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Do you believe in the Chinese Zodiac?

Yes
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Postby Graham » 20 Mar 2007, 01:15

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Postby Melendwyr » 20 Mar 2007, 05:52

Being openminded is good - it's the willingness to reconsider conclusions and not discard new data out-of-hand.

"Believing in the Chinese zodiac" is not an example of openmindedness. It's an example of having low standards for conclusions and the unwillingness to apply reason.

Chinese astrology, like the Western variety, is utter nonsense.
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Postby dark_realm » 20 Mar 2007, 07:27

Brad wrote:"The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep"


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Postby emma » 20 Mar 2007, 07:42

Graham, can you put that in the introduce yourself thread or something? That seems like something that all the new members should know. : )
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Postby Mevee » 20 Mar 2007, 10:10

Brad wrote:"The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep"


lol WRONG, I'll wake up, do nothing worthwhile, then go back to sleep
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Postby emma » 20 Mar 2007, 10:20

just because its not worthwhile doesn't mean its not stuff
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Postby Mevee » 20 Mar 2007, 11:38

but its not a "bunch" :P
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Postby emma » 20 Mar 2007, 11:45

semantics!
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Postby Discomonkey » 20 Mar 2007, 14:03

Mevee wrote:but its not a "bunch" :P


You'll be sleeping a bunch, it's still an activity.
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Postby NecroVale » 20 Mar 2007, 14:10

Discomonkey wrote:
Mevee wrote:but its not a "bunch" :P


You'll be sleeping a bunch, it's still an activity.


But it's still not a "bunch." A 'bunch of stuff' would imply that they did a lot of different things... or at least things that weren't exactly the same. Sleeping is one thing.
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Postby The Hitman » 20 Mar 2007, 14:34

I started writing a post about some critical thinking stuff while trying to escape schoolwork, but it's started turning into an article and taking up too much of my time, so I need to put it down for a bit.

I will post it later for those of you who are interested in that kind of stuff. The rest of you can ignore it, although I'd urge you to read it anyway as it explains a bit of why I get so furious about things like astrology and fake physics.

Also there's some fun stuff about the mathematics of probability and how to critically consider scientific studies!
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Postby Brad » 20 Mar 2007, 16:11

I am actually - I have to do a critical thinking/stats/logic course to complete the quantitative portion of my 2nd degree requirements.
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Postby Dana » 20 Mar 2007, 18:28

It is official, Graham is now the winner of this thread.
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Postby Morgan » 21 Mar 2007, 10:12

no, i think it's still chris. graham might be the runner up... as we all know, though, second place is the first loser.
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Postby Lord Chrusher » 21 Mar 2007, 10:40

If I remember grade two it was "zero the hero, first the worst, second the best, third the nerd and fourth the queen of the north".
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Postby Dana » 21 Mar 2007, 21:14

Morgan wrote:no, i think it's still chris. graham might be the runner up... as we all know, though, second place is the first loser.


Come on though, that fortune cookie thing was pretty awesome, and everyone knows that Chris rules the forum. When he goes away, you can see the tumbleweeds of stupid blowing through the place, and when he returns, it is like the return of King Arthur. Only instead of fighting for glory and honour, he is fighting for intelligence.

Lord Chrusher wrote:If I remember grade two it was "zero the hero, first the worst, second the best, third the nerd and fourth the queen of the north".


Well, then Morgan is definitely fourth. :wink:
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Postby Melendwyr » 22 Mar 2007, 04:51

Dana wrote:When he goes away, you can see the tumbleweeds of stupid blowing through the place


People who answered 'yes': THAT MEANS YOU
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