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Previously on "Do you have faith in Science ?"

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  • DiscoStu
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    YES!!, but are you positive ?





    Negative, shirley?

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    There was a special talent (from a list of many) that you could take, that allowed a character to "readdress" the laws of physics, provided they had a plausible reason to back it up.

    Eg, The characters were on foot and being chased by a fleet of Apache Gunships. One character successfully activated his talent and said "Metal is heavier than air".
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't that always been the case?

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  • EternalOptimist
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    Originally posted by Addanc View Post
    I've never seen an electron, but I believe brother!!!!!!!!
    YES!!, but are you positive ?





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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Addanc View Post
    I've never seen an electron, but I believe brother!!!!!!!!
    I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi
    I've seen the bridges of the world and they're for real;
    I've had a red light off the wrist without me even gettin' kissed
    It still seems so unreal.

    I've seen the morning in the mountains of Alaska
    I've seen the sunset in the east and in the west;
    I've sang the glory that was Rome,
    And passed the hound dog singer's home;
    It still seems for the best.

    Chorus
    And I'm far, far away
    with my head up in the clouds
    And I'm far, far away
    with my feet down in the crowds
    Lettin' loose around the world
    But the call of home is loud still as loud

    I've seen the Paris lights from high upon Montmartre
    And felt the silence hanging low in no mans land;
    And all those Spanish nights were fine,
    It wasn't only from the wine;
    It still seems all in hand.

    I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi
    The grand Bahama island stories carry on;
    And all those arigato smiles
    Stay in your memory for a while;
    There still seems more to come.

    And I'm far, far away
    with my head up in the clouds
    And I'm far, far away
    with my feet down in the crowds
    And I'm far, far away
    But the sound of home is loud still as loud.

    I believe in Slade http://noolmusic.com/videos_2/slade_...away_music.php
    Last edited by Diver; 6 August 2008, 19:48.

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  • Addanc
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    Do you have faith in Science ?

    would you risk your life based upon your understanding of a scientific principle ?
    I've never seen an electron, but I believe brother!!!!!!!!

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  • Board Game Geek
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    In 1991 a pen and paper RPG came out called "Tales of the Floating Vagabond".

    There was a special talent (from a list of many) that you could take, that allowed a character to "readdress" the laws of physics, provided they had a plausible reason to back it up.

    Eg, The characters were on foot and being chased by a fleet of Apache Gunships. One character successfully activated his talent and said "Metal is heavier than air".

    <THUD THUD THUD>

    <KAB....OOOM!!!>

    Oh well, nice use of a talent. Shame he used it just as the choppers were above their heads.

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  • blacjac
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Have you thought that perhaps their teeth were good because their life expectancy was so short they died before they could get any cavities.

    fruit pastelles

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by contractor79 View Post
    I read something once about a dentist who visited remote tribes around the world, and was stunned at how good their teeth were, obviously they had never seen a dentist previously and had no toothpaste
    I just wonder sometimes if we're creating an unecessary reliance
    Have you thought that perhaps their teeth were good because their life expectancy was so short they died before they could get any cavities.

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  • contractor79
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Of course we're reliant on science. What's the alternative?
    I read something once about a dentist who visited remote tribes around the world, and was stunned at how good their teeth were, obviously they had never seen a dentist previously and had no toothpaste
    I just wonder sometimes if we're creating an unecessary dependence
    Last edited by contractor79; 6 August 2008, 16:07.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Bob Dalek View Post
    Astrology. Worked perfectly well for centuries.
    Seems that the yoof of today don't know they're born.

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  • Bob Dalek
    replied
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Of course we're reliant on science. What's the alternative?
    Astrology. Worked perfectly well for centuries.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by contractor79 View Post
    don't you think we're being made reliable on science
    Of course we're reliant on science. What's the alternative?

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  • LittlestHobbo
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    where do beefburgers come from then?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Myth. Or at least, misapplication of formulae. Along the lines of "consider a spherical cow".

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  • LittlestHobbo
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    I have complete faith in Science and live my life by it, until i see a Magpie or a hat on the bed, it all goes a bit pear shaped after that...

    re:aerodynamics don't bumble bees defy the laws of physics or something?

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