Bill Nye The Science Guy incurs the wrath of Fundamentalists - Page 3

Shawnee123 · 09-12-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I believe in

!!! :::storms out of thread:::

What IS that?

Flint · 09-12-2006, 03:18 PM

The Flying Spaghetti Monster! May you be touched by his noodly appendage...

mrnoodle · 09-12-2006, 04:07 PM

Help! I'm being proselytized!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-12-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kwfinley

I'd like to share three operative definitions -
Faith - basic tenants of your belief that govern your actions and interactions.
Religion - when you start insisting that others live by your faith.
Fanaticism - when you start killing people for not living by your beliefs.
The people in Waco haven't yet reached fanaticism and we pray they never will. As for science and faith coexisting, I don't have any problem. In fact, if you read Stephen Hawking's writing you find that he definitely believes in a supreme architect. It's only when people rely on ignorance and what other people tell them, instead of engaging in intelligent inquiry that we get incidents like Waco. But you already know that - I just thought you would find the definitions useful.

Welcome to the Cellar, kwfinley.

I think you've got it pretty close on the definitions, but I'd say Waco was the result of attracting the attention of the government.

wolf · 09-13-2006, 01:57 AM

Welcome and thanks for the insight, KW.

The Branch Davidians would probably have never attracted the interest of the government if someone hadn't blabbed about the firearms.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2006, 08:34 AM

I think the taxman may have been involved too, but your right. When you piss off all your neighbors, they bitch to the local authorities who immediately look for a way to pass the buck to a higher authority. Guns are a perfect way to get the feds attention, even better than drugs or child porn. Of course today, terrorism is top dog.

Pie · 09-15-2006, 09:58 AM

Okay, I hate to be pedagogic, but the moon does emit light. Just like any object that's not at absolute zero temperature, it's a black body, and thus radiates according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law

It does not emit visible light, but that's a detail.

Incidentally, this implies that the earth and the moon are at roughly the same temperature (when averaged over the surface of the body). There are effects from greenhouse gases, albedo and self-heating, but solar radiation does dominate the equations. Neat!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2006, 04:27 AM

I used to know a black body, but it was hot....radiating like crazy.

09-12-2006, 03:18 PM	#32
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The Flying Spaghetti Monster! May you be touched by his noodly appendage... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-12-2006, 04:07 PM	#33
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Help! I'm being proselytized! __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

09-13-2006, 01:57 AM	#35
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Welcome and thanks for the insight, KW. The Branch Davidians would probably have never attracted the interest of the government if someone hadn't blabbed about the firearms. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-15-2006, 08:34 AM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think the taxman may have been involved too, but your right. When you piss off all your neighbors, they bitch to the local authorities who immediately look for a way to pass the buck to a higher authority. Guns are a perfect way to get the feds attention, even better than drugs or child porn. Of course today, terrorism is top dog. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2006, 09:58 AM	#37
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Okay, I hate to be pedagogic, but the moon does emit light. Just like any object that's not at absolute zero temperature, it's a black body, and thus radiates according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law It does not emit visible light, but that's a detail. Incidentally, this implies that the earth and the moon are at roughly the same temperature (when averaged over the surface of the body). There are effects from greenhouse gases, albedo and self-heating, but solar radiation does dominate the equations. Neat! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-16-2006, 04:27 AM	#38
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I used to know a black body, but it was hot....radiating like crazy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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