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paradox on October 20, 2005 - 4:08am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
No evidence, hum? It's not like a city vanished or something. No wait it did!

Not so long ago, the Church did a nasty trick on Galilleo for lacking faith.

Now, it seems Science has taken up the gauntlet. Never mind for those who dare speak against her holy facade of methods. Never mind, too, that the majority of scientists have often been proven wrong during paradigm shifts.

Just curious. How do you explain Ophelia? You recall her dancing, right? You recall all the computer models being confused? You can see her sudden shift to the Atlantic, as those bands appear?

I happen to have some nifty gifs on my computer. They show her eye, but with a nice triangular shape with 60 degree angles were one would expect a smooth barrel. On IR and visible, if you can believe that. Now, to me, a 60 degree triangle in the middle of a hurricane speaks quite loudly. More so then a fantasy.

So, do we have a fluid specialist in the house to explain?

Tell me too, where all the scientists got it so wrong predicting the strength increase of Wilma? Ah, it's an uncertain science. There's lots of factor. It's unpredictable. The outcome varies according to which model you might use. Rinse, lather, repeat. This "scientific" attitude is certainly nothing like that of a pseudo scientist, right?

I'm curious. Really, curiousity is the first step to understanding. Not methods.

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mikeB on October 20, 2005 - 8:15am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Excuse me, but your logic is--shall we say--fucked.

"There's a lot we can't explain about Ophelia. Therefore, she was guided by a ray gun."

Argument to ignorance, which is a FALLACY.

http://skepdic.com/ignorance.html

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paradox on October 20, 2005 - 3:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Especially when you give on yourself the right to put words in my mouth. Did I talk about a ray gun? In any post?

Look deep.

I'm trying to open your eyes to a reality but you fling the skepdic at me. Ultimately, skepticism leads to mental abortion.

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drew on October 21, 2005 - 8:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
If you desire to speak of LOGIC, then referring to a Ray Gun is a STRAWMAN argument.  It is a contrived misrepresentation.  People here (and anywhere) then put faith into the strawman without a proper inquiry...choosing ingnorance.

Being willfully ignorant is anyone's choice, of course.  I respect those who admit they don't want to know.  Admitting it is better than standing behind a strawman.

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sekiyu on October 22, 2005 - 1:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hang on there. We are being shown images of hurricanes allegedly manipulated by some sort of electromagnetic force targeted by a device. That describes a ray gun. And if that conclusion is incorrect, then the proponents of the manipulated hurricane theory can fill us in on the missing details, a hole wider than Wilma's eye. At present, all we have from them are suggestions that pretty much indicate they're talking about a ray gun (keep in mind that a gun can be an enormous device). You can't build a strawman argument if the other side is only blowing hot air.
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