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Posted On: Fiction Or Fact
at 11/07/2009 10:26am

coined by Thomas Kuhn during the early 1960s. Ideas will come along that actually affront the mainstream, but due to ... more(+)

crazyeddie wrote:This is actually a very interesting question. The "standard model" of physics has not changed significantly in many years, and some theoretical physicists are wondering if we're in some kind of rut. Historically, something comes along every hundred years or so that changes the way we look at the universe and the physical world.

This is the exact concept of the term Paradigm coined by Thomas Kuhn during the early 1960s. Ideas will come along that actually affront the mainstream, but due to their obvious correctness are soon accepted; a line is crossed, and thinking changes. close(-)

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Commented on: Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep
at 2009-11-07 10:14:06

After 8 months of orbiting the Earth...Heidi's $100,000 tool bag re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the ... more(+)

After 8 months of orbiting the Earth...Heidi's $100,000 tool bag re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the pacific ocean last August. close(-)

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