General Science Discussion Thread!

GalacticPetey said:
Dude, I was just making a Godzilla vs. Megaguirus reference.
I know I've watched GMK, Final Wars, I'm a fan. But I'm also a serious fan of Science and the good it can do!
 
Replying to the reference anyway, we're making it just to study how particles behave and try to test the theory of the Higg's Boson
 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/are-you-better-than-the-average-american-at-science?bffb

Thought this was a good place to post it. I got 10/10, but it's sad to think that knowing all these questions are what the average American knows.
 
I got 9/10 because I don't believe in the Big Bang theory. They say that "Matter cannot be created or destroyed". Yet they contradict themselves with this.
 
Dr. Murder said:
I got 9/10 because I don't believe in the Big Bang theory. They say that "Matter cannot be created or destroyed". Yet they contradict themselves with this.

If you think that's a contradiction then you really don't know what the Big Bang Theory is. They've been trying to figure out how the big bang could've happened--they have not said it just poofed into existence. There's a few neat things involving string theory and multiverse and other shit I don't feel like explaining because google is right over there and it'll explain things better than I can.

DragonFreak said:
Don't they say that all matter was contained in the singularity before The Bing Bang, therefore, none was created or destroyed.

Something like that, yeah.
 
Dr. Murder said:
I got 9/10 because I don't believe in the Big Bang theory. They say that "Matter cannot be created or destroyed". Yet they contradict themselves with this.

The theory is heavily supported with tons of evidence, though

ninja'd by 'toad
 
DragonFreak said:
Don't they say that all matter was contained in the singularity before The Bing Bang, therefore, none was created or destroyed.

But it had to originate from somewhere. And what triggered the BANG? And what is this nonsense about "Time didn't exist before that"?