General knowledge

[Deathadder]

Broly, I that's unacceptable. I never knew how poorly educated some people can be.

Theropod, I left out scientific journalist for a reason. They should know about the stuff they are writting about. Like that Russian sauropod article was awful in every stretch of the imagination.

[theropod]

Well, then you’ll get that I didn’t make this thread to bash random people just because they don’t know about specific aspects of specialized sciences, I made it to discuss general knowledge (hence the title), knowledge that everybody should be expected to have. Locating Ukraine is imo an example of such knowledge, or at the very least the ability to read a map and know enough basic geography well enough to not confuse it with Kazakhstan, Alaska, Greenland or the Black Sea is.

[creature386]

Jun 10, 2015 12:27:13 GMT 5 theropod said:

The sad thing is actually that some people who know nothing about evolution are going to see stuff like that and fall for it, as well as the anti-mainsteam-victim position that creationists like to pretend they are in (of course they are victims, but only of genetics and bad upbringing, which made them stupid enough to become creationists).

That's pretty much the purpose of a straw man argument.
A straw man argument is per definition the deliberate misinterpretation of the opponent's position. It is not meant to convince him, but the uneducated audience that he is wrong.

[kingkazma]

here's a few relating to our dog.

moron:"cool dog is she half fox???"
me: that is genetically impossible.
moron: oh, sorry how dumb of me. i forgot foxes are cats!

^this woman looked 35!




friend: i got me a real tough dog man.
me: cool, what breed?
friend: bulldawg.
me: as in a pit bull?
friend: naw man a real bulldog. they real tough.
me:uhhhhh
friend: did you know they can ride skateboards from birth. look!
me: what-
*bulldog comes whizzing down hill strapped to board, cowering*

teen: nice dog!
me: uh thanks.
teen: how old is he??
me: 2
teen: good boy!
me: she's a girl.
teen:what.
me: she's a female dog.
teen: wait- but i thought only boy dogs had pointy ears and girl dogs had floppy.
me: okay dog, time to go.

[Deathadder]

This is what hapen 70% of the time I walk my dog.

Wgat breed dog do you have?

[kingkazma]

blue heeler bull terrier spitz types mix

[drone]

Apparently there are people in developed countries who actually still believe in geocentrism:

galileowaswrong.com/

www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/Geocentrism.HTM

blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/14/geocentrism-seriously/

[creature386]

lol.

Almost as bad as that Flat Earth Society:

www.theflatearthsociety.org/cms/

Yes, they are serious.

And for the record, other genius' claims about Earth state that it is hollow, has hell in it or is expanding.

[Deathadder]

That's so stupidly hilarious.

Well I guess I shouldn't laugh because I believed that hell was real(and still kinda do).

[kingkazma]

Jun 25, 2015 19:40:11 GMT 5 creature386 said:

lol.

Almost as bad as that Flat Earth Society:

www.theflatearthsociety.org/cms/

Yes, they are serious.

And for the record, other genius' claims about Earth state that it is hollow, has hell in it or is expanding.

just found this online about the subject.

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.

The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law, (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed), or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell, because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.?

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So, which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, "and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that is not accepting any more souls, and is therefore extinct...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting, "Oh, my God."!!!

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

should i be impressed or offended?

[Deathadder]

Yes. Though a bit less impressed.

[creature386]

Since there is more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

Looking at that, not even a Christian fundamentalist could like this text. Who evaluated it?

[kingkazma]

no idea, but i love that he got away with it.

[creature386]

By the way, maybe it would be better to post such examples here, as they have nothing to do with general knowledge, just with stupid conclusions:
theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/760/laughable-ridiculous-statements
But I admit that it was a bit my fault because I started it with my post about the Flat Earth Society.

[Deathadder]

I hate these topics.