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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Dr. goEMAW: Stupid science questions your teachers never answered

« on: August 05, 2012, 11:59:26 AM »

T-Y, Doc.  On the space question, that analogy helps, but what is the object being lit up when I look into the day-lit clear sky during the time when our side of the Earth is facing the sun?  For the purposes of this analogy, pretend I leave the basement and go outside once in a while.

Everyone else, I'd like a 2nd (or more) opinion on the chills question.

Think about what happens whenever you approach a group of girls.  They scatter in all directions, right? Well, that's what happens to blue light rays as they enter our atmosphere thus making the sky appear blue. In space (your mom's basement) there is no atmosphere (girls) so it just appears black.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Dr. goEMAW: Stupid science questions your teachers never answered

« on: August 05, 2012, 11:47:14 AM »

How do "chills" work?  Like when you get "chills" from witnessing something awesome.

Space is always depicted as being at night.  Shouldn't parts of space that are closer to the sun be in daylight?

1.  Getting "chills" is usually typical of people who were weaned off of their mommy's teets before they were ready.

2.  Let me use an analogy I think you will understand:  Imagine your computer screen is the sun and your mom's dark basement, where you live, is outer space.  Even though the screen emits light, the basement is so dark and pathetic that it remains almost completely dark.  The light from the computer screen "lights up" only the few objects in the room, like your twin bed and and your mom when she comes down to gather up your dishes and take them up to the kitchen. Much like how the sun only "lights up" objects in outer space like planets but not the space itself.  HTH.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: I think i broke my neck while sleeping

« on: July 24, 2012, 10:37:48 PM »

Judging by your symptoms I would say you were weaned off of your mommy's teat at too young an age.