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KDan writes "The Bad Science Awards are out. These should put a smile on any science geek's face. Prize gems include: shrinking water molecules, anesthetic condoms, and a plan to send homeopathic AIDS remedies to Botswana."
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I think we should grow a baby from birth in a space capsule that is rotating to mimic a gravity much greater then Earths gravity. Then when he's on earth he'll be like superman.
Or grow vegatables in 0 gravity so they can grow HUGE.
Bad science I know but it'd be fun to see the results
*DrugCheese rants*
where's the monkey with 4 asses?
I need new glasses - first time reading it looked like: "Prize gems include: homeopathic water molecules, shrinking condoms, and a plan to send anesthetic AIDS remedies to Botswana." Whoa.
These should put a smile on any science geek's face.
- anesthetic condoms
- a plan to send homeopathic AIDS remedies to Botswana
Well that makes one see geeks in a whole new light..
According to TFA, Dr Gillian McKeith PhD. wins this prize for "outstanding innovation in the use of the title 'Doctor'":
Man, that's just harsh . . .
I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly, alert.
Can someone tell me why they put the condoms on their tongues? Or is that part of their normal testing process for bad science?
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
They're the same kind of bitter, arrogant people who dare claim my MD from Hollywood Upstairs Medical College isn't a real degree.
repeat after me: creationism (or "intelligent design") is not a scientific theory. it has no predicative power, it offers no real explanation, nor can it be tested.
Well, as creationists will point out, evolution can't be tested on a multi-million year time-scale either, and multi-million-year predictions are hard to check.. As for offering no real explanation, creationists will also disagree about that; and moreover, real scientific theories sometimes don't have real explanations; like Newton's theory of gravity.
The thing with creationism is that it cannot be disproved, and that's what makes it a non-contender. It's called falsifiability. You can never prove there is NO God. Perhaps he likes it that way, and being almighty, there's no way you're gonna catch him out! Can't be sure, can you? In fact, he might be faking all them scientific resultamajigs so as to test y'all's faith in him! Nope siree, can't disprove God.
On the other hand, if the skies crack open and a thundering voice bellows "This is God. Evolution is a crock. Check out genes #43.125-43.234 in starfish and humans" and it turns out those genes contain a binary encoded (C/G=1, T/A=0) message saying "(c) YHWH, 4000BC, nobody mess with my copyrites, I rulez0rs, go forth and multiply suckas!", well, then that could quite possibly be a good way to disprove evolution..
SCO employee? Check out the bounty
Sorry guys, but how is that counterproductive? So you last longer in the sack - that's _really_ bad and should be avoided at all costs. No, sex is something that should be over and done with as quickly as possible.
"I think it would be a good idea" Gandhi, on Western Civilisation
For a moment, I read that as
...and went, wow! Now I know why they've a population problem :-p
In China, SEX is always positive.
It's all the positive energy coming from Chinese molecules. After sex.
I fear we may have a new meme on our hands
In Slashdot, posters fear we may have a new X on our hands?
What's with the meme craziness? We went through Soviet Russia and Korea and now to China. Can I finish up the important Communist countries and create In Soviet Cuba, X smokes cigars?
In X soviet russia, china is always positive.
Repeat after me: Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great.
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
Well, gosh darn it, what is the difference between a sperm and an embryo? We're all God's children, after all!!! (NB: if you still can't tell I'm joking, check my posting history on stem cells).
Please allow me to post the following warning:
Mind you, I could see some hopeful geek buying this. "I just bought a comdom on eBay for $15! Now in 4 to 6 weeks I will get to have sex!" ;).
Shouldn't that be counterreproductive?
Yaz.
is it me or is there something about receiving sexual advice on /. that seems creepy ?
What about all the Scientology books he's "written" since his death? Seriously, he puts out more books post-mortum than TuPac does CDs!
>we can explain everything that happened from
>roughly 1x10e-50 seconds after the event until
>now
so... the big bang theory explains, for example, why sirius, the rabbit who lives in my living room, has a pathological hatred of snoopy, the rabbit who lives under my bed?
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That's easily the most retarded thing I've ever read on /.
You must be new here.
Yes, yes, I know, my ID number is higher. But there have been things much more retarded than just an odd phrasing of religios belief.
Psh, I've tried it. Half an hour later: hungry again.
Wouldn't the shrinking cause them to break easier though?
And what happens if one really has a large wang and it shrinks too much. You could find yourself in a real *pinch*
what about Natalie Portman & Hot Grits? Am I so old to remember?
Mi domando chi à il mandante di tutte le cazzate che faccio - Altan
You could if you found a Babel fish.
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
Listen, you BASTARD. dihydrogen monoxide KILLED my mother and RAPED my father!
It's been a long time.
kurzweil_freak
5th Kyu Genbukan Ninpo/KJJR student
Be the darkness that allows the light to shine.