Aug
31
2009
If you can acess the DVD store of discovery or any other dvd store near you. then look for the dvd’s mentioned below in this article. these are some of the good documentaries.
Some of these documentaries are featured on discovery channel programs. some are still featured regularly. so if you want to have them as in your collection then you can take a look at this list.
Here is the list
1.Discovery - Ultimate Access Niagara Falls 720p HD
2.Discovery - Man Vs Wild Season 5 complete 12 Episodes
3. Discovery - How it is made..? 10 Episodes
4. Discovery - Destroyed In Seconds
5.Discovery - Naked Science - Asteroid Alert 720p HD
6.Discovery - Naked Science - Pluto Rediscovered
7.Discovery - Megaworld - Dubai 720p HD
8.Discovery - Future Weapons Series2 complete 13 Episodes
9.Discovery - Man vs Wild Season 1 complete 9 Episodes
10.Discovery - Human body pushing the limits 4 Episodes
11.Discovery - 100 Greatest Discoveries - Astronomy
National geographic videos are also worth in collection. You may try these.
National geographic videos are also worth in collection. You may try these.
1.National Geographic - Death Of The Universe
2.National Geographic - Megastructures - Reinventing Hoover Dam
3.National Geographic - Journey To The Edge Of The Universe
4.National Geographic - Naked Science - Bermuda Triangle
5.National Geographic - Afghan Heroin The Lost War
6.National Geographic - Space Mysteries Comets Target Earth 720p HD
7.National Geographic - Megastructures - Machine Guns 720p HD
8.National Geographic - On Board with Air Force One
9.National Geographic - Megastructures - USS Virginia
Do suggest me more documentary videos,if you know more videos.
Aug
30
2009
I am probably explaining this for the billionth time.. well here goes with one another question.
Q: suppose u r standing on new delhi station and u see a train moving toward kashmir and another train moving towards kanpur. so unless u find the trajectory of the train as a circle with new delhi station as is centre u can never say that they were at the same time in new delhi station . in the same way if u cant find the trajectory the end of the universe . and that to calculate it is a sphere how can u say that distant galaxies were at the same place .
The mathematical flaw in you approach is that you are regarding New Delhi to be a fixed reference point which is impossible to obtain. A more practical scenario is where you consider New Delhi itself to be moving towards/away from Kanpur/Kashmir. Thus this problem reduces to one of triangulation and it is possible to extrapolate the motion of all three bodies based on that. NOTHING is expanding INTO pre-existing space. Space is an outcome of the Big bang and it is space itself which is expanding. Space did not exist and if there is a boundary to the universe then there is no space beyond it.Also, we are limited to observing only a finite part of the universe and as such it is impossible to describe the geometry of the Universe. However, based on the mass density and certain sensible assumptions, it seems probable that the universe follows a Kaluza Klein geometry. The simplest example I can think of is probably the Mobious strip which is bounded in three dimensions but has an infinite edge. Quite possibly, as we are limited to observing only a few dimensions, we may see the universe as infinite but it may not be so. You can refer to the Brane theory for details.
Aug
29
2009
The market is flooded with cosmetic, slimming, brain power increasing, memory enhancer, with exaggerated claims, there is no control on what the claim, and there is no testing on the products. They loot people out of money. Chavanprash’s composition is not liable to test, there are numerous companies which intend to use people’s blind faith on Ayurveda to deliver almost nothing.
You may see thousands of quacks sitting roadside, they have medicines which will make you superman! again all bogus claims, and all they sell is some mixture of leaves and shit.
Here are some facts about Aurveda that you fancy about
1. Ayurveda had no knowledge of microbes, their types, and pathology
2. Ayurveda didnt knew anything about genes
3. Ayurveda has no procedure, to perform heart, brain, renal, abdomen surgeries, and even simple eye surgeries like cataract
4. Ayurveda had no knowledge of metabolism ( and i dont mean digestion ) there was no knowledge of any metabolism cycle or enzyme or anything like that
5. Heck, it didnt even knew what gas in the air we use and which gas we expire
6. Ayurveda could never knew what cause heart to beat- SA node, Areas in brain
7. Ayurveda never came up with any vaccine
8. Ayurveda had no knowledge of nutrients in the food such as carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals
Its very basic and primitive. Now they know all this, and physiology and anatomy and biochemistry etc, but nothing came out from Ayurveda.
I don’t deny that herbs cant have ingredients with therapeutic effect, after all ginsengis also a herb, which is now in the multi vitamin capsules and supplement. And many products like atropine, digoxin etc were found from tribal people or plants but it was a science back then, when they can give herbs and see if they work or not, and they might knew the basic anatomy too.
Aug
28
2009
Raelism is hilarious. Lets look at the basics of it for a bit.
1: The religion is named after a character in a Star Trek episode.
2: The religion was created by a French racecar driver.
3: The religion requires all female members to engage in sexual activity with any male member who appears stressed.
4: The religion actually encourages female members to become strippers and/or prostitutes to attract new males into the “religion”.
5: The religion is based on the idea that all life on Earth was planted by a group of “super-aliens”.
I find those who preach Raelism to be almost as amusing as the “religion” itself. We’ll put all of the things published by “unbelievers” aside for a second and focus on the fundamental parts of the religion itself.
Simply put, any “religion” that is created by a single individual which places himself/herself at the top of the hierarchy is automatically suspect. In this respect, Claude Vorilhon’s attempt is completely unoriginal… and men such as Sun Myoung Moon and L.Ron Hubbard make him look like a rank amateur.
As far as the literature goes… Yes, I have looked into it. Frankly, I haven’t seen a more eclectic collection of pseudo-science mixed with complete tripe since I read Mary Baker Eddy’s ramblings.
Aug
27
2009
Placebos work only up to a certain low level. Randomized controlled trials are there to show that real medicine works better than placebo. Real medicine, what you call “allopathy” a term made up with practicioners of non-medicine,is required to pass randomized controlled trials to show that it works better than palcebo. Look into the psychology of the “confirmation bias”. The fact of the matter is that homeopathy always fails randomized controlled trials.
All of the theory behind homeopathic is merely superstitious magical thinking.
There is zero evidence for “Like cures like” and none for dilution increasing potency.
Not only is there no evidence for either, there is not even a believable mechanism proposed how either might work.
Why We Need Science: “I saw it with my own eyes” Is Not Enough
by Harriet Hall -http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=729
Is interesting read, you can go throught the above link. This article which the original title was “Sometimes We Get It Wrong” sums up why personal experience can lead to false perception of a given phenomenon. As you can clearly see, believing in homeopathy is no better than believing in god. Both have the same amout of evidence and therefore homeopathy is theistic not logical or scientific.
At the end, We can have different zones of experience, but they are totally irrelevant. A single person is almost always biased and subjective.