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02/15/2014 09:36:48 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
Side question: What's the link between fracking and birthday parties? |
Balloons? |
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02/15/2014 10:38:17 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
Side question: What's the link between fracking and birthday parties? |
I'll bite. what is it? |
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02/15/2014 11:06:15 PM · #28 |
| So people who don't know about air shouldn't vote, but people who don't know what photography is should tell us what's photographic? |
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02/15/2014 11:08:11 PM · #29 |
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02/15/2014 11:09:51 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
So people who don't know about air shouldn't vote, but people who don't know what photography is should tell us what's photographic? |
SMH. What, are you 12 Don?
Yes, yes, I don't know what photography is. Haven't even the foggiest idea of the thing.
 Pixelpig has a pretty darn good idea of what it is though, maybe we should just turn this place over to her - since apparently nothing on DPC is photographic anyway.. Thank goodness us unwashed masses have you to guide us towards the light. ;)
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02/15/2014 11:18:35 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by posthumous:
So people who don't know about air shouldn't vote, but people who don't know what photography is should tell us what's photographic? |
SMH. What, are you 12 Don?
Yes, yes, I don't know what photography is. Haven't even the foggiest idea of the thing.
Pixelpig has a pretty darn good idea of what it is though, maybe we should just turn this place over to her - since apparently nothing on DPC is photographic anyway.. Thank goodness us unwashed masses have you to guide us towards the light. ;) |
the principle is the same as your concern about air education. You won't do the research and reading to find out what photography actually is. |
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02/15/2014 11:18:38 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by LN13:
I gonna keep voting. |
I suppose I can take solace in the fact that the whole voting thing is a largely just a distraction.
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In other news, the survey is still available, do go try it if you've not yet done so. (and if you're awesome you'll Google the stuff you didn't get right and learn something cool)... |
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02/15/2014 11:27:16 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
the principle is the same as your concern about air education. You won't do the research and reading to find out what photography actually is. |
I honestly find your assertion that I don't know what photography is to be comical Don. Again, thank goodness the unwashed masses like myself have you to guide us. ;)
Sadly, in reality, you don't seem to be interested in guiding anything - all you want to do is pop off with snide remarks and meaningless deepisms. Not particularly helpful, heck even the rantings of pixelpig are more useful than what you've added in this discussion, or the rules discussion. Go read what you wrote in there, all you've done is tell me I'm wrong, without so much as adding a single drop of real input.*
No offense Don, but I'm really quite exhausted with your input on my positions without offering one of your own, but rather just nitpicking every blasted thing I write. Don't get me wrong, it's fascinating and enlightening to have my own personal critic(s), but I genuinely do fear you may be depriving all of us of your wisdom and real knowledge by simply wasting your time picking apart my positions.
*ETA: Apologies, I did overlook one useful post in the other thread. Which, in fact, I agree with you on.
Message edited by author 2014-02-15 23:35:39. |
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02/16/2014 12:34:04 AM · #34 |
| Cory, what do you do for a living? are you a scientist? |
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02/16/2014 12:40:34 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
Cory, what do you do for a living? are you a scientist? |
Define scientist. If you mean was science my major in college, then the answer is yes. If you mean it in the working scientist sense, then mostly the answer is no, although I do work on a few projects here and there, I'd really consider it more of a hobby now.
As for work, I went back into information technology, I work in asset management.
-- Not that I think it really has much to do with anything - I would have been able to answer all of those questions correctly in elementary school - except back then I'd probably have loudly wondered why CFC's weren't included on quiz.. (We were all about the ozone hole in those days)
- You did very well on the test, what is it that you do? Do you have a degree? (I can't imagine you'd think we need one to answer those questions) |
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02/16/2014 01:01:34 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Cory:
I guess it scares me because it tells me that people aren't even aware of some of the most basic information, and yet these same people are allowed to VOTE of all things, and are allowed to hold office, be police officers, medics, etc.
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It scares me even more when people have no clue of geography and world events are permitted to hold office or run for Vice Presidency in a country that is so influential on the world stage.
I wonder how Sarah Palin would go with that science quiz! |
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02/16/2014 01:09:29 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by Stagolee:
Originally posted by Cory:
I guess it scares me because it tells me that people aren't even aware of some of the most basic information, and yet these same people are allowed to VOTE of all things, and are allowed to hold office, be police officers, medics, etc.
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It scares me even more when people have no clue of geography and world events are permitted to hold office or run for Vice Presidency in a country that is so influential on the world stage.
I wonder how Sarah Palin would go with that science quiz! |
On clear nights Sarah Palin can see science from her house. |
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02/16/2014 01:30:47 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by bohemka:
On clear nights Sarah Palin can see science from her house. |
lol.....But that's only on clear nights! on the dark nights there is too much nitrogen in the air to see any science or even Russian Scientist ! |
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02/16/2014 01:37:26 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
Cory, what do you do for a living? are you a scientist? |
Define scientist. If you mean was science my major in college, then the answer is yes. If you mean it in the working scientist sense, then mostly the answer is no, although I do work on a few projects here and there, I'd really consider it more of a hobby now.
As for work, I went back into information technology, I work in asset management.
-- Not that I think it really has much to do with anything - I would have been able to answer all of those questions correctly in elementary school - except back then I'd probably have loudly wondered why CFC's weren't included on quiz.. (We were all about the ozone hole in those days)
- You did very well on the test, what is it that you do? Do you have a degree? (I can't imagine you'd think we need one to answer those questions) |
I'm a marketing guy, interested in science but didn't study it.
my point IS, I don't "know" anything about science. Knowing facts like nitrogen is the most common gas doesn't really mean you know anything about air. They're just facts, common knowledge. It's like being an expert on bird names. Science is an insane subject, and it takes so much work and thinking and effort to KNOW things about it. I don't believe that you know very much about air at all. |
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02/16/2014 01:57:03 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I'm a marketing guy, interested in science but didn't study it.
my point IS, I don't "know" anything about science. Knowing facts like nitrogen is the most common gas doesn't really mean you know anything about air. They're just facts, common knowledge. It's like being an expert on bird names. Science is an insane subject, and it takes so much work and thinking and effort to KNOW things about it. I don't believe that you know very much about air at all. |
Surely you got at least some exposure in high school chemistry? I mean, the atmospheric composition was definitely something that we were taught, even in the crappy high school I went to.
There's no reason that you should need any higher education whatsoever in order to know those basic facts.
*shrug*
I know, I'm a brutal bastard. Still, I do think it's a scary commentary on the intelligence in this country. In fact, missing one question isn't a big deal, nor is missing all of them - as long as you go out and ensure that you'll know the answer the next time. That's the thing that concerns me most - people seem to simply not care to learn about the world - and it really is such an amazingly extraordinary place.
As for science, you're absolutely right in that it is a bit of a tedious pursuit - probably why I went back to IT. ;)
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02/16/2014 01:59:14 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I'm a marketing guy, interested in science but didn't study it.
my point IS, I don't "know" anything about science. Knowing facts like nitrogen is the most common gas doesn't really mean you know anything about air. They're just facts, common knowledge. It's like being an expert on bird names. Science is an insane subject, and it takes so much work and thinking and effort to KNOW things about it. I don't believe that you know very much about air at all. |
A bit science helped MacGyver!!..... but too much science was the downfall of Walter White! |
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02/16/2014 07:08:07 AM · #42 |
Not fair... all the questions were in English and I did the vast majority of my studies in French. I did score 12 out of 13 and honestly should have gotten a perfect score, but I guess I pressed on the "Next" button too soon.
Oh, and on the subject of voting, I seem to recall that one politician could not spell "potatoe", another tended to say "nuclear" family and has a whole series of comments he made that would make people shake their head in disbelief, another who managed to shoot a friend while quail hunting... I guess the problem is even bigger than what you anticipated.
Regarding the issue of recognizing art... If This can happen, what chance do the members of the "great unwashed masses" have. :O)
Ray
Message edited by author 2014-02-16 11:24:27. |
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02/16/2014 10:34:47 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Not fair... all the questions were in English and I did the vast majority of my studies in French. I did score 12 out of 13 and honestly should have gotten a perfect score, but I guess I pressed on the "Next" button too soon.
Oh, and on the subject of voting, I seem to recall that one politician could not spell "potatoe", another tended to say "nuclear" family and has a whole series of comments he made that would make people shake their head in disbelief, another who managed to shoot a friend while quail hunting... I guess the problem is even bigger than what you anticipated.
Regarding the issue of recognizing art... If This what chance do the members of the "great unwashed masses" have. :O)
Ray |
Actually potato with an e is listed in my 1920s dictionary as an alternative spelling.
Not that I had any respect for Quayle, but on that one, he wasn't incorrect. |
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02/16/2014 10:42:55 AM · #44 |
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02/16/2014 10:53:23 AM · #45 |
Does that number correlate to how many are biblical literalists? |
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02/16/2014 10:54:09 AM · #46 |
Fracking is used to extract natural gas, that gas needs refining to be useful, and one of the by-products of refining is helium, which is used in balloons at birthday parties.
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by Spork99:
Side question: What's the link between fracking and birthday parties? |
I'll bite. what is it? |
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02/16/2014 10:56:40 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I'm a marketing guy, interested in science but didn't study it.
my point IS, I don't "know" anything about science. Knowing facts like nitrogen is the most common gas doesn't really mean you know anything about air. They're just facts, common knowledge. It's like being an expert on bird names. Science is an insane subject, and it takes so much work and thinking and effort to KNOW things about it. I don't believe that you know very much about air at all. |
Surely you got at least some exposure in high school chemistry? I mean, the atmospheric composition was definitely something that we were taught, even in the crappy high school I went to.
There's no reason that you should need any higher education whatsoever in order to know those basic facts.
*shrug*
I know, I'm a brutal bastard. Still, I do think it's a scary commentary on the intelligence in this country. In fact, missing one question isn't a big deal, nor is missing all of them - as long as you go out and ensure that you'll know the answer the next time. That's the thing that concerns me most - people seem to simply not care to learn about the world - and it really is such an amazingly extraordinary place.
As for science, you're absolutely right in that it is a bit of a tedious pursuit - probably why I went back to IT. ;) |
Cory, it would depend on where and when you went to school (red state/blue state) and whether you went to a private/religious/public school. Because they all have different "facts". LOL. Science is a taboo subject in some schools. |
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02/16/2014 11:23:32 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
...Actually potato with an e is listed in my 1920s dictionary as an alternative spelling.
Not that I had any respect for Quayle, but on that one, he wasn't incorrect. |
Interesting... could you tell me if the dictionary is American or British and which dictionary you are dealing with.
Rayt |
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02/16/2014 11:37:07 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by vawendy:
...Actually potato with an e is listed in my 1920s dictionary as an alternative spelling.
Not that I had any respect for Quayle, but on that one, he wasn't incorrect. |
Interesting... could you tell me if the dictionary is American or British and which dictionary you are dealing with.
Rayt |
I grabbed the dictionary in which I thought it was, but i'm not finding it now. That was a 1936 version. I have other old dictionaries, but I'm not sure where they are. I think it was a 1922 version.
I just remember looking it up when it happened, because I thought I remember learning that an e was optional. So I didn't understand why people were so upset by it. I looked in all my current dictionaries, and didn't find it. But I did find it in one old dictionary (I collected old books at the time for an antique bookcase) |
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02/16/2014 12:00:57 PM · #50 |
The OED notes that 'potatoe' is 'now non-standard', but doesn't say how long it has been non-standard for - it gives a number of pre-20th century 'potatoe' spellings, but a 1587 quotation has the 'potato' spelling, indicating that it's not a simple matter of the 'e' being dropped over time.
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