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Re: Page 120!

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:46 am
by Absalom
dragoongfa wrote:
raistlin34 wrote:
Absalom wrote:It could also be used to claim that Humanity is a variably-fractious species that goes through cycles of homogenization and heterogenization.
I wonder if there is anything Humanity may unanimously agree about.
That water is wet?
And now I'm picturing a conspiracy theorist shouting that it's a lie...

But yes, only the things that are unassailably true via physical law will be unanimously agreed on. Which is probably good, because the stuff that's mostly unanimous is often where future generations discover us all to be psychopathic dictators.

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:47 am
by Krulle
Absalom wrote:
dragoongfa wrote:
raistlin34 wrote:I wonder if there is anything Humanity may unanimously agree about.
That water is wet?
And now I'm picturing a conspiracy theorist shouting that it's a lie...

But yes, only the things that are unassailably true via physical law will be unanimously agreed on. [...]
Earth is flat?

Pretty sure that all physical laws so far have proven that Earth is NOT flat, except maybe as seen from a 5th or 6th dimension...

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:56 am
by raistlin34
But yes, only the things that are unassailably true via physical law will be unanimously agreed on. ]
Earth is flat?
Pretty sure that all physical laws so far have proven that Earth is NOT flat, except maybe as seen from a 5th or 6th dimension...
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:roll: welcome to Humanity, Loroi.

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:49 pm
by boldilocks
Can water actually be wet, though?

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:23 pm
by Absalom
Krulle wrote:
Absalom wrote:
dragoongfa wrote:That water is wet?
And now I'm picturing a conspiracy theorist shouting that it's a lie...

But yes, only the things that are unassailably true via physical law will be unanimously agreed on. [...]
Earth is flat?

Pretty sure that all physical laws so far have proven that Earth is NOT flat, except maybe as seen from a 5th or 6th dimension...
Pretty sure that topology theory says that the Earth IS flat... from a certain point of view.

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:52 am
by boldilocks
Absalom wrote:Pretty sure that topology theory says that the Earth IS flat... from a certain point of view.
You're damn right, Riemann. It's vertical slabs all the way down.

Re: Page 120!

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 3:10 pm
by Turrosh Mak
Absalom wrote: Pretty sure that topology theory says that the Earth IS flat... from a certain point of view.
You are technically correct; the best kind of correct.