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[SealyStar]

Someone at school stated that he wanted to go back in time and kill Isaac Newton so that calculus and modern physics would disappear, and he wouldn't have to learn them.

A teacher pointed out that other people were doing the exact same things at roughly the same time... so the kid said he would go back and kill them, too.

[kaijyuu]

And that is a good example of why you can't use murder to solve your problems. Especially math problems.

[RedKing]

Someone at school stated that he wanted to go back in time and kill Isaac Newton so that calculus and modern physics would disappear, and he wouldn't have to learn them.

A teacher pointed out that other people were doing the exact same things at roughly the same time... so the kid said he would go back and kill them, too.

But....you'd need calculus and physics to invent a time machine.

Tell him if he killed Newton, he'd be stuck in the past forever. WITHOUT INTERNET.

[penguinofhonor]

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

[Sirus]

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

National Novel Writing Month is going on right now, you know

[Loud Whispers]

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

One problem.

You cannot defeat Isaac Newton without first mastering basic maths and physics.

By the time you can defeat him, travel back in time and kill him - thus trapping you in that era,

You become him.

[penguinofhonor]

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

National Novel Writing Month is going on right now, you know

I think this would make a better roleplaying setting than a book.

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

One problem.

You cannot defeat Isaac Newton without first mastering basic maths and physics.

By the time you can defeat him, travel back in time and kill him - thus trapping you in that era,

You become him.

This, on the other hand, would make a fantastic movie.

[Bohandas]

"God is all-powerful, you can't deny that with all the evidence in the Bible!" - Random christian dude

"If god is all-powerful, can God create a stone he can't lift?" -Me.

That guy was speechless after that.

A coworker of dubious intelligence I know, once said, "Read your bible, it always has something to help you out!"
Hm. A quick check into the bible on the subject of baking and rape-law yielded horrifying, yet hilarious results. She was not amused. And then I told her I was a muslim, and she flipped out. Good times.

To be fair, that statement can help you. Unfortunately, it only helps you if you studied philosophics, or bible studies or something. There's a lot of layers of meaning in the bible.

Most of which can be summarized as :

Be a nice guy, be forgiving, and enjoy yourself.

The Bible is very wise as long as you tear out and burn everything that isn't either the Book of Ecclesiastes or the portions of the Gospels included in Jefferson's The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.

[10ebbor10]

"God is all-powerful, you can't deny that with all the evidence in the Bible!" - Random christian dude

"If god is all-powerful, can God create a stone he can't lift?" -Me.

That guy was speechless after that.

A coworker of dubious intelligence I know, once said, "Read your bible, it always has something to help you out!"
Hm. A quick check into the bible on the subject of baking and rape-law yielded horrifying, yet hilarious results. She was not amused. And then I told her I was a muslim, and she flipped out. Good times.

To be fair, that statement can help you. Unfortunately, it only helps you if you studied philosophics, or bible studies or something. There's a lot of layers of meaning in the bible.

Most of which can be summarized as :

Be a nice guy, be forgiving, and enjoy yourself.

The Bible is very wise as long as you tear out and burn everything that isn't either the Book of Ecclesiastes or the portions of the Gospels included in Jefferson's The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.

I'm pretty sure a professionall Bible analyst might not share that opinion. It's just that some parts might easily be misinterpreted.

[Loud Whispers]

And don't even get started on the grammatical translations.

[Alnos]

Let's get back to posting silly stuff, ok?

"Albert Einstein, you know, the guy who created Frankenstein!" - My little brother

[Descan]

I would love if Albert had a brother named Frank...

[Karnewarrior]

I would love if Albert had a brother named Frank...

I see what you did there.

[Sheb]

The problem is what is the "right" interpretation. Ever since I learned Charles Manson interpreted the Beatle's White Album as a prophecy about the future domination of whites by blacks, I stopped paying to much attention to "interpretations". The Bible is effectively a Rorschard test: every body can intepret it in a way that suit him.

[RedKing]

I'm now imagining a world where various sciences are kept from advancing past a certain point by time-travelling assassins.

I really like this setting.

One problem.

You cannot defeat Isaac Newton without first mastering basic maths and physics.

By the time you can defeat him, travel back in time and kill him - thus trapping you in that era,

You become him.

This may have already happened. More than once. Didn't Vector have kind of a Newton fetish?