Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[MaximumZero]

Dafuq is that logic!?

Nope.

Darvi's right. That's not logic. That's a herp of faith.

[Darvi]

Ah, I assumed that there was supposed to be a comma after the first word.

[misko27]

I think it's because it implies there was a difference in the laws of physics between the beggining and now without adequetly explaining why that might be. The laws of physics aren't supposed to change, therefore soemone is doing it, therefore god, is what they think you're thinking.

[Sirus]

I mentioned a theory that light in the early universe was faster than light is now.

I was then called a creationist for saying that.

Dafuq is that logic!?

It's only a theory if there's some sort of testable evidence to back it up :|

[Descan]

Otherwise it's a hypothesis.

HYPOTHESIS, DAMNIT!

[Sirus]

Otherwise it's a hypothesis.

HYPOTHESIS, DAMNIT!

Finally, someone remembers the poor Scientific Method! I can't be the only one to send a card on it's birthday, right?

[misko27]

It's a hypothesis then.
NINJA"D DAMN IT.
 
What's a Hyperthesis then?

[Descan]

A really fast scientific paper.

[Sirus]

hyperthesis
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

    n. In ancient prosody, interchange of quantity in two successive places of a logaśdic series, so that in one of two lines metrically corresponding, as in strophe and antistrophe, a long is apparently transferred to a position before a short, which it would normally succeed, or a short transferred so as to exchange places with a preceding long. See polyschematic.
    n. In Philol., a transfer or “'attraction” of a letter from the syllable to which it originally belonged to another syllable immediately preceding or following it; orthographic transposition, or metathesis: thus, in Greek, μέλαινα is used for μελανια.
    n. In the Gr. Ch., a fast in addition to those regularly observed.

Also some sort of research group in New Zealand.

[Loud Whispers]

OK, it's not a theory, it's a model!

A MODEL!

Now will you stop attacking me!?

As long as you don't imply it's a valid scientific model without SOME explaining...

[Askot Bokbondeler]

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/08/light-traveled-faster-in-the-early-universe-todays-most-popular.html
it's a "proper" hypothesis, formulated by real scientists

[Sirus]

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/08/light-traveled-faster-in-the-early-universe-todays-most-popular.html
it's a "proper" hypothesis, formulated by real scientists

There's a reason why "proper hypotheses" are not typically included in science textbooks, you know :x

And some of the comments on that page are just plain lulz-worthy.

[Flying Dice]

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/08/light-traveled-faster-in-the-early-universe-todays-most-popular.html
it's a "proper" hypothesis, formulated by real scientists

There's a reason why "proper hypotheses" are not typically included in science textbooks, you know :x

And some of the comments on that page are just plain lulz-worthy.

Calling something a "proper hypothesis" because it was proposed by a real, live scientist is about as useful as calling something a "good idea" because the person who suggested it doesn't have brain damage.

"Let's go out for pizza." or "Let's drive the Kia off a cliff!"


Granted, the latter is a good idea so long as nobody is still inside.

[da_nang]

"Let's go out for pizza." or "Let's drive the Kia off a cliff!"


Granted, the latter is a good idea so long as nobody is still inside.

Until it develops wings and a propensity to steal items many times its own mass.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/08/light-traveled-faster-in-the-early-universe-todays-most-popular.html
it's a "proper" hypothesis, formulated by real scientists

There's a reason why "proper hypotheses" are not typically included in science textbooks, you know :x

And some of the comments on that page are just plain lulz-worthy.

Calling something a "proper hypothesis" because it was proposed by a real, live scientist is about as useful as calling something a "good idea" because the person who suggested it doesn't have brain damage.

"Let's go out for pizza." or "Let's drive the Kia off a cliff!"


Granted, the latter is a good idea so long as nobody is still inside.

no. it's as useful as saying a diagnosis is plausible because it was suggested by a doctor.
it's a proper hypothesis because it was formulated by someone who actually knows what he's talking about. i'm not even calling it "a good idea", i'm just distancing it from pseudo-science