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I'm Right-brained And Good At Math I'm right brained. I'm good with languages, in fact that's my hobby - learning foreign languages. So far I've learned Spanish, Russian, Farsi (Iranian), and German, plus bits and pieces of a few others. Anyway, I really struggled to learn Calculus and...

Well, I jumped in this forum to see why the member, "Enigma", who posted a very quick reply saying, "I believe in it". Assuming he was a scientist or had scientific training, well I was curious as to why he believes in it. Haven't heard from him though since his post. Maybe he reconsidered...

Theories And Evidence Damn, now you guys have me playing the other side of the debate! Actually there are theories of astrology, for example the Indian version of astrology, called "Jyotisa", and it's offshoots: "Jyotiṣa (Sanskrit jyotiṣa, from jyótis- "light, heavenly body": also spelled...

OK, I'm open minded. Why do you believe in it and what makes astrology work? I mean how does planetary alignment affect your birth and other events?

Auto-pilot... I go into auto-pilot when I'm driving to work, which reminds me of some recent articles I have been reading on the topic of "What is Consciousness?", some good articles on that topic in Scientic American's and Discover magazine's websites, and here's updated info on the world...

Here's the info on the Nobel winner who fell asleep while driving causing fatal wreck: Nobel winner sentenced for traffic death, from MSNBC: "Mon., Nov. 7, 2005, SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A Nobel Prize-winning physicist was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for killing a man and injuring...

A blank fortune cookie means someone in Shanghai forgot to put the little slip of paper inside, but to stay on the topic of astrology debunking, here's some info from the Skeptic's Dictionary on how astrologers today aren't smart enough to factor in the Earth's precession: "...In fact...

the U.S. NRC website has publicly available documents which address this. use the basic search function on their site for "density gauge" and check out the inspections and events links...

Chemistry is very important, currently the U.S. NRC is hiring chemical engineers and training them to be nuclear engineers, for inspecting the power plants. For inspecting or working at the enrichment plants and nuclear fuel manufacturers, knowledge of chemistry is very valuable, probably more...

I'm a nuke engineer, and recommend you go into the field, because in about 5 years there will be a serious brain drain due to retirements and attrition. You'll be in big demand by the NRC, DOE, and nuclear utilities. Not to mention there is always the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency which needs...

I think modern astrology is a hoax, no horoscopes predicted the 9/11 attacks or 2004 tsunami. What fascinates me is the ancient astrologers studied the skies well enough to understand precession and other advanced topics. For more info, see cpakonline.com

I'm reading Smolin's book now, it is a classic. What is interesting is his statement on page 16 that 70 percent of the universe's matter density is dark energy, 26 percent is dark matter, which leaves 4 percent as ordinary matter. Thus, we know nothing about 96 percent of the universe, and of...

I vaguely remember there was a Nobel prize winner (either physics or chemistry I think) who fell asleep behind the wheel in Florida and killed someone. I think there was testimony he was sleep deprived. He was in his 60's or early 70's, and got sentenced to several years in jail. Best idea...

I watched them, thanks a lot for posting them! And then I ended up downloading about 3-4 hours worth of related videos, so I have something to do today, besides read Lee Smolin's book, "What's Wrong With Physics." Which is an excellent book on this topic by the way, along with Peter Woit's...

if you think about it, is there any rationale as to why a "Theory of Everything" should exist? Suppose 'THE THEORY' it's just not there, and quantum mechanics and general relativity were not meant to be reconciled within a higher framework? String theory has been around for about 40 years...