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Somethign that cannot be explained with science

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Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
Why Fox killed Family Guy and Futurama, and not KotH.
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KotH?
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King of the Hill.

And that one about the bumble bees have been explained, the actual question was flawed in the first place, the calculations made to work out how much lift a bumble bee provides was based on the assumption that it flew like a bird, but of course it doesn't. A quick google might uncover that one in a bit more depth.
 
I think it has been explained (something about the high AoA of the wings giving it enough lift)
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The bumble bee's wings dont flap, but instead move in a figure of 8 motion, this provides the additionally required lift
 
Ask him to tell you how/why a fluid goes from laminar to turbulent flow. Truth is no one knows at the moment why it happens, we do know what conditions it happens though.
 
Science can't explain how the human brain works, how memories are stored, and how we are able to recall them and use them to recognise things we see.
 
Science can't explain how the human brain works, how memories are stored, and how we are able to recall them and use them to recognise things we see.
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Are you sure? it can be explained, but it is not fully understood - slight difference.
 
why humans like the golden ratio so much. Why the fibbonaci sequence is so prevalent in nature. Sure we can guess why. But science cannot explain them.
 
Use one of those the answer is in the question, technically your question could be the answer, science could not explain what science cannot explain, i.e say scince cannot explain this question.
 
The EXACT question is "cannot be explained with science" - science can be used to EXPLAIN anything. He is not asking for science to prove anything, just to explain it. As that goes he also did not specify a specific study of science. Physics, Biology and Sociology combined can explaint anything (although the answers will be different in each one.)

GOD - This is the reaction to the natural desire to bring value to this world by placing faith in something more than this world. - this could be an acceptable psycology answer (though not well thought out I admit.) Psycology is a science and therefore GOD is explained - NOT PROVED, but explained. As there is no evidence of GOD the explination of the belief would work in this case.

WHY - why is not actually a scientific question. A rock exists simply because it does, if you ask "Why does the Rock exist" you are asking more of a philisophical question and straying very close to religion and the universe having a "sentient purpose." Science does not require a purpose for something to exist, they only want to know how, not why.

Also to be even more specific - the question is not "Is there an intelligence behind the universe" but "How can science explain INTELIGENCE?" The question again is if Science can EXPLAIN something.

This is a loaded question. There is NOTHING that science cannot explain. There is NOTHING that science can PROVE, but the entire scientific community is based off of "Theory" and NOT Truth. Everytime we name a "Truth" our science evolves and that "Truth" suddenly becomes relative to a specific environment and not true outside it.

Thanks
 
Originally posted by: jarsoffart
Can you even explain gravity even?! Why is there gravity?
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Your right, there is no theroy of gravity. Science can't explain it. Scientists have only figured out how it works and publsihed a few laws about it, but scientists even fudged that part of it too. When scnentists where trying to figure out the formula for gravitational force and acceleration, they kept on getting answers that where precise but not accurate. So they threw in the gravitational constant. Gravity is one of the most mind boggling topics of science next to the human brain which is another good topic that can't be explained.


Ryan
 
Science cannot begin to explain thought. It can clearly trace the pathways showing why certaint reactions happen but it this were the case then there is no freewill, and you cannot chose to do anything or think anything. There are pretty convincing arguments as to why there is no free will, such as, if you were ever put in the EXACT (down to the atom) same circumstances twice, you'd always do the same thing (think about rewinding a tape and playing it again) but if this is the case, it doesn't matter what you say so he might as well give you the A.
 
Scientists used to think there might be other planets orbiting around other stars, but they didn't have the technology to prove it. Today, we do. Time and tech are the key. Bill Gates once said that no one would need more than 365 KB of memory (or something like that). Ha! Science cannot prove the power of the yawn (seeing someone yawn, and then you do). Let science explain that one. This isn't highly technical thogh.
 
Science cannot prove the power of the yawn (seeing someone yawn, and then you do). Let science explain that one. This isn't highly technical thogh
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It can but their is several different theories, the one I think is correct is that it is a subliminal pack signal for 'time to sleep' which is why you see yawning in most animals.
 
To elaborate from my own POV on cyberhh's post: Science doesn't even try to explain or prove anything. It's a process people use in order to come up with consistent and reliable explanations of phenomena we observe. Stop treating science as a religion. Just because there is some theory that says something or another doesn't mean it's the word of God, and just because no one has come up with a complete theory doesn't mean that science has "failed".

I also like how JSSheridan's definitions put this definition in perspective.

About free will, quantum mechanics gives us randomness, so even starting in the same exact state can result in two different final states (at least we can't observe whatever difference in state there is between the two trials).
 
Originally posted by: Finnkc
Tree falls in the woods and nothing is there to listen to it does it make a sound?
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If the tree falls REALLY slowly, it doesn't make a sound even if there is something there to listen to it!

A tree can't survive where there is nothing there to detect the sound, because then it would be in a vacuum!

/me assumes the lotus position, closes his eyes, and levitates
 
Tree falls in the woods and nothing is there to listen to it does it make a sound?
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Sound by definition is movement/vibration of air, a tree falling in a wood would need to be in an atmospheric envirment, hence it would move air and henceforth make a sound.*

BUT

You could say that sound is movement of air, which is then interpretated by an ear and converted to sound. If their is no ears to listen is it sound or just moving air? The likely answer is that as long as something is their to hear it be it man or beast then it is sound, and very few forests are devoid of animals.

*As the tree is falling it is being affected by gravity, hence the assumption is that the forest is on the earth and not in space.
 
Originally posted by: Mingon

*As the tree is falling it is being affected by gravity, hence the assumption is that the forest is on the earth and not in space.
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It could be falling into the Sun... from a forest of trees floating somewhere between Earth and Mars... 😉
 
It could be falling into the Sun... from a forest of trees floating somewhere between Earth and Mars...
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Thats not technically falling to be pedantic 😛 and for their to be a forest you would still need and atmosphere to keep them alive.
 
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