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Rath said:

Ha-ha, hell yeah! Mathematics kicks ass!



           

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Soleron said:
That xkcd comic was on the whiteboards in the rooms of two universities whose Open Days I visited [for Physics]. Obviously popular.

I wish I had done physics at university nowadays. Still, I guess I get to shoehorn things a bit more now in post graduate studies, so it's all good



physics and chemistry are the only sciences that you can trust 100% (or at least pretty close to 100)



angrypoolman said:
physics and chemistry are the only sciences that you can trust 100% (or at least pretty close to 100)

You trust Physics 100%? I'm sorry, but didn't you reject both Hubbles law and Cosmic microwave background radiation measurements a couple of weeks back?



^first i want to start off by saying i havent studied everything there is to study in physics. i took two years of physics in highschool (one year was an advanced placement class, so it is supposed to be the equivalent of college physics). so as you could imagine, it was pretty basic stuff. everything i learned in those classes stemmed from principles that were proven in mathematics. so as far as i studied it, yes, i do trust all the physics i learned 100%.

you say i rejected hubbles law, but the truth is, i don't know a whole lot about it. i know what it is, but the actual mathematics behind it i have never studied, so there isnt much i can say about it. i am just skeptical towards the whole big bang theory. not to say that i reject all of this supposed 'evidence' for it, i just think there is a possibility that you could get the wrong conclusion from the data you have. the physics and chemistry i trust is the math. everything beyond that is just an educated guess.

i am finding a common trend in these 'arguments' we get in though. i question a lot of things. i can see how it comes off as im just being contrary, or ignorant, but really, i am just entertaining an idea that isnt generally accepted by the public. so basically, i dont want to say i 'rejected' those laws, because the truth is, i dont know enough about them to even do that.

also, i have no idea wtf cosmic microwave background radiation is.



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Induction=/=Deduction



So angrypoolman, what are your thoughts on prog rock? Have you been to the Court of the Crimson King yet?



lol, you gotta love rubang's posts.



The Ghost of RubangB said:
So angrypoolman, what are your thoughts on prog rock? Have you been to the Court of the Crimson King yet?

XD Great episode. Too bad its like Lucky Star and I'm too young to get some/most of the references.



Akvod said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
So angrypoolman, what are your thoughts on prog rock? Have you been to the Court of the Crimson King yet?

XD Great episode. Too bad its like Lucky Star and I'm too young to get some/most of the references.

Hey I'm only 26.  I'm definitely too young for half those references.  I guess I'm just an old dude in a young dude's body.  That album came out in 1969, and it's still a timeless mind-expanding journey to the depths of your soul.

Normally the show is comedy, but there wasn't a single joke in that clip.  They were telling the truth about this album.

If you want to jump right into being a mad scientist... here's the original studio version of "21st Century Schizoid Man"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm3SAtzQl5M

If you're not ready to handle the magic with guitars, drums, and horns... you could always dip your toe in the water by seeing it performed by Japanese babes with violins... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU

And the epic title track... "The Court of the Crimson King" ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpr0qoDI-cI&feature=fvw

I swear, if you listen to this album enough you could explode the moon with your mind alone.