tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post1907898324283908640..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: WTF do they know?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-76845399346182464002010-12-31T10:48:16.148-06:002010-12-31T10:48:16.148-06:00Me and my friend tried the water bottle labeling w...Me and my friend tried the water bottle labeling we prayed for one bottle (when I was christian of course) then we wrote cursed and poison I will kill you on the other bottle and sure enough the next day 300 or more small bubbles were all over the inside of the cursed bottle me and my friends flipped out the bottle that had been prayed for had only two bubbles in it try it sometime it will flip u out to.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445542999791863527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33453242190481724722010-10-19T19:34:02.800-05:002010-10-19T19:34:02.800-05:00JT, somebody seems to have beaten you to the punch...JT, somebody seems to have beaten you to the punch.<br /><br />>http://www.h2omwater.com/D-trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532618040426391685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-49759149184712984082010-10-19T07:49:36.610-05:002010-10-19T07:49:36.610-05:00The water experiment should be fairly marketable, ...The water experiment should be fairly marketable, if you think about it.<br /><br />Just write the word 'happy' on bottled water, and sell it as "Happy Juice".<br /><br />I mean, if homeopathy is so lucrative, this should be easy.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881036419280903737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-56526404449743945292010-10-19T01:42:02.856-05:002010-10-19T01:42:02.856-05:00funny. Just when you post this about "what th...funny. Just when you post this about "what the bleep do we know", Kazim, i stumble upon this hidious trailer<br /><br />Getto physics<br />"From the makers/director of what the bleep do we know"<br />It looks like a unintentionially racist version of wtbdwk.<br /><a rel="nofollow">http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/ghettophysics/</a>Johnboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428622628537697916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-61103946792873052692010-10-18T20:01:01.876-05:002010-10-18T20:01:01.876-05:00I really want to repeat that water experiment in a...I really want to repeat that water experiment in a scientifically valid way. Unfortunately, the whole thing is riddled with so many holes I'm not sure where I would even start. What's the unit of beauty?D-trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532618040426391685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-79152172442908521752010-10-18T18:52:41.679-05:002010-10-18T18:52:41.679-05:00Don't be ashamed of not knowing about JZ Knigh...Don't be ashamed of not knowing about JZ Knight/Ramtha. She's kind of old news. I only know of her because I grew up in a neighboring town to her gigantic compound in Yelm, WA. These days, you don't hear much from or about her, but if you want to buy some really ugly tchotchkes you can visit her retail store, JZ Rose, or the associated web store.JSughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778194526445242891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-21938124251533592332010-10-18T06:23:51.587-05:002010-10-18T06:23:51.587-05:00Good post! I like your dissection of the evidence...Good post! I like your dissection of the evidence against the Columbus/Shaman/Ship story. <br /><br />There is some psychological research that supports the idea of people failing to see the ships, a concept called "<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/and-all-jazz/201009/must-read-the-invisible-gorilla" rel="nofollow">Inattentional Blindness</a>." There's a famous study where subjects were asked to count something on a video of people doing something mundane like passing a basketball and, in the middle of the video, a man in a gorilla suit walks through the shot. Not in the background, right through the middle. Most of the study subjects doing the counting don't see the gorilla. At the end, they have no recollection of it at all. <br /><br />So there actually is a modicum of evidence for the story about the Native Americans and the ships. Doesn't mean it's <i>true</i>, but interesting, yes. It also doesn't mean you can make happy water.digital_sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474026799645719286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-64673301147281844012010-10-17T20:49:34.995-05:002010-10-17T20:49:34.995-05:00My favorite part is at the end when, after learnin...My favorite part is at the end when, after learning all these fascinating and <i>totally true</i> things, she discards her useless medication. It's nice to see people finally freeing themselves of the shackles of verifiable, evidence based medical science.<br /><br />I'm glad they base their message in good, hard science or else this movie could have serious and dangerous implications.D-trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532618040426391685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-54922818615053158992010-10-17T20:11:45.158-05:002010-10-17T20:11:45.158-05:00Oh and btw what's more complicated than a cell...Oh and btw what's more complicated than a cell? How about TWO cells. The mind is made of the interaction of bridges between countless cells. Billions of ion channels, chemo receptors and support proteins in constant balance to create a system that works every other system in the body is less complex than a single salt filled balloons made of fat? Next to the brain a cell is a tinker toy. Hell next to mold a cell is pointless.Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-56162534568529819812010-10-17T20:03:40.190-05:002010-10-17T20:03:40.190-05:00Speaking of not knowing anything about what you...Speaking of not knowing anything about what you're talking about, please please please stop letting Ceaser ramble on and on. His butchering of basic chemistry, biology and bio-chemistry is PAINFUL. <br /><br />"Amino acids make proteins" that s the ONLY thing he got right. Every single other statement was worse than wrong.<br /><br />for example energy is the ability to do work. A rock about to fall off a cliff is a type of energyInghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-37772152137268081572010-10-17T19:28:02.450-05:002010-10-17T19:28:02.450-05:00This was indeed a terrible movie and your takedown...This was indeed a terrible movie and your takedown was delightfully thorough. I am actually reminded of this drivel by a lot of the Pseudosciency quackery posted on HuffPo.<br /><br />They also butcher Portland's geography worse than Free Willy, but that is just griping from a local.Jeffrey A. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932419322314950738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-47008499136431052792010-10-17T19:01:15.510-05:002010-10-17T19:01:15.510-05:00Two things
Firstly, the ship might make sense as ...Two things<br /><br />Firstly, the ship might make sense as an exaggeration of something that did happen, such as the ships being tiny little spots on the horizon while no one was watching. Though why that would be an interesting anecdote, I don't know.<br /><br />Secondly, why, if I truly am creating the world with my consciousness, are these people telling me that I am and that they are too?<br /><br />To answer that question I can think of two hypothesis:<br />The first one I shall name<br />The Infinite (Time and Space are created by Consciousness) Regress of new Age Propaganda, ITSCRAP for short. What this means is that I am creating my reality, in which I create them, to a level of such detail that they are able to create me, creating them, creating me, creating them.......<br /><br />The second one is, there is a bloody objective reality.Mirachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822732896006593372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-15683196311461335252010-10-17T06:35:45.970-05:002010-10-17T06:35:45.970-05:00Dear God,
Please enable stan to present a cogent ...Dear God,<br /><br />Please enable stan to present a cogent argument that can be discussed.<br /><br />Amen<br /><br /><br />Am I doing it right? Maybe I need to reverse the polarity.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881036419280903737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-38594314885895947452010-10-16T22:41:13.059-05:002010-10-16T22:41:13.059-05:00Stan left a handful of taunty little comments spre...Stan left a handful of taunty little comments spread out over a few threads tonight. So far he appears to be your average hit-n-run troll.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-71574862140390079522010-10-16T22:37:30.187-05:002010-10-16T22:37:30.187-05:00@stan
Do you often insert complete non sequiturs i...@stan<br />Do you often insert complete non sequiturs into conversations? Even if your statement was correct, why would you chime in and interject it into the one random thread that was specifically <i>not</i> about stupid religious people? Good job though tiger, keep it up. You'll get 'em next time!rrpostalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336728549010108830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-75292960784389414282010-10-16T21:28:06.867-05:002010-10-16T21:28:06.867-05:00I was living in a group house in the '80's...I was living in a group house in the '80's and someone brought home a video that was put out by the Ramtha folks. It told of how she was drinking at a party and AS A JOKE she decided to pretend she was channeling an old soul (very popular just then). Everyone laughed and said how good she was at it and this was somehow supposed to make you believe Ramtha was real! Stupid is as stupid does.Jollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399038953142931608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-63758800783580645802010-10-16T21:20:06.720-05:002010-10-16T21:20:06.720-05:00@Stan:
Is your comment supposed to be completely ...@Stan:<br /><br />Is your comment supposed to be completely unrelated to the original post?<br /><br />1) Religion isn't even mentioned once in the article (aside from the "I used to be an atheist" analogy), it's just about pseudoscience. I haven't seen the movie, but from Russel's description, it might as well have been produced by atheists.<br />The theists out there can stop feeling persecuted, they aren't [this time ;) ].<br /><br />2) Noone is saying "belief X is wrong because it is believed by stupid people". (I bet there are plenty of 'stupid' people who believe the earth orbits around the sun.)<br />In this case, it is more the opposite. The makers of the movie appear stupid because they have wrong beliefs that are based on completely terrible standards of evidence.Zeckenschwarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517906451376657177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33451490254951073912010-10-16T20:57:04.242-05:002010-10-16T20:57:04.242-05:00Okay then, Stan old boy, present your evidence for...Okay then, Stan old boy, present your evidence for the existence of God. Because you know, from where we're sitting, there's really nothing more boring than adolescent snark without anything of substance to back it up.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-2497869133270030712010-10-16T19:52:23.278-05:002010-10-16T19:52:23.278-05:00The usual atheist thinking: There are some stupid...The usual atheist thinking: There are some stupid people who believe in theism, therefore it must be wrong. Let's ridicule them and make ourselves feel smarter. Boring.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769594006929689067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-49945772854912081522010-10-16T17:47:27.443-05:002010-10-16T17:47:27.443-05:00---
And, apparently, there are references to the t...---<br />And, apparently, there are references to the tale in an historical document made by an early missionary in the South Americas. This document, unfortunately, has not yet been found.<br />---<br /><br />This made me laugh so much. :D<br /><br />On a (slightly) more serious note: The ships were big piles of wood floating on water. What the heck is supposed to have been so incomprehensible about them? The natives even had canoes, didn't they? The abstraction from small boats to big ones shouldn't be that hard.<br /><br />"WTF do they know?", really.Zeckenschwarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04517906451376657177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-10349906616964902662010-10-16T06:53:13.729-05:002010-10-16T06:53:13.729-05:00I know this might be a pedantic point, but the bit...I know this might be a pedantic point, but the bit from the website that mentioned "clipper ships" really jarred for me.<br /><br />Clippers were 19th century fast ships. Usually three masted and square rigged.<br /><br />It probably isn't important or really relevant. However, it is obvious that their knowlege of naval history is about as accurate as their knowledge of physics.<br /><br />BTW, the captcha for me is "mormonov". Soviet Mormons? :)Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663700882992706661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-58909845250748591592010-10-15T22:46:54.822-05:002010-10-15T22:46:54.822-05:00i actually posted it to my facebook after watching...i actually posted it to my facebook after watching the first 3 youtube episodes...<br /><br />only later when i discover bad reviews about it that i went to finish watching it.<br /><br />this is a bad, bad way to abuse science to sway more to their side. low. dirty. despicable. and expectable.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105725286367375180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-38916218178501706622010-10-15T20:00:34.543-05:002010-10-15T20:00:34.543-05:00This is one of the best reviews of this movie I...This is one of the best reviews of this movie I've read, thanks for the lulz.ScooterKPFThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517866518014944587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-48007985169688687812010-10-15T17:55:58.992-05:002010-10-15T17:55:58.992-05:00"The state of an electron changes when you ob..."The state of an electron changes when you observe it!"<br /><br />I know a physics professor who insists on changing "observe" to "measure" every time a sentence like this appears. What matters is not that you observe it, but that in order to "see" an object, you have to hit it with something (light, a screen, another electron, whatever). That makes quantum measurement just a specific case of the obvious statement "Things move when you hit them."<br /><br />Which makes the whole "consciousness" connection that much more silly, really.Sean (quantheory)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00094694851707164734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-82594469005766317222010-10-15T16:45:23.436-05:002010-10-15T16:45:23.436-05:00There's a great expose of this at Freethoughtp...There's a great expose of this at Freethoughtpedia:<br /><br />http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/What_the_bleep_do_we_know%3F<br /><br />Also, info on the underlying scheme, the "Secret"<br /><br />http://freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/The_SecretUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018794104027302385noreply@blogger.com