Science Times 25th Anniversary

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

[David Opstad]

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

Hmmm, seems they missed one:

"Whatever happened to the number 7?"

(It appears to be missing from their list, which skips from 6 to 8)

Dave Opstad
a.a. #1747

[Geoff Offermann]

Post by David Opstad

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

"Whatever happened to the number 7?"
(It appears to be missing from their list, which skips from 6 to 8)

The No. 7 is further evidence of the liberal, Darwinist conspiracy
to keep the evolution-Creation controversy in the bag. But don't
tell anyone, 'kay?

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Post by David Opstad

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

INTERACTIVE FEATURE

7. What's replaceable?

ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE

Post by David Opstad

Post by maff
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

"Whatever happened to the number 7?"
(It appears to be missing from their list, which skips from 6 to 8)
Dave Opstad
a.a. #1747

[Marc Carter]

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Post by David Opstad

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

INTERACTIVE FEATURE
7. What's replaceable?
ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE

Post by David Opstad

Post by maff
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

"Whatever happened to the number 7?"
(It appears to be missing from their list, which skips from 6 to 8)
Dave Opstad
a.a. #1747

Damn. Another good conspiracy theory shot to hell.

[Daniel Harper]

Post by David Opstad

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

"Whatever happened to the number 7?"
(It appears to be missing from their list, which skips from 6 to 8)
Dave Opstad
a.a. #1747

Six is the first perfect number. To have a seven on the list would be to
imply that there are things better than perfect, I.E. better than God.
Therefore, numbers higher than six cannot exist.

"Then why do you have eight and higher?"

No further questions.
--
...and it is my belief that no greater good has ever befallen you in this city
than my service to my God. [...] Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness
brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and that state.

Plato, quoting Socrates, from The _Apology_

--Daniel Harper

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Science Times 25th Anniversary
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
The first issue of Science Times appeared 25 years ago, on Nov. 14,
1978. Its guiding principle ever since has been that science is not a
collection of answers, but a way of asking questions, an enterprise
driven by curiosity. To celebrate the anniversary, we pose 25 of the
most provocative questions facing science. As always, answers are
provisional.

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(5) What Is Gravity, Really?

(6) Will We Ever Find Atlantis?

(8) What Should We Eat?

(9) When Will the Next Ice Age Begin?

(10) What Happened Before the Big Bang?

(11) Could We Live Forever?

(12) Are Men Necessary? ...

... Are Women Necessary?

(13) What Is the Next Plague?

(14) Can Robots Become Conscious?

(15) Why Do We Sleep?

(16) Are Animals Smarter Than We Think?

(17) Can Science Prove the Existence of God?

(18) Is Evolution Truly Random?

(19) How Did Life Begin?

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(21) Should We Improve Our Genome?

(22) How Much Nature Is Enough?

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