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Infinity Is Like A Reversed Image Of.....

a: Infinity ~
b: a reversed image of the Universal Singularity

What: "As we gaze into the blackness of infinity itself, we are actually looking at the beginning of the Universe. The diverging field of infinity all around us, the experience of infinity, is like a reversed image of the Universal Singularity, the Big Bang. This popular name is an unfortunate one, because the cosmic creation event was nothing like an explosion at all. It would have been more like the intense force field we would experience today near the singularity of a black hole."

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Writer: Stephen Michael Nann
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Date: Aug 21 2011 9:27 PM


Logic Is Like Sausages

a: Logic ~
b: Sausages

What: "Logic is like Sausages." is the comment, and the response is "It's soft and chewy, springy, distasteful yet satisfying." The link is a discussion in mental chunks of stuffs, as I like to say.

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Writer: cleverbot
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Date: Oct 30 2011 10:55 AM



a: moral barometer ~
b: a diploma or letter of reference

What:

"A moral barometer is like a diploma or letter of reference. When you apply for a job, credit line, condo, etc, the manager (or whomever) is going to want to see your credentials and references. What's more, s/he might insist that the diploma/reference had been issued by someone/entity of high repute and veracity. So, when an atheist says "I have a moral compass" Our next question becomes: "And from whom were these moral standards established?"


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Writer: Atheist Blind Belief
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Date: Feb 6 2014 3:56 PM



a: semiconductor ~
b: cold pipe full of water

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"Imagine that a semiconductor is like a cold pipe full of water. In its natural state, most of the water is frozen solid-only a little can flow-and the material is an insulator. However, if we raise the Fermi level, we melt the water so that it can flow. "


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Writer: JONAH
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Date: Mar 4 2014 1:51 PM



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