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We all know that belief in a fad diet can be a matter of "faith" - but from there, how do we make the leap that "science becomes a faith?"

Science is evidence-based. "Faith" is a firm belief which is held in the absence of scientific evidence.

The lifetime of a Higgs particle is about 10^-22 seconds, or a tenth of trillionth of a billionth of a seconds." /page 177, by Frank Wilczek/ Higgs bosons are unstable particles and therefore cannot be fundamental particles. So far this is only certainly known to be true for the isolated parti...

In the end, I'm afraid, the answer will conform to the criterion articulated by the pre-socratic geometers: define "life", and "non-life", and the question will answer itself.

Because it's unintelligible.

I think the original post can be written off... by philosophers.

and thus this thread dies... we thank thee, Lord, for this mercy.

I know - or at least I think I know - or at least I know that I think I know - that this thread may have originated with an intelligible idea.

In all fairness, Dattaswami (for once) raises an interesting point in the philosophy of religion: Is "God" a populist? Does she/he perform conjuring tricks to impress the multitude? According to the New Testament, with its never-ending succession of miracle cures, and feeding of multitudes...

The question is vague. What is meant by "interest"? Of couse, all academics understand that at some periods of time, some issues are more fahionable than others. It is particularly important to remember this when you are looking for research funding! So that is one measure you could use. O...

When I was in the army, we would sometimes ask for a sheet of blank paper, which we would carry folded up in the left hand. This saved us the effort of swinging both arms when marching in the road.

For those of us who are not scientists by training, indeed have no scientific aptitude whatsoever, but who have a passionate interest in scientific questions, I'd like to post this question. Some proponents of MOND theory have claimed that it can explain the present state of the universe, and form a...

Now Chelsea, do you really work for NASA? Be honest. And try to crystallise your thoughts into a coherent question. Intellectually, you're all over the place.

Whoops, a blooper: I posted "not customary to supply supporting arguments" incorrectly. Pls disregard that post, my mistake.

As a final comment, I thank Skepdick for making the only reply in the entire thread which demonstrated any actual knowledge of mathematics, or evidence of critical thinking skills, or understanding of the philsophical method. Do you still believe that zero can be divided by zero? If yes, then what ...

A recent post on this question quickly descended into levity. However, it is a genuine philosophical problem in arithmetic, so let's try again, shall we? There are four possible answers: 0/0 = 0 (based on the intuitive supposition that only zero quantities are involved, so there cannot be a non-zer...