Scientists welcome

Ms_Mafdet_The Great
Ms_Mafdet_The Great: I thought I would start my own thread, geared toward a specific group of people, since apparently this is the latest trend here:


Topic: Religion

And here:


Topic: Religion

And hey, why not Maybe I'll get an actual scientist in the science forum
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Bourbaki
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: Hey- that first ones my thread!

Say MAYBE to God!
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LiptonCambell
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Ms_Mafdet_The Great
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Ms_Mafdet_The Great
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Corwin
Corwin: Are "Mad Scientists" also welcome here?

I am currently working on my "Genesis Device", and when completed I will have the power to render all the biological organisms on the planet into a goopy soup of basic organic molecules.

But this device requires one heck of a lot of AA batteries, so I need to save up a lot more of my allowance before I can complete it.

Once finished, I will call a meeting of all the world leaders, and hold the planet ransom for one million zillion gajillion dollars.
Mwwwhhhha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!!

But I'm not all bad... I will use the money to further fund scientific research that is being neglected in recent years... namely, Flying Anti-Gravity Cars like in The Jetsons, or the movie Blade Runner.
We all want one of those, right?
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The13th
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: Doubt it. It's not like they try to be mutually exclusive. It's not like, to be a scientist, you have to be straight....
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BillyX
BillyX: Of course they exist!
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Corwin
Corwin: Who does?
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BillyX
BillyX: Corvin does!
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Corwin
Corwin: I'm not so sure... I've been reading a lot of Friedrich Nietzsche lately, and have been having some second thoughts on the matter.
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: haha i got an update on this when billy posted, and it didn't show the little animation....

....so it said Corvin does rock .....

just sayin' what I experienced....
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: Corvin, the only thing you can be certain exists is yourself. If you did not exist, how could you question your own existence? Nothing that doesn't exist can question their existence....in fact, your own existence is the only thing you can prove.
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Corwin
Corwin: Whew..... thanks for the heads-up... I was about to give away all of my stuff and sit under a tree for the rest of my life.
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: Well you can give me all your stuff if you want.

Except your debt. That doesn't physically exist.
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lori100
lori100: Let's see you prove your existence Lipton....
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: I think, therefore, I am.

That easy. Everyone can prove their individual existence, but cannot prove the existence of any other individuals.
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lori100
lori100: Where is the physical proof?
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LiptonCambell
LiptonCambell: That you yourself exist?

The fact that you're asking a question proves to yourself you exist, just like the fact that Im asking a question proves to myself that I exist.

If you didn't exist, you would be incapable of asking the question. So asking the question proves your own existence.

Anything beyond that is unprovable.

But thats all philosophy.
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lori100
lori100: Not convinced...I think you're a bot....
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CoIin
CoIin: "I think, therefore, I am."

"The fact that you're asking a question proves to yourself you exist, just like the fact that Im asking a question proves to myself that I exist." - Lipton

Well, ok, that's the conclusion Descartes reached too, but you exist AS WHAT? Descartes inferred that he existed as an essentially thinking being - a "res cogitans" - with no physical extension.

"Where is the physical proof?" - Lori

We haven't got there yet.

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Corwin
Corwin: I still need more AA batteries to complete my Genesis Doomsday Device... but when completed, and if the world leaders fail to meet my extortion demands of a million zillion gajillion dollars... I will unleash it's horrific power of complete global biological gooification.

At that point, the question of whether we exist or not will be moot.

Being a Mad Scientist doesn't always pay well, but the hours are good.
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The13th
The13th: Deep inside, are u somehow unhappy with this world, despite the good hours?
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Corwin
Corwin: Not really.... most of my sinister plots of world destruction that I hatch are motivated out of boredom.

But the world is safe for the moment.... I've found a shiny ball of foil to occupy my attention for a while.
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