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I like to ponder things from varying view points. Things such as "if you found out the world was really flat, and that it's "flat vs round" had zero impact on your life, would you care that it's now flat?
What if the moon landings really were staged events? all this time later, beyond the deception, would it matter?
Is there a point in which the human form can not run any faster? Is there a hard stop at just how fast the 100M dash can be run?
What if the moon landings really were staged events? all this time later, beyond the deception, would it matter?
Is there a point in which the human form can not run any faster? Is there a hard stop at just how fast the 100M dash can be run?
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I have a friend, well he's more like a friend of a friend, that has recently decided the world is flat. Apparently there's some new religious push in that direction. I haven't bothered to read up on it or the "science" and "biblical proof" behind it, so I think it's safe to say that I don't care.
As for the moon landing, I don't really care. I would be curious where all of the money appropriated for these events actually went.
I feel like there must be a limit. Between what the human body can endure, what it can accomplish, and the laws of motion, velocity, resistance, etc., there simply must be a limit.
it seems more than one topic is being brought into question. It seems like one conditional is "if something had zero impact on your life" and the other topical conditional is "would something being different have an impact on your life or not (and would you care)?"
I tend to believe in "trickle down effects" in life; that one action, even though unrelated in your life, will affect someone else, that will affect something or someone else, which eventually will get around to affecting you. Essentially, "the butterfly effect."
So, I can't imagine something having "zero impact" on my life, but lets fly with that concept... Better yet, let's flip it around, what if the world WAS flat, and the question was; if the earth was round and this had zero impact on your life, would you still care?"
In that instance, I'd have to say, yes it would, because in essence, this is a "does the ends, justifies the means?" concept.
there are a lot of people who, given that they prosper or are unaffected by the outcome, could care less about how something is done. For the most part, that is not me, though I have given the opposite concept some consideration in recent years, for a few select topics, which is unprecedented for me.
I guess my best answer I could give is; "it depends."
As far as the moon landing, I've already maintained that it was in part a hoax. yes it bothers me, yet I can't see how "beyond the hoax, would it bother you?" is applicable, because the whole concept is, "if the moon landing was a hoax, would it bother you beyond the hoax?" There wouldnt be a question if you take the hoax out of it.
I believe human beings are, unenhanced, incapable of going beyond a certain threshold.
Related to human abilities, was a guy who made the longest jump with water skis. He actually accomplished this quite by accident as he started to go horizontal, instead of remaining upright after he left the ramp. By doing this, he reduced his drag.
His weight remained the same, his thrust remained the same, his lift (the ramp) remained the same, so it was only the impact of his body rushing through the air that changed. By going horizontal, the air stopped hitting the entire front of his body, and only hit his head and shoulders. While this increased his parasitic drag, apparently that doesn't have as much of an impact. Thus he almost doubled the distance one would normally travel on water skis at the same ramp height and boat speed.
How this relates to a human running is, I think there might be a technique that will allow a person to "cheat" and go faster, but given all the same parameters, human beings can only run only so fast.
How this question relates to the afore question, I havent a bloody clue.
I tend to believe in "trickle down effects" in life; that one action, even though unrelated in your life, will affect someone else, that will affect something or someone else, which eventually will get around to affecting you. Essentially, "the butterfly effect."
So, I can't imagine something having "zero impact" on my life, but lets fly with that concept... Better yet, let's flip it around, what if the world WAS flat, and the question was; if the earth was round and this had zero impact on your life, would you still care?"
In that instance, I'd have to say, yes it would, because in essence, this is a "does the ends, justifies the means?" concept.
there are a lot of people who, given that they prosper or are unaffected by the outcome, could care less about how something is done. For the most part, that is not me, though I have given the opposite concept some consideration in recent years, for a few select topics, which is unprecedented for me.
I guess my best answer I could give is; "it depends."
As far as the moon landing, I've already maintained that it was in part a hoax. yes it bothers me, yet I can't see how "beyond the hoax, would it bother you?" is applicable, because the whole concept is, "if the moon landing was a hoax, would it bother you beyond the hoax?" There wouldnt be a question if you take the hoax out of it.
I believe human beings are, unenhanced, incapable of going beyond a certain threshold.
Related to human abilities, was a guy who made the longest jump with water skis. He actually accomplished this quite by accident as he started to go horizontal, instead of remaining upright after he left the ramp. By doing this, he reduced his drag.
His weight remained the same, his thrust remained the same, his lift (the ramp) remained the same, so it was only the impact of his body rushing through the air that changed. By going horizontal, the air stopped hitting the entire front of his body, and only hit his head and shoulders. While this increased his parasitic drag, apparently that doesn't have as much of an impact. Thus he almost doubled the distance one would normally travel on water skis at the same ramp height and boat speed.
How this relates to a human running is, I think there might be a technique that will allow a person to "cheat" and go faster, but given all the same parameters, human beings can only run only so fast.
How this question relates to the afore question, I havent a bloody clue.
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I've heard of this flat earth bullshit. It seems to come from a bunch of really whacky religious folks who just seem to abhor common knowledge. I'm not quite sure what they think about the earth, if it is just a disc or a square or what. Even the Bible refers to the earth, in Isaiah, as a circle. Again, maybe they think it's a CD type earth.
Moon landing... I can totally see why it would be faked. I think that's a difficult thing to fake though. As to VT's question about where the money went... the government will find a way.
Yes. There is a hard limit on running the 100M dash. Or on any speed, for that matter. It's about 300,000,000 m/s. Nothing can travel faster than that. Not even light. Now, I'm pretty sure no one will get close to that.
I think there will be some minuscule advancements here and there, as training methods. But I don't think that they will be massive changes. I assume that no one is ever going to be 5 seconds faster than the current world record.
Moon landing... I can totally see why it would be faked. I think that's a difficult thing to fake though. As to VT's question about where the money went... the government will find a way.
Yes. There is a hard limit on running the 100M dash. Or on any speed, for that matter. It's about 300,000,000 m/s. Nothing can travel faster than that. Not even light. Now, I'm pretty sure no one will get close to that.
I think there will be some minuscule advancements here and there, as training methods. But I don't think that they will be massive changes. I assume that no one is ever going to be 5 seconds faster than the current world record.
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I'm curious what part of this you find to be a hoax. You say it was "in part" a hoax. Which part is a hoax? I've just never heard someone who believed pieces of it are hoaxes.
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I've already commented months ago on this thread how I thought it was "in part" a hoax...
The cameras were already set up ~30 feet away from the LEM before neil armstrong took "one small step for a man..." Why? because they sent out most likely buzz aldrin to check it out and set up the cameras before they sent out the mission commander. Only on Star Trek (which was aired at the same time) does the Captain go out first.
They needed a pilot, they needed the mission commander... Buzz became the sacrificial "red shirt."
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Over 1100 strokes......that seems like a lot to me.
I'm sure there's a study out there.....
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I think many of us live in a bubble of our own political beliefs - we read newspapers which match our own political views, and our social media contacts reinforce that. I'm as guilty of that as anyone, but try occasionally to stray into the news-space of the wrong-headed nutters who disagree with me.
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Hahaha. I love it.
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This is a very good question. I always consider the source. I'm very interested at how biased "news" can be. That shocks me. News should be neutral. I read MarketWatch on a daily basis, for economic and stock news. I'm amazed at the bias in the articles on stocks.
I have had a big beef over the last few years over the dangers of the infusion of entertainment and news. I think this is such a dangerous path and when this happens, it's a scary place.
People will always make up theories in their heads about what's real and what's not. I like to look for consistencies and truths, rather than the reporting of some journalist.
what surprises me is that people expect news to be neutral. It SHOULD be neutral, but, historically, rarely it is. News people are bottom feeders that are constantly looking for the lastest scoop to build their career off of. Newspapers or News Services are supported by companies that pay for their advertisements based on which leaning the news leans and thus, the service becomes biased. Additionally, each reporter, like anyone else, has political leanings that they feel is the "right" way. They then bias their searches for news worthy reports against the "bad guys."
What should be scary is the purported altruistic news services like "politifacts" I believe it's called. It's funny that they are purportedly unbiased, seeking to give the most unbiased service by giving a bar that all are equally measured against.
I say this because they have ~5 levels of "lying" or "truth."
Truth
Mostly true
Mostly false
Liar, liar pants on fire
That seems pretty clear cut, IF the person assessing the category of politifacts being reported, are being honest. I've seen them assess "mostly true" for wishy-washy reports on one side, while calling the same amount of wishy-washy reports on the other side as being "mostly false."
I have assessed the person(s) writing the politifacts as upgrading for one side "liar liar pants on fire" to "mostly false", "mostly false" to "mostly true", etc.
Of course, those are all MY view points and might be biased, though I tend to look at my view point as being pretty unbiased. I dont pretend that I dont make mistakes, but when I do, I admit to them.
What should be scary is the purported altruistic news services like "politifacts" I believe it's called. It's funny that they are purportedly unbiased, seeking to give the most unbiased service by giving a bar that all are equally measured against.
I say this because they have ~5 levels of "lying" or "truth."
Truth
Mostly true
Mostly false
Liar, liar pants on fire
That seems pretty clear cut, IF the person assessing the category of politifacts being reported, are being honest. I've seen them assess "mostly true" for wishy-washy reports on one side, while calling the same amount of wishy-washy reports on the other side as being "mostly false."
I have assessed the person(s) writing the politifacts as upgrading for one side "liar liar pants on fire" to "mostly false", "mostly false" to "mostly true", etc.
Of course, those are all MY view points and might be biased, though I tend to look at my view point as being pretty unbiased. I dont pretend that I dont make mistakes, but when I do, I admit to them.
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Good question Papa C.
It depends what the situation is. I'm typically find being an island. But I don't do it just to be different. I never do stuff just to stand out. You know, like goth kids with Mohawks and big spacers in their ears. But as far as opinions and stuff go, I have no problem being an island. For instance... I hate Anchorman. That's right. I think that movie is stupid.
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You fibber. I seem to recall hearing the phrase "Tits McGee" from you on several occasions.
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You don't have to follow the crowd to enjoy being part of the crowd just as standing out/up/apart doesn't have to mean isolation.
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Being fair beejes are totally worth it without the trophy too.
At least to the receivers. Lol
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