# Science and Technology **URL:** https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/c/science-and-technology/7.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/categories.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Science vs Religion, Two approaches](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-vs-religion-two-approaches/11285)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-vs-religion-two-approaches/11285 "2025-05-26T19:20:54Z")
Great snippet of a topic I touch on often, the zero-sum contest between religion and science. Brian Greene, the cosmologist generally avoids that, but he lectures on how the universe began and how it will e… --- ## [The rain on titan stays mainly in the plains](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-rain-on-titan-stays-mainly-in-the-plains/11525)
**Author:** [@rasilon](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/rasilon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-rain-on-titan-stays-mainly-in-the-plains/11525 "2025-05-26T17:42:09Z")
This diagram comes from Dr Ralph Lorenz’s book Saturn’s Moon Titan: Owners’ Workshop Manual It shows -among other things - the hydrological cycle by which methane rises into Titan’s atmosphere and then turns into oth… --- ## [Educating the non-scientist](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/educating-the-non-scientist/11168)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/educating-the-non-scientist/11168 "2025-05-25T16:29:29Z")
A new video on the psychology of misinformation. I don’t agree with everything in it, but there are very good points made --- ## [89% of people want action on AGW](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/89-of-people-want-action-on-agw/11435)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/89-of-people-want-action-on-agw/11435 "2025-05-25T12:06:05Z")
I never thought about it, but it’s not something you see people protesting, like no one is tearing down their neighbor’s solar panels. Hybrid vehicles are owned by a variety of folks. Now, taking positive action, that’… --- ## [Understanding ourselves](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/understanding-ourselves/11463)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/understanding-ourselves/11463 "2025-05-21T00:59:28Z")
If we can recognize who we are, we can speak to what we are. --- ## [What is the Planck Length anyways?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-is-the-planck-length-anyways/11461)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-is-the-planck-length-anyways/11461 "2025-05-17T15:26:00Z")
Visualizing Planck length. And why is it the smallest length in the universe? October 12, 2019 - Arvin Ash From the description, "… … Now let’s go a thousand times smaller than the scale of a human bei… --- ## [It’s about getting in touch with our humanity](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/it-s-about-getting-in-touch-with-our-humanity/11455)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/it-s-about-getting-in-touch-with-our-humanity/11455 "2025-05-11T17:51:49Z")
I suggest high brow morality theory, quantum collapse theory, orchestrated objective reduction suppositions, quantum biology (a term that totally trivializes biology) etc. philosophizing for fun and profit simply cannot … --- ## [Interesting perspective](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/interesting-perspective/11456)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/interesting-perspective/11456 "2025-05-11T01:23:32Z")
--- ## [Tracking AI issues](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/tracking-ai-issues/11256)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/tracking-ai-issues/11256 "2025-05-08T17:47:44Z")
Often articles like this give a broad brush and not much else. This one looks like a real effort to confront a neglected. 80% of all people think digital minds could obtain sentience soon, but far fewer people in that fi… --- ## [Where does our Microbiome come from?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/where-does-our-microbiome-come-from/6535)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev3](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/where-does-our-microbiome-come-from/6535 "2025-05-07T15:55:45Z")
Another thread here reminded of the now common knowledge that something like 90% of the cells in our body are actually ‘foreign’ microbes, germs of one variety or other, that are not part of our body. Way back my first … --- ## [But I'm being pro-social](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/but-im-being-pro-social/11433)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/but-im-being-pro-social/11433 "2025-04-21T17:49:38Z")
This is great, enjoying a beer with my buddies now has more evidence of being something that strengthens society --- ## [Philosophy of science meme](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/philosophy-of-science-meme/11431)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/philosophy-of-science-meme/11431 "2025-04-13T22:40:35Z")
I haven’t checked the source. I agree with it, just not sure if Neil said it --- ## [Dire Wolves and fake news](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dire-wolves-and-fake-news/11429)
**Author:** [@morgankane01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/morgankane01)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dire-wolves-and-fake-news/11429 "2025-04-11T22:25:45Z")
Following the success of Game of thrones, a laboratory has tried to capitalize on it, pretending to have recreated the wolves of the Stark children. That’s fake news. The point of view of science What is problematic … --- ## [Sorry, theories are not derived from pure observation alone](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/sorry-theories-are-not-derived-from-pure-observation-alone/10689)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/sorry-theories-are-not-derived-from-pure-observation-alone/10689 "2025-03-18T14:28:20Z")
“The belief that science proceeds from observation to theory is still so widely and so firmly held that my denial of it is often met with incredulity. I have even been suspected of being insincere- of denying what nobody… --- ## [AI Self-Awareness: Are We On The Path To Our Doom?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/ai-self-awareness-are-we-on-the-path-to-our-doom/7871)
**Author:** [@researcher01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/researcher01)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/ai-self-awareness-are-we-on-the-path-to-our-doom/7871 "2025-03-16T18:35:24Z")
Well? I want to know what the community thinks about this. There’s a lot of talk about how AI would take over the earth and enslave humans once they become self-aware. I think it’s rubbish though. If they understand the … --- ## [Oh boy, a new podcast](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/oh-boy-a-new-podcast/11355)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/oh-boy-a-new-podcast/11355 "2025-03-14T03:58:04Z")
Just what you always wanted --- ## [On the interesting side, something never found before,](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/on-the-interesting-side-something-never-found-before/11397)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/on-the-interesting-side-something-never-found-before/11397 "2025-03-13T01:38:26Z")
Anton does it again. Reporting on a groundbreaking study with fascinating implications in the world of evolutionary origins, and its ways and means of, . . . Adapting to new conditions and finding something to replace … --- ## [STAND UP FOR SCIENCE, Friday, March 7th, 2025](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/stand-up-for-science-friday-march-7th-2025/11386)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/stand-up-for-science-friday-march-7th-2025/11386 "2025-03-07T03:46:51Z")
This is the sort of thing we should be talking up. Er, that should be talked up by people who care. Stand Up for Science is officially supporting rallies in Washington DC and 31 other cities around the country. Th… --- ## [Been Working on a Way to Show Nonlinear Causality](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/been-working-on-a-way-to-show-nonlinear-causality/11384)
**Author:** [@wolfhnd](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/wolfhnd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/been-working-on-a-way-to-show-nonlinear-causality/11384 "2025-03-04T21:34:54Z")
The basic concept is the Beginning and End are strict determinism but the middle is more probabilistic. Basically relying on the concept of time being relative. This article seems relevant somehow. Worth taking a loo… --- ## [A little scarey](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-little-scarey/11350)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-little-scarey/11350 "2025-02-16T19:30:00Z")
My research of some Musk BS led to DARPA, led to this. The idea that a machine could understand that we are minds, thinking, acting on complex feelings and history. Not sure I want that, but not thinking I can stop it --- ## [Microtubules the seat of Consciousness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/microtubules-the-seat-of-consciousness/9472)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/microtubules-the-seat-of-consciousness/9472 "2025-02-06T04:57:27Z")
Okay, lets. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(06)01771-4.pdf https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/microtubules.html Fair enough, but how do they help us make sense of ourselves… --- ## [Nature’s Missing Evolutionary Law](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nature-s-missing-evolutionary-law/11313)
**Author:** [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nature-s-missing-evolutionary-law/11313 "2025-01-30T19:22:52Z")
Scientists Unveil Nature’s Missing Evolutionary Law Oct 18, 2023 by News Staff Physical laws — such as the laws of motion, gravity, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics — codify the general behavior of varied macrosc… --- ## [LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/luca-last-universal-common-ancestor/11304)
**Author:** [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/luca-last-universal-common-ancestor/11304 "2025-01-22T17:36:05Z")
This is exciting news. A close approximation of the origin of life on Earth and AI assisted protein folding that may have solved the protein folding problem ! This is exciting news. Have a peek a this video … --- ## [Science of how we create a better world](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-of-how-we-create-a-better-world/11298)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-of-how-we-create-a-better-world/11298 "2025-01-05T22:05:11Z")
I watch a lot of Sapolsky’s stuff, but this one was fun and Neil asked some questions that I’ve wanted to ask him. They go over the usual, like the hungry Judge, Quantum Physics, then Neil digs into how th… --- ## [Yes, we could do it](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/yes-we-could-do-it/11272)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/yes-we-could-do-it/11272 "2025-01-01T18:33:06Z")
To me, this a “water is wet” results of a study. But, I can’t run these sort of numbers myself. I’m glad someone did. Of course, few will believe it, most won’t read it. tldr; 30% of world resources, leaving plenty of r… --- ## [On the Origins of Human Nature](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/on-the-origins-of-human-nature/11289)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/on-the-origins-of-human-nature/11289 "2025-01-01T15:47:08Z")
This video speaks for itself. :wink: Enjoy. Frans de Waal --- ## [Science predicts science](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-predicts-science/11287)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/science-predicts-science/11287 "2024-12-30T12:49:34Z")
A collection of predictions from the past, some of them spot on. Scientific predictions are usually bad at predicting the cultural reactions though --- ## [When the dream ignores the reality](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/when-the-dream-ignores-the-reality/11273)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/when-the-dream-ignores-the-reality/11273 "2024-12-26T05:46:48Z")
Yipes, that stinks. I had to do an emergency drive to the airport, during the one hour it snowed hard today, for a stranded neighbor. Piece of cake. The hip that’s awful. You’d like this little neighborhood around h… --- ## [But wait, there's more. Inside cells, Biomolecular Condensates](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/but-wait-theres-more-inside-cells-biomolecular-condensates/11266)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/but-wait-theres-more-inside-cells-biomolecular-condensates/11266 "2024-12-20T03:40:13Z")
It get’s wilder all the time. Every time they figure out how to look closer, they find something new. This seems to bring the RNA world hypotheses into the realm of feasible like nothing before. Bizarre Structures In… --- ## [Sci-fi is now science](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/sci-fi-is-now-science/10434)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/sci-fi-is-now-science/10434 "2024-12-15T01:57:11Z")
I need to drill into this one https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02684-5 [Previous page](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/c/science-and-technology/7.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/c/science-and-technology/7.md?page=3)