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That's not entirely correct. There was no "catholic" church before the schism (which was between 1050-1100 AD I think) that ended up with the Catholic (west) and the Orthodox (east) churches. I may not care for religion much but I still see orthodoxy as the "true" christianity On topic, the first man was a baby, duh .&-

You realize that smells and surfaces are made of atoms? I'm sorry but your post makes me think you're 12 years old. At least one fascinated by physics

I don't see why consciousness cannot be the product of darwinian evolution. Even if we accept that consciousness offers nothing to the survival of a species, it would have to be a hindrance somehow for it to be ruled out by evolution. I don't think there's any evidence that consciousness lessens the chances of survival, quite the contrary. As for "why" it came to be when it seems that everything about consciousness has a physical counterpart, my opinion is that we are quick to separate it from its physical counterparts. When a brain of a certain complexity evolves, then consciousness emerges. This has no direct link with evolution, it is just what happens. As a molecule of a certain complexity becomes "alive" and replicates, the same higher state is achieved by the complexity of a brain.

Well, if the decimal number is easy i know how to do it. A power of 0.5 equals square root, so 9^1.5 = 9^1.0 x 9^0.5 = 9x3 = 27. A power of 0.33 i suppose is the cubic root. I don't know how to generalize this though.

Can anyone elaborate on what is known about it? Are there any implications for physics? I read somewhere that it could be an explanation for inertia. Could it be used as a source of energy?

Why is dark energy needed? Is the zero-point (vacuum) energy related to this at all?

The movement and rotation of galaxies cannot be explained by their visible mass. It would be required about 10 times more mass for the observations we have. Since we are currently unable to detect this matter, it is referred to as "dark matter". It's probably made up of subatomic particles we can't detect or brown dwarf stars that shed no light or other detectable waves.