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What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It?

Posted by timothy on from the that-she-is-out-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "That's what online magazine The Edge - the World Question Center asked over 120 scientists, futurists, and other interesting minds. Their answers are sometimes short and to the point (Bruce Sterling: 'We're in for climatic mayhem'), often long and involved; they cover everything from the existence of God to the nature of black holes. What do you believe, even though you can't prove it?"

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  1. Someday by doublem · · Score: 5, Funny

    That some day, somehow, I will get the elusive First Post.

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    1. Re:Someday by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
      > > [doublem] That some day, somehow, I will get the elusive First Post.
      >
      > [nine-times] ep... you have your proof... no longer counts.

      ...for proof denies faith, and without faith, getting a first post is nothing.

      "Oh dear", says doublem, "I hadn't thought of that", and promptly vanishes in a fog of (-1, Overrated) moderation.

      "Oh, that was easy", says nine-times, and for an encore, goes on to prove that (+1, Funny) is indistinguishable from (-1, Troll), and gets himself confirmed dead at the next Netcraft parody post.

    2. Re:Someday by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I beleive that I am the only human posting to slashdot and the rest are all machine generated.

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  2. That's easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The female orgasm.

  3. WMD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I believe that there are Weapons of mass Destruction in Iraq-

    G.W. Bush

  4. Re:I believe by dbrower · · Score: 5, Funny
    in intellegent design

    So do I, but there seems to be darned little of it in the software that I see.

    -dB

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    "It if was easy to do, we'd find someone cheaper than you to do it."
  5. Christ by bogaboga · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe in Christ Jesus and the "End of this Earth" as we know it today. I also believe that many of us will go to hell (the lake of fire) believe it or not.

  6. Re:Women can't fake orgasms perfectly by aceat64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No offense, but I feel sorry for any woman you date.

  7. Re:Women can't fake orgasms perfectly by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "There are difficult-to-impossible-to-fake signs, if you know what to look/feel for. The sex flush is the best one. Pupil size generally increases when it happens too. The vaginal contractions at 0.8s intervals would be very difficult to fake also. Also there's the whole issue of their acting skills."

    Hmm...very hard to observe signs such as these with the lights down low, and your behind her doggy style her head is either buried in the pillow, or bouncing off the headboard.

    At that point in time....I'm probably NOT going to roll her over and shine a flashlight in her face to check out her flush or pupils...

    :-)

    Besides...she might start talking, and I'd miss something on tv...

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  8. Re:Women can't fake orgasms perfectly by GoofyBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    >The vaginal contractions at 0.8s intervals would be very difficult to fake also.

    Spoken like a true nerd.

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