Category: Discovery
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Questions Jesus Asked in His Ministry
Sometimes people get the false impression that faith means learning the right answers. However, Jesus understood the importance of asking the right questions. Here are a few examples. Questions of Priorities The priorities I would write on paper and the priorities my choices write on the hours of my life sometimes begin to differ in […]
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Which Butterfly Caused the Tornado?
The public expects science to deliver discoveries that provide increasingly precise answers about our world. Yet some scientific discoveries suggest inherent limits to scientific knowledge. One example is chaos theory, popularized as the “butterfly effect.” The butterfly effect is a simple insight first extracted from the complex science of meteorology by Edward Lorentz in 1961 […]
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The Power of a Good Question
I believe in the power of a good question. Questions promote discovery. Every scientific experiment starts with a question that leads to a hypothesis. Why is the sky blue? What causes uncontrolled growth in tumor cells? How do plants convert sunlight into energy? In life, questions can clarify your goals and sharpen your sense of […]