The Warring States of NPF

The Warring States of NPF (http://www.nuklearforums.com/index.php)
-   Bullshit Mountain (http://www.nuklearforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3)
-   -   I'm Going To Overthrow Science! This Villainy Has Gone On For Far Too Long! (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=38086)

Geminex 06-02-2010 06:06 AM

Oh yeah? Well, Jesus was a scientist!
He totally was. He found a way to circumvent preservation of mass and energy.

Amake 06-02-2010 06:10 AM

Nuh-uh! You have to submit data to peer review and stuff to be a scientist. Jesus did it the hardcore way: With magic.

Geminex 06-02-2010 06:17 AM

Why do you hate jesus?
Also, why do you hate Atomic Robo. Even if Jesus wasn't a scientist, Atomic Robo is. He's such a scientist. He's, like, a double scientist. With a side order of badass. Heh, he could totally kick you ass. And Garfunkle's as well! And Simon's!
So who are you to question Atomic Robo-Jesus?

A Zarkin' Frood 06-02-2010 06:55 AM

Being against science is like being against knowledge. Literally.
Knowledge in itself is pretty useless. But if you're smart enough to use that knowledge you can do all kindsa things. Cool things, and not so cool things.
That being said: Science took my faith in humanity.

Professor Smarmiarty 06-02-2010 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InsaneGenius (Post 1046780)
Being against science is like being against knowledge. Literally.

Generally science refers to the empirical method and the scientific thought construct. So you can be against it and be fore knowledge.

Actually are you claiming that all subjects were aren't science aren't knowledge?

A Zarkin' Frood 06-02-2010 07:21 AM

Maybe I was just referring to the word's latin roots.
Quote:

Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge")

Professor Smarmiarty 06-02-2010 07:55 AM

Latin is the language of barbarians.
And if we're going to play that game science really means "to dissect things"

Geminex 06-02-2010 08:06 AM

Hey, the literal translation of "nuclear" is, I believe "nut-based" (from "nux"), but it can still screw you over pretty badly. Or help you, depending on your use of it.

Professor Smarmiarty 06-02-2010 08:57 AM

That cause it refers to the center of an atom- the nut if you will.

Geminex 06-02-2010 09:09 AM

Yeah, I'm aware of that. But your point seemed to be that science sucks because literally translated, its name is of inferior quality. Whereas I pointed out that the area of science with the least impressive name, is one of the most impressive (read: capable of causing the biggest explosions) areas to exist.

Thus, impressiveness of name is antiproportional to awesomeness of discipline, and thus, by pointing out that science means "to dissect" you have supported our point that science is cool.

And there's no fallacy inherent in that train of logic AT ALL so don't even bother looking for one.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:01 AM.

Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.