Be Wary, I Sense a Disturbance

Last night, I moved some things from what will soon be my parents' old house to mine, and was exhausted when I arrived home. I did, however, find time for a discussion on the Book of Faces before I passed out.

The discussion had to do with GMOs. Some were asserting that they are not harmful. My stance is this--I cannot conclusively assert either way whether or not GMOs are harmful to human health. The research others were citing in support of GMO safety had no control measures whatsoever, and drew "We are 100% right" conclusions rather than stating "this suggests that GMOs are not harmful to humans."

That's the thing. So many people will assert: "Oh. GMOs are fine, you're ignoring the science!" No. I'm not ignoring it. I'm being critical of it after studying it--which is practice of good science.

Black Holes and Revelations

Today, I read an article in The New York Times about a shift in theories dealing with how black holes operate. Or perhaps more accurately, how they can be "read."

According to the article, it was once thought that any particles and the subsequent information about those particles would be lost forever, scrambled beyond recognition (save for particle charge, mass, etc.) before they were "spit out" again. However, physicists may have found a way to retrieve that information using "soft hair," their name for light particles shifting around on the surface of a black hole. When particles are pulled into the black hole, they shift around light particles trying to "escape" the immense gravitational pull. The article compares this shifting to the small notches in a record--the "shifts" can be read to retrieve information about what sort of particles were "sucked" into the black hole. 

A More Worthy Question

Today, I worked a double and I am exhausted. However, I would like to share this poignant meme with everyone here.

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee

Rest in peace, Muhammad Ali.

Architecture of Nature

Today, I read an article in The New York Times about a supposed "underwater city."

This "city" was actually created by ancient bacteria millions of years ago, as a result of methane gas erupting from the ocean floor. The bacteria fed on the gas and guided the formation of dolomite into structures resembling pillar bases.

Emergency

Unfortunately, I had a family emergency tonight and am unable to post anything besides, well, this. Thank you all and I will have a post tomorrow night!

Suppress This

Today, I happened upon a post on The Book of Faces by none other than Ken Ham.

He asks about the purpose of a "Reason Rally" for those of us who believe that we will one day simply cease to exist. It is my opinion that because this life is so brief relative to the age of the universe, we should savor what we have and band together to discover its truth--"truth" certainly not referring to thousand-year-old myth. We should not blindly accept "God's truth" out of fear.

As for us "borrowing" logic from the Christian worldview--just--no.