Scientists to Celebrities: "Sod off!"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6227581.stm
Well, the title is an exaggeration. But they requested celebrities get out of science they don't understand.
Man, It would've been funny if Mel Gibson got drunk and bitched about string theory, I must say.
Divine Imaginary Fluff
03-01-2007, 22:48
Man, It would've been funny if Mel Gibson got drunk and bitched about string theory, I must say.No doubt he'd get all tangled up.
Darknovae
03-01-2007, 22:49
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6227581.stm
Well, the title is an exaggeration. But they requested celebrities get out of science they don't understand.
Man, It would've been funny if Mel Gibson got drunk and bitched about string theory, I must say.
About damn time. :mad:
Celebrities should be seen and not heard. *nods*
No doubt he'd get all tangled up.
They'd make him walk the Planck.
Teh_pantless_hero
03-01-2007, 22:52
This is more like an example of what happens when gullible dipshits read too many holistic medicine pamphlets.
Lacadaemon
03-01-2007, 22:52
It's about time.
(Unless heather mills grows a new leg. If she does that I think we should pay more attention to what she says).
Divine Imaginary Fluff
03-01-2007, 22:57
They'd make him walk the Planck.Indeed; it'd just be a matter of stringing him along.
Byzantium2006
03-01-2007, 22:57
I agree, just let the celebraties do the entertaining and leave the other stuff to qualified professionals
The Black Forrest
03-01-2007, 22:59
That's fine. However, when you get the celebs out; make sure you get Religion out of it too.....
Poliwanacraca
03-01-2007, 23:00
Personally, I think it would be nice if people would stop basing their opinions on things like "This guy I know told me that he read somewhere that wearing polyester pants gives you brain cancer," or "I saw this website the other day where this lady said that eating Swiss cheese increases your odds of winning the lottery," or, of course, "I was watching TV and this actress said that gargling with dish soap three times a day cures migraines. She's won a Daytime Emmy, so obviously she's an expert on these things!"
Sadly, people are stupid, so I'm doomed to be disappointed.
That's fine. However, when you get the celebs out; make sure you get Religion out of it too.....
One step at a time.
If the public would stop trusting celebrities just because they're famous, this wouldn't be a problem.
Some celebrity says something dumb, and then the people adopt the position en masse, and then politicians cater to the public's misconceptions, and the next think you know we have restrictive regulations based on nothing reasonable at all.
It's a great argument for minarchism.
Rainbowwws
03-01-2007, 23:02
The celeberty comments weren't as funny as I expected.
people say stupid things all the time (look at this forum for instance), the thing is, celebrities are the only ones heard. so it isn't really their fault as much as the fault of the people who are stupid enough to believe them.
Unionista
03-01-2007, 23:09
It's about time.
(Unless heather mills grows a new leg. If she does that I think we should pay more attention to what she says).
Paul McArtney was asked if following his recent divorce he could foresee a time when he would go down on one knee again.
He replied "I'd still prefer it if you called her Heather"
I'll get me coat
It's about damn time! Though I must admit I didn't expect to be reading about this from the BBC.
Indeed; it'd just be a matter of stringing him along.
Such a policy might gain some bad vibrations however.
Big Jim P
03-01-2007, 23:35
No doubt he'd get all tangled up.
They'd make him walk the Planck.
Indeed; it'd just be a matter of stringing him along.
Such a policy might gain some bad vibrations however.
He's too one dimensional to matter anyway.
No doubt he'd get all tangled up.
They'd make him walk the Planck.
Indeed; it'd just be a matter of stringing him along.
Such a policy might gain some bad vibrations however.
He's too one dimensional to matter anyway.
But remember that a one-dimensional object can always create a two-dimensional worldsheet....
Big Jim P
03-01-2007, 23:43
But remember that a one-dimensional object can always create a two-dimensional worldsheet....
Sorry but this is starting to make my brane hurt.
NoRepublic
03-01-2007, 23:43
Man, It would've been funny if Mel Gibson got drunk and bitched about string theory, I must say.
That's funny, considering that the entire premise of quantum mechanics and the underlying principles of string theory insist that no one really understands it. ;)
That's funny, considering that the entire premise of quantum mechanics and the underlying principles of string theory insist that no one really understands it. ;)
Yeah, which is a convinent way of saying "We pulled this out of our ass"
Northern Borders
03-01-2007, 23:45
Many actors went out of Harvard, MIT and other high grade universities, so I guess they must know something about science.
That guy Kuscher (Punked) got out of Harvard or something.
The Tribes Of Longton
03-01-2007, 23:46
http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/chrisdeburgh05.jpg
CHRIS DE BURGH - THE SECOND COMING :eek:
Yeah, which is a convinent way of saying "We pulled this out of our ass"
At least they're being honest about it.
NoRepublic
03-01-2007, 23:49
Yeah, which is a convinent way of saying "We pulled this out of our ass"
Kind of like that whole dimension thing, too, and most of, well, everything. I don't even know what's real anymore. I assume my experiences are, but they are mine and mine alone, and thus not the same as any other's, therefore we all have different realities, which of course begs the question: who is Kilroy?
Big Jim P
03-01-2007, 23:50
Yeah, which is a convinent way of saying "We pulled this out of our ass"
And now we know the real origin of the universe.:D
CthulhuFhtagn
03-01-2007, 23:50
who is Kilroy?
I don't know, but he used to be here.
http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/chrisdeburgh05.jpg
CHRIS DE BURGH - THE SECOND COMING :eek:
Get it away! Get it away!
Frisbeeteria
03-01-2007, 23:57
Don't forget the actor who played a brilliant nobody in Good Will Hunting. It's just common sense that playing a role grants you the abilities of your character.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e39/jimbo6154/matt_damon1.jpg
"Matt Damon!"
Sorry but this is starting to make my brane hurt.
The puns, they burn! I bow to your superior Wit-ten.
Yeah, which is a convinent way of saying "We pulled this out of our ass"
Actually, if you study it, it's not that simple. More like, if we perform an experiment to figure out how it works, we'll ruin it because our experiments will involve looking at it with a light, and the particles of light are heavy enough to disturb the pathways of the particles we're looking at, because they're even smaller....
So yeah, they basically pulled it out of their ass.
The Tribes Of Longton
03-01-2007, 23:58
Saviour in Reeed...is going to heal thee...
NoRepublic
03-01-2007, 23:59
I don't know, but he used to be here.
Actually, he was, at one time, over there as well.
Arrkendommer
04-01-2007, 00:03
Many actors went out of Harvard, MIT and other high grade universities, so I guess they must know something about science.
That guy Kuscher (Punked) got out of Harvard or something.
He actually graduated from the University of Iowa, which, by the way, is a fine school
Big Jim P
04-01-2007, 00:10
The puns, they burn! I bow to your superior Wit-ten.
{snip}
My work is done here.:D
My work is done here.:D
Ran out of words starting with the letter M? ;)
Dryks Legacy
04-01-2007, 10:48
The celeberty comments weren't as funny as I expected.
Or as stupid. They were just weird shit that came out of nowhere, instead of misunderstanding or myth-conception.
TJHairball
04-01-2007, 11:02
Many actors went out of Harvard, MIT and other high grade universities, so I guess they must know something about science.
That guy Kuscher (Punked) got out of Harvard or something.
There are a few smart celebs out there. Natalie Portman, for example.
These celebs do primarily differentiate themselves in public practice by [i]not putting their foot in it.[/url] You only really hear about the dumb ones.
Or as stupid. They were just weird shit that came out of nowhere, instead of misunderstanding or myth-conception.
They were British, so of course they came out of nowhere.
Rubiconic Crossings
04-01-2007, 11:22
There are a few smart celebs out there. Natalie Portman, for example.
These celebs do primarily differentiate themselves in public practice by [i]not putting their foot in it.[/url] You only really hear about the dumb ones.
Another perfect example being Hedy Lamarr...
New Domici
04-01-2007, 13:19
Celebrities should be seen and not heard. *nods*
Here you go. (http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=1716&CAT=movies&NSFW=3&rtn=search-1716&Keywords=no%20clothes)
Proggresica
04-01-2007, 13:21
Where the hell did Mills get that milk/fat-kids theory from?
Vegan Nuts
04-01-2007, 13:59
Celebrities should be seen and not heard. *nods*
unless they're angelina jolie. I like her. other pretty people should just be quiet, though.
Vegan Nuts
04-01-2007, 14:02
Or as stupid. They were just weird shit that came out of nowhere, instead of misunderstanding or myth-conception.
the "keep your lymphnodes unclogged" thing bordered on misunderstanding, if you can even apply a word that has "understand" in it to this woman...