replying on Translation by Dovina
6 Jul 2004, 3:58 PM
No. For example, to say "Ian loves Felicity" is merely shorthand for "Ian experiences a strong, partially sexual attachment to Felicity, due to a combination of a hormonal response and envionmental factors," or something. If you say, "Ian is enamoured of his darling Felicity," then that doesn't add any information, it just makes it sound more soppy. QED.
replying on Recycled Stardust by Quarton
6 Jul 2004, 3:37 PM
"... which has now been replaced by the dynamic reality of quantum mechanics."
Yes, that's right. Up until 1904, everyone in the scientific community believed that all objects were stationary.
Yes, that's right. Up until 1904, everyone in the scientific community believed that all objects were stationary.
replying on Recycled Stardust by Quarton
6 Jul 2004, 3:24 PM
I bet that is probably just popular science bullshit, or at least a discovery that has been made to sound much more weird and glamorous than it actually is by some journalist who doesn't really understand it.
replying on Recycled Stardust by Quarton
6 Jul 2004, 3:17 PM
You are a very silly person. Here is why:
"Science could be called systematic knowledge of the physical
or material world."
No, Science is the mystical black art of trying things out to see if they are true or not.
"It is "true" only to the extent that we
trust our methods of measurement and observation. Many people,
myself inluded, doubt that any real "truths" exist at the empirical level."
Everybody thought of that when they were about five. It is just a useful approximation to assume that things exist and that inference is reliable.
"In quantum mechanics, there exists a basic oneness that transcends the physical, more of an intuitive truth than a factual one."
What? A basic oneness? Do you mean that all wavefunctions must be normalized to one? That is just a statement of the conservation of probability.
Did you claim at some point to have a qualification in some kind of scientific discipline? Did your degree come off the back of a cereal packet or something?
Now go away and think about what you've done.
"Science could be called systematic knowledge of the physical
or material world."
No, Science is the mystical black art of trying things out to see if they are true or not.
"It is "true" only to the extent that we
trust our methods of measurement and observation. Many people,
myself inluded, doubt that any real "truths" exist at the empirical level."
Everybody thought of that when they were about five. It is just a useful approximation to assume that things exist and that inference is reliable.
"In quantum mechanics, there exists a basic oneness that transcends the physical, more of an intuitive truth than a factual one."
What? A basic oneness? Do you mean that all wavefunctions must be normalized to one? That is just a statement of the conservation of probability.
Did you claim at some point to have a qualification in some kind of scientific discipline? Did your degree come off the back of a cereal packet or something?
Now go away and think about what you've done.
on Recycled Stardust by Quarton
4 Jul 2004, 2:49 PM
Hello. Perhaps I can shed some light on this matter. I have a degree in science from Strathclyde Univesity, and I can confirm that:
a) This poem is wrong
b) Science is true.
a) This poem is wrong
b) Science is true.
on Your sad goodbye by sanity
4 Jul 2004, 2:38 PM
I like the way you use clouds as a metaphor for the human condition.
on Tapestry Years by Quarton
4 Jul 2004, 2:36 PM
A think of life as being more of a sort of crochet.
on Translation by Dovina
4 Jul 2004, 2:28 PM
You seem to be suggesting there is some merit in an idea that can only be adequately articulated in one language. What buncombe. A meaningful statement can be expressed in any comprehensive language, such as English, and any information lost in the translation can only be meaningless, emotive hogwash.
replying on Fingerless Gloves by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
27 Feb 2004, 4:01 AM
Fingerless gloves. The Hell were you thinking of?
replying on Quest! by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
26 Feb 2004, 5:50 PM
Hoopla!
replying on Quest! by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
22 Feb 2004, 5:18 PM
Flux capacitors can only be devised whilst on the toilet.
replying on Quest! by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
22 Feb 2004, 4:53 PM
Now you are just being silly. Besides, Michael J Fox's life jacket was clearly to protect him from the effects of travelling at ungodly speeds in excess of eighty-eight miles per hour.
replying on Quest! by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
22 Feb 2004, 3:56 PM
My bicylce exploded many eons ago. It seems it was unworthy of my excellent buttocks.
on Upon Arrival of Flight 179 to DIA by MacFrantic
19 Feb 2004, 7:22 PM
I admire your disregard for the stale conventions of punctuation. It makes the poem so much more ambiguous and less eloquent. Excellent! I also like the way the sudden mention of a parrot seems so wacky and obscure. -10-
on Rinse by somemorepoetry
19 Feb 2004, 7:14 PM
This poem made me remember how excellent I am.
on Enlightenment by Lifeboatman
19 Feb 2004, 7:13 PM
I forgot about when the stars twinkeld and summer was a joyous warmth, but then I remebered again.
on Seven Sins for Seven Men (Part 1) by wilco
19 Feb 2004, 6:31 PM
A brave ode to the ghost pirate LeChuck. -10-
replying on EGG by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?
12 Feb 2004, 6:03 PM
You can hardly begin to imagine.