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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 07/01/2005 :  10:34:58  Show Profile Send BigPapaSmurf a Private Message
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/ Link to story

Their top 25...(poorly worded short questions)

> What Is the Universe Made Of? Fairy Poop
> What is the Biological Basis of Consciousness?
> Why Do Humans Have So Few Genes? Too hot in the summer?
> To What Extent Are Genetic Variation and Personal Health Linked?
> Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified? If they can be they already are..
> How Much Can Human Life Span Be Extended? Can? Try Should.
> What Controls Organ Regeneration?
> How Can a Skin Cell Become a Nerve Cell?
> How Does a Single Somatic Cell Become a Whole Plant?
> How Does Earth's Interior Work?
> Are We Alone in the Universe? Im sure we'll fill it up with humans eventually
> How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise? man the where aint there no more anyhow
> What Determines Species Diversity? Republicans
> What Genetic Changes Made Us Uniquely Human? Those that other creatures lack
> How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved?
> How Did Cooperative Behavior Evolve? Filthy is this a snake species?
> How Will Big Pictures Emerge from a Sea of Biological Data?
> How Far Can We Push Chemical Self-Assembly? Ahem, should..
> What Are the Limits of Conventional Computing?
> Can We Selectively Shut Off Immune Responses?
> Do Deeper Principles Underlie Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality?
> Is an Effective HIV Vaccine Feasible? Great, now get to work on Super-Aids
> How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be?
> What Can Replace Cheap Oil -- and When? Expensive Oil, now.
> Will Malthus Continue to Be Wrong?

"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History

"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini

Ricky
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USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 07/01/2005 :  14:32:54   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
> How Will Big Pictures Emerge from a Sea of Biological Data? Big cameras

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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Siberia
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Brazil
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Posted - 07/01/2005 :  16:31:35   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
> What is the Biological Basis of Consciousness? The Bible Sez It was God
> What Controls Organ Regeneration? Organ damage
> How Can a Skin Cell Become a Nerve Cell? By getting really smart
> What Are the Limits of Conventional Computing? If I tell you, the world will collapse
> How Hot Will the Greenhouse World Be? You don't wanna know
> Will Malthus Continue to Be Wrong? Was he ever?

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Dr. Mabuse
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Sweden
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Posted - 07/02/2005 :  19:19:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
top 125 things science doesnt know yet...
Addition with emphasis mine...

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder.
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Ricky
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USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2005 :  11:31:25   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
> How Does Earth's Interior Work? Interior Decorators
> How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved? I forget
> Can We Selectively Shut Off Immune Responses? We are 50% sure the answer is yes

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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