The LHC comes on 10th September!

Amidamaru said:
yes, it's one of my greatest fears that could fuck the world up and isnt really thought about. Lets say the big bang is proven. Ok... religions are wrong, lose all credibility and people will stop believing and society will fall apart.
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I wouldn't worry.

Society will not fall apart if religions are disproven. There's precious little proof for religion's claims now, and they're still chugging along just fine. You can fill entire library wings with books of mathematical equations, experiment results, and centuries of scientific observation, and there'll still be people who stare at you blankly a moment and ask "If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?"

BUT... society wouldn't collapse even if by some strange chance reason actually won out and suddenly everyone lost their faith in gods. There might be a temporary upswing of suicide brought on by existential crisis, but people would quickly get back to their normal rounds of eating and fucking and dying.

Religions die from neglect, but rarely because they're disproven. I'm still waiting for Pat Robertson to prove why his god is real but Thor isn't.
 
People would probably just end up saying god made the big bang happen if it was proven anyway.
 
People are stupid and paranoid. Not like anyone cared too much while the whole thing was being built over the many years it took. But one media story spun like a National Enquirer story creates panic among the people not knowledgeable on the subject. It only takes one moron to create some bogus story and take something that could happen at any day at any time to cause trouble for everyone else.

I'm sure 99% of people want to know the information this machine's experiments can expend. It could do a hell of a lot more good than bad. You could wake up tomorrow and there be a black hole. Stop panicking. It's no worse than Y2K. Remember that anyone?
 
Welp, back to sun worship! Same shit different name!
 
Tristam Green said:
And...just in case some smartguy decides to give the scientists there a sample to "test" in the accelerator...

Spoiler:
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...we'll be safe.
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Gordon Freeman doesn't have a chin strap, goatee only.. That guy is an impostor.

Also, you have to remember. Gordon saves the Earth from the invasion from Xen, but fails at saving the planet from the Combine invasion.
 
lol no they didnt. Xen was a borderworld, and the Nihilanth was holding off the Combine from extending its reach.
 
Novolo said:
they come from the same world..
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No, they don't. If they did, they'd still be utilizing Vortigaunts as slaves in combat, and they wouldn't be hostile towards Headcrabs, which are Xenian. The Combine are more closely related to the Race X aliens from Opposing Force, which were hostile towards the Xen aliens. But even those are significantly different from what we've seen of the Combine so far(Hunters, Advisors..)

If the Combine were Xenian, I doubt Valve wouldn't have waited until the end of Half-Life 2 to show what the race looks like. The Combine soldiers you fight aren't alien, but bio-engineered Humans.

However, according to Doug Lombardi. The Nihilanth(the boss of Half-Life) had it's homeworld seized by the Combine and fled, taking control of Xen upon arriving. Which is why the remaining Xenians(Headcrabs and their Zombies) on Earth openly attack Combine forces.


Back on topic though

What has science done?!
 
Amidamaru said:
yes, it's one of my greatest fears that could fuck the world up and isnt really thought about. Lets say the big bang is proven. Ok... religions are wrong, lose all credibility and people will stop believing and society will fall apart.
Since religion was made by the human being to create comfort in them when they can't deal with society.
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lol

Facts don't disuade them from thier lunacy at the present, why would that change in the future?
 
Trippyhippy said:
lol

Facts don't disuade them from thier lunacy at the present, why would that change in the future?
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Watch yourself, religion isnt lunacy, well... for some it is, but its not for me.

If you said it was a scapgoat, I can see where your coming from, but believing in a higher being isnt crazy, it makes sense to have hope for a higher power to control your destiny.
 
exodusamphi said:
Watch yourself, religion isnt lunacy, well... for some it is, but its not for me.

If you said it was a scapgoat, I can see where your coming from, but believing in a higher being isnt crazy, it makes sense to have hope for a higher power to control your destiny.
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Watch myself? Why? Is that a supposed to be a vield threat or something? Your opinions are no more valid than mine, and I have every right to voice them.

Will retract the statement, but only because lunacy was a bad word to use.

Believing in a higher being is childish and more often than not, religious people throw tantrums (much like your post) when anyone says something that doesn't conform to the way they think about things.

"Watch yourself"... pfft.
 
Beliefs are beliefs, I agree with the trippy hippy, the other day i was sitting in someones office fixing there computer and on the floor was this little "comic strip" it was called Hi there! The guy who was in the office read it with me and we died laughing, it was complete religious propaganda.....
It was the story of a guy who was all "God doesn't exist. I'm going in the ground after i die." Then poof the Grim reaper pops up saying "Hi there! It's your time" some wind blows he falls off the sky scraper and ends up dying and going to hell. While hes down there he asks the Dark angel/demon down there am i going to see my friends whats goin on with everything , and the answer is the same everytime, NO your in hell forever because you dont believe in god or christ....
It made me giggle if you read it youd be like wow thats just insane im gonna try to get a photo copy of it

AND NO im not saying god doesnt exsist im just saying that some things are stupid... not peoples beliefs but some things
 
Trippyhippy said:
Watch myself? Why? Is that a supposed to be a vield threat or something? Your opinions are no more valid than mine, and I have every right to voice them.

Will retract the statement, but only because lunacy was a bad word to use.

Believing in a higher being is childish and more often than not, religious people throw tantrums (much like your post) when anyone says something that doesn't conform to the way they think about things.

"Watch yourself"... pfft.
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Post was nothing near a tantrum. Granted, your allowed your right to speak, and I have seen what your beliefs lean to, but its almost an attack is all.

Its like me saying all athiests are lunatics because they cant and wont fathom a higher power. Would you not be insulted just a tad?

Anyway, religion is its own can of beans, we can discuss that later. Im having a hard time tonight wording my posts right, so i apologize coming off too strong.

You dont have to retract your statement, never requested you to do so. and "watch yourself" might be a bit much. idk my vocabulary is strangely lacking tonight.
 
exodusamphi said:
Post was nothing near a tantrum. Granted, your allowed your right to speak, and I have seen what your beliefs lean to, but its almost an attack is all.
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I appologize, as it was meant to be a flipant comical statement, not an attack. I mean... I thought it was funny.

Its like me saying all athiests are lunatics because they cant and wont fathom a higher power. Would you not be insulted just a tad?
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I wouldn't be insulted at all. I'd just know you were wrong, as I used to believe in god, and therefore, I have fathomed a higher power.

Anyway, religion is its own can of beans, we can discuss that later. Im having a hard time tonight wording my posts right, so i apologize coming off too strong.
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It was really just the whole "watch yourself" bit that hit me wrong.

You dont have to retract your statement, never requested you to do so. and "watch yourself" might be a bit much. idk my vocabulary is strangely lacking tonight.
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No worries, happens to the best of us.
 
Trippyhippy said:
I appologize, as it was meant to be a flipant comical statement, not an attack. I mean... I thought it was funny.



I wouldn't be insulted at all. I'd just know you were wrong, as I used to believe in god, and therefore, I have fathomed a higher power.



It was really just the whole "watch yourself" bit that hit me wrong.



No worries, happens to the best of us.
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Take note folks, this is how it should be done :)

So we each took a word wrong from eachother, 1/1. even match...
 
Damnit, I wanted 1 of the 2 to happen when it came on:

1. Time Warp. I don't care forward or backward. SOMEWHERE
2. Alternate dimension. Like Silent Hill's "otherworld" . . . .

/taps fingers
 
LadyKiKi said:
Damnit, I wanted 1 of the 2 to happen when it came on:

1. Time Warp. I don't care forward or backward. SOMEWHERE
2. Alternate dimension. Like Silent Hill's "otherworld" . . . .

/taps fingers
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That was just a test to see if it worked, so no collisions. It'll be about 4 years before they take it to the max.
 
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