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Question of the Week / QotW - 11.03.06 - How do pain medications target pain?

« on: 27/03/2011 04:07:17 »

There are at least 2 types of pain medications: 1) aspirin, tylenol, etc. which reduce inflammation 2) narcotics opiods which work on pain receptors in the brain. all pain comes from the brain, not the body part that is inflamed or injured.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What is your take on Hawking radiation?

« on: 27/03/2011 03:52:51 »

I'm sorry but, I think there is no one more full of crap that Stephen Hawking. 

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Is gravity the result of space pushing on matter?

« on: 26/03/2011 23:50:08 »

I agree with Marshall Peck, III. All along, we are taught that gravity is an attractive force, now we are told it is a "push". And, why can't Marshall Peck, III, get an answer to his question without all the jibberish?

We are now told of dark matter, dark energy, 11 dimensions, string theory. I thought that scientist always wanted "extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims". I guess this only applies to the layman, when these scientists claim all this crap they can't prove and expect people to believe. Or, perhaps, they have too much time to fill on all these science shows on the discovery and history channels and the more goofy their claims, the more chance they will be on television. Sorry, folks, just telling it like it is.

Bill Ferguson