6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="DrSponge"]Every large body in space has gravity >__>black_cat19

:shock:

So THAT'S how good christians go up to heaven, no sin = flotation, God is a genius!

I laughed pretty hard. :lol:

Can someone please explain to me what Poe's Law is? I seem to have forgotten its meaning...aliblabla2007

Poe's Law deals with the eventual inability to distinguish a fundy from a parodist.

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing. Nathan Poe.

[QUOTE="aliblabla2007"]Can someone please explain to me what Poe's Law is? I seem to have forgotten its meaning...Theokhoth

Poe's Law deals with the eventual inability to distinguish a fundy from a parodist.

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing. Nathan Poe.

Thanks... now I see why half of the posts that I saw from that Red-XIII guy referenced Poe's Law.

Here's a video of the working Antikythera mechanism. Also, while not being solved as to their origins, the giant balls of Costa Rica have been proven to be perfectly man-made. Trying to find a link.HardQuor

I saw a special on it on TV. It might have been mythbusters or something else on Discovery. They are man made. And they showed how to make one and they found an abandoned location of broken ones and tools.

It was still quite impressive though.

A few more artifact articles:

Link

They also mention the bagdad batteries and mythbusters and their findings.

I saw this on stumbleupon, I also saw a similar page through stumbelupon a few weeks ago where it talked about a some sort of particle where there's two particles and when you move one the other one moves simultaneously no matter how far the distance is between them, was an interesting read. Brainkiller05

god did itcomp_atkins

You know, the Bloop could very well have been God taking a dump in the ocean.

I saw this on stumbleupon, I also saw a similar page through stumbelupon a few weeks ago where it talked about a some sort of particle where there's two particles and when you move one the other one moves simultaneously no matter how far the distance is between them, was an interesting read. Brainkiller05

If the bloop is actually Cthulu, that would be awesome.

And the Mythbusters built clay pot batteries. >_>
foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]If the bloop is actually Cthulu, that would be awesome.

And the Mythbusters built clay pot batteries. >_>
Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]If the bloop is actually Cthulu, that would be awesome.

And the Mythbusters built clay pot batteries. >_>
Deihjan

[QUOTE="Deihjan"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"] If it really is Cthulhu, we may have squid monsters dressed as humans walking among us, stealin our minds. :oloco145

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]god did itTheokhoth

I remember the Antikythera Mechanism from school. I wonder what the Bloop was. O_oTheokhoth

Science can't explain gravity either.
foxhound_fox

actually newton proved that....

[QUOTE="DigitalExile"][QUOTE="Red-XIII"]

lol, Poe's Law got you too.

kruesader

"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article"

[QUOTE="loco145"][QUOTE="Deihjan"] Shhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Don't blow our cover!Deihjan

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Science can't explain gravity either.
ajarbuckle

actually newton proved that....

Actually, Newton didn't really prove anything. He just developed a theory which Albert Einstein revamped back in the 30s and 40s. Neither seems to have it 100% correct though because scientists have noticed that supermassive objects (such as newtron stars) don't always obey the (known) laws of gravity precisely. We may have a good idea of how gravity works, but we still don't know all there is to know yet.

i seriously think #5 are pieces from a time machine which blew up.

muffintheduffin

This made me think. I'm sure you all know about how many scientists aren't too hip on the idea of a time machine being possible (at least, not in the hollywood sense).

Think of what would happen if a time machine simply existed. It would open up the doors to every possible outcome of every possible event that could ever occur or did occur. For example: Someone may go back in time to try and kill Hitler (or not) and fail (or succeed). Each instance would occur simultaneously if the laws of quantum physics hold true.

actually newton proved that.... ajarbuckle

http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html

To sum it up

#6.The Voynich Manuscript: They've been trying for a while, they still can't decipher it.

To add on to it,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

Just about as screwed up

#5.The Antikythera Mechanism: It's only a computer from 2000 years ago

#4.The Baigong Pipes: Just a massive piping system in a mountain

#3.The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica: Gigantic perfectly circular balls.

#2.The Baghdad Batteries: Only a battery from the early ADs

#1.The Bloop: Um... I have no clue what to say. I for one am going with Cthulhu though.

This world is weird.

waffle57

I laugh out loud at the deliberate but hidden anti-science message implied in the title of the article.

"Discoveries that SCIENCE can't explain"? Umm...by selectively saying that SCIENCE can't explain them, they're implying that these things CAN be explained, just not by science. A far more reasonable and valid title would be "6 Discoveries that CONNOT BE EXPLAINED."

Notice how the proposed alternate title says that there is NO explanation? And if there is NO available explanation, then science obviously explain the mystery, can it?

This is sort of like when people say things like, "Of course there's a god! Can SCIENCE explain how everything came to be?!"

No, science can't explain how everything came to be. Neither can religion. So calling science out for being dumb doesn't help your case when you're trying to propose an "explanation" that really doesn't explain ANYTHING and isn't as rigorous as the scientific method. That's why "Intelligent Design" and all similar "theories"are absolutely 100% worthless.

[QUOTE="DrSponge"][QUOTE="Red-XIII"]Gravity is caused by sin! That's why there's no gravity on teh moon :oNeon-Tiger

Yeah, this is how gas and dust clumps together to form entire planets.

Thats very interesting.

Good Read

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="comp_atkins"]god did itluke1889

[QUOTE="waffle57"]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html

To sum it up

#6.The Voynich Manuscript: They've been trying for a while, they still can't decipher it.

To add on to it,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

Just about as screwed up

#5.The Antikythera Mechanism: It's only a computer from 2000 years ago

#4.The Baigong Pipes: Just a massive piping system in a mountain

#3.The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica: Gigantic perfectly circular balls.

#2.The Baghdad Batteries: Only a battery from the early ADs

#1.The Bloop: Um... I have no clue what to say. I for one am going with Cthulhu though.

This world is weird.

MrGeezer

I laugh out loud at the deliberate but hidden anti-science message implied in the title of the article.

"Discoveries that SCIENCE can't explain"? Umm...by selectively saying that SCIENCE can't explain them, they're implying that these things CAN be explained, just not by science. A far more reasonable and valid title would be "6 Discoveries that CONNOT BE EXPLAINED."

Notice how the proposed alternate title says that there is NO explanation? And if there is NO available explanation, then science obviously explain the mystery, can it?

This is sort of like when people say things like, "Of course there's a god! Can SCIENCE explain how everything came to be?!"

No, science can't explain how everything came to be. Neither can religion. So calling science out for being dumb doesn't help your case when you're trying to propose an "explanation" that really doesn't explain ANYTHING and isn't as rigorous as the scientific method. That's why "Intelligent Design" and all similar "theories"are absolutely 100% worthless.

I find The Bloop incredibly frightening. I mean they just figured out that the Giant Squid is actually real a few years ago.

If it took us THAT long to find something THAT big in the ocean...what the hell else is down there?

I personally think we should stop all this space travel and first figure out our own planet.

Rockclmbr6

It was probably just a huge giant squid orgy or something. Yoiu kniow, like 100 giant squids got together in a huge and never-before-seen mating frenzy, and the result was a giant bloop.

And if that's the case, that's not particularly worrying. Giant squid are like Aliens. If you can kill one Alien with bullets, then you can kill 100 Aliens with bullets. Which isn't that scary, it just means that we need MORE bullets to kill 100 giant squids. Which shouldn't really be hard to do, since giant squids can't come out of the sea and destroy our bullet factories before we manufacture the bullets that will allow us to kill them.

It was probably just a huge giant squid orgy or something. Yoiu kniow, like 100 giant squids got together in a huge and never-before-seen mating frenzy, and the result was a giant bloop.And if that's the case, that's not particularly worrying. Giant squid are like Aliens. If you can kill one Alien with bullets, then you can kill 100 Aliens with bullets. Which isn't that scary, it just means that we need MORE bullets to kill 100 giant squids. Which shouldn't really be hard to do, since giant squids can't come out of the sea and destroy our bullet factories before we manufacture the bullets that will allow us to kill them.MrGeezer

It was probably just a huge giant squid orgy or something. Yoiu kniow, like 100 giant squids got together in a huge and never-before-seen mating frenzy, and the result was a giant bloop.

And if that's the case, that's not particularly worrying. Giant squid are like Aliens. If you can kill one Alien with bullets, then you can kill 100 Aliens with bullets. Which isn't that scary, it just means that we need MORE bullets to kill 100 giant squids. Which shouldn't really be hard to do, since giant squids can't come out of the sea and destroy our bullet factories before we manufacture the bullets that will allow us to kill them.

MrGeezer

[QUOTE="waffle57"]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html

To sum it up

#6.The Voynich Manuscript: They've been trying for a while, they still can't decipher it.

To add on to it,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

Just about as screwed up

#5.The Antikythera Mechanism: It's only a computer from 2000 years ago

#4.The Baigong Pipes: Just a massive piping system in a mountain

#3.The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica: Gigantic perfectly circular balls.

#2.The Baghdad Batteries: Only a battery from the early ADs

#1.The Bloop: Um... I have no clue what to say. I for one am going with Cthulhu though.

This world is weird.

MrGeezer

I laugh out loud at the deliberate but hidden anti-science message implied in the title of the article.

"Discoveries that SCIENCE can't explain"? Umm...by selectively saying that SCIENCE can't explain them, they're implying that these things CAN be explained, just not by science. A far more reasonable and valid title would be "6 Discoveries that CONNOT BE EXPLAINED."

Notice how the proposed alternate title says that there is NO explanation? And if there is NO available explanation, then science obviously explain the mystery, can it?

This is sort of like when people say things like, "Of course there's a god! Can SCIENCE explain how everything came to be?!"

No, science can't explain how everything came to be. Neither can religion. So calling science out for being dumb doesn't help your case when you're trying to propose an "explanation" that really doesn't explain ANYTHING and isn't as rigorous as the scientific method. That's why "Intelligent Design" and all similar "theories"are absolutely 100% worthless.

Oh, please. Cracked.com is hardly a religious website. You're reading far too much into it.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"][QUOTE="waffle57"]

http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html

To sum it up

#6.The Voynich Manuscript: They've been trying for a while, they still can't decipher it.

To add on to it,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus

Just about as screwed up

#5.The Antikythera Mechanism: It's only a computer from 2000 years ago

#4.The Baigong Pipes: Just a massive piping system in a mountain

#3.The Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica: Gigantic perfectly circular balls.

#2.The Baghdad Batteries: Only a battery from the early ADs

#1.The Bloop: Um... I have no clue what to say. I for one am going with Cthulhu though.

This world is weird.

Theokhoth

I laugh out loud at the deliberate but hidden anti-science message implied in the title of the article.

"Discoveries that SCIENCE can't explain"? Umm...by selectively saying that SCIENCE can't explain them, they're implying that these things CAN be explained, just not by science. A far more reasonable and valid title would be "6 Discoveries that CONNOT BE EXPLAINED."

Notice how the proposed alternate title says that there is NO explanation? And if there is NO available explanation, then science obviously explain the mystery, can it?

This is sort of like when people say things like, "Of course there's a god! Can SCIENCE explain how everything came to be?!"

No, science can't explain how everything came to be. Neither can religion. So calling science out for being dumb doesn't help your case when you're trying to propose an "explanation" that really doesn't explain ANYTHING and isn't as rigorous as the scientific method. That's why "Intelligent Design" and all similar "theories"are absolutely 100% worthless.

Oh, please. Cracked.com is hardly a religious website. You're reading far too much into it.