Those are some axioms, right there.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 11:15:53 am PDT #524 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2005 11:16:40 am PDT #525 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
McSweeney's Klingon Fairy Tales: [link]
"Little Red Riding Hood Strays Into the Neutral Zone and Is Never Heard From Again, Although There Are Rumors ... Awful, Awful Rumors"
"Snow White and the Six Dwarves She Killed With Her Bare Hands and the Seventh Dwarf She Let Get Away as a Warning to Others"
Jesse - Aug 23, 2005 11:19:07 am PDT #526 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The probably of God's existence is one in two. That is, God either exists or doesn't.
The probability that God became incarnate, that is embodied in human form, is also one in two.
OMG. I'm even a Christian, and this makes me LAUGH OUT LOUD.
yes, but not AFTER you make the purchase. that's not her fault. They need to suck up the $600 and reap the PR benefits.
Nice, right? They traded her for the cheaper tickets. So big of them.
Jesse - Aug 23, 2005 11:20:08 am PDT #527 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and FYI, everyone -- it's 50/50 that I will, in fact, be elected Queen Of The World and Ruler Of All. I mean, either I will or I won't, right?
DXMachina - Aug 23, 2005 11:21:07 am PDT #528 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The probably of God's existence is one in two. That is, God either exists or doesn't.
Right off the bat, doesn't this refute his contention that it's 97%.
Gudanov - Aug 23, 2005 11:21:34 am PDT #529 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Math and logic in the wrong hands. I'm just... I don't even know what to say about this.
I hope the guy wasn't serious.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2005 11:22:46 am PDT #530 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Right off the bat, doesn't this refute his contention that it's 97%
I think you're doing reality-based math, DX. I'm pretty sure this guy isn't.
Emily - Aug 23, 2005 11:25:07 am PDT #531 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Right off the bat, doesn't this refute his contention that it's 97%.
Yeah, I did think, er, clearly the rest of the "probabilities" only work if the coin comes up heads on this one?
Dana - Aug 23, 2005 11:25:08 am PDT #532 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hello. Have skipped about a thousand posts in various threads, all told.
Whazzup?
DXMachina - Aug 23, 2005 11:25:20 am PDT #533 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
And they let this man teach? At Oxford?
Well, they don't let him teach math or logic:
Oxford University professor Richard Swinburne, a leading philosopher of religion, has seemingly done the impossible.