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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 03/07/2007 : 19:46:37
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Poll Question:
What sort of paranormal, pseudoscience, supernatural or "woo-woo" claims would you most like to be true?
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- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
 Posted - 03/07/2007 : 20:10:27 [Permalink]
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| What a great question!! I answered the time travel/FTL question, since both-- despite their woo-woo-ness, would (or could) help further our understanding of the universe. Just imagine stepping off that time machine and hearing the ancients speak and thinking "oh, so that's how Sumerian was pronounced"! |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2007 : 20:14:20 [Permalink]
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I picked god, since with god "all things are possible." It's also the only option that offers immortality. Of course, if god is an overly-demanding dick or just decides to keep all the power to himself, telekinesis and large-scale teleportation would be pretty nice booby prizes.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2007 : 20:55:47 [Permalink]
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| I agree with H, just don't relish the thought of spending an eternity with Hovind, Falwell, and Robertson (it if is that version of god) |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 00:21:22 [Permalink]
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| Alternative medicine, as it could be defined to includes remedies that in the future will be included in conventional medicine, but have not been investigated properly yet. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 00:31:44 [Permalink]
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I gotta have FTL travel!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 01:03:16 [Permalink]
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Yeah, FTL and teleportation and time travel... would be fun!
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 01:14:47 [Permalink]
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| Do you mean that frogs had wings as in "frogs have had wings for aeons" or as in "frogs started spouting wings the other week"? |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 02:17:30 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
Do you mean that frogs had wings as in "frogs have had wings for aeons" or as in "frogs started spouting wings the other week"?
"And if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their asses when they hop" is an idiom that basically means there's no point in "what ifs?" or in speculating about how things might be if things were different.
A slightly cruder expression with essentially the same meaning is "and if my aunt had a penis, she'd be my uncle."
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 03/08/2007 02:21:21 |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 03:12:42 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
Do you mean that frogs had wings as in "frogs have had wings for aeons" or as in "frogs started spouting wings the other week"?
"And if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their asses when they hop" is an idiom that basically means there's no point in "what ifs?" or in speculating about how things might be if things were different.
A slightly cruder expression with essentially the same meaning is "and if my aunt had a penis, she'd be my uncle."
And, "if my aunt had balls, she'd be a pool table." I gotta think about it for a little while before I decide...
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 04:20:21 [Permalink]
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quote:
A slightly cruder expression with essentially the same meaning is "and if my aunt had a penis, she'd be my uncle."
Even if there had been a sex-reversal operation? |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 03/08/2007 : 04:32:12 [Permalink]
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Ok, I decided on the "Perpetual Motion & etc" option.
Reason being that if we could develop such, all the rest might become possible, or even likely.
Gods are a big enough nuisance when they don't exist, so that option's out.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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woolytoad
Skeptic Friend
313 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 04:46:36 [Permalink]
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| Other: DNA mutations give people super powers. |
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Neurosis
SFN Regular
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 05:14:36 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
What sort of paranormal, pseudoscience, supernatural or "woo-woo" claims would you most like to be true?
This really hinges on the who has it/is effected by it question, no? |
Facts! Pssh, you can prove anything even remotely true with facts.
- Homer Simpson
[God] is an infinite nothing from nowhere with less power over our universe than the secretary of agriculture.
- Prof. Frink
Lisa: Yes, but wouldn't you rather know the truth than to delude yourself for happiness?
Marge: Well... um.... [goes outside to jump on tampoline with Homer.] |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 07:53:15 [Permalink]
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| I chose “other” because reincarnation and reaching nirvana aren't on the list. Living forever (in a way) and eventually understanding and being at peace with everything would be a pretty good deal. Plus, no God's. Only god consciousness for all who get there… |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2007 : 07:53:22 [Permalink]
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Oh damn, this is for not reading the question - I thought, "if frogs had wings, how the woo-woo would interpret it?" because I didn't read the question. D'oh.
But what I'd really like, is FTL travel and time travel. Come on, cool. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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If frogs had wings...
