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packman

(16,296 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:30 PM Apr 2016

We all start off as a flash of light - [View all]

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The brighter the flash, the healthier the embryo

When the sperm hits the egg:

" ... (a) bright flash occurs because when sperm enters an egg it triggers calcium to increase which releases zinc from the egg. As the zinc shoots out, it binds to small molecules which emit a fluorescence "

Interesting, we were ALL bright sparks at one time - and then living caught up to us (sorry, being a bit down today)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/26/bright-flash-of-light-marks-incredible-moment-life-begins-when-s/

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We all start off as a flash of light - [View all] packman Apr 2016 OP

Sparks of the Divine Octafish Apr 2016 #1

I caught Jesus once but he pooped on me snooper2 Apr 2016 #2

New Insights on the Impact of Light --"From Atomic to Astronomical Scales" Octafish Apr 2016 #5

Divine? cleanhippie Apr 2016 #4

Who knows? Octafish Apr 2016 #6

Unless you're using your own definition of divine, then you mean 'God did it!' cleanhippie Apr 2016 #8

On the other hand, a terraformed Earth? FrodosPet Apr 2016 #38

It was the mice... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #74

You have your reasons for feeling that way. Octafish Apr 2016 #47

Feelings are a poor substitute for actually reading the study. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #52

Well, words have meanings, and divine means "God did it". cleanhippie Apr 2016 #68

Yeah, I read something about that in "Nature" last month... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #43

How profound. Octafish Apr 2016 #44

Not nearly as profound as the "who knows, so probably God" hypothesis, I daresay. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #77

what no one is allow to believe in god saturnsring Apr 2016 #16

Anyone can believe anything they want. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #21

Pretty pissweak god. The Mantis Shrimp causes more light when it punches the shit out of something. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #24

god is supposed to put on a show to impress you? saturnsring Apr 2016 #29

No. To do that, your god would have to exist. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #32

and you presume to know he doesnt saturnsring Apr 2016 #39

Only in the same sense I 'know' there isn't a teapot in orbit around Jupiter. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #41

Where is your God now, Moses? Bucky Apr 2016 #49

it is a chemical reaction. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #22

or static discharge from all of the grinding Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #30

a possigle energy source... one that, some might claim, is limitless! Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #33

tenacious lill' buggers Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #34

a possigle energy source... one that, some might claim, is limitless! AlbertCat Apr 2016 #56

Sparks of the Divine AlbertCat Apr 2016 #46

Zinc? No, that would be Zyqxkph longship Apr 2016 #51

Only seconded by "Quiz" Oneironaut Apr 2016 #54

Life is divine! Oneironaut Apr 2016 #53

Divine is divine! AlbertCat Apr 2016 #57

We are all star stuff! cleanhippie Apr 2016 #3

Wow. What a lovely and inspiring realization. Hortensis Apr 2016 #7

It's not a miracle, it's a common occurrence that happens billions of times a year. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #9

Why would commonality mean it is not a miracle, CleanHippie? Hortensis Apr 2016 #12

It's not a miracle. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #18

^^this^^ Blue Dalek Apr 2016 #23

bless your heart n/t zazen Apr 2016 #27

That you only mean that as an insult says more about you than anything else. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #42

I actually don't mean it as an insult, which native Southerners understand. n/t zazen Apr 2016 #69

As a native southerner, I know exactly what it means. And it's pure condescension. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #73

You mean an insult native southerners INVENTED. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #75

bless your heart AlbertCat Apr 2016 #48

Word is that mine was a blinding flash of light malaise Apr 2016 #10

In your case I'm sure it was sky rockets in flight pinboy3niner Apr 2016 #70

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Apr 2016 #71

Not trying to be a buzzkill, but.... intrepidity Apr 2016 #11

But it's a miracle!!!!!! cleanhippie Apr 2016 #19

Tie goes to the Mantis Shrimp then. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #25

Thank you! SeattleVet Apr 2016 #31

+1 FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #36

Thank you for this... VOX Apr 2016 #60

No rational explanations allowed malaise Apr 2016 #64

Except, it isn't actually a rational explanation intrepidity Apr 2016 #65

+1,000 malaise Apr 2016 #66

I don't know 'bout no flash of light but my father said, at one time, I was but a gleam in his eye. Hoppy Apr 2016 #13

DUzy malaise Apr 2016 #72

We are stardust annabanana Apr 2016 #14

That's what happens when you begin as stardust. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2016 #15

Interesting, for sure! Faux pas Apr 2016 #17

Very interesting. highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #20

Can't wait to see this stupid misundestood shit show up in my facebook feed. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #26

No waiting required. FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #35

Good point. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #37

I especially enjoy that they are still posting that shit, without reading clarifying comments. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #40

Zealots are taking to this like...sperm to eggs? VOX Apr 2016 #61

Yep. Every third fuckwit talking about this on facebook is going on and on about how abortion AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #63

It reminds me of the big bang theory! Catkin Apr 2016 #28

What a fantastic piece of research. I just love this.... Hekate Apr 2016 #45

Yes I read all that stuff. Just like I read the study that led to the article. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #55

Thank you intrepidity Apr 2016 #59

And it took hours, not a 'flash'. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #62

reporting this to Moderators Bucky Apr 2016 #50

but no one sees it so - LiberalElite Apr 2016 #58

No, it doesn't happen AT ALL outside a lab test. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #76

ok... we start out as a LiberalElite Apr 2016 #78

Nothing. Proves nothing, except the relative fitness of the egg by way of correlation to previous AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #79

"We all start off as a flash of light" - FALSE!!! Please don't spread misinformation intrepidity Apr 2016 #67