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:Hey Grinder, here are some pics: [http://images.google.com/images?q=rainbows%20are%20circular&hl=en&sa=N&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi Circular Rainbows] [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 15:50, 13 March 2007 (EDT) | :Hey Grinder, here are some pics: [http://images.google.com/images?q=rainbows%20are%20circular&hl=en&sa=N&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi Circular Rainbows] [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 15:50, 13 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
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:: "it has difficulty explaining why they seem beautiful and evoke such feelings of awe and mystery." ... has science ever tried to explain this? It comes off like a cheap dig.--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 12:08, 15 March 2007 (EDT) | :: "it has difficulty explaining why they seem beautiful and evoke such feelings of awe and mystery." ... has science ever tried to explain this? It comes off like a cheap dig.--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 12:08, 15 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| − | ::: How would you like to phrase it? I was trying for some compromise between various possibilities. I didn't | + | ::: How would you like to phrase it? I was trying for some compromise between various possibilities that occurred to me. I didn't want to say that science cannot explain the appearance of rainbows, because it can. But I didn't want to give the impression that science ''explains away'' rainbows. But it is possible that an evolutionist ''could'' hypothesis some adaptive advantage to perceiving beauty, so... |
| − | ::: Ah, got it. ''Physics'' cannot explain... | + | ::: Ah, got it. ''Physics'' cannot explain... |
::: If we just want to say rainbows '''are''' beautiful and awe-inspiring that's also fine, and if anyone want to slap a <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tag on it there shouldn't be much of a problem finding a source citation... like... hmmmm.... yeah, of course: Wordsworth, "My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky:/So was it when my life began;/So is it now I am a man;/So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!" I'll try making that change and see what people think. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:01, 15 March 2007 (EDT) | ::: If we just want to say rainbows '''are''' beautiful and awe-inspiring that's also fine, and if anyone want to slap a <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tag on it there shouldn't be much of a problem finding a source citation... like... hmmmm.... yeah, of course: Wordsworth, "My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky:/So was it when my life began;/So is it now I am a man;/So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!" I'll try making that change and see what people think. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:01, 15 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Rainbow = circle?
How can a rainbow be a circle? Can you provide any satellite pictures that can support this claim? Grinder 21:31, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
- Hey Grinder, here are some pics: Circular Rainbows Jrssr5 15:50, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- "it has difficulty explaining why they seem beautiful and evoke such feelings of awe and mystery." ... has science ever tried to explain this? It comes off like a cheap dig.--Dave3172 12:08, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
- How would you like to phrase it? I was trying for some compromise between various possibilities that occurred to me. I didn't want to say that science cannot explain the appearance of rainbows, because it can. But I didn't want to give the impression that science explains away rainbows. But it is possible that an evolutionist could hypothesis some adaptive advantage to perceiving beauty, so...
- Ah, got it. Physics cannot explain...
- If we just want to say rainbows are beautiful and awe-inspiring that's also fine, and if anyone want to slap a {{fact}} tag on it there shouldn't be much of a problem finding a source citation... like... hmmmm.... yeah, of course: Wordsworth, "My heart leaps up when I behold/A rainbow in the sky:/So was it when my life began;/So is it now I am a man;/So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!" I'll try making that change and see what people think. Dpbsmith 15:01, 15 March 2007 (EDT)