Vocab
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
What is bias?
Class of particles that are composed of exactly three quarks
What is baryon?
the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe and/or the solar system
What is heliocentrism?
The philosophy that all that exists is material
What is materialism?
a substance identical to ordinary matter except that the electrical charges of particles are opposite
Matter and antimatter always occur in these
What are pairs?
a small circle whose venter moves around the circumference of a larger one
What is epicycle?
anti-electon
What is a positron?
Enormous amounts of this are released when particles and antiparticles touch
What is energy?
a planet that orbits a star other than the sun, and therefore belongs to a planetary system other than our solar system
What is an extra-solar planet?
These prevent people from easily changing their worldview even when presented with evidence
What are assumptions?
These are giant gas planets in our solar system
What are Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, and Neptune?
a thing tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action
What is presupposition?
Foundational _________ are required to make sense of anything
What are presuppositions?
This begs the question, "If other life does exist, there is everybody?"
What is the Fermi paradox?