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Ocean Preference
On 03/30/2012 in Question
If you could be any animal in the ocean, what would you be?
———- from Mike and Kim Henson of Yellville, Arkansas
Yours is the type of question that makes doing a show and email service like this such a chore. Not that I thought it would be effortless — day in, day out, wrestling with the concentrated ignorance of the nation. But it’s questions like yours that have more to do wtih whim, emotion, desire and nothing to do with facts. Data is the stuff that science is made of. Your question appeals only to the right brain, that side favored by psychics, astrologers and lucid dreamers. As you may have noticed, I do not belong to that group of fuzzy thinkers. But to answer your question, if I had to be a sea creature, I would be a blowfish.
Yours is the type of question that makes doing a show and email service like this such a chore. Not that I thought it would be effortless — day in, day out, wrestling with the concentrated ignorance of the nation. But it’s questions like yours that have more to do wtih whim, emotion, desire and nothing to do with facts. Data is the stuff that science is made of. Your question appeals only to the right brain, that side favored by psychics, astrologers and lucid dreamers. As you may have noticed, I do not belong to that group of fuzzy thinkers. But to answer your question, if I had to be a sea creature, I would be a blowfish. Closet Door
On 03/28/2012 in Question
When I wake up in the morning and open my closet door, I’m afraid thatinstead of the light from my room shining into my closet, the darkness fromthe closet will fill up my room. Could this ever really happen?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Groundhog Behavior
On 03/26/2012 in Question
Has a groundhog ever been struck by lightning?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Processed Words
On 03/23/2012 in Question
Nowadays, most authors use word processors to write their books. Are books written this way as intellectually nourishing as those written with natural, unprocessed words?
———- from?James Barrick of Stonybrook, NY
I remember the controversy over the use
Crisis of Faith
On 03/23/2012 in Question
When I was a child, I use to believe in fairies. I believed that fairies brought autumn gold to leave, that they brought frost to the window panes. I even believed in the tooth fairy until I was in high school. Now I don’t believe in anything, even science. Can you help me in my crisis of faith?
———- from?Brian Price of Ames, IA
