I was pretty convinced that I'm a nerd... I know my stuff, yet I guess I don't fit the stereotype that nerds fall into. Or perhaps the test was not well built...
I'm like the most akward nerd/geek/social faliure that ever went to high school (when in person, lol)
(does the image show up? the computer I use right now is retarted.)
I was browsing another forum, and I came across a really long signature. I'm sure the only reason it's allowed to exist is because of how funny it is. These are the contents:
1. SAVE THE WHALES. COLLECT THE WHOLE SET. 2. A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE IS LIKE, NIGHT. 3. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FINGERS. 4. I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WASN'T FAMILIAR TERRITORY. 5. 42.7% OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT. 6. 99% OF LAWYERS GIVE THE REST A BAD NAME. 7. I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE. 8. HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET. 9. REMEMBER, HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE BELOW AVERAGE. 10. HE WHO LAUGHS LAST THINKS SLOWEST. 11. DEPRESSION IS MERELY ANGER WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM. 12. THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE CHEESE. 13. I DRIVE WAY TOO FAST TO WORRY ABOUT CHOLESTEROL. 14. SUPPORT BACTERIA. THEY'RE THE ONLY CULTURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE. 15. MONDAY IS AN AWFUL WAY TO SPEND 1/7 OF YOUR WEEK. 16 A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IS USUALLY THE SIGN OF A BAD MEMORY. 17. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE, EXCEPT FROM VENDING MACHINES. 18. GET A NEW CAR FOR YOUR SPOUSE. IT'LL BE A GREAT TRADE! 19. PLAN TO BE SPONTANEOUS TOMORROW. 20. ALWAYS TRY TO BE MODEST, AND BE PROUD OF IT! 21. IF YOU THINK NOBODY CARES, TRY MISSING A COUPLE OF PAYMENTS. 22. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE IN PSYCHOKINESIS? RAISE MY HAND. 23. OK, SO WHAT'S THE SPEED OF DARK? 24. HOW DO YOU TELL WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF INVISIBLE INK? 25. IF EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED SOMETHING. 26. WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMING YOUR WAY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE. 27. HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE. LAZINESS PAYS OFF NOW. 28. EVERYONE HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. SOME JUST DO NOT HAVE FILM. 29. IF BARBIE IS SO POPULAR, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BUY HER FRIENDS? 30. HOW MUCH DEEPER WOULD THE OCEAN BE WITHOUT SPONGES? 31. EAGLES MAY SOAR, BUT WEASELS DO NOT GET SUCKED INTO JET ENGINES. 32. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SCARED HALF TO DEATH TWICE? 33. I USED TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, BUT MY BRAINS KEPT FALLING OUT. 34. I COULDN'T REPAIR YOUR BRAKES, SO I MADE YOUR HORN LOUDER. 35. WHY DO PSYCHICS HAVE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR NAME? 36. INSIDE EVERY OLDER PERSON IS A YOUNGER PERSON WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. 37. JUST REMEMBER--IF THE WORLD DID NOT SUCK, WE WOULD ALL FALL OFF. 38. LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK 39. IF YOU'RE NOT LIVING ON THE EDGE, YOU'RE TAKING UP TOO MUCH ROOM. 40. LIFE'S TOUGH! WEAR A HELMET! 41. THE SOONER YOU FALL BEHIND, THE SOONER YOU CAN CATCH UP
A lot of these made me laugh as soon as I read them. Maybe you should post some stuff, and we can add to the list!
lets collect the largest list of funny stuff in the forum!! []
and perhaps eliminate some of the less funny ones, like maybe the last few.
anyway, one cannot really state that there are several inefficient systems in nature, when he doesn't completely understand everything about nature. Every little tweak in a single creature's genetic structure would have large and lasting effects in the local ecosystem if it was to be adopted. How do we know that these inefficient systems are only their to provide a cushion for human error?
That is another important subject on the matter: Human error. Many of the examples you cited were of inefficient systems that were actually designed, but by humans.
one of the main things of religion is the principle of free will, and that all problems are borne of human error, not of an Intelligent Designer.
I am always open to proof otherwise, yet have never been convinced against it.
I had also thought that, but what if you took differing "values" of 0 and infinity? the only requirement for that kind of argument is that for the 0, you must have 0 in the numerator, and for infinity, must have 0 in the denominator. All of this, however, is more theoretical... I would think a lot of this is may be preconceived notions.
a concept of infinity that I always thought of on this subject (ever since questioning the math teacher, and him being unable to tell me much of infinite geometric sequences []) was that Infinite is any number than cannot really have an end value pasted on it... something like a destination, rather than a number. just like the horizon, you know it's there, but you will never reach it.
say, perhaps, you have point a, and point b. point a is 25 centimeters from point b. but it can also be measured in inches, half inches, millimeters, feet, tens of feet, in infinite number of ways, because the list never ends.
but then you have the size of infinity.
the 1+2+3+4 example is one way, but I thought of another definite way to put it. 1/0 is infinite, because of the process used in division. in division, you essentially subtract the denominator from the numerator, increase the end result by 1, and then repeat until you cannot subtract anymore.
for 8/2, it would go like this:
8-2 = 6, result = 1 6-2 = 4, result = 2 4-2 = 2, result = 3 2-2 = 0, result = 4. can no longer subtract, therefore 8/2 = 4.
but for 1/0, it would go like this:
1-0 = 1, end result = 1 1-0 = 1, end result = 2 1-0 = 1, end result = 3 ...
that cycle will never end, so therefore, the end result is infinite.
but say you turn it into 2/0, it would be a infinite that is larger, since, if you could put it another way, and you divide them, (2/0)/(1/0), then you divide the denominators, assign that as a value of 1, because any identical values divided will equal one, then the numerator becomes 2. Therefore, theoretically, 2/0 as an infinity is twice as large as 1/0.
however, you can also say that 0/0 is an infinite, invalidating the previous paragraph.
but given the fact that I don't really yet know calculus, and haven't worked with infinity much, I don't know if my thoughts are really valid.
I decided to come back once I had a question (schizophrenia topic in physiology and medicine) and then got sucked into the black hole of a just chat section []
wow, how come every time I happen to come back, you're right behind me?
but anyway, Mr. Scientist, I don't know what you posted, but i'm sure that I could easily have detected several inaccuracies... judging from the fact that the good people of this forum have already. Knowing myself, I would do my best to pick it apart, forcing the one who posted said theory to either revise it, or drop it. I have several of my own opinions that people on this forum don't seem to agree with (heathens, all of them!! [^]), and I do my best to revise them to become more scientifically accurate.
taking such critisism and altering your own perceptions while taking them into account is an important part of personal growth... it just doesn't do you good to make a scene on how you are so mistreated.