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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
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Badboyrune
Sweden2247 Posts
On December 08 2013 13:08 The_Templar wrote: Why am I obsessed with bananas when I prefer apples? The phallic shape. | ||
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Archeon
3261 Posts
On December 08 2013 10:00 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: I don't mean politicians' plans and motives are exactly those of who elect them, but rather the inadequacies of politicians reflects apathy of voters. Especially in the US. Many people vote for a party because their family supports the party or their area supports the party and then they just piggyback on the issues that the party promotes. This is why Congress has like 18% approval rating and the re-election rate is about 98%. The shittiness of politicians simply represents (many, not all) people's inability to care. It's not even hard to discern in most cases. Nearly every interview on the news where some senator is being asked questions about his stances on controversial issues, the senator shifts the conversation away every time the question is brought up. It's ridiculously transparent if you look for it. I can confirm that it's the same way in Germany. Politicians dodge difficult questions and nobody ever cares. People elect what their family or friends elect. Since nobody really cares the system never changes. On December 08 2013 08:17 fabiano wrote: What could humanity achieve if there were no wars, money greed, religion, fanaticism, political games and if everyone worked towards making us all advance in all relevant fields of research? Have you read brave new world? It's a book about a two (five, but you can divide them into two big groups) class system where people are bread (with incubators) into their positions. The majority is the worker class that does the physical jobs that can be done with little to none brain capacity, and the top 10% lead the society or do the research (which is somewhat separated in our world). Sounds familiar? It's that way because it's efficient. Most people arent able to conduct research nowadays because it's just to complicated to fully understand the amount of information needed. Getting a bachelor or master is a matter of hard work. Being able to conduct meaningful research is a matter of hard work and great talent. 10% is probably optimistic. Naturally it will get worse the further a science develops. As a result the different departments of science have/will more or less hit a wall until we are able to breed more intelligent people than we are now. So the answer is not much more. The biggest difference would probably come from the increased amounts of money, allowing more experimental projects and better equipment. I doubt that the human factor plays a role. | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On December 08 2013 13:11 Wombat_NI wrote: I'd imagine it's some kind of phallic symbolism oh Templar. Granted I am assuming you Protoss have similar genital appendages to us humans. Why did you say 'you Protoss' and 'us humans'? Aren't you a Protoss Archon? :o | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
On December 08 2013 08:17 fabiano wrote: What could humanity achieve if there were no wars, money greed, religion, fanaticism, political games and if everyone worked towards making us all advance in all relevant fields of research? Mass obesity. All that stuff keeps people in shape. On December 08 2013 09:45 icystorage wrote: what are your general rule of thumbs regarding financial security planning? My advice would be to keep up the hustle and stay on your grind. Fuck bitches, get money. Also, write down every penny you spend or take in. Also, according to the commercials on Fox News, INVEST IN *GOLD*. Or silver. On December 08 2013 13:08 The_Templar wrote: Why am I obsessed with bananas when I prefer apples? It is because it is a 100% proven fact that monkeys love bananas. You can look that up on any wiki besides wikipedia, which is filled with lies. As a human, you are related to monkeys, so the urge for bananas is strong, and also, you might subconsciously love dicks. | ||
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
Why is water wet? Why are turtles? How long do you think Bill Clinton's penis is? Is LoL actually part of an illuminati plot? If a jetliner crashed into the side of the pentagon, why is there no visible debris of the aircraft, and no entry/damage marks on the building from the wings of the aircraft? | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On December 08 2013 20:45 ninazerg wrote: If a jetliner crashed into the side of the pentagon, why is there no visible debris of the aircraft, and no entry/damage marks on the building from the wings of the aircraft? The wings went inside the building due to momentum, and the debris either burned up, or became the fragments you see in the pictures. | ||
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weikor
Austria580 Posts
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dravernor
Netherlands6191 Posts
On December 08 2013 23:01 weikor wrote: i recently read that 86,5% of statistics are made up. discuss I read into your post to guess wildly that your statistics were fictional. Also, I am calling you out on not providing a source. | ||
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Callynn
Netherlands917 Posts
On December 08 2013 23:01 weikor wrote: i recently read that 86,5% of statistics are made up. discuss Did you read that in the other 13,5%? | ||
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Archeon
3261 Posts
On December 08 2013 23:01 weikor wrote: i recently read that 86,5% of statistics are made up. discuss I am pretty sure that statistics are made by people who are either paid for making them or have an interest in making them and therefore represent the interest of the one who made/ordered it. Still I doubt that most of them are fundamentally false, as proving that would discredit the institute that made them. That being said ofc there are "tricks" like small numerical (<5%) "errors", splitting up big parts into smaller ones so they dont seem as big, using % values and numerical values depending on what you want to represent and so on. | ||
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
On December 08 2013 20:45 ninazerg wrote: My questions: Why is water wet? Why are turtles? How long do you think Bill Clinton's penis is? Is LoL actually part of an illuminati plot? If a jetliner crashed into the side of the pentagon, why is there no visible debris of the aircraft, and no entry/damage marks on the building from the wings of the aircraft? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories#The_Pentagon follow-up question: A common trap all conspiracy theorists seem to fall into is that when something doesn't immediately make sense, they make up some crazy shit about missiles and the NWO, then ignore any evidence to the contrary. How can we fix our education system to get more people to think critically? | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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dNa
Germany591 Posts
On December 09 2013 02:32 iTzSnypah wrote: Why isn't water flammable? I mean it's made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen so I see no reason it is not combustible. When hydrogen and oxygen react to form water, they evolve a lot of energy. So it is an exothermic reaction. Fuel cell works on the same principle. When a particular reaction is exothermic, the reverse reaction is always endothermic. This means that decomposition of water by any means (Electrolysis or combustion) must be an endothermic reaction. However, all combustion reactions are exothermic in nature as combustion releases heat. The simple reason why water is inflammable is because its decomposition REQUIRES a lot of energy, which is not possible in case of combustion. (copy+pasted from Yahoo answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100612114938AAes4mY) | ||
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greenelve
Germany1392 Posts
On December 09 2013 02:32 iTzSnypah wrote: Why isn't water flammable? I mean it's made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen so I see no reason it is not combustible. In some cases it is. If you burn fat in a pan and try to extingish the fire with water, the water increases the fire. i guess its the molecule structure, which makes water the "counter" to fire in most places. For example take dust. Its not burnable, yet there are dust explosions under specific circumstances, where dust can burn (and explode by energyrelease). flour dust is famous for being dangerous cause of explosions. ...me science english. :/ | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Water is not flammable because it is the end result of combustion, it is the end result of combustion. Edit: Water doesn't burn and increase the fire. What happens is that the water is converted to steam as it absorbes the heat of the oil and expands rapidly. In theory, you can extinguish a chip pan fire with water, so long as the water can vapourise without touching the oil. | ||
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Amanebak
Czech Republic528 Posts
On December 08 2013 20:45 ninazerg wrote: Why is water wet? Water is wet only if you touch it. Question: What is the meaning of life? Does it make sense to look for purpose of everything? | ||
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