Ever wanted to multiply things by pi, but not so good at the math? Well, here is your answer1
1.) Find a round object, like a paper towel tube.
2.) Squish it flat.
3.) Imagine it (or perhaps measure, if you really care) twice as big as it now is.
Congratulations. You have now multiplied by pi, and without all that messy symbolic 'number' business.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
I Want to Get in on the Film Review Blurb Business
Unfortunately, I am not a professional 'moving picture-film critic.'
Therefore I, and my friends in the intellectual property law business (I have some good ones), are going to copywrite the following phrases, and anyone wishing to use them must first pay me a substantial fee:
1.) Non-stop thrill ride
2.) Best romantic comedy of the (summer, winter, spring or fall)
3.) A laugh riot!
4.) Edge of your seat
4.11) The totality of true statements is the whole of natural science.
4.111) Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences.
4.112) Philosophy aims at the clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.
4.1212) What can be shown cannot be said.
5.) Nicolas Cage
6.) The monster was fucking HUGE!
Oh sorry, I got wrapped up in this other thing I am working on for a second there. Sadly, whereupon one cannot speak, one must remain silent . . .
Therefore I, and my friends in the intellectual property law business (I have some good ones), are going to copywrite the following phrases, and anyone wishing to use them must first pay me a substantial fee:
1.) Non-stop thrill ride
2.) Best romantic comedy of the (summer, winter, spring or fall)
3.) A laugh riot!
4.) Edge of your seat
4.11) The totality of true statements is the whole of natural science.
4.111) Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences.
4.112) Philosophy aims at the clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.
4.1212) What can be shown cannot be said.
5.) Nicolas Cage
6.) The monster was fucking HUGE!
Oh sorry, I got wrapped up in this other thing I am working on for a second there. Sadly, whereupon one cannot speak, one must remain silent . . .
Playing God
The concern that one might be 'playing god' is apperently just stupid talk for: "hey, you are trying to control a massive and highly chaotic system using one variable. This is stupid." Or, at least, it should be.
For instance: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/bill-gates-envisions-figh_n_235527.html The best anyone can say on the topic is: "don't play God"
Hey, just a thought: Do you realize that noone has ever 'played God' without the direct application of cutting edge science? Is this an admission that science can defeat God? Or is it simply an admission that God is merely a scientist himself?
I think it must be the latter: from now on everyone who ever accuses anyone of playing God is merely accusing that person of being a different sort of scientist than 'God.' Or worse: a better one.
For instance: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/bill-gates-envisions-figh_n_235527.html The best anyone can say on the topic is: "don't play God"
Hey, just a thought: Do you realize that noone has ever 'played God' without the direct application of cutting edge science? Is this an admission that science can defeat God? Or is it simply an admission that God is merely a scientist himself?
I think it must be the latter: from now on everyone who ever accuses anyone of playing God is merely accusing that person of being a different sort of scientist than 'God.' Or worse: a better one.
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