Something without empirical evidence you mean, Gud? Otherwise, I'm with you.
Yep. I went back and corrected. Thanks.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Gudanov - Nov 28, 2006 6:14:27 am PST #3361 of 10007
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Nov 28, 2006 6:14:28 am PST #3362 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There were a lot of implications of the theories of relativity that could not be tested until recently.
Jessica - Nov 28, 2006 6:20:55 am PST #3363 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On the other hand, it is not currently falsifiable
Key word there being "currently" -- in many, if not most cases, it's not that such theories are inherently untestable, it's that we don't have the tools yet. (Solution: bigger toys!)
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2006 6:27:12 am PST #3364 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't calling it a theory quotation marks right there?
Otherwise it'd be a law or something else.
sumi - Nov 28, 2006 6:30:10 am PST #3365 of 10007
Art Crawl!!!
I just heard that my niece dyed her hair pink. I can't wait to see pictures!
tommyrot - Nov 28, 2006 6:31:32 am PST #3366 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just heard that my niece dyed her hair pink.
I thought that was just a theory.
Vortex - Nov 28, 2006 6:32:11 am PST #3367 of 10007
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
HIMYM: Even though that was my first instinct, upon re-listening I wasn't so sure.
When I first watched it, I thought it was Amy Sedaris When I watched it again, and listened carefully, I thought Megan Mullally.
sarameg - Nov 28, 2006 6:35:24 am PST #3368 of 10007
Just wait until the bat shows up.
They stay in the stairwell. This is what I get for noting there hadn't been mice inside for a while, last week.
Umph. Must go fetch the other cat. And do laundry. And lease. And groceries.
Trudy Booth - Nov 28, 2006 6:36:24 am PST #3369 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The boffins declared they'd "trained honeybees...
Boffins? As in "Many boffins died to bring us this information"?
tommyrot - Nov 28, 2006 6:38:47 am PST #3370 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Boffins? As in "Many boffins died to bring us this information"?
"It turns out Boffins are allergic to bee stings. Who knew?"