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We thought the Big Bang started it all. Then we realized that something else came before, and it erased everything that existed prior.
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Even the dictionary doesn’t get the definition right.
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The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don’t physically exist. Is he right?
As important as his Nobel Prize-winning technical accomplishments was his ability to communicate to the public.
Is science absolute? Its truths and discoveries guide us toward the nature of reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.
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Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.