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Cerridwen

(13,251 posts)
65. Yeah, I'm not so sure it existed before science proved it.
Mon Aug 19, 2013, 09:40 PM
Aug 2013

Nothing exists without scientific proof. Willow bark was just a placebo effect until Baer aspirin proved and documented it just as they were set to make money from it.

Then there's that whole "theory" thing. "Everyone knows" that theory is just what happens around the water cooler and it has no other definitions outside of the water cooler.

Florence Nightingale couldn't be trusted because she had money and Jonas Salk was just a "rich Jew" who gave away his vaccine because he could afford to and "no one does anything without getting money for it." Altruism doesn't exist because it's not scientifically proven.

I also believe everything that's "Peer Reviewed" like that whole "vaccines cause autism" thing that British medical journal published and backed for 10 years before, uh, they didn't back it any more.

Oh, yeah, "Jefferson owned slaves!" so he's not reliable when it comes to slavery no matter what ideals he aspired to; he sucked!

Wait. Oh yeah, "how can something we can't see cause illness," and "If God had meant man to fly..." and so on and so forth.

Two dimensional, unquestioning, thinking gives my brain cells angina; wait, do my brain cells exist because we can't see them? There's a good opening for a snarky reply.

The world is flat; my church tells me so. The moon walk was staged in Hollywood.

I'm so confused.

Or not.




We've all known since 2006 that gravity isn't real! n/t DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #1
LOL! LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #18
May 5, 1961 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #29
Well... actually... Scootaloo Aug 2013 #53
There is no gravity... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #128
About that size-of-the-universe stuff-- Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #2
Steve Jobs took acid (talked about it in public) and was a Buddhist. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #23
I knew Macs didn't really exist rbrnmw Aug 2013 #38
Those ipads ipods and iphones rbrnmw Aug 2013 #39
If people now-a-days only knew. RC Aug 2013 #3
It helps to have an agenda Hydra Aug 2013 #4
And just forget about Einstein. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #5
i don't trust a man who can't comb his hair. unblock Aug 2013 #6
Well, that rules out Godel too. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #7
well i hear he was an incomplete and inconsistent man, but i can't prove it. unblock Aug 2013 #8
LOL! +1000. nt napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #9
And I'm not too sure about that Heisenberg guy, either!! lastlib Aug 2013 #162
hey, isn't he that meth chemist guy? unblock Aug 2013 #165
Ada Lovelace, the worlds very first computer-programmer, was a woman. Does that count? DetlefK Aug 2013 #10
well i can easily dodge this question as i've already dismissed computers entirely ;) unblock Aug 2013 #11
Of course it matters - how dare she be a woman! demwing Aug 2013 #27
She came up with the concept of computer "bugs" IDemo Aug 2013 #51
Grace Hopper found the first actual "bug". riqster Aug 2013 #84
i just saw the story of her life SwampG8r Aug 2013 #73
Mr. Neville Shunt: riqster Aug 2013 #85
Read this tiny subthread R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #12
lol! unblock Aug 2013 #13
LOL! Aerows Aug 2013 #33
Thumbs up!!!! Heidi Aug 2013 #111
and the Royal Society is a buncha Rosicrucians! and Copernicus cited Hermes Trismegistus! MisterP Aug 2013 #14
The OP is obviously a reaction to something that s/he thinks everybody knows about ... Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #15
questioning my motives! how dare you! unblock Aug 2013 #16
No. I'm questioning your method. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #17
well it's reasonable to dismiss everything i post, anyway. i'm an atheist, after all! unblock Aug 2013 #20
Tesla: Hysterical Attention Whore LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #19
shocking! unblock Aug 2013 #21
heh heh heh demwing Aug 2013 #28
As are Plato Aerows Aug 2013 #56
Wonderful! Thanks. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #22
Too bad that DUzys are so much work. Lots of good stuff on this thread n/t eridani Aug 2013 #24
K&R Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #25
Is Someone Questioning a Law of Physics? Skraxx Aug 2013 #26
Einstein wasn't a flawed, hypocritical, proven liar? Aerows Aug 2013 #31
worse, einstein had an *agenda*! there was even some talk about him and the presidency of israel! unblock Aug 2013 #35
I'm still waiting for the questioning of the Laws of Physics claim Aerows Aug 2013 #37
Yes Aerows Aug 2013 #40
So No One Is Questioning a Law of Physics? Skraxx Aug 2013 #42
I'm ready when you are Aerows Aug 2013 #45
About What? Physics? Testable and Falsifiable Hypotheses? Skraxx Aug 2013 #49
i never had a problem with that, but the credibility of its proponents has be called into question. unblock Aug 2013 #59
Cat plays with mouse; mouse befuddled LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #77
So Then You Don't Understand The Concept Of Testable Hypotheses Skraxx Aug 2013 #86
*i* understand the concept. but i'm told to focus on the proponents rather than the data unblock Aug 2013 #90
Who Is Telling You To Ignore Scientific Evidence? Skraxx Aug 2013 #94
why, it's all around us! unblock Aug 2013 #99
Is A Law of Phsyics the Same Thing as Any Old "idea and agenda"? Skraxx Aug 2013 #101
It is to truthers jberryhill Aug 2013 #109
. Iggo Aug 2013 #96
You have to understand. GG's words are as irrefutable as gravity. joshcryer Aug 2013 #83
Is That What This Is About? Comparing A Law of Physics To Glenn Greenwalds Reporting? Skraxx Aug 2013 #87
Seriously, I don't see anyone questioning the Law of Physics Aerows Aug 2013 #32
Then What Is This Post About Newton? Skraxx Aug 2013 #43
Thread derail = successful Aerows Aug 2013 #46
Is This Post About Newton and the Law of Gravity? Is the OP Unclear on the Concept of Testable Skraxx Aug 2013 #47
It is quite an impressive piece of ironic writing Riftaxe Aug 2013 #66
Whoa Aerows Aug 2013 #74
I'm a progressive, and a lesbian Aerows Aug 2013 #75
I read that post as his imagining being a liberal is left of progressive BainsBane Aug 2013 #76
So His Reporting Is Akin To A Law of Physics? His Claims Are Testable and Falsifiable? Skraxx Aug 2013 #88
PLONK. sibelian Aug 2013 #68
no, no, no. PLANK! unblock Aug 2013 #70
No..... PLANCK jberryhill Aug 2013 #103
arrgh! curse that crazy german spelling! unblock Aug 2013 #105
I'm pretty sure all science is now wrong thanks to OP. joshcryer Aug 2013 #82
This isn't a Clapper thread. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #107
I doubt that Democracy stuff Aerows Aug 2013 #30
I once made a scale-model country out of colored clay. riqster Aug 2013 #34
LMAO! n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #36
My work here is done. Tip your servers! riqster Aug 2013 #52
I'm usually sharper than this Aerows Aug 2013 #55
You're Comparing Ideas about Democracy with a Law of Physics? Are They The Same Type of Thing? Skraxx Aug 2013 #44
Derail thread = successful Aerows Aug 2013 #48
This OP is not About Questioning Gravity? Then What is it About? Skraxx Aug 2013 #50
Scientists proved the theory of gravity was flawed LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #78
Indeed! Skraxx Aug 2013 #89
Who? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #91
You Know, The Messiah, Glenn Greenwald Skraxx Aug 2013 #95
As a scientist, I am not familiar with his work LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #98
What Facts? Scientific Facts And Laws of Physics? Or Unfalsifiable Claims Made by Individuals? Skraxx Aug 2013 #102
no no no. It's all about personalities silly LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #112
So Someone is Claiming Laws of Physics are Evaluated on Personality? Skraxx Aug 2013 #113
I've certainly come to that view LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #114
Where is this Evaluation of Physical Laws Based on Personality Happening? Skraxx Aug 2013 #115
Well, I've been reading a lot lately LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #116
What "Empirical Facts"? Where is This Questioning Laws of Physics? Skraxx Aug 2013 #117
Why didn't you complain about this in 2006? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #118
So, No Examples of Someone Questioning A Law of Phyiscs? Got it, thanks! Skraxx Aug 2013 #121
If you don't agree with me you must want Sarah Palin to be President LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #122
Still No Examples of People Questioning Laws of Physics I See, Just Non-Sequitors Skraxx Aug 2013 #123
How Many Boxes Do You Have In Your Garage? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #124
So That's a "No" Then, You Can't Support This Idiotic OP, Got It! Skraxx Aug 2013 #131
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Pole Dancer? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #132
Are You Asking Me Out? Skraxx Aug 2013 #133
Are You Going to Get A Book Deal Out of This? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #135
What Sort of Pick Up Line Is That? Now I'm Losing Interest, You Better Step It Up Pal! Skraxx Aug 2013 #136
Did You Once Agree with Someone I Disagreed With? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #137
I Guess That Means You Can Fly! Who Knew Physics Was A Popularity Contest! Skraxx Aug 2013 #138
Do You Still Think This Thread is About Physics? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #139
No, But No One Has The Courage To Actually Admit What It's About Because You All Know How Flawed Skraxx Aug 2013 #141
Who? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #142
Still Don't Have The Courage To Actually Engage on the Topic I See Skraxx Aug 2013 #143
What? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #144
Exactly Skraxx Aug 2013 #145
Where? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #146
Wherever You Want, Punkin' Skraxx Aug 2013 #147
Who? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #149
You're Wearing A Sailor Boy Outfit Aren't You? Skraxx Aug 2013 #151
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023491461 LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #152
Thong? Skraxx Aug 2013 #154
. LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #155
Pasties? Skraxx Aug 2013 #156
. LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #157
Merkin? Skraxx Aug 2013 #158
. LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #159
Codpiece?? Skraxx Aug 2013 #160
. LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #161
Now You're Singing To Me! I'm So Flattered! You Know You Want To Ask Me Out, Don't Be Shy! Skraxx Aug 2013 #164
This OP is not About Questioning Gravity? Then What is it About? Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #129
And? Skraxx Aug 2013 #130
Counting....nt Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #148
I Had My Doubts About Your Ability To Do So Skraxx Aug 2013 #150
Newton was an untrustworthy jerk because he liked sour green apples. Quantess Aug 2013 #41
And as we all know, God didn't make little green apples. nt riqster Aug 2013 #54
No! I don't trust his motives. Quantess Aug 2013 #58
Granny Smith apples, combined with Vidalia onions Aerows Aug 2013 #79
Hello? Why do you think they call it 'theory' of gravity? moobu2 Aug 2013 #57
what i want to know is, who signed thermodynamics into law, anyway? unblock Aug 2013 #61
You expect Obama to do this with a Republican House? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #80
Newton, Turing, and Einstein provided evidence for their theories Recursion Aug 2013 #60
no, no, no. can't trust evidence if the person pushing it has an agenda. unblock Aug 2013 #62
Well, to take this out of the analogy... Recursion Aug 2013 #63
greenwald? snowden? what *are* you going on about? unblock Aug 2013 #71
Evidence of physical laws can be reproduced by anyone jberryhill Aug 2013 #104
you're right! outside of the lab, we have to base everything on people's reputations and character. unblock Aug 2013 #106
Uh, no you don't jberryhill Aug 2013 #108
lol! sorry if the snark overload in this thread is leading you astray. unblock Aug 2013 #110
And anybody who doesn't agree with you is a goddamned racist! Th1onein Aug 2013 #64
you're goddamned right about that! or a homophobe! or a straight-ally-uh-ist. unblock Aug 2013 #67
Yeah, I'm not so sure it existed before science proved it. Cerridwen Aug 2013 #65
no, no, no. unblock Aug 2013 #69
Damn! My "generational bias" is showing!" Cerridwen Aug 2013 #72
Ones personal inclinations has zero bearing on science. joshcryer Aug 2013 #81
Ben Franklin was the Father of Our Country... literally. ananda Aug 2013 #92
haha! unblock Aug 2013 #100
I'm glad you cleared this up because right here on DU a Random poster told us that sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #93
Kicked, Rec'd, and Bookmarked. Iggo Aug 2013 #97
Good post. TransitJohn Aug 2013 #119
all I can say is WTF gopiscrap Aug 2013 #120
I think gravity should be part of the secret laws of physics KurtNYC Aug 2013 #125
good idea. in the meanwhile ponder this: drop an object at noon and it falls *away* from the sun! unblock Aug 2013 #127
A map might help LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #140
a map? what's that supposed to mean? i'm so lost. <<-- aha! aha!!!! unblock Aug 2013 #153
A map can answer physics questions OR LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #163
ah, a topological pun, well done! unblock Aug 2013 #166
Gravity is an illusion! lol n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #126
IKR?!?! Rex Aug 2013 #134
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