May 2009

  • Time Travel Through Wormholes

    By becksta on 5/28/09 1:04pm
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    WormholeWormholeI'm a little late to the game, but I just finished reading Michio Kaku's great book, Parallel Worlds, which discusses the Physics of many strange things, including Time Travel.

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  • Can you make freaky phenomena happen? Prove it.

    By selecter on 5/26/09 7:52pm
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    Freaky phenomena like aliens and superpowers are well within the world of the paranormal and arguably the paranoid schizophrenic, but one James Randi has provided the chance for any aspiring psychic, teleporter or ghost hunter to prove their stuff. Randi founded the James Randi Education Foundation, dedicated, simply enough to the promotion of critical thinking. As a beneficial side to that the Foundation also dedicates itself to the investigation of the paranormal, defense of those being attacked or pilfered by phonies and to demonstrating the dangers of blindly accepting paranormal claims without proof. Randi has made several notable public appearances, including a visit to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson where he publicly debunked well known psychic Uri Geller. Johnny, a former illusionist, was skeptical of Geller and ambushed him with the help of Randi, on the show. Presented with modified versions of his tricks, Geller could not perform his feats, saying he felt "weak" and "pressed".

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  • Cat Chat Likened to Horse Whispering

    By Michael Jon Lazar on 5/19/09 1:19pm
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    It’s true: cat chat is likened to horse whispering. The rumors that you have heard for years and years about people being able to communicate with cats are not farce. Cat chat is actually a language that exists amongst cats as they try to convey a variety of communications with us. Contrary to popular belief, cats are actually trying to tell us something with all those meows, huffs and puffs. For those who have the gift of being able to ‘whisper’ to their cats, they enjoy the gift of what we like to call Cat Whispering. This can allow owners to train their cats to use a human bathroom and flush afterwards, and even play piano (albeit not that great of a piano tune, but still).

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