Ron Miller's discussions

The Bible goes beyond what can reasonably be described as "metaphor" when describing the universe. Aside from the patent fairy tale of the Garden of Eden there is what the Bible explicitly says about the earth itself. In no uncertain words we are told that it is flat, has corners, is supported by pillars, has a solid… Read more

It hardly matters that there is not universal agreement among creationists: their basic premise is the same regardless...and that premise is absolutely insupportable. Read more

Better me embracing the machine than vice versa. I remember what Robby the Robot could do with a couple of tons of sheet lead. Read more

Sadly, "ever" would seem to mean anything after 1970, more or less. Read more

You are, of course, free to believe whatever you like...though how you link this theory to the "rare earth" argument or global warming escapes me. Read more

Did you read the article? It points out that the entire thing turned out to be mistake on the part of a reporter. Read more

Your first sentence is mistaken. In fact, the composition of the moon is best explained by the impact theory...which was evolved largely to explain the moon's composition...which is not what it would be if it formed from the same mass of dust and gas the earth did. The "big splat" has its problems and its critics but… Read more

Not really. Read more

You are right...but I located the viewpoint at a high latitude in order to keep the planets low on the horizon and in a familiar orientation. Read more

It is that big...but it is very small compared to the size of Jupiter. However, if you will compare the size of the Red Spot in this picture to the size of the moon in the first panel in this series, you will see that it is roughly four times larger than the moon...that is, about the size the earth would appear in the… Read more

I probably over-simplified in saying that the energy would be "used up." What will happen is that the universe will reach a state of maximum entropy. All available energy will have moved to regions of less energy. Once this has happened, no more work can be extracted from the universe. Heat energy, for instance, will… Read more

Exactly! :-) Read more

One of my problems with this is that apparently something the size of a Zeppelin dropped into the crater of a volcano...with absolutely no effect on the volcano at all. Not even so much as a puff of smoke... Read more

Even better yet! Judith might be the only woman to appear in two categories! There are four pictures of her in the 1970s Cosplay article, too! Read more

Judith aka Captain Judikha was flattered beyond measure to discover this morning that she made your list! A big Thank You from the Captain! Read more

The surface images taken by the Huygens lander are in visible light. Read more

There's already been a lander on Titan. Read more

Mostly Photoshop with some help from Terragen. Read more

Saturn subtends an angle of only 12 degrees in Titan's sky. It's 90 degrees from horizon to a point directly overhead, so Saturn covers not quite 1/8 of that distance. Read more