can look inside a black hole, but you can never come out again... ( Read more... )

In response to a thread about science horning in on religion

As someone who finds a sense of religious awe in *the discoveries made possible in the course of scientific research* (rather than in the scientific method itself - see my recent posts), and who has a relationship with gods of learning and discovery, I'm a bit perplexed as to what the ( Read more... )

I want to make fake teeth.

Fangs. Like a large cat.

I've learned a thing or two baout about making precision moulds

And so, on a rainy bike ride of a maybe-date, we went to see a denturist.

In Nelson. Which is full of hills.

Your mouth is full of saliva, a watery solution.

Yes, yours. I've checked.

Water is a polar molecule.

This means that it dissolves ( Read more... )

Walking home and seeing downtown Vancouver silhoutted in the evening haze, I realize that the sun is really big. I mean, it's 150,000,000 kilometres away and it still takes up a piece of the sky.

Really big. Fuses hydogen into helium on account of its size alone you know.

Frickin' huge.

I gotta answer this thing when I go see a doctor for assessment come January, otherwise they'll take away my free trans toaster (the bread looks the same, but it self-identifies as toast. Given time, it may start wearing marmalade out in public).

That said, It's pretty interesting for everyone. Take a gander?

Gender Identity
How would you describe ( Read more... )