# Is There Anything Known To Be Real That Science Cannot Explain...At All? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315 "2012-03-30T20:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/121 "2012-04-02T15:30:55Z")
Was it the yellow pixels or red pixels that sucked Amelia Earhart into the 9th Dimension inside the moon? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/122 "2012-04-02T15:33:22Z")
> [@benbo1](#): > > When I and the 2 supporting websites talk about ‘opposite’, we meant ‘straight across’ - not, drilling thru the Earth’s core. Who ever said anything about crossing hemispheres, using the maximum possible diameter?!?! This is particularly mystifying, as the trolls gleefully point out how their version of ‘opposite’ the Bermuda Triangle puts them in the Southern Hemisphere! Not to be mean, but really - u claim to catch someone in a mistake, when u say their line thru the Earth ends up in a different hemisphere? As I thought was obvious, and should be by now, I (and the other websites previously mentioned) point out the fact that the Triangles are opposite not in the mathematician, mirror-image 360 degrees-complement sense, but in the more straightforward real-world sense. I have no idea what you’re on about here. In a real-world sense, yes, a point in the northern hemisphere would naturally have its antipode/opposite/whatever you want to call it in the southern hemisphere. I would think that most people, given a globe and a spot and asked what’s opposite it would do exactly what we’re saying: finding the antipode. This isn’t some kind of nerdy trolling nitpicking. I mean, you haven’t tried that in grammar school, when you find out what’s on the opposite side of where you live? It involves the imaginary “digging through the earth” scenario like in the cartoons, except that you don’t end up in China (like in the cartoons), but usually in the middle of the ocean (if you’re located in the US.) I mean, there’s even an [App for that](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opposite/id337143426?mt=8) called “Opposite.” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/123 "2012-04-02T15:40:49Z")
Antipodes made easy! 1. Find a globe of the earth. 2. Take a knitting needle and shove it through your point of interest. 3. Make sure the knitting needle intersects, exactly, through the epicenter of the sphere. It can then emerge through only one point on the globe, it’s opposite, or antipode. I’m not sure how the idea of an opposite, symmetrically, geographically, and geometrically speaking, can be any other way—other than arbitrarily defined. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/124 "2012-04-02T15:57:11Z")
> [@dataguy](#): > > Love [Quite easily explained.](http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-topic/2700925-tlh-manuela-on-the-price-is-right.html) Why don’t ducks quacks echo? Why?? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/125 "2012-04-02T16:01:49Z")
Has the raining of fish, frogs, etc. ever been sufficiently explained? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/126 "2012-04-02T16:03:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > …I mean, there’s even an [App for that](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opposite/id337143426?mt=8) called “Opposite.” There’s also this browser based Google [map tool](http://www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htm) which shows side-by-side maps. Especially useful if you want to make an [earth sandwich.](http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/127 "2012-04-02T16:26:17Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Why don’t ducks quacks echo? Why?? Note how cleverly I left the apostrophe as an exercise for learners of English as a second language.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/128 "2012-04-02T17:07:37Z")
Fuck a duck, how does it work? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/129 "2012-04-02T17:27:09Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > But isn’t the point of a thesis to ignore the facts and just make stuff up so it fits with what you’d rather believe? > > Besides, for every map of the earth showing the antipodes, threre’s 30,000 geocities sites claiming different. That’s just gotta count for something. Remove your close-minded mind-closers closing your minds, people! I do not think there is a scientific explanation for Geocities sites in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/130 "2012-04-02T17:36:53Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Fuck a duck, how does it work? First, you get down. Then, you get funky. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/131 "2012-04-02T20:09:19Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Has the raining of fish, frogs, etc. ever been sufficiently explained? For that matter, no one has ever explained why it rains where no man goeth! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/132 "2012-04-02T20:26:53Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I do not think there is a scientific explanation for Geocities sites in 2012. Or in 1997, for that matter. My god, the horror! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/133 "2012-04-02T21:43:10Z")
[animated, tiled .gif star pattern background, with umpteen cycling rainbow dividers and type in lime green and pink Comic Sans] _ ~~_ What NASA doesn’t want you to know _~~ _ [SIZE=“6”]The Moon is Hollow by Ned Dubbins, former NASA Custodial Engineer[/SIZE] Blah blah blah, the astronauts said there was ringing, Blah blah blah, inexplicably went on for, like, a million times longer than scientists could explain, Blah blah blah, ALL CAPS. Blah blah blah, other things taken out of context and reworded due to misunderstanding basic physics and/or I’m a disingenuous douche, but hey, lies are more interesting than reality (which you can easily look into yourself, but then I’ll call you close-minded like _they_ are). Anomalies, blah blah blah, pixels. [visit counter and animated .gif of letter going into a mailbox] ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/134 "2012-04-02T21:44:49Z")
Anomalies are the bugaboo of science-ists. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/135 "2012-04-02T21:55:09Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > [animated, tiled .gif star pattern background, with umpteen cycling rainbow dividers and type in lime green and pink Comic Sans] > > _ ~~_ What NASA doesn’t want you to know _~~ _ > [SIZE=“6”]The Moon is Hollow > by Ned Dubbins, former NASA Custodial Engineer[/SIZE] > Blah blah blah, the astronauts said there was ringing, Blah blah blah, inexplicably went on for, like, a million times longer than scientists could explain, Blah blah blah, ALL CAPS. Blah blah blah, other things taken out of context and reworded due to misunderstanding basic physics and/or I’m a disingenuous douche, but hey, lies are more interesting than reality (which you can easily look into yourself, but then I’ll call you close-minded like _they_ are). Anomalies, blah blah blah, pixels. > > [visit counter and animated .gif of letter going into a mailbox] _stares in awe_ It’s like I’m THERE! Whether “there” is Geocities, Angelfire or Tripod, I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/136 "2012-04-02T22:30:43Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Has the raining of fish, frogs, etc. ever been sufficiently explained? Try this: [It's Raining Frogs and Fish](http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4170) [QUOTE=Brian Dunning] Go back and read any story you’ve ever seen about frogs and fish falling from the sky, this time allowing for the possibility that the animals were already naturally on the ground when the witnesses first discovered them. Allow for the possibility that some elements of the report, like the falling part, could be based originally on witness conjecture or assumption. What you’ll find is that a tale so perplexing that the only possible explanation seemed to be a paranormal event, has now become a very cool example of rare animal behavior that most people don’t even know about. [/QUOTE] True, Brian’s explanation is not 100% conclusively proven, and if you’re determined that raining fish is paranormal, you can pick it apart. But it fits the observations and makes perfect sense. A reasonable application of critical thinking would be to tentatively accept it, until some solid evidence comes to light that doesn’t fit with it. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/137 "2012-04-02T22:59:47Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Has the raining of fish, frogs, etc. ever been sufficiently explained? First posted by **Encyclopedia Britannica** : > [@](#): > > [It is suspected, but remains unproven, that waterspouts sometimes draw fish and frogs into its vortex and then drop them onto land, thus accounting for the reported falls of such objects.](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637532/waterspout) > You would not get away with that sort of grammar on Wikipedia! Waterspouts are just, basically, tornadoes over water. There is noting especially mysterious about them. The explanation seems credible. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/138 "2012-04-02T23:42:36Z")
**cmyk** , you forgot the random _bold_, italics, and **underlines** peppered through the text, the \ tags, and the broken identity specifier&%ampers;;s. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/139 "2012-04-02T23:46:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **cmyk** , you forgot the random _bold_, italics, and **underlines** peppered through the text, the \ tags, and the broken identity specifier&%ampers;;s. I wanted to, but I was afraid of breaking something important on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![benbo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315/140 "2012-04-03T00:48:04Z")
well done, boys. Now go tell Mom what u want for dinner, & back to ‘World of Warcraft’. I hear Mila Kunis has some hacked pictures from her phone too, just published. SO, we ain’t really interested in unexplained mysteries . Still, mediocre flaming skillz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-known-to-be-real-that-science-cannot-explain-at-all/617315.md?page=8)