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We ain't made of what we thought

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Tangle
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08-01-2017 9:12 AM

"What this new mode implies is that up to one-half of the atoms around usincluding in the solar system, on Earth and in each one of uscomes not from our own galaxy but from other galaxies, up to one million light years away,"
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https://phys.org/news/2017-07-milky.html
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.
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"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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08-06-2017 3:39 AM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Phat
08-05-2017 11:45 PM

Re: Mind Over Matter
Phat writes:
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Big deal. All we are talking about is matter.
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Yes, all we're talking about is what we and everything around us is made of. Probably not a big deal at all!
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I prefer thinking of humans in regards to life and soul.
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They're not alternatives Phat, you are allowed to think about both.
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I cant figure out why it matters where the atoms came from.
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It's because we - well many people, maybe not you and others who pefer mythology for their explanations - like to know how our world works and where we came from.
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.
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"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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