Definitions by Daedalus
Science
An attempt to understand the world around us through observation of natural phenomenon. One of the most important concepts in science is the scientific method - a series of steps designed to allow us to learn about our surrounding efficiently and without misunderstanding.
Science is also sometimes posed in opposition to religion. While the two are not necessarily incompatible, there are several points on which they disagree, and there is also a major difference in their underlying principles: Science fits the theory to the evidence. Religion fits the evidence to the theory.
Science is also sometimes posed in opposition to religion. While the two are not necessarily incompatible, there are several points on which they disagree, and there is also a major difference in their underlying principles: Science fits the theory to the evidence. Religion fits the evidence to the theory.
Universe
Everything that exists, according to some theories. However, other theories hold there to be multiple Universes, and some even hold that a omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnicognizant, and basically omni(insert suffix here) being called (variously) Jehovah, Yehaweh, Allah, etc., but usually called by the name of 'God' created the Universe(s).
A collection of Universes is usually called a 'Multiverse.'
A collection of Universes is usually called a 'Multiverse.'
War
1. A pastime of many major governments, particularly the United States of America.
2. Organized mass-murder.
3. A way of keeping the population down, the people receptive to propaganda, the rate of technological invention up, and unemployment down.
4. The opposite of peace.
5. A very common state of affairs, possibly due to mankind's seemingly inherent tendency to, when confronted with a problem, find someone to blame and proceed to bash their head in.
2. Organized mass-murder.
3. A way of keeping the population down, the people receptive to propaganda, the rate of technological invention up, and unemployment down.
4. The opposite of peace.
5. A very common state of affairs, possibly due to mankind's seemingly inherent tendency to, when confronted with a problem, find someone to blame and proceed to bash their head in.
The USA was at war with Iraq.
Daedalus
1. A very intelligent inventor in Greek mythology who supposedly invented the labyrinth. He was subsequently imprisoned by King Minos of Crete, but escaped with his son Icarus by creating wings made of seagull feathers, wax, and string. Icarus, however, flew too close to the sun, and the wax melted - he fell to his death in the Ocean.
2. An Artificial Intelligence in the game Deus Ex: The Conspiracy. Created by Majestic 12 in order to identify terrorists, it identified Majestic 12 as a terrorist organization itself. Its predecessor was the Morpheus prototype, and it later joined with Icarus to form Helios. One method of winning the game was to join with the Helios AI.
3. Me.
2. An Artificial Intelligence in the game Deus Ex: The Conspiracy. Created by Majestic 12 in order to identify terrorists, it identified Majestic 12 as a terrorist organization itself. Its predecessor was the Morpheus prototype, and it later joined with Icarus to form Helios. One method of winning the game was to join with the Helios AI.
3. Me.
Daedalus was extremely intelligent.
Photon
A wave (or particle) that makes up electromagnetic radiation, or 'light.' This particle is also the quantization of the electromagnetic force. A vibrating electron will release a photon.
Scientists are still not sure whether photons are particles or waves. In reality, they have characteristics of both, leading some to suggest that they are particles which ride on an electromagnetic wave like surfers. One wonders what would happen if they fell off their hypothetical surfboards.
"Photon" is also used in The Hitchhiker Trilogy as a curse word, as in "What the photon is it, Ford?"
Scientists are still not sure whether photons are particles or waves. In reality, they have characteristics of both, leading some to suggest that they are particles which ride on an electromagnetic wave like surfers. One wonders what would happen if they fell off their hypothetical surfboards.
"Photon" is also used in The Hitchhiker Trilogy as a curse word, as in "What the photon is it, Ford?"