Kitman

I think Parky is one of the more interesting posters. At least that's what the elves at the bottom of the garden told me. But there are a lot of knowledgeable and funny posters on here, and virtually no txt spk, which is good.

37 pages in this thread and still nothing. Sometimes the Gods are cruel....

Nah i'll think i'll make a cup of soup and a sandwich. could of been eating a pizza if it wasn't for them fuck-faces. Life in the fast lane, eh?

Now would be a good time for a joint or two Kevin

* Shudder *

That's rough. Bad luck, mate.

Are you the one that did that cowboy animation for your course? wtf, that was genius. I haven't laughed like that since.

Thats what i wanted to hear. Thattttttttttts what I wanted to hear. Whoever he is

Nothing a good cup of tea won't fix

I think the standard's pretty high on here.

That Holden McGroin's my favourite poster

Surely that's; nah nahnah, nah n'nahnah, nah nahnah, nah n'nahnah? It's Bananarama, I'd recognise it anywhere

Ben Arfa split?

Aha, you've got full blown science I'm on a hiding to nothing here Regarding human limits, it seems likely that we'll design machines that will take the problems off our hands. Maybe they'll be better scientists than humans ever could be. I think you're right, being a ghost doesn't seem much of a laugh. Maybe that's why they're usually reported as sad or pissed off....

I like old graveyards. Modern ones lack atmosphere. When I was about 10 years old, I stayed in an old country house in Yorkshire. I was reading Dracula at the time and the moon was out every night. I didn't sleep a wink for 2 nights It's got a modern council cemetary as part of it but the old graveyard bit next to the church is great. It's quite overgrown and has a few family vault things plus some headstones going back to the mid-18th century which are quite cool. If you like that sort of thing. I sound like a goth ffs In the old days some people's grave plots were as good as houses. Some real works of art crumbling to bits in some of them. Have you been to Highgate Cemetery in London? I've always planned to go to Pere LaChaise in Paris and check out Jim Morrison's grave but I've never got round to it.

"Eh?!"

I like old graveyards. Modern ones lack atmosphere. When I was about 10 years old, I stayed in an old country house in Yorkshire. I was reading Dracula at the time and the moon was out every night. I didn't sleep a wink for 2 nights

Possibly

I was taught at school that science is the explanation of physical events through systematic study and experiment. That's a reasonable definition which makes your tirade all the more odd imo. Basically, you're agreeing that all science is is a process, or perhaps philosophy, of trying to understand the Universe in a systematic manner through observation and intellect. So when you say Science is arrogant, I assume you mean scientists, individually and/or collectively, are arrogant, rather than the field itself. Since science, unlike mysticism and religion, is constantly under revision, I reject this outright personally. Of course individuals sientists may be arrogant, but in general the don't come close to your average preacher in this regard. Another two questions then: What other way of thinking has provided us with so much through (the application of Science - technology)? How else do you propose we should understand the world? It's not a tirade I don't think your questions are relevant to what I was saying really. I'd much rather live in the modern world than the dark ages. Science isn't a philosophy imo but I think maybe it's become like one in the absence of anything else to believe in. I do think it breeds intellectual arrogance. However I'm not evangelising an alternative to science, there isn't one (currently). I'm just having a moan about the intellectual snobbery that goes with it, the accepted wisdom that it provides the answer to everything. I don't believe it is the only way to interpret the world. I think there's a place for intuition, imagination, irrationality, a bit of mystery and so on. Ghosts might exist, you never know. And lots of other interesting things that make life amusing. I prefer not to live like Spock, and rule them out simply because they're illogical.

I know the "half" is just an expression but my arbitrary guess would be less than 1% is unexplained to any great degree. How literal minded of you Yeah but your inference is that even though science is sort of good, it doesn't really measure up in the big picture - I think you're wrong on that. It was just meant to be a joke, hence the wink smiley. I'm not sure what you mean by 'measure up in the big picture'? I suppose what I'm inferring is that science is a form of modern religion which some people seem to believe in as providing all the answers. I think we should be more sceptical about things we can't explain, that's all.

Depends on your starting point I suppose. If you flatly rule out the possibility that anything could survive death in any form whatsoever, then of course it's a ridiculous idea.

I know the "half" is just an expression but my arbitrary guess would be less than 1% is unexplained to any great degree. How literal minded of you

I was taught at school that science is the explanation of physical events through systematic study and experiment.