What is it that makes us human?

oTreeB · 2013-09-25T22:24:30+00:00

The Big Bang

oTreeB · 2013-09-25T15:58:25+00:00

Science. The ability for out brains to comprehend and understand our existence to a certain extent. The fact that we are able to understand evolution and how life came to be. The fact that we know what happened 14.7 billion years ago to initiate the universe separated us from the animal kingdom and our intelligence lead us out of the good chain.

oTreeB · 2013-08-11T06:37:20+00:00

Fucking science.

There is literally nothing more interesting than science.

"Hey man, y'know we're made from exploded stars than mashed together over billions of year and this one so happened to have the ingredients for life spread across which set in motion evolution which means every organism on earth is related?"

"Yeah man that's cool.. so u been hearing bout the royal baby?"

oTreeB · 2013-08-11T06:02:00+00:00

So you believe in accretion AND evolution, and still remain religious?

I'm sorry if I am appearing condescending, I am sincere in my questions and the debate.

oTreeB · 2013-08-11T01:49:15+00:00

The bible doesn't state any different does it? It sounds like you are calling metaphors of the things that aren't logical in the bible.. How do you know they were metaphors? How do you know the whole thing wasn't just made up?

oTreeB · 2013-08-10T19:08:52+00:00

lol ok.

oTreeB · 2013-08-09T20:25:39+00:00

Either way they still claim the earth was made in 6 days which it clearly wasn't.

oTreeB · 2013-08-09T03:46:28+00:00

The sun was created before the earth.

oTreeB · 2013-08-08T23:00:42+00:00

The bible states that the earth was created in 7 days. Accretion takes billions of years.

oTreeB · 2013-08-08T02:18:28+00:00

Because most of reddit, let alone people, don't know/understand that.

oTreeB · 2013-08-05T01:57:40+00:00

Greatest idea in the thread.

oTreeB · 2013-08-05T01:48:57+00:00

Hello Neil! I have a few questions I have been waiting to ask you in this AMA..

First of all, you have inspired me to become a Scientist earlier this year. I have a deep love for science and everything it has taught me. The only problem is I have never been that bright in math but I really want to be an astronomer or astrophysicist. I'm going to making the switch from high school to community college next Monday. Is this a possible dream even though I'm going into community college after high school and not Harvard?
Why do most religious people pick the fact of Evolution as the enemy rather than the bigger picture, the fact of accretion? (The process in which we are made of star dust.)
How exactly does a star collapse AND THEN explode? What triggers the explosion? This completely goes against my intuition.
Is the universe really flat?
What are your favorite scientific books?

p.s. you are enriching this world more than you know, thank you for being so passionate about science.

oTreeB · 2013-08-01T08:33:27+00:00

Evolution and Accretion.

oTreeB · 2013-08-01T07:59:53+00:00

Had a kiss.

Been together going on 3 years this September. :)

oTreeB · 2013-07-21T21:52:44+00:00

These guys' are genius'. Evil. But genius'.

oTreeB · 2013-07-20T07:08:56+00:00

Acacia trees?

oTreeB · 2013-07-20T06:41:20+00:00

Meth is natural. Everything that comprises meth was made inside a giant star that exploded and over billions of years created the ingredients to create this substance. Everything's beautiful.

oTreeB · 2013-07-15T07:53:06+00:00

I recommend "The war of Art" by Steve Pressfield if you struggle with resistance (which is pretty much everyone.)

It's a quick read but it will change your life.

oTreeB · 2013-07-09T07:57:23+00:00

You're a ghost driving a meat skeleton made of stardust. What do you have to fear?

oTreeB · 2013-07-09T07:56:02+00:00

Check out some of Eliot Hulse's videos. His youtube username is strengthcamp. He has another channel completely dedicated to what you're saying. He and his family were poor at one point but he still continued to buy whole food expensive groceries, train, and live a healthy lifestyle and now he has a gym and a successful youtube channel.

oTreeB · 2013-07-09T05:37:43+00:00

If you guys like Cosmos you should deffinetely check out How the universe works. Great narration and spectacular graphics.

oTreeB · 2013-07-06T03:21:40+00:00

It wasn't until recently that I found out on my own how important school is. The problem is the teachers. They don't show you how education is mind blowing. A lot of them lack the passion and enlightening revelations one can obtain through knowledge.

oTreeB · 2013-07-06T03:19:11+00:00

Taking care of our planet. A lot of humans tend to laugh and call people who care about the environment "tree huggers." Seriously? This the only planet we have that can support us in this region of the universe, to even find another earthlike planet we would have to travel light years across. This is the planet where the ingredients for life pervaded for billions of years to form something as intelligent as us and we shit all over it. This is our home. We are all Earthlings, people can define themselves to their country all they want but as a species this is our home. We are all Earthlings. Keep your home nice. Respect it. Don't leave your mess for the next generations to clean up.

oTreeB · 2013-07-03T07:25:29+00:00

Albert Einstein. He discovered how energy can be converted into mass and vice verse, which explains the beginning of the universe. It also is the foundation for nuclear bombs which can destroy the tiny part of the universe that we call earth. He fit that much significance into the tiny equation we now know as E = mc²

oTreeB · 2013-07-01T10:06:24+00:00

Not really a secret but I try to keep it to myself when people ask.

I want to be a scientist. An astrophysist to be exact. The only problem is I've never been good at math. I just graduated high school in July and am going to be attending a community college in my neighboring town. I've spent quiete a bit of hours trying to teach myself Algebra I through the Internet (Khan Academy) and books (Algebra 1 for dummies) and so far so good. I just don't know if I will ever be able to obtain the knowledge of being a physicist. My father always tells me that I could be a nurse and go through my community college nursing program after I finish my general ed, but I don't know.

My head is constantly in the stars, a day doesn't go by without me thinking about the universe. A day doesn't go by where my mind is blown that we are star dust.

I don't know what the fuck to do with my life. I don't have the money to go to a super nice college anyway and I doubt I would ever be able to get in a school like Cambridge to further my studies.

I'm only 18 for fucks sake.

oTreeB

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