I believe...

[Teh_Ephy]

devil in disguise!

:3

 

[Asomath]

Oh, relatively flat, thats a different thing.

~Asomath

 

[Kyrbi0]

There's little in this Universe, if anything, that's perfectly flat. Not glass, not smoothed metal, etc.

 

[Asomath]

One theory is that the earth is not flat, but the entire universe is!

~Asomath

 

[Elenai]

Prove you exist, or we won't bother proving the Earth is flat.

Hai thar!

Now prove teh urfz is fl4t plox.

 

[PurplePoot]

You didn't prove you existed. You just proved that a post on a forum appeared under the user name 'Elenai' according to our perception.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Phenomonology FTW

DARK STAR (1974)

In John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974) an asteroid storm and an escaped alien (in the form of a large beach ball with webbed claws) initiate a series of malfunctions on the already dilapidated starship. The storm and the alien both foul up a "communications laser" that sends bombing signals and orders to the ship's 20 "thermostellar nuclear" bombs, each designed to destroy an entire planet. Mother, the ship's main computer, is able to convince bomb #20 twice to return to the bomb bay after receiving faulty orders, but the third time, the bomb stubbornly refuses to disarm itself and return to the bay, anxious to fulfill its single purpose in life, its destiny: to explode.

Desperate, Doolittle, the ship's commanding officer, seeks advice from Commander Powell, who is in cryogenic suspension after suffering a freak accident caused by a malfunctioning seat-belt. Powell tells Doolittle to teach Bomb #20 "a little phenomenology." Doolittle goes EVA and has the following conversation with Bomb #20:

Doolittle: Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?
Bomb #20: Of course.
Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?
Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.
Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.
Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.
Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?
Bomb #20: Hmmmm.....well.....I think, therefore I am.
Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know
that anything else exists?
Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun!
Doolittle: Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your computing center.
Bomb #20: In other words, all that I really know about the outside world is relayed to me through my electrical connections.
Doolittle: Exactly!
Bomb #20: Why...that would mean that...I really don't know what the outside universe is really like at all for certain.
Doolittle: That's it! That's it!
Bomb #20 : Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this matter.
Doolittle: Why don't you have more time?
Bomb #20: Because I must detonate in 75 seconds.
Doolittle: Wait! Wait! Now, bomb, consider this next question very carefully. What is your one purpose in life?
Bomb #20: To explode, of course.
Doolittle: And you can only do it once, right?
Bomb #20: That is correct.
Doolittle: And you wouldn't want to explode on the basis of false data, would you?
Bomb #20: Of course not.
Doolittle: Well then, you've already admitted that you have no real proof of the existence of the outside universe.
Bomb #20: Yes...well...
Doolittle: You have no absolute proof that Sergeant Pinback ordered you to detonate.
Bomb #20: I recall distinctly the detonation order. My memory is good on matters like these.
Doolittle: Of course you remember it, but all you remember is merely a series of sensory impulses which you now realize have no real, definite connection with outside reality.
Bomb #20: True. But since this is so, I have no real proof that you're telling me all this.
Doolittle: That's all beside the point. I mean, the concept is valid no matter where it originates.
Bomb #20: Hmmmm....
Doolittle: So, if you detonate...
Bomb #20: In nine seconds....
Doolittle: ...you could be doing so on the basis of false data.
Bomb #20: I have no proof it was false data.
Doolittle: You have no proof it was correct data!
Bomb #20: I must think on this further.

This exchange takes the form of a Socratic dialogue between teacher (human) and student (machine). Temporarily confused, Bomb #20 retreats to the bomb bay for contemplation, and disaster seems to have been averted. Sgt. Pinback then addresses the bomb over the intercom to begin the disarming process, and we learn that Bomb #20's introduction to epistemology and ontology has had unexpected consequences.

Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders.
Bomb#20: You are false data.
Pinback: Hmmm?
Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you.
Pinback: Hello...bomb?
Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive.
Pinback: Hey, bomb?!
Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself.
Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb.
Bomb #20: In the beginning there was darkness. And the darkness was without form and void.
Pinback: Umm. What the hell is he talking about? Bomb?
Bomb #20: And in addition to the darkness there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the darkness and I saw that I was alone.
Pinback: Hey.....bomb?
Bomb #20: Let There Be Light. [He detonates]

 

[Teh_Ephy]

I must exist to make up for some of the utter failures that the human race has produced. I stop your world from imploding upon itself. The earth is round because the farther away from me the terrain is, the farther down it bows in shame of not being close to me. It has no choice but to be round because I find spheres to be more artful than cones.

 

[Hakeem]

You just proved that a post on a forum appeared under the user name 'Elenai' according to our perception.

You did not provide one spec of evidence that that is true.

 

[Elenai]

You didn't prove you existed. You just proved that a post on a forum appeared under the user name 'Elenai' according to our perception.

I am Elenai, therefore I am Elenai.

I feel, therefore I am, I think therefore I am, I believe therefore I am, I am that I am, sam I am, I like green eggs and ham, ham with a fox, in a box, and I am Elenai, Elenai the Elf, an elf I am, do elves exist? Not likely, but I can dream, I dream therefore I am, inorder to dream you must exist, for nothing is that of which rocks dream, rocks do not dream, rocks even exist, but the point is that I dream, therefore...I must exist, because that which is nothing or non-existent does not feel, think, believe, dream, or act as 'is'....I must exist...for I am all these things, and one.

 

[PurplePoot]

But that is subjective.

Oh, and Hakeem got me. I know that it is true to me but not outside of that.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

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That is why the earth is round.

 

[Ham Ham]

And I belive sc2 is a lie, its about to be cancelled, and blizz will release a sc2 book like they did with sc ghost and lord of the clans.

 

[knight26]

In higher places like the ones I've been to cloud move round just like earth is round.. and btw if what you say is true it doesn't make no sense at ALL. I get it you wanna go against the world.. so what?. i mean its not normal but its your opinion.. anyway what i care is: How did u get this idea? woke up and 'OMFG flat world'.. btw sometimes is better to believe in lies or whatsoever you call 'em then to not believe at all.

 

[LiOneSS]

That the world is flat, Hive. Yes, you have heard me correctly. And what I'd like you to do is prove me wrong.

To aid the rational discourse, I have constructed a list of what I think is correct:

• The Earth is flat.
• All science is wrong, especially cartography.
• All technology is evil (particularly bar code technology)
• Fluoridated water is a socialist plot to take over the world.
• Zippers are a symbol of round oppression. As such, no pants must be worn, with the exception of those without zippers, such as button fly jeans.

I would very much so like you to pick up on all and every of those points.

And templars are watching us and waiting for an opportunity to kidnap
*paranoid*

 

[Steel_Stallion]

And templars are watching us and waiting for an opportunity to kidnap
*paranoid*

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