Creation of the universe

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Of course. If a computer works and you don't know how, does it really work? Yes. Yes, it does.

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Why snark works.

reaper47 said:
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<DIV class=quotetext>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Of course. If a computer works and you don't know how, does it really work? Yes. Yes, it does.</div></div>

does that mean that Gawd didn't run vis?

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fishy said:
does that mean that Gawd didn't run vis?

I don't think it was a question of running vis so much as, which tools he used. The universe has a bunch of errors in it and the tools he used failed to report them. :rolleyes:

It would be like all the maps released before 2.5.3

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The best things in life, aren't things.

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Aaron's Stuff

Its hypothesized that theres Dark Matter that can't be witnessed or measured with electromagnetism (light, x-rays, etc.) but has an effect on gravity (and subsequently limiting the speed of light somehow).

Uhm ... I should probably let you know this now ... Dark Matter isn't anything mystical or unknown. As far as every cosmologist and physicist I've talked to dark matter is simply matter that doesn't irradiate light ... so like ... humans, cotton, wood, concrete, all of these things are examples of dark matter.

The only thing I've heard of that is an unknown that sounds like what you're talking about is the graviton. It's an incredibly dense particle that people think exists (which would explain why gravity even happens). Because of its density it can effect light.

This isn't some sort of dark particle or dark matter, though. The reason why we can't confirm it, as far as I know, is because our particle accelerators don't move the particles fast enough.

Everyone knows God uses a complex parallax occlusion algorithm for vis blocking. :rolleyes:

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

To me, solipsism's flaw is that it isn't useful. Like proponents of the allegory of the cave, a solipsist can successfully defend the idea that only his mind exists, but what does he get from his conviction? A little emotional comfort from his justified insensitivity towards others?

I was originally interested in studying philosophy before I realized that many of the issues covered in the discipline are, at least by my judgment, similarly irrelevant. What is the nature of the relationship between subject and object? Who gives a damn? To me, the importance of any knowledge is in how it affects your life and the way you lead it. Everything else is fine to toy with, but practically destructive to give too much focus.

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/053000sci-physics-light.html
I remember hearing about this a while ago.

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Reckless disregard for childrens well being, women and nothing but utter contempt for other cultures.