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Crazycryodude posted:Darwinism causing lovely boats is pure loving gold I'm sorry, Noah teaches us that creationism is synonymous with good boat building
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ikanreed posted:I'm sorry, Noah teaches us that creationism is synonymous with good boat building Anything becomes a walk in the park when you enable god mode.
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Dec 20, 2017 16:12
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It's because miscreant mathematics use a weird π = 3.14159265... while Biblical mathematic use God's approved and flawless π = 3.
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Dec 20, 2017 18:57
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Reminder Andy tried to argue that the 2 in x^2 could be 1.9999....999999 or 2.000000....0000001
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Dec 20, 2017 20:24
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And, when given proof that he was wrong in the form of an orbital modeling program, refused to run it himself saying he didn't need to because it was "common sense" that the exponent didn't need to be exactly 2.
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Dec 20, 2017 20:33
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So he's arguing that a square might not be perfectly square? Like, going up to Archimedes and saying "but what if the idealized straightedge and compass construct of a square isn't really square?"
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Dec 20, 2017 20:36
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No, it was "the 2 in this formula doesn't need to be exactly 2." Someone else: "Uh, yes. It needs to be exactly 2 otherwise planets will crash into each other or the sun. Here, try this modeling program and see for yourself." "I won't run that because I know I'm right. Common sense!"
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Dec 20, 2017 20:40
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Wasn't it in the context of a number being squared though, like it was multiplied by itself as part of the formula? So even disregarding whether it would make planets crash he's saying "what if x*x was really x^2.000000....0000001  "
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Dec 20, 2017 20:45
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It was actually the inverse square rule, and he was arguing that there might be a fractional dimension instead of a 2d square, because he doesn't know why it is a square, he thinks it is a constant that could be slightly off.
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Dec 20, 2017 20:55
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That's even dumber. Did he do this poo poo at college while studying electrical engineering? And so we see, the magnitude of the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. But what if it's directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them to the power of 2.000000....0000001? Stop making GBS threads up the lecture Andy.
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Dec 20, 2017 20:59
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His level of education suggests that he is aware that there is a real physical significance to the square relation in the inverse square rule, and that in fact he's just a lying poo poo who cares nothing for truth or reality when it conflicts with his goal of brainwashing children.
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Dec 20, 2017 21:23
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He’s an electrical engineer who doesn’t believe in imaginary numbers. His relationship to his own “education” is as alien to all of us as a houseplant’s.
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Dec 20, 2017 21:31
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There are (incredibly complicated and unnecessary) ways of doing things like reactance and impedence without imaginary numbers, even Gauss himself thought they were badly named and could cause confusion as to the nature of a useful mathematical shorthand, and preferred direct, inverse and lateral units, instead of positive, negative, and imaginary. Doing things like electrostatics without a robust understanding of the inverse square law is just  though.
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Dec 20, 2017 21:35
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Haven't they been called complex numbers for a while now?
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Dec 20, 2017 21:37
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Complex numbers could include the domain of all purely real and purely imaginary numbers, but tend to be only used to describe numbers with a non-zero component of both. So 5 is a real number, 5i (or 5j for electrical engineers (or Does Not Compute for Andy)) is an imaginary number, and 5 + 5i is a complex number.
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Dec 20, 2017 21:43
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Guavanaut posted:That's even dumber. Did he do this poo poo at college while studying electrical engineering? My guess is that he was raised in a home where questioning an authority figure like a professor was a high crime. So he kept every genius thought experiment that overturns godless physics in his head
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Dec 21, 2017 16:54
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ikanreed posted:My guess is that he was raised in a home where questioning an authority figure like a professor was a high crime. Comedy option: he was that one student who irritated his professors so much that they all passed him just to get rid of him.
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Dec 21, 2017 23:06
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ikanreed posted:My guess is that he was raised in a home where questioning an authority figure like a professor was a high crime. "Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship the inverse-square law and accept that any divergence of a vector field from a point source depends on the square of the radius, because the surface area of a sphere is 4πr2. At this moment, a brave, patriotic, pro-life American lawyer and Christian conservative activist who fully supported all military decision made by the United States except under Obama and Clinton stood up and held up a round rock. "How big is this rock?" The arrogant professor smirked quite Jewishly and smugly replied "its volume is four thirds of pi multiplied by it's radius cubed, you stupid Christian" "Wrong. It's not an exact sphere. It might be four thirds of pi multiplied by it's radius to the power of 3.00000...000001" The professor was visibly shaken, and dropped his chalk and copy of On Physical Lines of Force. He stormed out of the room crying those liberal crocodile tears. The students applauded and all registered for Conservapedia accounts that day and accepted Jesus as their lord and savior. An eagle named "Small Government" flew into the room and perched atop the American Flag and shed a tear on the chalk. The pledge of allegiance was read several times, and God himself showed up and enacted a flat tax rate across the country. And that student...
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raminasi posted:He’s an electrical engineer who doesn’t believe in imaginary numbers. His relationship to his own “education” is as alien to all of us as a houseplant’s. Electrical engineering is the one form of engineering where working with i is absofuckinglutely essential. You can do basic mechanical, civil, and even chemical engineering without it, but EE breaks down entirely without i.
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ikanreed posted:My guess is that he was raised in a home where questioning an authority figure like FTFY.
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Dec 22, 2017 06:28
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Conservative is in one of his manic stages again...this time atheism related.
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This time? Just look up how many "Atheism and..."  essays there already are on consevapediaHaha, you were not kidding tho, so man "last edited by conservative x hours ago" mentions. Isn't it the middle. Of the night in the US right now? Fathis Munk fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Dec 23, 2017 |
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Dec 23, 2017 11:30
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Fathis Munk posted:This time? Just look up how many "Atheism and..." The war on atheism never sleeps, friend
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Dec 24, 2017 05:16
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Also mental illness is hell of a thing. conservative has went on micro edit marathons where he edited pages every few seconds for more than 24 hours.
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Dec 24, 2017 06:38
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cocaine or amphetamines
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Real conservatives want to tear up the highway system and bring back trains.
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CountFosco posted:Real conservatives want to tear up the highway system and bring back trains. They do love Ayn Rand
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Lawdog69 posted:I can honestly say that the EPA is really cool. I have some bad news.
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Conservapedia's front page posted:"Australia recently made same sex marriage legal. Another example of humans trying to be like God." ... how does that even work? also, I'm surprised by how neutral their article on DACA is. Not terribly much frothing.
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Parahexavoctal posted:... how does that even work? They think only God can make laws. Or rather, laws that people need or have to follow that in some way is in any way associated with their faiths. Even if it is associated only by the word "marriage". Also known as "a thing that existed before Christianity" but since Conservapedia wouldn't accept that anything existed before Christianity or what faith lead up to it they wouldn't accept that argument.
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Well, they would see Christianity as existing before 0 AD, so yeah, they would say that. That said, you don't see Roman pagans or Persian Zoroastrians recognizing gay marriage, so a Christian would argue that man-woman marriage is a truth so fundamental to humanity that even flawed non-Christian religions got that part right.
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CountFosco posted:Well, they would see Christianity as existing before 0 AD, so yeah, they would say that. That said, you don't see Roman pagans or Persian Zoroastrians recognizing gay marriage, so a Christian would argue that man-woman marriage is a truth so fundamental to humanity that even flawed non-Christian religions got that part right. Romans absolutely did have same sex unions, as did the Greeks, as did the Chinese. Zoroastrians didn't afaik but good luck finding a conservative that is aware of where Persia is or that the place hasn't been Muslamic since moon worship was founded as a false faith shortly after G-d created the earth in 4000bc
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PhazonLink posted:Reminder Andy tried to argue that the 2 in x^2 could be 1.9999....999999 or 2.000000....0000001 Arguably as both are convergent series, thats actually true. But retarded, also. edit: If he doesn't realise that both 1.9999....999999 and 2.0000000......0000001 are just 2 anyway, so why the gently caress say i that way, then yes, he's definately retarded duck monster fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 21, 2018 |
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Jan 21, 2018 01:45
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duck monster posted:Arguably as both are convergent series, thats actually true. But retarded, also. They're not talking about repeating decimals, they're talking about 2 +/- 10^-n where n is some arbitrarily large finite number. That is to say, he argued that relativity is unproven because maybe its predictions don't actually explain reality because the equations we believe describe the motion of planets are actually incorrect by some unknown, infinitesimal amount. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Jan 21, 2018 |
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Jan 21, 2018 01:54
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Obama Agent: Stand up and leave this house! Andymedes: Do not, I entreat you, disturb my circles. The area might be equal to pi times the radius to the power of 2.000...0001
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Spangly A posted:Romans absolutely did have same sex unions, as did the Greeks, as did the Chinese. Zoroastrians didn't afaik but good luck finding a conservative that is aware of where Persia is or that the place hasn't been Muslamic since moon worship was founded as a false faith shortly after G-d created the earth in 4000bc Romans and Greeks had same sex partnerships, but those were seen as distinct from marriage.
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Mornacale posted:They're not talking about repeating decimals, they're talking about 2 +/- 10^-n where n is some arbitrarily large finite number. That is to say, he argued that relativity is unproven because maybe its predictions don't actually explain reality because the equations we believe describe the motion of planets are actually incorrect by some unknown, infinitesimal amount. Oh. So he doesnt understand infinitesimals at all. Is this the dude that purports to be a teacher?
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duck monster posted:Oh. So he doesnt understand infinitesimals at all. Is this the dude that purports to be a teacher? He has an electrical engineering degree from Princeton and a law degree from Harvard. He has had every opportunity in life given to him. All of his stupidity is self inflicted.
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duck monster posted:Oh. So he doesnt understand infinitesimals at all. Is this the dude that purports to be a teacher? To be fair, I'm using "infinitesimal" in the general sense, not as a term of art. That said, he's also a dumbass and is not only a teacher (there are pages on Conservapedia in which he grades students' homework) but fancies himself qualified to moderate the repository of knowledge for all homeschool kids.
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:He has an electrical engineering degree from Princeton and a law degree from Harvard. He has had every opportunity in life given to him. All of his stupidity is self inflicted. Compounded, fractal, recursive, self-stupidity, at that. 
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