Kalash of Cultures - Pakistan: http://youtu.be/qEXnEfdvv6s The argument: 1. Watch the video; this Dardic mountain tribe plays polo. They fiercely fought for their independence through the ages, till the British arrived; at which point they adopted some British customs like playing polo on weekends (although they claim they invented the game first). 2. The Kalasha have lived in geographic isolation for so long that their DNA has diverged. But, there are markers to suggest that they come from around the Mediterranean(that is, that they are Dardic). There are 2 theories as to how they got there: a. They were travellers along the silk route who decided to settle in a scenic location and sell spices, apricots and cherries (the latter two do not grow in the subcontinent, only in the Mediterranean; and with no contact with the outside world for centuries, there's no other way they could've gotten these fruits) b. They are descendants of Alexander the Great 's armies; who ref...
Event Horizon
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ReplyDeleteThat straddles the line between cool and creepy.
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ReplyDeleteDon't panic.
IF anything bad was going to happen, it already would have. Billions of years before our sun even formed.
Natural cosmic rays, which are mostly photons as well, have been detected with at least 20 million times more energy than the photons at the LHC. And that's just the ones we got lucky enough to catch with tiny little detectors. So how much energy they could max out at is anyone's guess.
But if photons slamming into photons with 20 million times the energy of the LHC hasn't ended things, I doubt our little toy will either.
half life has begun...
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