We will change our 'beliefs' in the face of compelling evidence.
Unlike some people.
Yes exactly and completely this. This is why I love science. A good scientist is one who is acutely and ever-consciously aware that at any moment everything they think is true can be proven wrong.
#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
I was at a friend's place like a year ago
and there was this dude there. Nice dude. A registered nurse and a massage therapist.
which is fine you know people have bad backs.
But then he started talking about homeopathy and acupuncture and reflexology. He's learning how to do all of these things.
He told me he knew the reflexology meridian for the kidneys and that if he manipulated it right he could make people piss themselves. And everyone was like "ha ha wow!"
and I said "do it on me."
and he was like "no no of course not that would be mean!"
We went back and forth about how I was really curious and I "didn't think all that meridian stuff was real" (I know it's all bullshit but didn't want to be an asshole) but he was very hesitant that he might not be able to do it right and might hurt something
I insisted.
I got a nice footrub out of it. But clean pants and completely unaffected kidneys.
My brother's girlfriend spent twenty minutes trying to convince me that those Kinoki detox footpads actually work because her naturopath mother said they did
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
I was hanging out with the ladyfriend's cousin the other night
she doesn't believe in evolution
she's queer and totally nonreligious
but she just doesn't believe that the fossil record or radiocarbon dating can ever be verifiable because "no one ever observed it"
Buddy of mine is the same way. He just doesn't believe that there's anyway way we can ever really be sure that those sorts of things are accurate.
"When you starting talking about going back hundreds of thousands of years, there's no reason you wouldn't be off by a few decades, and you have no way to be sure you aren't. So then you go back hundreds of millions of years, how can you possibly know you're not off by hundreds of thousands of years?"
I mean
the reliability of these things does decay over time
but that's kinda built into the models and doesn't disprove evolution or anything
Yeah exactly. But when I try to explain that, when they go that far back, they say outright they're only estimates, he comes back with, "Then they don't even know for certain! It could all be horseshit! This is why I hate science. At any given moment everything they think they know is true could be proven completely wrong and total horseshit."
I....yeah
fortunately you don't need to worry about them so much
you can just keep working off your best explanations and they can't force you to be foolish as well
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
Yes, that's what water witching is.
Me? I am an excellent witcher of gremlins. But since they'll never be around to help me prove it to you, I understand why you might be skeptical.
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You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
you work in mining, right
i am imagining him furrowing his brow over a map trying to psychically divine the location of the next big haul
wandering around in the desert with a forked stick all yeah guys it's here no hmm it's definitely here
Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
edited November 2011
We have a place called Mt. Magnet because the ground in the area is something like 70% iron. There's an old tale about Lang Hancock finding it because the compass in his plane went mental when he flew over it.
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
why is he still working?
Not only working but running the fucking open pit operation
It's not like he uses it to actually determine the resource models or anything like that, but he has a set of divining rods that he has been known to pull out on occasion and try and tell the geologists where he reckons the gold is
We have a place called Mt. Magnet because the ground in the area is something like 70% iron. There's an old tale about Lang Hancock finding it because the compass in his plane went mental when he flew over it.
That sounds like something out of Pokemon...
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
I love that the majority of society thinks she's weird for believing in magic spells, but will then turn around a pray for something good to happen to them or their friends. Or collectively spend millions on buying 'The Secret'.
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
oh jesus christ fuck the Secret
every time I remember that thing I get really depressed
The reason why everyone isn't a billionaire once we discovered the Secret is because I actively use the Secret to bring harm upon your families. I am a psychic monster.
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Sara LynnI can handle myself.Registered Userregular
pretty much all the girls at work believe in astrology and I've had to unfollow most of them from social networks because they post their horoscope everyday
NO
don't do that
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PharezonStruggle is an illusion.Victory is in the Qun.Registered Userregular
pretty much all the girls at work believe in astrology and I've had to unfollow most of them from social networks because they post their horoscope everyday
#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
I actually got an email the other day from a friend saying "HERE'S MY HOROSCOPE FOR TODAY. IT IS BASICALLY EXACTLY PERFECT AND ALL HAPPENED. HOW CAN HOROSCOPES BE BULLSHIT??"
and I replied by linking horoscopes for the same day from different publications which all predicted different things.
then I asked for this one hit, how many times had her horoscope been wrong? Even in this one week? If it was a viable means of prediction, it should be right more often than it is wrong, not once every 8 months.
every time I remember that thing I get really depressed
yeah can we please not talk about The Secret because I have been driven to such frustration trying not to alienate myself from close family members over that piece of shit
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My facebook update from yesterday.
Just overheard a trainer at my gym telling a client that "germ theory" is a fraud.
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Yes exactly and completely this. This is why I love science. A good scientist is one who is acutely and ever-consciously aware that at any moment everything they think is true can be proven wrong.
Just ask a neutrino.
and there was this dude there. Nice dude. A registered nurse and a massage therapist.
which is fine you know people have bad backs.
But then he started talking about homeopathy and acupuncture and reflexology. He's learning how to do all of these things.
He told me he knew the reflexology meridian for the kidneys and that if he manipulated it right he could make people piss themselves. And everyone was like "ha ha wow!"
and I said "do it on me."
and he was like "no no of course not that would be mean!"
We went back and forth about how I was really curious and I "didn't think all that meridian stuff was real" (I know it's all bullshit but didn't want to be an asshole) but he was very hesitant that he might not be able to do it right and might hurt something
I insisted.
I got a nice footrub out of it. But clean pants and completely unaffected kidneys.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
>:[
You will still find people who swear to every god who may have ever existed that their great uncle on their pappy's had an uncanny talent for water witching
These people blink at you and scoff if you mention that there has never in history been an empirical and contolled test of the abilities of water witchers that did not show that witching was better than random chance
I've met more than one person with the same birthday as me and we're not even remotely close to one another in terms of personality traits
BAM, disproven
fortunately you don't need to worry about them so much
you can just keep working off your best explanations and they can't force you to be foolish as well
in other news
turns out physics might not get turned on its head
Didn't we have a guy come in and create a thread about how he was like doing crazy things with Reiki
Is water witching the process of using stick to locate water?
Because no shit one of our senior managers believes he can do this but with gold.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
Yes, that's what water witching is.
Me? I am an excellent witcher of gremlins. But since they'll never be around to help me prove it to you, I understand why you might be skeptical.
why is he still working?
you work in mining, right
i am imagining him furrowing his brow over a map trying to psychically divine the location of the next big haul
wandering around in the desert with a forked stick all yeah guys it's here no hmm it's definitely here
bring me the largest possible truck
yes and no
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/18249856#Comment_18249856
I've taken to using google maps and my cellphone and my magic amulet to find things.
Not only working but running the fucking open pit operation
It's not like he uses it to actually determine the resource models or anything like that, but he has a set of divining rods that he has been known to pull out on occasion and try and tell the geologists where he reckons the gold is
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
That sounds like something out of Pokemon...
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
Super nice lady, though. And she doesn't like to talk about her beliefs with people outside her circle, usually.
So you're like Warm Canada?
Exactly
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
is the joke that she is a Christian
It's probably that the circle is a literal magic circle she has written on the ground which grants her a +2 Alignment Protection
every time I remember that thing I get really depressed
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
NO
don't do that
Get a business degree or go to law school!
Wait, being pagan is bad now?
That is such a Pisces thing to say
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
and I replied by linking horoscopes for the same day from different publications which all predicted different things.
then I asked for this one hit, how many times had her horoscope been wrong? Even in this one week? If it was a viable means of prediction, it should be right more often than it is wrong, not once every 8 months.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
yeah can we please not talk about The Secret because I have been driven to such frustration trying not to alienate myself from close family members over that piece of shit
I, too, wish to be enlightened.