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- Askee, on 08/16/2008, -16/+79614. Women
- Bologner, on 08/16/2008, -3/+24413 Things that alot of people have no idea about in the first place.
- VyPR, on 08/16/2008, -17/+200'Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, Chef's attorney would certainly want you to believe that his client wrote "Stinky Britches" ten years ago. And they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself! But, ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.' - TopBanana, on 08/16/2008, -3/+136Sixside, why no credit for the original article?
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg1852 ... - Zep77, on 08/16/2008, -2/+133This was a lot more interesting than I thought it was going to be.
The Pioneer anomaly is fascinating.
For a physics nerd like me, at least. - Kajman, on 08/16/2008, -3/+128the only 3 women on the internet?
- ZeeZee2k, on 08/16/2008, -2/+90I wonder who dugg you down....
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -2/+78I wonder why they did not mention spooky action at a distance? That one makes no sense at all.
- Lithium19, on 08/16/2008, -4/+79As Stephen Colbert summed up perfectly about Dark Matter; Maybe regular matter is 15% heavier than we think.
- maj0rm0j0, on 08/16/2008, -13/+87The laws of physics are man-made and are in no way a barrier. It's quite conceited of the human race to claim to understand the universe so fully that we set laws saying what physically can or cannot happen in the entire universe when we have never even landed a human on another planet.
One of the most ignorant things a scientist can say is "that's impossible, it defies the laws of physics". We do not own, control, or even understand the universe, therefore we do not have any conclusive right to set universal laws. - Mysticcal, on 08/16/2008, -2/+74The WoW effect is true. I have no clue why I still log onto World of Warcraft.
- j0hn, on 08/16/2008, -2/+71An interesting list of 13 things, all on one page, in an easy to read format with no advertisements. This is an amazing article.
- 8randon, on 08/16/2008, -3/+6913_Things_That_Do_Not_Make_Sense_9
well, at least i know that there are over 117 things that don't make sense - Bakdan87, on 08/16/2008, -0/+50How about the fact that a wavefunction collapses instantaneously. I've been living in the world of physics for a while, and it still freaks me the ***** out!
- karlw, on 08/15/2008, -5/+53"naloxone result seems to show that the placebo effect is somehow biochemical"
- wonderchemist, on 08/16/2008, -0/+47Stop looking at the wavefunction and it won't collapse! Problem Solved!
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -2/+44I think Stephen Colbert is the greatest scientist of our time.
- santaliqueur, on 08/16/2008, -0/+41COSMOLOGISTS are confused by these complex situations. Cosmetologists are confused by everything.
- coffeebot, on 08/16/2008, -7/+46men use the internets
womens text - DrZocktahedron, on 08/16/2008, -5/+40Why couldnt Hellen Keller drive?
Because she was a woman. - shakbhaji, on 08/16/2008, -1/+33"Nobel Prize please!"
*extends hand* - darkwing81, on 08/16/2008, -2/+33ya, men don't understand women BECAUSE they don't make sense.
- Brododium, on 08/16/2008, -0/+31And from the rest of that section:
"Benedetti says, but one thing is clear: the mind can affect the body's biochemistry" - rabidg00se, on 08/16/2008, -0/+31http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 08/16/2008, -0/+30freaking great article, had me glued to the screen. dugg
- WoollyMittens, on 08/16/2008, -7/+35I think you could add "fractional reserve banking" and "religion" to that list. :)
- widgetmaker, on 08/16/2008, -1/+28I like it, all the text on one page with no flashy graphic, as a pure article it's great.
- tocsy, on 08/16/2008, -1/+26While true, I think you misunderstand the meaning of the phrase "it defies the laws of physics." If the phenomenon actually does happen, it means "*****, we have to change how we think about the universe." Science is not about confining what is possible to a certain small number of occurrences, it's about explaining the universe in the best possible way. If something happens that defies our laws of physics, it simply means there's more to explore and discover.
- SuperIntendent, on 08/16/2008, -3/+28I'm confused...
- KMartSheriff, on 08/16/2008, -2/+26THIS is what Digg used to be about. None of that Political crap or random pictures of dogs or some *****. Dugg.
- tedrock, on 08/16/2008, -1/+25digg x ∞
- jandsroberts, on 08/16/2008, -0/+23Yep. And they copied and pasted the text from here:
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.6 ... - Kajman, on 08/16/2008, -3/+25This is one of the best articles I've read on digg in a long time.
- fartingbob, on 08/16/2008, -6/+28There is a good reason Digg is mostly men.
The Kitchen is not a good place for a computer. - cnot3, on 08/16/2008, -8/+30Sorry, I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
- Neiby, on 08/16/2008, -1/+23Saying that the placebo effect is "simple mind over matter" is not an explanation. That's an assertion that tells us nothing we didn't already know.
- fabkebab, on 08/16/2008, -4/+24Yeah - All I know about are LOL cats, Paris Hilton, Rick Rolling, Obama, The impending economic meltdown, the 14 hottest female olympians and hilarious "faceplant" videos - Please dont bring us down with something that ACTUALLY MIGHT MATTER!!!!!
- ReeferChiefer42, on 08/16/2008, -3/+22This was the first thing I thought of the second I read the title of the article! How are you not being dugg up more? I guess not everyone has discovered the brilliance South Park offers.
- TheMoniker, on 08/16/2008, -0/+18That makes at least two of us.
- santaliqueur, on 08/16/2008, -0/+18What is that?
- Neiby, on 08/16/2008, -2/+20Your point, that they have zero active ingredient, is precisely why the experiment mentioned in the article is interesting. That was sort of the point. And as I recall, I believe (but am not certain) that those experiments have been replicated by others.
I personally feel that the field of homeopathy is bunk, but I'm open-minded enough to be intrigued by experimental results. - r2builder, on 08/16/2008, -6/+23Homeopathic medicines are one of the biggest scams that are going on today. They have zero of the active ingredient in them at the point of sale. They should be illegal, as the average person shopping in a pharmacy won't know that homeopathic pills are about as useful as a dreamcatcher. James Randi has a lot on this topic if you care enough to Google him.
- Cloud7654, on 08/16/2008, -11/+28Really interesting article, but the website design is treacherous.
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -2/+19hello average person
- grumpyrain, on 08/16/2008, -0/+16Agreed. The strongest statement that can meaningfully be made is along the lines that a particular observation or theory appears to contradict prior conclusion; conclusions we found were backed by extensive observations and observations we will need to revisit in context of this new understanding.
Nothing that happens can defy the "laws" of the universe. Things can happen that our current understandings are unable to explain. - roystgnr, on 08/16/2008, -0/+16The original article had niceties like exponents, rather than nonsense like "blowing up by a factor of 1050 in 10-33 seconds". Perhaps instead of plagiarizing their next article, sixside.com can write an original sequel, "13 Things That Do Not Make Sense To SixSide Editors", with entries like "HTML Tags", "Copyright Law", and "Childproof Bottles"
- elperegrino, on 08/16/2008, -0/+15that's what i thought about the placebo effect. but that doesn't explain why a morphine inhibitor blocks the effects of a saline placebo.
- ZeeZee2k, on 08/16/2008, -2/+17That would be under the title, Things That We don't give a f***
- inactive, on 08/16/2008, -3/+18In Soviet Russia, sense makes woman.
- TheMoniker, on 08/16/2008, -1/+15I like some of the lines from one of my 3rd/4th year quantum texts (Griffiths' "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 4th Ed.", I'm paraphrasing): "just what caused the particle to 'choose' that state, we dare not ask," etc.
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