01-22-2008, 11:50 AM
|
#46
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Because string theory's so useful.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 11:52 AM
|
#47
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
I was talking about physics, not mathematics.
(
I knew that would wind you up.)
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:05 PM
|
#48
|
The Original Rhinoqurilla
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Somewhere Not-So-Cold with Mountains
Posts: 4,829
|
Physicists doing bad philosophy: You get convoluted theories that only other physicists and philosophers have heard of.
Philosopher doing bad physics: You get horrendous piles of shit such as What the *Bleep* Do We Know (apparently not actual physics).
Wait just a minute-You expect me to believe-That all this misbehaving-Grew from one enchanted tree? And helpless to fight it-We should all be satisfied-With this magical explanation-For why the living die-And why it's hard to be a decent human being - David Bazan
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:05 PM
|
#49
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Quote:
Choobus wrote
I was talking about physics, not mathematics.
(
I knew that would wind you up.)
|
Want to carry on?
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:08 PM
|
#50
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Quote:
Rhinoqulous wrote
Physicists doing bad philosophy: You get convoluted theories that only other physicists and philosophers have heard of.
Philosopher doing bad physics: You get horrendous piles of shit such as What the *Bleep* Do We Know (apparently not actual physics).
|
Not actual philosophy either, unless you count these people. And possibly not actual filmmaking.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:13 PM
|
#51
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
the root of the matter is this: even when philosophy is done right it may still be a steaming pile of worthless francis.
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:19 PM
|
#52
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Quote:
Choobus wrote
the root of the matter is this: even when philosophy is done right it may still be a steaming pile of worthless francis.
|
May, I suppose. It's more likely to be wrong, but in a useful way.
BTW, that mathematics and physics thing? That argument is from Karl Popper.
That's the philosopher, Karl Popper.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:26 PM
|
#53
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
what mathematics and physics thing?
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:41 PM
|
#54
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Quote:
Choobus wrote
I was talking about physics, not mathematics.
|
That one. It's a testability argument.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:43 PM
|
#55
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
I don't need some philosopher to tell me that shit you can't test isn't physics. What is that anyway, argument from the bleedin' obvious?
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:45 PM
|
#56
|
Organ Donator
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Beastly Muck
Posts: 13,136
|
Speaking of which, I read that physicists (though not philosophers) in Jolly Old have recently come up with (at least one) testable component of string theory.
Maybe one of you eggheads can sort it all out for the rabble.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
La propriété, c'est le vol ...
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:49 PM
|
#57
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
Quote:
Philboid Studge wrote
Speaking of which, I read that physicists (though not philosophers) in Jolly Old have recently come up with (at least one) testable component of string theory.
Maybe one of you eggheads can sort it all out for the rabble.
|
when you have an infinite number of theories that's bound to happen sooner or later. I hope it's true [I've heard nothing about it], but I suspect that it will turn out to be a tsetable aspect that applies to thousands of theories. Still, if they can cut out some of the bullshit that's still progress. It won't really do them much good though until experiment can actually guide the theorists. Right now they can doi whatever they like, and they do.
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:50 PM
|
#58
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Quote:
Choobus wrote
I don't need some philosopher to tell me that shit you can't test isn't physics. What is that anyway, argument from the bleedin' obvious?
|
Clearly some physicists do though.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 12:51 PM
|
#59
|
I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: prick up your ears
Posts: 20,553
|
yeah, but they're not true physicists.......
You can always turn tricks for a few extra bucks. If looks are an issue, there's the glory hole option, but don't expect more than ... tips.
~ Philiboid Studge
|
|
|
01-22-2008, 01:18 PM
|
#60
|
Obsessed Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 2,330
|
Clearly not! No true physicist.....
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:49 PM.
|