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An information crisis

Roger WilcoRoger Wilco Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Social Entropy++
You can get rid of for profit news. You can't trust information being given by someone trying to make money. Non-profit news is still filled with bias, so get rid of that too. There are books, but how do you know the author isn't a liar? You can get many books, but maybe they are all liars. There's your own eyes, but we have an inherent bias. We could all watch the same event and have a different take on what happened, but we aren't liars. Then what is truth? Is truth no more than what the majority agrees happened? If that's the case then nothing is real. If nothing is real then you aren't real, but how do I know I'm real? I think therefor I am, but maybe my brain is misunderstanding information and created a Human body and a human world to live in by mistake.
Maybe I'm really a being of pure incandescent light from another universe that is having a bad dream. Maybe I'm a new born god, who can't understand what it is, and to prevent itself from going mad it created a fictional universe to live in. But then, I am god. I am the creator. If I created this world, is it not real? Maybe I am everyone. Maybe everyone and everything is just this newborn god struggling for answers to what is real, and maybe this topic is nothing more than the god acknowledging that it still doesn't know.

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Nothing is real, and everything is real

    Now help me punch this solipsist in the face

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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Best OP ever or bestest OP. One thing is for sure, my opinion is subjective and we'll never know!

    Back to you, Jim.

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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    plz don't threaten new people we need their attention.

    Zoel on
    A magician gives you a ring that, when worn, will let you see the world as it truly is.
    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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    YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Roger Wilco wrote: »
    You can get rid of for profit news. You can't trust information being given by someone trying to make money. Non-profit news is still filled with bias, so get rid of that too. There are books, but how do you know the author isn't a liar? You can get many books, but maybe they are all liars. There's your own eyes, but we have an inherent bias. We could all watch the same event and have a different take on what happened, but we aren't liars. Then what is truth? Is truth no more than what the majority agrees happened? If that's the case then nothing is real. If nothing is real then you aren't real, but how do I know I'm real? I think therefor I am, but maybe my brain is misunderstanding information and created a Human body and a human world to live in by mistake.
    Maybe I'm really a being of pure incandescent light from another universe that is having a bad dream. Maybe I'm a new born god, who can't understand what it is, and to prevent itself from going mad it created a fictional universe to live in. But then, I am god. I am the creator. If I created this world, is it not real? Maybe I am everyone. Maybe everyone and everything is just this newborn god struggling for answers to what is real, and maybe this topic is nothing more than the god acknowledging that it still doesn't know.

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    Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Deconstructionist nilist woo

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    FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    im just waiting for when mainstream news tells women that it is healthy to let men shit on their chest

    then my life can finally begin

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Zoel wrote: »
    plz don't threaten new people we need their attention.

    The threat was just a construct of the OP's mind.

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    heh solipism

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    The creator of Dilbert once fakepostulated that we were all bits of god after he exploded himself just to see if he could live through it.

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    Best OP ever or bestest OP. One thing is for sure, my opinion is subjective and we'll never know!

    Back to you, Jim.

    Haha! Thanks Chad, and now for our lighter story to round things off, a dog in Wisconsin has learned how to catch the train! Here's Sally with more.

    Liiya on
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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Roger Wilco are you a postmodernist because if you are i hate you

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    AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Just pick a celebrity and believe whatever they believe.

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    Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    In other news deconstructivisim architecture is pretty cool

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tragedy unfolds in Wisconsin as a train carrying now deposed Democrats has struck a dog, who was seemingly attempting to latch onto it.

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    The train I was on hit a dog once.

    It was one of the most traumatising things I have experienced

    Which I guess makes me very lucky, really

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    Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Man, Law and Order Criminal Intent is really shitty.

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    YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    Man, Law and Order Criminal Intent is really shitty.

    god I know right

    SVU 4 Life

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    The train I was on hit a dog once.

    It was one of the most traumatising things I have experienced

    Which I guess makes me very lucky, really

    I've seen the results of a person trying to stop a train with their face

    t: wnr absolutely correct

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Liiya wrote: »
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    Best OP ever or bestest OP. One thing is for sure, my opinion is subjective and we'll never know!

    Back to you, Jim.

    Haha! Thanks Chad, and now for our lighter story to round things off, a dog in Wisconsin has learned how to catch the train! Here's Sally with more.

    Anchorman-christina-applegate-254977_900_600.jpg

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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Tragedy unfolds in Wisconsin as a train carrying now deposed Democrats has struck a dog, who was seemingly attempting to latch onto it.

    A bluuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeee dog?

    I want to shout at the OP: "We believe in nothing, Lebowski!"

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Tommy2Hands wrote: »
    Deconstructionist nilist woo

    VHERE IS THE MONEY LEBOWSKI

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Pip and Ed say sad things. Solipist makes bestest OP and the SVU v. Criminal Intent debate rages on (SVU wins duh).

    More at 11.

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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Tommy2Hands wrote: »
    Deconstructionist nilist woo

    VHERE IS THE MONEY LEBOWSKI

    hahaha,yes!!

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    Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    YaYa wrote: »
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    Man, Law and Order Criminal Intent is really shitty.

    god I know right

    SVU 4 Life

    Typical dialogue.

    "Look at this tiny brown spec clearly this means that the guy was standing over here singing opera and then something something that guy is our killer."

    The shit?

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    My preferred news source.

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    What spring does with the cherry trees.
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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    That is exactly the image I have in my head, Rolo.

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    EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Oh I've seen lots of aftermath photos

    But actually being there when something like that happens... I imagine that's a whole different kettle of fish

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    sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    yeah, well, ya know that's just like, uh, your opinion man

    spono on
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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I like dogs and puppies. Why must we talk about sad things?

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Once a guy going at something like 50 mph did a wheelie into the front of our car (well, minivan really) goin the opposite direction

    That was pretty traumatic

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Oh I've seen lots of aftermath photos

    But actually being there when something like that happens... I imagine that's a whole different kettle of fish

    this was not a photo

    also, point of not

    you cannot actually stop a train with your face

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    MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I think you should have taken the blue pill.

    Someone just sent me this on Youtube:

    do you think i can become justin biebers girlfriend
    i love justin i cant love without him i even changed my madie my puppys name to justin cos he so cute not as cute . i know he has a gf but do you think we would be better off if we were together?

    With 2 pictures.

    Meiz on
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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Oh I've seen lots of aftermath photos

    But actually being there when something like that happens... I imagine that's a whole different kettle of fish

    this was not a photo

    also, point of not

    you cannot actually stop a train with your face

    what if you're mount rushmore

    Zoel on
    A magician gives you a ring that, when worn, will let you see the world as it truly is.
    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    The train I was on hit a dog once.

    It was one of the most traumatising things I have experienced

    Which I guess makes me very lucky, really

    I've seen the results of a person trying to stop a train with their face

    t: wnr absolutely correct

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpD06P7kiI

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Zoel wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Oh I've seen lots of aftermath photos

    But actually being there when something like that happens... I imagine that's a whole different kettle of fish

    this was not a photo

    also, point of not

    you cannot actually stop a train with your face

    what if you're mount rushmore

    you can't move then

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    YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    YaYa wrote: »
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    Man, Law and Order Criminal Intent is really shitty.

    god I know right

    SVU 4 Life

    Typical dialogue.

    "Look at this tiny brown spec clearly this means that the guy was standing over here singing opera and then something something that guy is our killer."

    The shit?

    Detective Goren is basically a crime wizard

    also I love that they keep giving him partners who do absolutely nothing forever

    Stabler and Benson are the best

    solving crimes by yelling at everything

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Meiz wrote: »
    I think you should have taken the blue pill.

    Someone just sent me this on Youtube:

    do you think i can become justin biebers girlfriend
    i love justin i cant love without him i even changed my madie my puppys name to justin cos he so cute not as cute . i know he has a gf but do you think we would be better off if we were together?

    With 2 pictures.

    41796_110717375607128_5200_n.jpg

    Oghulk on
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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Zoel wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    Oh I've seen lots of aftermath photos

    But actually being there when something like that happens... I imagine that's a whole different kettle of fish

    this was not a photo

    also, point of not

    you cannot actually stop a train with your face

    what if you're mount rushmore

    you can't move then

    gotta petrify to fortify bro

    Zoel on
    A magician gives you a ring that, when worn, will let you see the world as it truly is.
    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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    UbikUbik oh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by then Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    nothing is true

    everything is permitted

    Ubik on
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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    YaYa wrote: »
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    YaYa wrote: »
    Wrench N Rockets wrote: »
    Man, Law and Order Criminal Intent is really shitty.

    god I know right

    SVU 4 Life

    Typical dialogue.

    "Look at this tiny brown spec clearly this means that the guy was standing over here singing opera and then something something that guy is our killer."

    The shit?

    Detective Goren is basically a crime wizard

    also I love that they keep giving him partners who do absolutely nothing forever

    Stabler and Benson are the best

    solving crimes by yelling at everything

    Stabler and Benson for best cop partners.

    Oghulk on
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