Book questions "Magic of reality"

Book questins from the Book "Magic of Reality" from Richard Dawkins

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This flashcard set delves into the scientific explanations behind natural phenomena, focusing on topics like plate tectonics, the universe, light, and life processes. It explores concepts such as the movement of Earth's plates, the formation of stars, and the mechanics of light and rainbows. The set is particularly useful for secondary school students seeking to understand the scientific principles that govern our world, offering insights into how science explains what might otherwise seem miraculous.

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Chapter 8

How do astronomers explain the age of the universe?

They can calculate the expansion rate and work backwards towards when it started

Chapter 9

How does Dawkins explain the sightings of aliens?

Sleep paralysis: People who suffer from it have hallucinations about aliens

Chapter 9

What is the "Goldilocks zone"?

A zone where a planet is close enough to the sun (energy sources) and water in liquid form available

Chapter 9

If there are living creatures on other planets, what do they look like?

Appearance depends on characteristcs of planets (amount of gravity etc.), organs of perception for higher life forms, seeing/sonar (or electromagnetic radiation at different spectrum); but all this is speculative, we don't know

Chapter 10

What happens to continents over time?

They move and reshape

Chapter 10

At what speed do continents move?

He compares it to the growth of a fingernail. It's little for humans, but important for geological time

Chapter 10

What is a plate tectonics?

It's the science of how continents move. There are seven plates that cause movement on the surface of the earth

Chapter 10

What is the modern theory of plate tectonics?

The earth core consists of hot, liquid lava in the form of "honey" on which the plates float

Chapter 10

What is seafloor spreading?

The movement of plates away from each other, submerged under the sea

Chapter 10

What drives the great plates of the earth in various directions?

the heat of the earth core melts lava and leads to movements in the earth crust

Chapter 10

What is subduction?

Two plates collide, one plate moves under the other and pushes the border of the other plate up

Chapter 10

What formed the Himalayan Mountains?

Subductions of indian against eurasian plate

Chapter 11

What is Murphy's Law?

Everything that can go wrong will go wrong

Chapter 11

Why do bad things happen?

Everything happens by chance or according to the laws of science. It's only the human perpective which makes some events "bad". But it's also an illusion as you remember bad events more strongly

Chapter 11

While rejecting Murphys Law, Dawkins believes that something like it's a work how?

There is natural selection, the struggle of survival, so we still have instinctive fears that animals are dangerous, they are trying to "get" us. The world is full of enemies to our survival

Chapter 11

How does Dawkins explain superstitious beliefs?

Superstitious are the result of these fears

Chapter 11

How does Dawkins deal with the topic of illness?

Illnesses are caused vy bacteria and viruses, they need bodies to live and spread. The body has an immune system to fight them. But the immune system can overreact or fail to fight cancerous cells because they are so similar to normal body cells

Chapter 12

What does the story of Feynman's clock illustrate?

There usually is a perfecly normal explanation for what looks like a miracle

Chapter 12

What is Hume's advice when dealing with a supposed miracle?

You should only believe the testimony of a miracle if it were an even greater miracle that the person was lying

Chapter 12

What is Dawkins view on religous and other miracles?

Miracle do not happen. There is always a scientific explanation. We may not have found all explanations, but sciences will constantly broaden its reach and explain things.

Chapter 1

How do we know that things exist?

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Five senses

Chapter 1

Apart from our five senses, what other ways are there to find out what things exist(ed)?

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Scientific instruments

Chapter 1

Why are telescope like a time machine?

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We look at far-away galaxies where the light emitted takes a long time to reach us

Chapter 1

Why are models used in science?

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Models describe something complex/abstact part of the scientific procedure:

hypothesis, experiment, proof

Chapter 1

What was Gregor Mendel's achievement?

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Laws of heredity

Chapter 1

Which three senses (meanings) of the term "magic" does Dawkins describe?

Which one does he use in his title?

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Supernatural magic

poetic magic

stage magic

title: poetic magic

Chapter 1

What does the history of science show?

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the scientific process constantly expands what we can explain

Chapter 1

What is illustrated by the example of the pack of cards?

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Laws of probability determine all events

Chapter 1

What fundamental question did Darwin answer? And what was his answer?

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How do complex organisms come into existence?

Gradual change

Chapter 1

What is Darwin's great idea called in short?

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Evolution by natural selection

Chapter 2

How does Dawkins illustrate 185 million generations?

With piles of pictures, a tower of 70'000 m, 180 New York skyscrapers,

Chapter 2

Why is the change from fish to human not easily noted?

Because the changes are so gradual, in tiny steps. Changes only visible when you skip lots of pictures

Chapter 2

What do fossils show? And how are they dated?

Earlier forms of life on the planet, can be dated using the half-life of atomic isotopes

Chapter 2

Why is the concept of evolution hard to understand?

Because is nearly invisible, being so gradual

Chapter 2

what is DNA?

DNA is a genetic information code contained in every living cell

Chapter 3

Why are there different languages?

Languages split up over time and due to geographical barriers, they drift apart

Chapter 3

What is the eyuivalent of words in animals?

Genes

Chapter 3

What is the differents between species and languages?

Words can be integrated in other languages, while genes never mix in separate species

Chapter 3

Why are islands important for the development of different species?

Because they provide geographical barriers that allow the development of separate species

Chapter 3

What is special about the galapagos islands?

They are comparatively young islands, so the iguanas must have arrived from the main land and the developed into separate species on the various islands

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Chapter 11

How does Dawkins deal with the topic of illness?

Chapter 12

What does the story of Feynman's clock illustrate?

There usually is a perfecly normal explanation for what looks like a miracle

Chapter 12

What is Hume's advice when dealing with a supposed miracle?

You should only believe the testimony of a miracle if it were an even greater miracle that the person was lying

Chapter 12

What is Dawkins view on religous and other miracles?

Miracle do not happen. There is always a scientific explanation. We may not have found all explanations, but sciences will constantly broaden its reach and explain things.

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