Recent content by Vol'n'beers

I don't care what type of degree you have, if you are writing a book to prove a preconceived idea then you are not writing as a scientist. A scientific book would describe in great detail results from a study/investigation that was initiated to explain an observation. The tests and results...

In regards to my last post about mathematical and physical constants and ratios being too perfect to be random I just thought of a story/allegory/? (I'm an engineer not an English major) I heard once that seems to fit what I'm trying to communicate. It goes something like this. On a road in...

On the notable scientists who indicate their belief in some creative force, I only have a few comments: 1) Stephen Hawking is not a good example. He uses the term God much like Einstein did to have a term for the answers to the questions we keep stumbling on. He is self proclaimed atheist. 2)...

Lol about the toilettyping. That's when humans do their best work. I think it's amazing that we've come so far so fast. That's one of the things we should feel proud about as a species. As for the mathematical/physical laws we are always on the lookout for ways to disprove or revise them. We...

I like the eating/breathing one because they are two essentials for our life. I guess reproduction is another and the line about waste disposal and entertainment district has always made me laugh. There really are a lot of ways we could change the human DNA for the better if we were so inclined...

I think I understood it right, well guessed what it was about. I still have a problem with this idea that the universe is "finely tuned." Somehow things that are magnificent were meant to be that way? What is finely tuned about black holes or stars exploding? There is even great variety among...

No. Your nasal passage doesn't connect with your throat?

Btw, thanks to you jerks I now have Joel Osteen audible books advertising only page.

Actually it seems like there are roughly 2x10^24 atoms in the average human body which means about 1.4x10^34 atoms in all humans. That's just humans. Then there are animals, algae, plants, and the earth itself include water, land, liquid mag-ma, atmosphere, etc. I can't find any resources, but I...

StoVol, you have an impressive reading list, I am envious. Atlas Shrugged is my favorite all time book. I get a little carried away talking about science. I probably talk over my head and would expect to be corrected when appropriate. I also don't like to have inaccuracies out there that others...

Ha! I had to look it up. That's funny stuff. What people do with their spare time will always amaze me.

Are we talking My Little Pony unicorns or the movie Legend unicorns? It matters.

But did/does he woo? That's the real question.

I agree with everything else you said 100% except this part. The frustrating thing about the odds is that there really should be other life forms. We're just having trouble finding it (though we're getting much better at looking). There's a real thing called the Fermi Paradox that states...

I love it. My neighbor buys up everything Kroger gets (it's limited here too) as soon as he can. He then trades the rest of us on the street until he has to restock. Vol fan - check Good beer fan - check You're good in my book.