Anyone got any Mind Blowing Questions?

[halsinden]

Bumping with something I was thinking about tonight.

What if we discovered that the earth would soon come to an end via mass climate changes? Would you live your life the same way as you are? What would you do if you knew you only had a year to live?

I'd imagine most of us would answer with something along the lines of "I'd make the most of my time, I'd do the things I always dreamed of". I for one would do that, and I'd spend alot more time with my family.

Sometimes I think why the *&^% aren't you making an effort to make the most of your time now.

Anyways.

What if John Petrucci picked up an 8 string?

i'd personally be very concerned about how difficult it would then become to make a mark on a world not only populated by people who will be too distracted with making their own mark but then also who will be actively trying to make their own at the same or higher rate of effort.

if you were told that you had a year to live, in relatively good health (ie. not depreciating as with an illness or condition), you'd be amazed what you can achieve if you have no regard for how burnt out you'd be in 20 years.

...then add to that the amount of people who would dally with the idea of murder or genocide given the total lack of threat of incarceration or even capital punishment. scary thought.

H

 

[Scar Symmetry]

What do you mean by this?

Jeff

What I mean is the spectrum of "good" and "bad" varies largely. If the spectrum was very shallow either side, or in fact good and bad did not exist at all and all we had was neutrality, what kind of a world would we live in? I'd be interested to hear what you think.

Also, it's rhetorical as it is impossible to answer but just for shits and giggles: if there was a parallel universe for every single variable in history since the big bang, how many would exist by now?

∞ is the boring answer.

 

[Varcolac]

What I mean is the spectrum of "good" and "bad" varies largely. If the spectrum was very shallow either side, or in fact good and bad did not exist at all and all we had was neutrality, what kind of a world would we live in? I'd be interested to hear what you think.

Also, it's rhetorical as it is impossible to answer but just for shits and giggles: if there was a parallel universe for every single variable in history since the big bang, how many would exist by now?

∞ is the boring answer.

I took the original question to be a banking one. If there wasn't much difference between + and -, the answer would be "global financial meltdown." Wait a minute... we live in that universe already.

The parallel universes thing, there's clearly as many parallel universes as there were episodes of "Sliders." Including the one where all the men are wiped out and they find the heroes because they left the toilet seat up.

 

[Scar Symmetry]

Who's to know anything concrete about space? All we know is what we believe. I've heard about dark matter and dark energy and how it constitutes 74% of the universe. Who's to say it ever collapsed? I feel that I take the Buddhist approach and will say that although it's difficult for humans to grasp the concept of infinity, (no beginning, no end) doesn't mean you can render it "impossible."

Also, Through the Wormhole kicks ass, and Morgan Freeman kicks ass

This post consists of win.

 

[vampiregenocide]

Makes me laugh when we discover something new about space, gravity etc and scientists have to basically say 'yeah...so it turns out shit desn't work how he thought it did'. Considering how frequently that happens, it makes me wonder whats going to be possible when we finally are able to grasp it.

 

[joelozzy]

Makes me laugh when we discover something new about space, gravity etc and scientists have to basically say 'yeah...so it turns out shit desn't work how he thought it did'. Considering how frequently that happens, it makes me wonder whats going to be possible when we finally are able to grasp it.

Star Wars Mother &*(^er.

No seriously.

 

[Dan_Vacant]

how come the closet number to dividing 100 by 3 is 33.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333..etc
and it has no end??

 

[Tomo009]

how come the closet number to dividing 100 by 3 is 33.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333..etc
and it has no end??

Because what you wrote isn't exact, it's a decimal estimation.

 

[RhiRandom]

One question I'd like answered is, how can I get Synesthesia? I want to be able to *see* sounds and hear colors. That to me would be the best.

Magic mushrooms.