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20 April, 2011
Terminator vs Marty McFly
Where were you at precisely 8.11pm last night?
At home?
Dining out?
Running for a bus?
Wherever it was, remember it, because that's where you were the exact moment when the missile-controlling computer network Skynet became self aware, thus heralding the end of human civilisation as we know it. That's right. Arnie-shaped Terminators and other gloopy shape-shifting bad guys are gonna be all over the place soon, so watch out.
On the plus side, it's only 1,635 days until Sunday, 11 October 2015, when Marty McFly will arrive and take all the Terminators down in a hilarious scenario involving hoverboards and a big pile of excrement. Join the party here!
02 November, 2010
Richard Feynman is awesome
I can't believe I've never seen this interview until now. I recommend that anyone with even a passing interest in science (mainly physics and a bit of chemistry and biology) should watch it. It's basically everything you wanted to know about in school, but they never taught.
Heat:
Fire:
Rubber bands:
Magnets:
Electricity:
Mirrors:
Trains:
Waves:
Stars:
Stars 2:
Thinking:
Thinking 2:
05 October, 2010
Flight of the Conchords Yo!
Just found this live show filmed in Amoeba Records in New York...
Here are a few of my favourite FOTC tracks:
09 August, 2010
How many times can a creationist contradict himself in 10 minutes?
I'm posting this debate not because you should watch it all (although by all means do), but because of the ridiculous hypocritical argument the creationist employs. I'll talk you through it...
At 2:59, he claims that he knows many scientists that believe in creation, even going so far as to say he has 'lists of scientists' that agree with him - a clear claim to authority. If these scientists believe it, then there must be merit to it. Argument from authority is clearly good.
Then at 5:36, the host says that the vast majority of scientists accept evolution, and the creationist argues against this by stating that 'the majority doesn't decide what's right, what's right is right'. OK, I see, so argument from authority is bad?
But then, straight after this at 6:30, he again claims that he can 'come up with lists of hundreds of scientists' that agree with him. Wait, so this argument is good again?
6:46 The host again says that almost all science departments accept evolution. Creationist: 'That doesn't mean it's right'. Now it's bad again. This is confusing!
11:44 Finally, when the creationist is asked if the list he is talking about is the Discovery Institute list, the response is 'that's only one of many' and he proceeds to show three pages of biologists that agree with him. Not one, not two, but three whole pages. I imagine you can fit a lot of names onto three pages. And they are biologists too! So argument from authority is definitely good.
Of course when asked, the evolutionist states at 11:29 that the majority support evolution because the data supports it and rightly rejects the argument from authority. Plain, simple and consistent.
30 April, 2009
Back to the Wrong Future
The Back to the Future trilogy is a great series of movies. I remember watching them as a kid and thinking how cool Michael J Fox was. Surely I could be as cool one day. This pipe dream prompted me to learn how to stand on a skateboard in the hopes that one day I could get to school by traversing my way through Cork on the back of random cars...
That never happened.
But I do still enjoy the movies and happily watch them again whenever they are rerun around Christmas time. I suppose the whole concept of time travel appeals to my nerdy nature, which is great. But that same nerdy nature has ruined Back to the Future 2 for me, because of a fatal plot hole. The whole second-half of the movie makes no sense when this plot hole is considered.
It goes like this...
That never happened.
But I do still enjoy the movies and happily watch them again whenever they are rerun around Christmas time. I suppose the whole concept of time travel appeals to my nerdy nature, which is great. But that same nerdy nature has ruined Back to the Future 2 for me, because of a fatal plot hole. The whole second-half of the movie makes no sense when this plot hole is considered.
It goes like this...
Shortly after the time-travellers reach 2015 Jennifer falls asleep in the DeLorean and is picked up by the cops. On realising this, Marty and Doc go to Marty's future house to rescue Jennifer. Whilst they are gone, the old Biff, who has figured out about the time-machine, steals the DeLorean and travels back to 1955 to give his younger self the sports almanac. This is done in an effort to make himself filthy rich. Following this, the old Biff returns to 2015 and leaves the DeLorean back where Marty and Doc left it.
With me so far....? Good.
With me so far....? Good.
Next, Marty, Doc and Jennifer travel back to 1985 thinking all is well but they arrive to find that the past has completely changed and Biff runs the whole town. They have arrived in a 'rich Biff' reality. This is due to him becoming rich following a lucky streak of gambling, which we know is because he cheated with the help of the sports almanac. To make things worse for Marty, not only is Biff a millionaire but he has also married Marty's mother, Lorraine, and killed his father, George.
Does anything about those series of events strike you as being wrong?
OK.....if you haven't spotted it already here comes the plot hole...
Why does the past/future only change to the 'rich Biff' reality when Marty and the others travel back to 1985? It should have changed before they travelled back. Think about it. When the old Biff gives his younger self the sports almanac, he then travels back to 2015 and returns the DeLorean in what is still a 'poor Biff' reality. But that's wrong! The moment that he arrived in 2015, it should have automatically been a 'rich Biff' reality.
The implications of this small plot hole are massive.
The moment that the old Biff gives his younger self the sports almanac, all future scenarios would automatically become 'rich Biff' realities. That means that the 2015 future that the old Biff left would not exist anymore, meaning that it is highly unlikely that the future Marty and Doc were still trying to rescue Jennifer. In fact, we find out that in the 'rich Biff' 1985 reality, Doc has gone crazy and has been institutionalised. Based on this, it seems doubtful that he would build the time-machine and team up with Marty as had happened originally in the 'poor Biff' 1985 reality.
Of course, no time machine means no DeLorean in 2015 for the old Biff to steal. Which means that Biff can't give himself the almanac and become filthy rich thus creating the 'rich Biff' reality. This creates a paradox in which the 'rich Biff' reality actually prevents the future creation of the same 'rich Biff' reality.
The universe will explode in 5, 4, 3, 2......
......or it could just mean that time travel in a 1980's sports car isn't possible.
Good movie though! :)
Does anything about those series of events strike you as being wrong?
OK.....if you haven't spotted it already here comes the plot hole...
Why does the past/future only change to the 'rich Biff' reality when Marty and the others travel back to 1985? It should have changed before they travelled back. Think about it. When the old Biff gives his younger self the sports almanac, he then travels back to 2015 and returns the DeLorean in what is still a 'poor Biff' reality. But that's wrong! The moment that he arrived in 2015, it should have automatically been a 'rich Biff' reality.
The implications of this small plot hole are massive.
The moment that the old Biff gives his younger self the sports almanac, all future scenarios would automatically become 'rich Biff' realities. That means that the 2015 future that the old Biff left would not exist anymore, meaning that it is highly unlikely that the future Marty and Doc were still trying to rescue Jennifer. In fact, we find out that in the 'rich Biff' 1985 reality, Doc has gone crazy and has been institutionalised. Based on this, it seems doubtful that he would build the time-machine and team up with Marty as had happened originally in the 'poor Biff' 1985 reality.
Of course, no time machine means no DeLorean in 2015 for the old Biff to steal. Which means that Biff can't give himself the almanac and become filthy rich thus creating the 'rich Biff' reality. This creates a paradox in which the 'rich Biff' reality actually prevents the future creation of the same 'rich Biff' reality.
The universe will explode in 5, 4, 3, 2......
......or it could just mean that time travel in a 1980's sports car isn't possible.
Good movie though! :)
22 April, 2009
Quizzlestick
The most complicated gameshow in the world...
He definitely should of used his Quizzlechance...!
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