WAVE Journey Raven paradox The raven paradox suggests that both of these images contribute evidence to the supposition that all ravens are black. The raven paradox, also known as Hempel's paradox or Hempel's ravens, is a paradox arising from the question of what constitutes evidence for a statement. Observing objects that are neither black nor ravens may formally increase the likelihood that all ravens are black – even though, intuitively, these observations are unrelated. The paradox[edit] Hempel describes the paradox in terms of the hypothesis:[2][3] (1) All ravens are black. In strict logical terms, via contraposition, this statement is equivalent to: (2) Everything that is not black is not a raven. It should be clear that in all circumstances where (2) is true, (1) is also true; and likewise, in all circumstances where (2) is false (i.e. if a world is imagined in which something that was not black, yet was a raven, existed), (1) is also false. (3) Nevermore, my pet raven, is black. Proposed resolutions[edit] is if . If
Science Seat: You could have been a furry beast By Kelly Murray, CNN Editor's note: The Science Seat is a feature in which CNN Light Years sits down with movers and shakers from many areas of scientific exploration. This is the sixth installment. As primates, humans were once furry, much like the modern chimpanzee. Nina Jablonski, professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, studies primate evolution with an emphasis on human skin. CNN Light Years spoke with Jablonski about the evolution of human skin, from furry to naked. CNN’s Kelly Murray: Were humans ever furry like a modern chimpanzee, and how do we know? Jablonski: Yes. CNN: What did our fur look like? Jablonski: The most likely appearance of the fur is very much like modern chimpanzee fur: Uniformly dark, or black, over the body surface. CNN: A lot of your research focuses on human skin pigmentation, but you argue that the study of skin pigmentation cannot be addressed until you understand what happened to our fur. Jablonski: The human lineage evolved in Africa.
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The 16 Best Western Movies Few figures in history have had as powerful an impact on American masculinity as the cowboy. For over a century, the cowboy has — for better or for worse — been a standard of rugged individualism and stoic bravery for the American male. While the mythologization of the American cowboy began all the way back in the 1880s with dime novels and Wild West shows, it wasn’t until the advent of twentieth century cinema that the cowboy cemented his place as an icon of manliness. The Western has been a popular genre of cinema since the very beginning of film, and successive generations of filmmakers have used the “Wild West” as a backdrop on which to explore the social issues of their respective eras. Many of the early silent films at the beginning of the 20th century were Westerns, the most famous being 1903′s The Great Train Robbery. During the 1920s, the Western film genre produced some of Hollywood’s first megastars such as Tom Mix and William S. High Noon Best line: “Don’t shove me Harv.
The Neurochemistry of Sex Healing with Sexual Energy By Walter Last Orgasm is generally regarded as the ultimate goal of recreational sex. Wilhelm Reich was the first scientist to describe the nature and purpose of the orgasm as a discharge of excess bio-energy with the additional liberation of feeling energy, and he also recognized the negative consequences of blocked sexual energies. Unfortunately, in addition to exciting peaks, orgasms tend to produce powerful negative side-effects that are only now becoming better understood. The main players are dopamine, the reward hormone; prolactin, the hormone of satiation; oxytocin, the cuddle hormone, and levels of androgen receptors, which all powerfully affect our mood, our desire for intimacy, our perception of our mate, as well as our susceptibility to addictive activities and substances. Additionally the stimulant phenylethylamine (PEA) is involved, which is also present in cocoa and chocolate and elevates energy, mood and attention. Dopamine Levels
Bottoms up! Part 1 Trinity (nuclear test) Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as a result of the Manhattan Project.[5][6][7][8][9] The new test site, named the White Sands Proving Ground, was built in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range (now part of the White Sands Missile Range).[10][11] Trinity used an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed "The Gadget" or "Christy['s] Gadget" after Robert Christy, the physicist behind the implosion method used in the device.[12] Using the same conceptual design, the Fat Man device was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. The Trinity detonation produced the explosive power of about 20 kilotons of TNT (84 TJ). The creation of atomic weapons arose out of political and scientific developments of the late 1930s. The gadget was tested at Trinity Site, New Mexico, near Alamogordo.
List of rock genres See also[edit] List of popular music genres References[edit] Jump up ^ F. Holt, Genre in Popular Music (University of Chicago Press, 2007), ISBN 0226350398, p. 56.Jump up ^ R. Unterberger, "Garage Rock", in V. Top 5 Reasons Why Vegan Diets Are a Terrible Idea There is no one right way to eat for everyone. We are all different and what works for one person may not work for the next. I personally advocate consumption of both animals and plants and I think there is plenty of evidence that this is a reasonable way to eat. However, I often get comments from vegans who think that people should eliminate all animal foods. They frequently say that I’m giving out dangerous advice, that I must be corrupt and sponsored by the meat and dairy industry, or that I’m simply misinformed and need to read The China Study. Really… I have nothing against vegans or vegetarians. If you want to eat in this way for whatever reason and you are feeling good and improving your health, then great! But I do have a serious problem when proponents of this diet are using lies and fear mongering to try and convince everyone else to eat in the same way. Here are 5 reasons why I think vegan (as in no animal foods at all) diets are a bad idea… 1. Humans are omnivores. 2. I disagree.