The Trojan War-- did it really occur? How did it go down?
Or Atlantis/Dvaraka/the thing under Japan-- truth or fiction/what is it?
Or Atlantis/Dvaraka/the thing under Japan-- truth or fiction/what is it?
You are allowed to know the true story behind any event/phenomenon in history...
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Now we ask, "If a chicken crosses the road, does it make the sound of one hand clapping?"Hero in a half shell said:
OT: I'd like to know the true story of Julius Caesar. He's a really famous figure, but what few first-hand accounts we have are all biased one way or another. I'd like to find out what his real motivations were, whether he wanted to become dictator, how many times he bonked Cleopatra, etc.
Funny thing about the moon landing, the wind in the flag which is one of the good reasons people are skeptical is actually nothing more than an illusion created in order to make the planting look more patriotic. So in hindsight that was a terrible idea.BiscuitTrouser said:
One of the most recent hypotheses behind why the buildings collapsed in the way they did is that the sprinklers caused the aluminum in the planes to explode and pour liquid aluminum which in turn set off several chain reactions and countless explosions. It fits since aluminum is a highly reactive substance when the protective oxide layer is removed. Still this is just an idea, but it explains a lot. Still there's a question of who's behind it and why it happened so there's still plenty of mysteries left.jakelly14 said:
Honestly I want the full story about water. It's essential to life, it got the most density at 4 degrees Celsius rather than in a solid form like all other compounds as far as I know which is the reason we can have animals living at the bottom of lakes through a cold winter. It's needed in all our cells, it's packed with energy we can't use, it is one of the best solvents we have. I want to know why water works like this. I know that there are hydrogen bonds that make it less dense when it's ice, but what is the reason? Is there really a god who has created the world or is there a part of chemistry we just need to figure out?
Where all my socks go. Seriously: I put pair of socks in the washing machine, and always i keep missing 1 sock!
Actually I would love to know the Origin of Everything. Be it the Big Bang or the Pink Invisible Unicorn. I just have to know.
Actually I would love to know the Origin of Everything. Be it the Big Bang or the Pink Invisible Unicorn. I just have to know.
Geez, what a buzzkill. Fine, the meteor strike that offed the dinosaurs. Or whatever the hell happened to make our moon.Popadoo said:
I would like to know the truth about the first person/people who say they were visited by Angels and the event surrounding the visitation (if any).
I can't understand even the "Big Bang" theory to a satisfying degree myself, especially the possibility of there being "something" completely surrounded by "nothing". So I guess i'd probably pick the "origin" of the universe.
I've also always been very curious about quantization, but since I chose Law as my main field of studies, I'm quite sure I'll never be able to do research on that.
I've also always been very curious about quantization, but since I chose Law as my main field of studies, I'm quite sure I'll never be able to do research on that.
The great dancing plague of 1518. I want to know what made hundreds of people just dance themselves to death.
The death of writer Edgar Allen Poe has always fascinated me. I know quite a couple people write off his death as Alcohol or Laudanum poisoning but there are several things that just leave me wondering if it was something else. Find out what some of his less lucid ramblings had meant and whatnot.
Another one I want to know about is the death of Red Baron, I know it has already been looked into but still. Nothing beats knowing what really went down. =)
Another one I want to know about is the death of Red Baron, I know it has already been looked into but still. Nothing beats knowing what really went down. =)
To be fair, its a question on a gaming forum. I really dont think people put much effort into thinking decent answers up. And also, a lot of the really interesting science based ones like what you mentioned, the bloop etc, could all just be totally trivial things in the end anyway. After all, we dont know until we know.Jonluw said:
Personally..Moon landing, to shut conspiracy theorists up. Or maybe 9/11 slash iraw war conspiracy theories.
That's why I recommended looking into science. If you have any knowledge of cosmology, relativity or quantum physics, you should be able to think of all these wonderful, puzzling, amazing, existential - and not least: significant - mysteries with little effort.Doom-Slayer said:
Things like "What is time?"
Or "How do quantum entangled particles interact?"
The bloop was one of the things I mentioned as probably being completely trivial.
Electron self-interference on the other hand... Or quantum entanglement for that matter...
Did you watch the video?
There's nothing trivial about getting to understand one of the basic mechanisms by which the universe functions.
Particularly when it's something that's been puzzling physicists for very well near a century. Namely how something can act both as a particle and a wave at the same time. And how the mere act of observing it makes it act like a particle, as if it's sentient.
It is practically the definition of non-trivial and extraordinary. It goes against all logic.
Even if the answer was something completely mundane (Which it can't be by definition, since the mechanism by which it happens is unique and unknown), it would have more of an impact on humanity than the collected effort of every single historical curiosity one can think of.
As for you personal wishes: If facts could shut conspiracy theorists up, the mythbusters moon landing special should've been enough to get rid of those morons.
It's a wasted effort.
