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Post by MaybeNever on Jun 8, 2011 3:10:44 GMT -5
Wasn't there some reasonably famous American who actually said stuff like that on TV? If I remember it was about how we could not explain the tides without god or something. Then he was called an idiot and made another equally stupid statement about something else. That would be Bill O'Reilly, a right-wing political commentator complete with his own show. Sadly, he's like a more sane Glenn Beck. The guy in the "bread goes in toast" picture posted above is him.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 9, 2011 21:15:25 GMT -5
Tide goes in, tide goes out. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT!
And then, when he got called out, he decided to insist that we don't know how the moon got there. Except... we do.
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Post by kzn02 on Jun 10, 2011 15:13:32 GMT -5
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Jun 11, 2011 8:27:26 GMT -5
I have no idea how the sun stays burning. I have to idea how things stay in orbit.I have no idea how stars come to be.
But I just accept that I'm ignorant in astrology/astronomy. I don't think, "Dunno, must be God."
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Post by shykid on Jun 11, 2011 8:57:14 GMT -5
Exactly.
I know I'm ignorant of lots of things, even in Math and Education (my majors)--or, hell, especially in those subjects, since the more you learn about something, the more you realize what you don't know. However, rather than being arrogant enough to dismiss reality itself or credit it to forces beyond human comprehension, I just work to remedy my own ignorance or simply accept it--Lord knows I'll never be as knowledgeable as, say, John Nash or Paul Erdős.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jun 11, 2011 9:39:53 GMT -5
Goddidit.
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Post by Hades on Jun 11, 2011 10:17:17 GMT -5
Tide goes in, tide goes out. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT! And then, when he got called out, he decided to insist that we don't know how the moon got there. Except... we do. He also asked how come Mars doesn't have a moon, even though it has two.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 11, 2011 12:47:42 GMT -5
I have no idea how the sun stays burning. I have to idea how things stay in orbit.I have no idea how stars come to be. I know you weren't really asking, but I can give the "long story short" answers to those. The sun stays "burning" via nuclear fusion (fusing atoms together into helium) -- it's somewhat comparable to a nuclear bomb, on a very, very large scale, with a few differences (fusion instead of fission, for instance). Orbit is due to angular momentum, which prevents bodies from crashing down to whatever they're orbiting. Stars are formed in nebulae, pretty much when it gets dense enough to collapse and start the fusion process. The moar you know. Tide goes in, tide goes out. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT! And then, when he got called out, he decided to insist that we don't know how the moon got there. Except... we do. He also asked how come Mars doesn't have a moon, even though it has two. Hah, I'd forgotten about that. In fact, didn't he imply that earth was the only known planet with a moon, even though Jupiter and Saturn have about a zillion between them?
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Post by shykid on Jun 12, 2011 10:15:36 GMT -5
Remember, folks, these individuals are allowed to vote and influence policy on science and education.
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Post by kzn02 on Aug 7, 2011 12:28:58 GMT -5
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Post by Jodie on Aug 7, 2011 12:56:23 GMT -5
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 7, 2011 13:01:01 GMT -5
FTFY Oh, but it's the same as Jodie's.
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Post by Meshakhad on Aug 7, 2011 13:12:00 GMT -5
Someone asked where they could find out about aliens.
I linked the Mass Effect wiki.
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 7, 2011 18:07:36 GMT -5
It's a combination of an old joke about "where does the bread go?" in a toaster and Bill O'Reilly's recent comment about how science can't explain the tides, so it must be God.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Aug 7, 2011 18:08:55 GMT -5
Where does the "bread goes in, toast comes out, you can't explain it" thing come from? A combination of Bill Orly's "Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out, You Can't Explain That" and about how a few people think/though (at least in the joke) that bread and toast are two different things.
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