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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on January 05, 2005, 02:39:39 PM
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http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html
There are 120 responses from scientists and "science-minded thinkers" and many offer an interesting perspective.
Enjoy.
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What an awesome site!
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Oswald did not make the fatal shot.
That man really walked on the moon.
That Micheal Jackson is an alien.
And that Emanuel lewis is Sammy Davis Jr's and Eartha Kitt's love child.
That while sleep walking I peed on the couch but every body thought it was the dog.
That Ron Jeramey and Tom Jones are related.
That Elvis is still alive and is a pie taster for sara lee.
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sex feels really good.
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There is intelligent life somehwere in the universe,..maybe even in our own Solar system.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
There is intelligent life somehwere in the universe,..maybe even in our own Solar system.
...and possibly in Texas? :D
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Originally posted by Sandman
...and possibly in Texas? :D
Sandy,
You asked for things that we couldn't individually prove, not things that are IMPOSSIBLE to prove!:p
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nothing :cool:
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
There is intelligent life somehwere in the universe,..maybe even in our own Solar system.
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I doubt it.
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Karma.
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ghosts
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World peace
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Originally posted by Sandman
...and possibly in Texas? :D
We would need further clarification on the meaning of 'intelligence' in this case. Set the bar and let's see who steps up to it.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
We would need further clarification on the meaning of 'intelligence' in this case. Set the bar and let's see who steps up to it.
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That we all have souls and therefore have the inherent ability to understand all the great truths of the universe but are hampered, by varying degrees, by our physical body (i.e. the brain). Therefore, when we die we comprehend the answers to whatever questions that may have plagued us in our lifetimes. This is why there are "geniuses"; their synapses fire faster than most. Death is the great equalizer in more ways than one.
Yes, I admit to having once done the drug scene, but that was a long time ago. Really.
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Intelligence, Texas, Aggies 3 words that are almost never heard spoken at the same time...
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
We would need further clarification on the meaning of 'intelligence' in this case. Set the bar and let's see who steps up to it.
I'm your huckleberry. IQ of 153 & SAT scores high enough to exempt UH's pre-req's. Wait, nevermind... I'm not from Texas. I just live here.
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Your I.Q. just dropped 20 points with that great post...
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Originally posted by VWE
Your I.Q. just dropped 20 points with that great post...
And it's probably still 50 points higher than yours LOL:D
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Leave it to the Texas Aggies to be intelligent enough to bring farmers maroon cotton that is resistant to the boll weaval but because of their intelligence they forget to look both ways before crossing the street and get hit by koreans on bicycles.
True story from a few years back while with a group of friends enjoying a beer at the chicken.
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Originally posted by VWE
Your I.Q. just dropped 20 points with that great post...
I've finally been blatantly insulted in the O'Club. I feel like part of the community now... sweet.
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That wombatt is Mr. Black
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Originally posted by indy007
I've finally been blatantly insulted in the O'Club. I feel like part of the community now... sweet.
LOL join the club.
you need a thick skin around here mate.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
That wombatt is Mr. Black
That midnight target pee's sitting down.
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Originally posted by wombatt
That midnight target pee's sitting down.
pees
Unless you meant that my pee IS sitting down. In which case I would have to say... I was right.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
pees
Unless you meant that my pee IS sitting down. In which case I would have to say... I was right.
Think you Mr wizard you must read many books while sitting down to urinate.
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UFOs. We had a rash of sightings where I lived about 25 years ago, and myself and a few dozen other people saw things that I know were not Earthly in nature. Enough people saw this that it made the paper, but I caught so much grief from friends and coworkers when the subject came up I quit talking about it.
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And it's probably still 50 points higher than yours LOL
It amazes me you can even turn your computer on let alone type a message!
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Originally posted by VWE
It amazes me you can even turn your computer on let alone type a message!
LOL I built it :aok 1 of 100s
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There are cheaper and more natural outright cures for diseases that drug companies know about suppress because they would no longer be able to make a profit from making their drugs.
The vast majority of computer virus's are created by the very antivirus software companies that claim to be so vigilant in combating them.
There is a God
There is no 1 "correct" religion.
People who claim to be "saved", arent
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Great site, Sandman, thanks.
I believe, but cannot prove, that life on Earth comes from spontaneous evolution, i.e., life, including human, evolved relatively simultaneously from the primordial soup all over the globe.
This accounts for the basic competitiveness of all life forms for their own space and survival. DNA aside, there is no single thread of humanity let alone all life. There were many Eves, and their heirs continue to compete.
If cooperation proves the most successful way to thrive, it is done.
If competition proves the most successful way to thrive, it is done.
If exterminating rivals proves the most successful way to thrive, it is done.
Cooperation and sharing is best achieved from a position of strength. It is rarely achieved from a position of weakness.
Relative peace is achieved only in proportion to the number of people perceiving not only that they have equitable shares of the communal wealth, but are respected for their contributions to it.
Thus spake Halothustra.
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That our souls exist somewhere else, out in eternity-land, and in a whole nuther scenario outside of our physical bodies. Our brains are basically like antennas, and we're being driven by remote control from somewhere else. When we die, our bodies die... but our souls - us, really - are still out there holding the remote control unit. So nothing much changes. We are not humans having a spiritual experience, we are spirits having a human experience.
Booyah!
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That there is no practical limit to human stupidity.
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Theory of the Big Bang says we were created from nothing...
how can something come out of nothing?
hmm
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Originally posted by SLO
Theory of the Big Bang says we were created from nothing...
how can something come out of nothing?
hmm
I don't believe that this is the theory. The "something" was there, just compressed.
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Originally posted by Sandman
I don't believe that this is the theory. The "something" was there, just compressed.
If you're a believer in the bubble theory it applies, but if you don't, then its empty space(which means NOTHING)...
but I understand what you mean, question of wording only...
and who said it was compressed, or has to be:cool:
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"I don't believe that this is the theory. The "something" was there, just compressed."
or that something was god...the difference being, god and the texts assosiated with him are much more likely to stop someone from the path of "evil" than some bubble of energy...
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Originally posted by SLO
If you're a believer in the bubble theory it applies, but if you don't, then its empty space(which means NOTHING)...
but I understand what you mean, question of wording only...
and who said it was compressed, or has to be:cool:
Not entirely,
e/m waves, heat, other forms of energy, etc exist in 'empty space.' Mass isn't the only thing out there. It possesses dimension... it's not non-existant, nothing.
string theory iz t3h rox0rz
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that there are extremely hot young women that will go for a one night stand and never bother you again-and you don't have to pay for it either.
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That dogs understand speech, individual words, not just tone of voice.
Cats are telepathic, the bastards know what you are thinking....especially when you mean them harm.
That there is life on other planets and in other galaxies, but , contrary to majority opinion, they aren't as advanced technologically as humans.
Osama Bin Laden is dead.
Harold Holt was kidnapped by a submarine.
My dog is responsible for the dead possums that show up in my yard every so often.
We have a soul (for want of a better word) and allthough not eternal, it exists for many human lifetimes, and in many differant forms.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
There is intelligent life somehwere in the universe,..maybe even in our own Solar system.
definatly not anywhere on earth. i hear the gas demons of jupiter have a good chance of it though.
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<-----------[ What Skuzzy said...
Tronsky
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I believe but cannot prove...
That I would be a better hubby for that gal at work I like so much.
That Darwin was right. The fossil record damnit!
When kicked in the nuts it's not actually your balls that hurt.
That Britney has the best legs of all celebs.
That I would kick butt on Wheel Of Fortune.
That fate is out to get me and laughs at my expense when he succeeds.
That I was dropped on my head as a child but it did not effect me... that I was dropped on my head... that I was dropped on my head.. SPIDERS SPIDERS!!!!! GET THEM OFF MEEEE!!!!
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WOW! Right up my alley as far as things that I think to about , thanks Sandman!
Gosh, I have so many of my own.
UFOs: they are real, created by some intelligent entity for a purpose but are they are not physical, solid objects....yet they can mimick real, solid objects. I believe UFOs are a "spiritual" or "supernatural" phenomena. Ghosts, crop circles, paranormal activity all fall into the same catagory as UFOs.
Creator: I think that science will one day come to the conclusion that the universe was created by a higher being.
To explain the existance of all the matter in the universe, we are left with only two logical choices (imo) to explain it's existence, each of which cannot be expained by man.
1. all the matter always existed througout all time
2. all the matter was created out of absolutely nothing.
My "creator" belief ties into my belief that UFOs, ghosts and such are not physical, yet can manifest themselves in physical ways to us.
Gravity science is all wrong about the nature and understanding of it. A mass in space will not attract or interact in any way with another mass sitting in close proximity, unless they have an atmosphere and/or magnetic fields ( iirc). Think about that.
Gravity is heavy chit!
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I'm your huckleberry. IQ of 153 & SAT scores high enough to exempt UH's pre-req's. Wait, nevermind... I'm not from Texas. I just live here.
You don't have an IQ of 153. And pre-requisite classes are just for people who are struggling with a certain subject. But thanks for lying to us though.
Things I believe but can't prove:
1)The P-51 was a better fighter than the Spitfire Mk.14
2)Alien life-forms exist
3)Giant squid ate sailors during World War II
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Originally posted by SunTracker
You don't have an IQ of 153. And pre-requisite classes are just for people who are struggling with a certain subject. But thanks for lying to us though.
Things I believe but can't prove:
1)The P-51 was a better fighter than the Spitfire Mk.14
2)Alien life-forms exist
3)Giant squid ate sailors during World War II
This gets better and better. Now I'm insulted, and called a liar, by someone who has a very poor grasp of punctuation.
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Nothing unreal exists
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Originally posted by Sandman
I don't believe that this is the theory. The "something" was there, just compressed.
what compressed this "something"? (MT sitting to pee maybe?)
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That good BBQ is really a gift from the Ghods and was brought here by an advance civilization from another galaxy. All those "burnt offerings" you read about in the Bible are a garbled history of this fact.
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Originally posted by Toad
That good BBQ is really a gift from the Ghods and was brought here by an advance civilization from another galaxy. All those "burnt offerings" you read about in the Bible are a garbled history of this fact.
True.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
There is intelligent life somehwere in the universe,..maybe even in our own Solar system.
I second that one Skuzzy.. Though I doubt other "intelligent" life is in our solar system, but some sort of life could very well be present.. :aok
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Guess I should dive in with my own...
I believe that there is no god. That said, I do believe that there was a man named Jesus Christ.
I believe that there is extraterrestrial life. I do not believe it has ever visited Earth.
I believe that death is the end. It's not a gateway. It's not a transition. Life simply ends. I must admit, that sometimes this is a troubling thought.
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Sandy, I'm the most pragmatic person you'll ever know, but I've had the existance of the spirit, and life after death, demonstrated to me. Not through faith, because at the time I had little, but through actual physical manifestation.
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Originally posted by Airhead
Sandy, I'm the most pragmatic person you'll ever know, but I've had the existance of the spirit, and life after death, demonstrated to me. Not through faith, because at the time I had little, but through actual physical manifestation.
Now this definitely requires a detailed description. ;)
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It probably involved SOB, peyote and a gerbil.
-SW
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I'm your huckleberry. IQ of 153 & SAT scores high enough to exempt UH's pre-req's. Wait, nevermind... I'm not from Texas. I just live here.
153 not bad did you get that report from emode.com
Dictionary.com
intelligence quotient
n. Abbr. IQ
The ratio of tested mental age to chronological age, usually expressed as a quotient multiplied by 100.
well considering the mental age of these boards your actual score may be closer to 1000......(hence a legend in your own mind.)
:p
DoctorYo
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I believe in rainbows, and puppy dogs and fairy tales. And I believe in the family: Mom, and Dad, and Grandma, and Uncle Todd, who waves his noodle.
And I believe in 8 of the Ten Commandments, and I believe in going to church every Sunday, unless there's a game on.
And I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, wholesome, and natural things that money can buy.
And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as "boobs", "jugs", "winnebagos", or "golden bozos". And you should only refer to them as "hooters".
And I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal, high enough so you can look up her dress.
And I believe in equality, equality for everyone, no matter how stupid they are, or how much better I am than they are.
And people say I'm crazy for believing this, but I believe that robots are stealing my luggage.
And I believe I made a mistake when I bought a 30-story, one-bedroom apartment.
And I believe that the "Battle of the Network Stars" should be fought with guns.
And I believe that Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was: an arctic region, covered with ice.
And I believe the United States should let all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language: Apache.
And lastly, I believe that of all the evils on this earth, there is nothing worse than the music you are listening to right now.
-Steve Martin-
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But isn't "truth" the end result of the process of belief anyway? (Or falsehood for that matter.)
Eg. You can "prove" to me that the sum of one and one is two; but only because I believe in the value that was pretty much randomly assigned to a certain symbol.
Or tell a 6 year old that Santa Claus isnt real. And that he doesnt fly around the world behind 8 tiny reindeer and delivers gifts to 6 billion people in one night. That kid wont believe a word that came out of your mouth (hopefully) and as far as he or she is concerned Santa Claus IS real. No "proof" required.
The only reason anything is "true" or can be "proved" is because a group of people (however large or small) happened to PERCEIVE things the same way at a certain time.
And that being said, human perception is not always that reliable. Think of witness reports from a armed robbery or something...people even sometimes mess up the gender of the perp.
Point is, anything is true as long as you believe it is.
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Originally posted by wombatt
LOL I built it :aok 1 of 100s
AHHHH HAH! Proof that Mr. Black lives! Mr. B...er Wombatt, was that before, during or after you hooked up with Al to assist with the internet thingie?
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i can assume that the matter that i am made from has the capacity for cognitive thinking, therefore, i have little difficulty believing that my ability to reason is nothing compared to the larger consciousness which exists in higher systems such as terrestrial and perhaps even universal cognition.
therefore, i am comforted in believing that death is merely an egoless absorbtion into that greater consciousness.
we are but dumb cells carrying out our function.
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Originally posted by Octavius
Not entirely,
e/m waves, heat, other forms of energy, etc exist in 'empty space.' Mass isn't the only thing out there. It possesses dimension... it's not non-existant, nothing.
string theory iz t3h rox0rz
string theory is still too young and untested yet, but it is interesting...
If you read the BBT carefully it says a MASS so compressed, it being almost infinitly NOTHING, just like the TIP inside a black hole, the only problem is that we shall never see that point, because it doesn't exist or does it...(if E/M or Protons(heat) being in that space then its NOT EMPTY space) in the infinitly small spectrum. Atoms do have MASS, ENERGY etc etc
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That everything that exists in the universe happens at once - i.e., the holographic universe, and time is just the mind's way of processing it - a perspective. Alternate (time void) demensions would be another perspective or tool for processing it.
I also think Subway has way too much salt in their sandwiches...
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There is a mistake on page 234 of Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Theorem. I just know he reversed a sign.
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Women were created to torment men.
Someone who posted to this thread is actually Satan.
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UFOs, GOD, Loch Ness, Ghosts, J.K. was killed by his own country,
Mothman, Bigfeets, etc.
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I believe this thread is making my brain hurt.
But I can't prove it. Might be the cheap red wine last evening.
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Originally posted by TweetyBird
That everything that exists in the universe happens at once - i.e., the holographic universe, and time is just the mind's way of processing it - a perspective. Alternate (time void) demensions would be another perspective or tool for processing it.
I also think Subway has way too much salt in their sandwiches...
You really believe that??? LOL What a skewered thought process you must have to believe such a preposterous crock of BS. Where do YOU live- planet weird? Or planet Nonothing? If anything Subway puts too little salt on their sandwiches, Tweety. Sheeesh. :rolleyes:
-Airhead the Deep
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i am also convinced, though more by gut instinct than any scientific data, that the universe is a solid.
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That if you sneeze while lighting farts you will explode.
That AH2 ToD will be out in 2 weeks.
That Scuzzy will eventually sign my adoption papers.
That it is well known within the HiTech Creations Staff the words "Alien Probe" is NOT to be said any where near HT.
:D
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Thought this thread wasn't gonna die this fast.
:(
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>>You really believe that??? LOL What a skewered thought process you must have to believe such a preposterous crock of BS. Where do YOU live- planet weird? Or planet Nonothing? If anything Subway puts too little salt on their sandwiches, Tweety. Sheeesh.
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How dare you challenge my salt theory!
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That UFO's are Teenagers from parallel universes out on joyrides....
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that Laz actually makes sense...
:D
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I believe I would have made a great fighter pilot if only I had been born in a country that had fighter aircraft and they'd let me join. Or been born at a time when I could have joined someone's air force and proved it.
But it's all too late now.
:confused:
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I wonder... if we (meaning all of us here at the AHBBS) were born in the '20s, how many would have been flying fighters. ;)