Recent content by hvs

I'm well aware of the limitations of digital photography, but I'm saying that there's a wide spectrum of quality between a 10MP image and the blurry garbage that certain groups pass off as "evidence". I also agree that photographic evidence will not be conclusive, but a decent photograph of an...

I have seen photographs of deer, bear, and elk from hikers that were very good. Hikers are often not "anticipating seeing the subjects" as they simply happen upon them. Actually, the only significantly blurry images I ever seem to see are ones related to cryptozoology. On a side note: DO...

Thanks for the heads up.

And yet people are perfectly capable of filming/photographing every other form of wildlife? Yes, there are species that are still being discovered (birds in the Amazon, frogs in Australia), but for such a large creature to be so elusive for so long with no hard evidence strains credulity.

It is often important to remember that illusionists are also capable of creating situations that seem to deny ordinary explanation. However, once you know how the illusion is created, it is often surprisingly obvious (and disappointing). In this case, I would look to deception before believing...

Depending on how close to the speed of light that they are traveling, "they" (i.e. the travelers) would have aged much more slowly than those on their home planet (or ours). But that's not the real issue. As you approach the speed of light, things start getting much, much more massive...

Considering Hawking's intelligence, I think he was making a joke.