the futility of debate

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:02 pm

£10 Bag wrote:
Parson wrote:everything is politics.
if i farted too heavily and shat my pants, would that be considered politics?

mum says i should get into politics, if what you say is true, i could tell her i'm already involved

purely out of interest...

sharing that on a public forum is definitely politics.

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:04 pm

black lotus wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.

too bad he ended up being wrong about some things..

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_040716.html

don't forget that hawking was the guy who discovered that black holes emitted stuff tho.

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:09 pm

Parson wrote:
black lotus wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.

too bad he ended up being wrong about some things..

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_040716.html
don't forget that hawking was the guy who discovered that black holes emitted stuff tho.

which is actually pretty funny.. he proved himself wrong

bellybelle · Post by **bellybelle** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:11 pm

black lotus wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.

too bad he ended up being wrong about some things..

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_040716.html

i don't understand how a mention of someone else's opinion warranted a charged response...

edited to add: yes actually i do. hrm. personal reflection sucks sometimes, hehehe. i have some more work to do

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:16 pm

black lotus wrote:
Parson wrote:
black lotus wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.

too bad he ended up being wrong about some things..

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_040716.html
don't forget that hawking was the guy who discovered that black holes emitted stuff tho.
which is actually pretty funny.. he proved himself wrong

oh snap. i misread it on first skim.

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:33 am

only 10 pages? you guys are slipping. i was expecting 15 by yesterday evening.

slackers! get to debating!

oh wait.

parson · Post by **parson** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:09 am

black lotus · Post by **black lotus** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:31 am

bellybelle wrote:
black lotus wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.

too bad he ended up being wrong about some things..

http://www.space.com/news/hawking_bet_040716.html
i don't understand how a mention of someone else's opinion warranted a charged response...

edited to add: yes actually i do. hrm. personal reflection sucks sometimes, hehehe. i have some more work to do

not charged, just realistic

also.. we all have work to do. find me someone who doesn't and i will give them work to do.

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:40 am

Er...what's wrong with 'believing' in time travel?

bellybelle · Post by **bellybelle** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:11 pm

Mr Hyde wrote:
bellybelle wrote:
Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel
so does stephen hawking. i asked him in a few emails and asked for references to why he thinks that...

yes. i am a geek.
wicked!...did he respond?

he did.....said he believed that it was possible but that at the moment, we don't have the technology or amount/source of energy required. i should go look for that email. i *girlsquealed* when i saw it in my inbox, i remember.

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:16 pm

Stephen Hawking, possibly the most intelligent man on Earth, responded over e-mail when you asked him "do u fink time travel is possible?"

Yeah, I smell poo-poo.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:18 pm

I believe her. Although I wouldn't have thought it was Hawking himself, he actually employs a woman to do it, but apparently 'they' do like to reply to as much mail as possible.

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:19 pm

Parson wrote:dude even einstein believed in time travel

that actually means nothing.

this are big ideas, well thought out and very interesting. They are put forward by some extremely clever people; this does not make them true; they just make a more compelling argument than your average Joe stating time travel is possible.

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:20 pm

What Jubz said.

bellybelle · Post by **bellybelle** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:20 pm

Dead Rats wrote:Stephen Hawking, possibly the most intelligent man ion Earth, responded over e-mail when you asked him "do u fink time travel is possible?"

Yeah, I smell poo-poo.

i had been asking a series of questions sent to his email address a few years ago because i was smoking with a few of my engineering friends and they were talking about dimensions and time travel. i thought they were talking a bunch of bs so i looked for the email address of someone i thought would know more than me.

either an assistant or himself, but someone answered under his name. don't blame me for the interpretation of that. if thats not him, then it wasn't me who made the error if someone used his title.

and why shouldn't he still be accessible? is he no longer in residence?

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:20 pm

Dead Rats wrote: Yeah, I smell poo-poo.

prehaps you should have a shower and put some clean underwear on.

bellybelle · Post by **bellybelle** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:23 pm

eLBe wrote:
Dead Rats wrote: Yeah, I smell poo-poo.
prehaps you should have a shower and put some clean underwear on.

underwear is overrated

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:26 pm

bellybelle wrote:
eLBe wrote:
Dead Rats wrote: Yeah, I smell poo-poo.
prehaps you should have a shower and put some clean underwear on.
underwear is overrated

I agree,

Showers on the other hand deserve more praise

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:26 pm

bellybelle wrote:
Dead Rats wrote:Stephen Hawking, possibly the most intelligent man ion Earth, responded over e-mail when you asked him "do u fink time travel is possible?"

Yeah, I smell poo-poo.
i had been asking a series of questions sent to his email address a few years ago because i was smoking with a few of my engineering friends and they were talking about dimensions and time travel. i thought they were talking a bunch of bs so i looked for the email address of someone i thought would know more than me.

either an assistant or himself, but someone answered under his name. don't blame me for the interpretation of that. if thats not him, then it wasn't me who made the error if someone used his title.

and why shouldn't he still be accessible? is he no longer in residence?

I would've thought that very many people before you would've e-mailed him questions a little bit more specific, and the question "do you think time travel is possible?" would have been a bit insulting/shit and he's heard it plenty of time before. Fair play, though, the obvious possibility of an assistant(s) replying for him is...well, I didn't think of it, but it's bloody obvious.

They must have templates for questions like that.

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