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#205376
wintermute
Yes. Yes it is.
Creation science is the equivalent of trying to run your car on pixie-dust and moonbeams.
4/10/2007 4:31:34 PM
#205437
Puck
RAmen.
4/10/2007 5:20:57 PM
#205441
The Flying Spaghetti Monster
Thank you Puck.
4/10/2007 5:24:05 PM
#205472
AriseNow
Isn't that the whole point? Come, I think you'll enjoy the \"real world\".
4/10/2007 5:53:40 PM
#371874
Phoenix
Huh. Wintermute, I originally read your answer as "pixie-dust and moon beans." I'm not sure which version I like better.
12/29/2007 6:49:15 AM
#371891
Hawker Hurricane
So, what works outside the 'real world'?
12/29/2007 8:06:41 AM
#376331
aaa
Are you protecting or attackin' science?
1/6/2008 6:57:51 PM
#376489
ventomareiro
Maybe this will come as a surprise, but your whole existence takes place in the real world. Sorry to dissappoint.
1/7/2008 1:15:01 AM
#376524
Alena
...
Are you secretly on our side, or what?
1/7/2008 2:45:43 AM
#376588
anti-nonsense
Huh? What is your point?
1/7/2008 5:39:04 AM
#386566
Whisper
Hey, this was taken out of context. He said
"So what if science works in the "real world?" That's like saying gasoline works in internal combustion engines. It's still undrinkable."
He's still an idiot, but his simile made sense.
1/21/2008 4:18:05 AM
#386578
Viva
WTF!
1/21/2008 4:38:14 AM
#386584
Brian X
Whisper:
Actually, I'm pretty sure the rest of the sentence renders it completely incoherent.
1/21/2008 4:47:14 AM
#386586
Tempus
I can haz moonbeans?
1/21/2008 4:49:30 AM
#1005189
You just picked some words that looked scientific and make a salad nobody can eat. And check the computer you´re typing. Without science, you´d either not live to tell it or wouldn´t have the means.
8/12/2009 3:33:04 PM
#1272466
Pedantic Speaker
Welcome to the Real World
Also, Whisper:
He is right about that: The hominid brain can only learn certain scientific subjects (most notably relativity, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, higher-dimensional mathematics, logic, and statistics and probability) with great difficulty; therefore, we may consider these subjects 'undrinkable'. However, that does not make these subjets false; indeed, were I to design a sentient species, I would attempt to give them an inherent understanding of these fields (that is, when introduced to these subjects, they would find them intuitive rather than counter-intuitive).
3/28/2011 6:35:10 PM
#1272525
Justanotheratheist
What other world is it supposed to work in? Hogwarts?
3/28/2011 11:32:40 PM
#1272532
TWoozl
Could someone help me find my jaw? It dropped pretty hard here.
3/29/2011 12:48:07 AM
#1272752
Canadiest
Whispers right, the entire sentence shows his bias and makes it a true simile.
His bias being :Science bad
And "works in the 'real world" being,
: helps
3/29/2011 5:43:59 PM
#1272762
Elia
WTF, was this posted by a man who used to work at my high school? I swear his name was very similar.
3/29/2011 6:35:49 PM
#1272813
rikalous
Pedantic Speaker, given your handle I doubt you'll mind if I nitpick a bit. The subjects you mentioned can be absorbed, to ones benefit, with a little effort. Gasoline, if I'm not mistaken, triggers an uncontrollable gag reflex and provides more nutrients. So relativity and so forth would be more akin to maple syrup, or perhaps very bitter medicine.
tl;dr version: Albert's simile still sucks.
3/30/2011 12:34:07 AM
#1272821
full quote
"So what if science works in the "real world?" That's like saying gasoline works in internal combustion engines. It's still undrinkable."
yeah that's why we have some nice kool-aid to drink amirite?
3/30/2011 1:43:52 AM
#1341794
Joker
I am genuinely curious what the point was.
10/19/2011 6:33:32 AM
#1341862
Anon-e-moose
"So what if science works in the 'real world?' That's like saying gasoline works in internal combustion engines."
Some say, that he has no concept of religion. And that he drinks petrol. All we know is... he's called The Stig!
10/19/2011 8:40:44 AM
#1341949
Canadiest
Blinded by science award goes to,,,Albert. For not only missing the point but HIS OWN point.
10/19/2011 1:26:52 PM
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