Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
An assuming that something is true.
A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
Before any celestial distances or sizes could be calculated, the ancient Greeks first had to establish that the Earth is a sphere. This view gained acceptance in ancient Greece as philosophers became familiar with the notion that ships gradually disappear...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
This architecture of scientific logic has an inherent beauty which emerges from how various arguments fit together, how several measurements interlock with one another, and how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Thus, we may say that a new idea disturbs the existing stock of ideas and distorts the accepted frame of reference. In our endeavor to restore the former coherence and balance, to remedy the disturbing situation, we are compelled to...
Source: Nature and Human Nature by Lawrence K. Frank
Throw in some assumptions, such as moonlight being nothing more than reflected sunlight, and a framework of scientific logic takes shape.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut
When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
It Was Always Burning Since the World’s Been Turning
And I’m trying to believe in things that I don’t know. The turning of the world, the color of your soul.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
…how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.