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Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs by Lisa Randall
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Our Souls are Dark

It is an increasingly accepted speculation that souls might in fact be made of dark matter. According to our latest models, they (dark souls) condense first and allow life to settle down around them. Of course, they can't be detected since they are not detectable by ordinary matter science.

On death, the souls depart from the body, and can go to heaven/cause rebirth via re-agglomeration depending on religious practices of the ordinary matter person associated with the soul. It is not yet fully understood how religious practices affect the dark matter core of a person. However, we do know that the souls get affected by a lifetime of sins, penance, charity, etc.

It is accepted by now that no life can form without a dark soul though some scientists still like the older idea that a soul is required only for higher life forms, probably only humans. Lower life forms can agglomerate without the gravitational-religious pull exerted by the soul-core. The source of this mysterious force that is akin to gravity but applies only to life-forms is yet to be discovered. It is exciting to consider that life might be the only source of interaction between dark and ordinary matter, outside the even more mysterious realm of gravity.

This allows us to speculate that ghosts might be real. In certain religions, certain required practices being not performed would mean that the soul-core is not fully freed from its person-form. This makes it unstable and dangerous, in a limbo state between dark and ordinary matter, and causes it to react in unpredictable ways with ordinary matter - sometimes violating the laws of ordinary matter physics. It is not entirely clear how this comes about.

Dark matter souls normally interact with entirely new forces and particles that do not interact with ordinary matter. But it has been observed over time that religion can have an effect on this. It is a matter of great speculation how nature of reality is altered by the gravitational-religious forces that seem to transcend the dark-ordinary boundary and allow some diffuse interactions. A new temple is proposed to be built near CERN to test the interactions and to identify the carriers of these interactions. We anxiously await the results. We are also hoping to bump into a few celebrity souls/ghosts over there. It is a whole new world that awaits us!
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February 4, 2016 – Started Reading
February 10, 2016 – Shelved
February 10, 2016 – Shelved as: science-physics
February 10, 2016 – Shelved as: pop-science
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message 1: by Jibran (new)

Jibran Haha great!


message 2: by Jana (new) - added it

Jana We don't know anything.


Riku Sayuj :)


message 4: by Manny (new)

Manny You aren't fooling me. I've read The Amber Spyglass, and I know dark matter is really angels.


David Rubenstein wonderful! :-)


message 6: by Matthias (new)

Matthias I'm buying it.


message 7: by Glenn (last edited Feb 11, 2016 06:30AM) (new)

Glenn Russell I asked Roger Freedman, one of the tops in physics and astronomy: What do we know now in the world of physics that we didn't know 25 years ago? Roger said that we now know as a matter of certainty that 85%-90% of the universe is composed of dark matter and dark energy. ---- I don't know about you, but this blows my mind!


message 8: by Jana (new) - added it

Jana There is a book called God is Dark Energy by Walter Parks. Haven't read it, but it is just a coincidence that I know about the same topic, different author. It is a puzzle game with these subjects; you have to have so many different resources to come to one single coherent thought.


message 9: by Zadignose (new)

Zadignose chlub: "Doctor, help me. I've got a pain around here... around my stomach, and intestines."

MD: "You have gastroenteritis!"

Schlub: "My God. What's that?"

MD: "That means an illness of the stomach and intestines."

Schlub: "But what causes it?"

MD: "Hell if I know. Wait a while and you'll probably get better."

Schlub: "Doctor, help me. My universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and I don't know why that is."

Physisist: "It's caused by dark energy!"

Schlub: "Holy crap! What the hell is dark energy!?"

Physisist: "It's another name for the tendency of the universe to expand at an accelerating rate."

Schlub: "How does that work?"

Physisist: "Hell if I know. Wait a while and we'll probably figure it out."


message 10: by Lilo (new) - added it

Lilo Are you kidding me? Has this got anything to do with serious science, or is this just some kind of religion kidnapping components of hypothetical physics?


message 11: by Ted (new)

Ted I bet any good pres. candidate could use this book to convince any number of voters that climate change is a hoax. This here is the topic we SHOULD be funding research in, not that other crap.


message 12: by Augustus (new)

Augustus Seems like dark-matter version of Stuart Hameroff's quantum woo woo.


message 13: by Zadignose (new)

Zadignose Lilo wrote: "Are you kidding me? Has this got anything to do with serious science, or is this just some kind of religion kidnapping components of hypothetical physics?"

I made the immediate assumption that Riku is kidding you, but that the author of the book is not... but the review may not bear much relevance to the book? Dunno.


message 14: by Riku (new) - rated it 3 stars

Riku Sayuj Zadignose wrote: "Lilo wrote: "Are you kidding me? Has this got anything to do with serious science, or is this just some kind of religion kidnapping components of hypothetical physics?"

I made the immediate assump..."


That is correct. This is a parody review, everyone...

The book is twice a serious as the review :)


message 15: by Riku (new) - rated it 3 stars

Riku Sayuj Manny wrote: "You aren't fooling me. I've read The Amber Spyglass, and I know dark matter is really angels."

Oh... but my research is stronger. I have got funding too. Where are the other guy's papers??


message 16: by Will (new) - rated it 3 stars

Will White Be that as it may... this has absolutely nothing to do with the information as it is presented in the book.


message 17: by Riku (new) - rated it 3 stars

Riku Sayuj Will wrote: "Be that as it may... this has absolutely nothing to do with the information as it is presented in the book."

I would like to think it does :) For much of the book I felt the same way someone would feel when they read this review - much science; no substantiation.


message 18: by Lilo (new) - added it

Lilo Zadignose wrote: "Lilo wrote: "Are you kidding me? Has this got anything to do with serious science, or is this just some kind of religion kidnapping components of hypothetical physics?"

I made the immediate assump..."


Thank you for putting my mind at ease. I was all befuddled. :-)


message 19: by Lilo (new) - added it

Lilo @ Riku: You did have me a bit confused. And I had thought I'd recognize a satire or parody when I see one. I must be getting senile. :-)


message 20: by Riku (new) - rated it 3 stars

Riku Sayuj Lilo wrote: "@ Riku: You did have me a bit confused. And I had thought I'd recognize a satire or parody when I see one. I must be getting senile. :-)"

Or, I am too much of an expert :)


message 21: by Nitin (new)

Nitin Dangwal Seriously. For a moment I was like, 'what the heck! Did I miss out on the latest cutting edge scientific findings.' In such situations, comments help :)


message 22: by Lilo (new) - added it

Lilo Riku wrote: "Lilo wrote: "@ Riku: You did have me a bit confused. And I had thought I'd recognize a satire or parody when I see one. I must be getting senile. :-)"

Or, I am too much of an expert :)"


Who knows?--For the time being, dark matter remains a bit dark for me. :-)


message 23: by Lynne (new) - added it

Lynne King Riku,

This sounds rather an interesting subject. I think that I'd like to read this book.


message 24: by Clif (new)

Clif Hostetler Thanks for admitting that "This is a parody review." I was on the verge of deciding to NOT read the book.


message 25: by Jan (new)

Jan Rice "...It is not yet fully understood how religious practices affect the dark matter core of a person. However, we do know that the souls get affected by a lifetime of sins, penance, charity, etc.....

This comic strip seems to fit!
nonsequitur4-11-16


message 26: by Lilo (new) - added it

Lilo LOVE IT!--I couldn't agree more.


message 27: by Clif (new)

Clif Hostetler Another view of matter.
Doesn't Matter


Lucydad Wow what a pile of pseudo-science excrement. Baloney.


message 29: by Drew (new)

Drew Ericsson This review has nothing to do with book to which it is attached.


message 30: by Clif (new)

Clif Hostetler Drew wrote: "This review has nothing to do with book to which it is attached."

i.e. -- It's a parody review


Anurag Sharma This review is a load of crap. Or written by someone who is a big fan of The Onion.


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