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rat156
05-12-2012, 07:24 PM
My wife received this as a KK at work, one of the local Catholic High schools, where she teaches Science.
I love it, I want one.
Difficult to photograph though, so I split it in two.
Cheers
Stuart
jamiep
06-12-2012, 10:47 AM
I love it - where do i line up to get one of those!!!
jjjnettie
06-12-2012, 12:02 PM
It's a brilliant quote. :)
joe_smith
06-12-2012, 02:14 PM
I don't think some of the people who actually went to the moon would agree with that misleading statement ;)
I found this in reply to the video The Magician's Twin sums it up for me :) science is a two bladed sword its gives us some wonderful and life saving things but it also gives us this........
jjjnettie
06-12-2012, 02:49 PM
Here we go.....
Ritual cannibalism on the Moon eh. LOL
I'll stick to science and reason thanks.
That's a great mug.
I'm not even sure where to start with the shortcomings of the other quote however. Perhaps here...
As Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains, it's not the discovery that's immoral, it's the application. "Would you go back in time and say 'Don't smelt the ore to make the iron because you could make a knife and cut yourself'? NO! Of course not!" Is it the smithy or the forge who is responsible for war? No, because behind every scientific breakthrough is a politician willing to pay for it.
I'm all for people like the Ahmish who actually live in the manner your quote suggests, but to type on a computer, over the internet, under a lightbulb, on a chair made from oil based chemicals, while giving 'science' a one finger salute is the ultimate irony.
Astro_Bot
06-12-2012, 02:55 PM
Oh no, not again.
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I love the mug. Might have to get me one of those.
blink138
06-12-2012, 02:59 PM
Aaanyway............ nice mug!
on a similar note i was in camden markets this year and i saw a t-shirt that read "if you are too stupid to understand science... try religion!"
ha ha what a cracker!
pat
blink138
06-12-2012, 03:06 PM
i used to call them (sarcastically) "born again fish"
pat
tlgerdes
06-12-2012, 03:21 PM
Isn't that what the bowl of petunias said?
mithrandir
06-12-2012, 03:32 PM
Yes, but not "said".
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had that thought we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
-- Douglas Adams, THHGTTG, Chapter 18
jjjnettie
06-12-2012, 03:37 PM
LOL
One of my favourite authors. :) He left us way too soon.
Astro_Bot
06-12-2012, 03:38 PM
Beaten to the punchline again. I'll have to be satisfied with the sperm whale and a YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02a2HSB58M
I still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
tlgerdes
06-12-2012, 05:17 PM
True, i stand corrected. What was I thinking :screwy: Oh that's right, oh no, not again. :lol:
andyc
06-12-2012, 08:43 PM
Extra nerd bonus points if you know the name of the being that is the bowl of petunias, and who provided the voice...
Can you tell Hitchhiker's is an all-time favourite of mine? :D
Mind you, for the crowd here, the above is probably easy!
jjjnettie
06-12-2012, 09:17 PM
Agrajag of course.
I like how he had a statue made of Arthur, killing him in all his different lives.
Barrykgerdes
07-12-2012, 10:32 AM
He gets him finally in the last chapter of the last book (5th)
Barry
rat156
07-12-2012, 03:15 PM
Ahh, the wonders of the Internet! Started off a topic about a slogan on a coffee cup. End up discussing my absolute favourite author and favourite series of books.
Stuart
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