It'd be more interesting, to me, to prove that an all-powerful and all-loving god would make faith a test, the losing side of which gets eternal damnation.
But not interesting enough to study the physics of space-time, I'm afraid.
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Emily - Aug 23, 2005 12:58:53 pm PDT #628 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 1:00:42 pm PDT #629 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All they're concerned about, most of the time, is whether the conclusion is interesting to them.
So it's only about the conclusion? Not about the axioms or the process of getting there? Because you could just pick a good conclusion, rig the argument, and booyah!
msbelle - Aug 23, 2005 1:04:31 pm PDT #630 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
BOB!!! heya.
also, you capitalized ita and made me laugh.
Nutty - Aug 23, 2005 1:04:42 pm PDT #631 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
you need to learn how to get the cheetah to come to you.
I draw the line at wearing a live springbok around my neck.
Although possibly J. Lo wouldn't.
Kalshane - Aug 23, 2005 1:05:20 pm PDT #632 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I think, on the whole, that is the only worthwhile way to have single combat with a cheetah. I mean, if you just plopped me down into the savannah someplace, I would never be able to even find the cheetah, so the combat would never happen.
Unless it found you. Or maybe you should be looking for a leopard instead: [link]
Emily - Aug 23, 2005 1:05:24 pm PDT #633 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
But then it's not actually a conclusion. It's just making shit up.
msbelle - Aug 23, 2005 1:05:46 pm PDT #634 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
when did J.Lo become part of the cheetah challenge?
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2005 1:06:16 pm PDT #635 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.
It'd be more interesting, to me, to prove that an all-powerful and all-loving god would make faith a test, the losing side of which gets eternal damnation.
Yeah. To me too.
It's like there's a carrot-and-stick approach, so you're supposed to believe because it's in your best interest to believe, which for some reason bugs me.
"Believe this is is true and you'll get presents! But if you don't believe, you get a spanking!"
Nutty - Aug 23, 2005 1:07:02 pm PDT #636 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I don't know. I thought Puffy Combs, and the rest came naturally.
But, I mean, she is into fur coats, right? A live springbok is just a fur coat with some sharp parts and an alimentary canal.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 1:08:24 pm PDT #637 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A live springbok is just a fur coat with some sharp parts and an alimentary canal.
How can you so discount the spark of life????