I think that this is an absolutely amazing site, that it needs as many people to join as possible, and that it needs a better way to advertise threads. Now for: the nightly puzzler. If an astronaut sealed in a seamless mirrored bubble in space turned on a flashlight because he was afraid of the dark, what would he see? An infinite number of answers exist, make your own.
I like ang0224's answer: the bubble (giggle). It is realistic and makes all of the philosiphers get silly looks on their faces for not thinking so straight-forwardly (did I spell that right?). The next question is: If angels are dancing on the head of a pin, how do the philosiphers see it but cannot count it?
Because it's so hard to count people when many of them are moving around quickly, so the only way to informatively guess is to simply state that there are angels dancing on the head of a pin. It's an unspecific yet adequately precise answer for a philosopher.
or you just go to a birds eye view of the dancers and get a computer to count em another answer ..... oh wait the're angles, a diffrent answer is: 1: get a stick 2: poke the pin with the stick. 3: angels fall down 4: count em before they get up again.
Ang gets points for humor, but sorry. Angels won't fall, they have wings! Dumu appears to win this round. I like how well it slides right in with other vauge and slightly unconventional wisdom. If a tree falls in the forest and no-one is around, how do we know?
someone walks into the forest later and says, oh hey a tree fell, then calls the local newspapers because its a slow news day. ^^
Look for the flock of birds that suddenly fly from the direction of the forest, then go investigate, then go do what Starbaby said. xP Or note that Viking Direct has increased its prices of paper.
(Laughing) I like the answers, but I suppose I should've looked up a deeper, more philisophical question like, oh say, replacing "how do we know?" with "Why do we care?" Here's a good one I stole.... Water is a clear, colerless, fluid. If you splash some on cloth, why does the cloth get darker?
Ahh, y'see to answer that question would be to assume that your statement is correct. Water isn't necessarily clear and colourless. Look thousands of feet under the sea and you can't see much. You may momentarily see the flash of an Angler Fish's light thing then x_x! you're dead. You'll need to clarify what water you're talking about: natural, spring, ocean, lake, bottled... what? XP However, to answer your question anyway, and disregarding the possible ambiguity surrounding the principles of your projected assumption. Why does the fabric in question get darker when wet? It's to do with refraction. Light waves will hit the surface of the water molecules and hit the fabric underneath. Due to the reflective and refractive properties of water, once a light wave passes the first layer of water, it reflects off the material then back into the water molecule. But the wave cannot fully travel back to your eye. Internal refraction takes place, thus making a wet object look darker. Look into my eyes; you'll see the same thing, and you shall by mystified by the unbelievable blankness that is returned to you.
ahh alex >.< my brain hurts from your incredible something-ness i can't even think of a freaking word to describe your YOU-ness
The only reason there are infinite answers to these questions is because these questions are vague to the point that they aren't really equipped to fit with any specific answer. The only correct answer is a question or series of questions, seeking clarity. :)
Dear christ Dumu, I thought I was the only one who had the scientific answer! But yes, I am posting vauge philisophical questions with probably one or two "real" answers like Dumu's and a lot of even more vauge wisdom answers like "the wind blows south" or something. But the next one is: If every holy book in the world is claiming to be the right one, why does the real pantheon put up with it?
<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Xander @ Aug 17 2008, 11:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Dear christ Dumu, I thought I was the only one who had the scientific answer! But yes, I am posting vauge philisophical questions with probably one or two "real" answers like Dumu's and a lot of even more vauge wisdom answers like "the wind blows south" or something. But the next one is: If every holy book in the world is claiming to be the right one, why does the real pantheon put up with it? </td></tr></table> Answer: It doesn't.
Jeez Dumu went all "himself" on you O_O i've got a week of that coming up ;_; I second Skylink ^_^ they don't :3
