Dumb shit you might think is true. - General

A lot of arguments probably going to stem from this, but [u]If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it doesn't make a sound[/u] Sound is more or less a figment of our imagination. It doesn't actually exist, in the sense of "noise". All it is are vibrations in the air that our ears interpret into the sounds we hear. As such, if no pair of ears are around to interpret the vibrations a falling tree makes, then no sound is heard. And yeah, yeah, I know a hand full of you are going to argue about the definition of "sound".

[QUOTE=TheTyman;24026854]Up until I was in my teens I thought the term "underground railroad" meant a railroad underground that black slaves used, I imagined it looking like the tunnel in the movie the Great Escape.[/QUOTE] Your not alone on that one. Since people always said cell phones use microwaves, I always wondered why they didn't cook people's head when they used them. I didn't know the difference between a microwave and a microwave oven. Man, I was :downs:.

[QUOTE=Golden-Death;24026930]A lot of arguments probably going to stem from this, but [u]If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it doesn't make a sound[/u] Sound is more or less a figment of our imagination. It doesn't actually exist, in the sense of "noise". All it is are vibrations in the air that our ears interpret into the sounds we hear. As such, if no pair of ears are around to interpret the vibrations a falling tree makes, then no sound is heard. And yeah, yeah, I know a hand full of you are going to argue about the definition of "sound".[/QUOTE] You're cuffing yourself. Of course no sound is heard, nobody is there to hear it. But do conditions change at all when there's someone to hear the sound, or not? Of course not, therefore, you can conclude that the sound is still made. Your definition of sound is indeed all wrong. We talk about the speed of sound, HD sound, sound waves and sound frequencies, not noise. Vibrations create waves, which is just energy transferring through a medium, which are generally within hearable range and thus we can classify them as sound. There's no need for there to be anyone around to conclude that this wave would be around 5 and 200 Hz, and thus could be sound. Don't try to prove things wrong by confusing the terms. There's nothing more annoying than that.

[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24018960] [U]Tap Water is Dirtier than Bottled Water.[/U] You've probably heard this dozens of times from your family and friends, something along the lines of "You don't need to drink from the tap, there's bottled water in the fridge. It's cleaner." But the big point they're missing is that the bottled water was not in fact collected from a mountain spring in some far off mystical land like the label might have you believe. It was still mass produced in a factory setting by stone cold machines, then stored in a warehouse and eventually sent out to stores by diesel trucks. By Comparison, the water from your tap was collected from a local water source and purified, and paid for with your tax money and water bills. If the tap water was dirtier, why would the city even bother trying to compete with bottled water companies?[/QUOTE] I just wanted to expand on this one. In most western nations, the laws and testing governing city water supplies are far more stringent than those for bottled water. Bottled water sits in warehouses for months before even being shipped, possibly waiting even more months before being sold to you... and the whole time it's in plastic bottles, slowly absorbing the chemicals. Also, the oil used in the production and transportation of bottled water is quite excessive. tl;dr There are many good reasons not to use bottled water, like your health, the environment, and the fact that you are giving away money to greedy corporations in exchange for a product that you can get for free/nearly free and that would have been safer and better that way anyway. Mandatory pic on the subject: (sorry for the size) [img]http://www.onlineschools.org/blog/the-facts-about-bottled-water/bottled_water.jpg[/img]

Wasn't there also an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! on bottled water as well?

[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24021870]For the Jesus one? Alright. [url]http://www.cracked.com/article_18627_6-things-from-history-everyone-pictures-incorrectly.html[/url] It also explains how ninjas never wore full black suits and how vikings didn't have horns on thier helmets. Before you call me a thief, remember what I said at the start - alot of this is coming from things like Cracked and Mythbusters.[/QUOTE] My friend are at a disagreement about ninjas. I believe Ninjas were essentially Samurai or Soldiers for a Daimyo who were trained in the arts and sent out on secretive missions. Often, they would be discovered and/or be forced to commit Seppuku for their actions. This would explain the lack of knowledge about actual ninjas. My friend leans more towards the idea of 'Ninjas' being peasants who wore dark robes and killed people for money. This sounds a little bit too low-tech for me though. The idea of a Noble being trained to assassinate people, often Daimyos, sounds a bit more realistic when comparing it to our modern ninja ("People in black clothing who often carry shuriken and a katana"). Plus, a commoner wouldn't be able to afford such weapons. [editline]12:27AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Golden-Death;24026930]A lot of arguments probably going to stem from this, but [u]If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it doesn't make a sound[/u] Sound is more or less a figment of our imagination. It doesn't actually exist, in the sense of "noise". All it is are vibrations in the air that our ears interpret into the sounds we hear. As such, if no pair of ears are around to interpret the vibrations a falling tree makes, then no sound is heard. And yeah, yeah, I know a hand full of you are going to argue about the definition of "sound".[/QUOTE] That myth is silly. Of course it makes sound, because it does make the vibrations that compose sound. It's nearly impossible for a tree to fall without it being heard in some way (Vibrations through the Earth, etc.), especially with the large amount of animals that inhabit our earth. The fact is that if you WERE there, the sound would be made, so why does this matter? Now: here's a question: Can god make a door he cannot open? (In the hypothetical situation that god exists)

[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24018960] [B]NONE OF THIS WILL BE MADE UP[/B] [U]Tap Water is Dirtier than Bottled Water.[/U] You've probably heard this dozens of times from your family and friends, something along the lines of "You don't need to drink from the tap, there's bottled water in the fridge. It's cleaner." But the big point they're missing is that the bottled water was not in fact collected from a mountain spring in some far off mystical land like the label might have you believe. It was still mass produced in a factory setting by stone cold machines, then stored in a warehouse and eventually sent out to stores by diesel trucks. By Comparison, the water from your tap was collected from a local water source and purified, and paid for with your tax money and water bills. If the tap water was dirtier, why would the city even bother trying to compete with bottled water companies? [/QUOTE] Not everyone lives in a city. Try drinking from the tap that gives out hard sulfur water.

[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24019194]This is a good one. Chewing Gum actually just comes right out in the same manner you swallowed it. It WOULD, however, take 7 years to dissolve in stomach acid.[/QUOTE] Yea if you read up on gum its made of partly rubber.

also laughing at the americans who have to pay for water. hahaha. [editline]12:34AM[/editline] my automerge, etc.

[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24018960]You Yawn because you're tired.[/QUOTE] My science fair project in 8th grade was over yawning, so I will replace what you said with my scientific experiment of 1,000 people, AKA: my school. This shouldn't be taken seriously in this thread, I thought you would find it interesting from my "research." [release][b]Shit might be true:[/b] [i][u]You yawn because you're tired.[/u][/i] [quote]For 8th grade, I based my scientific theory on, you yawn to raise your awareness.[/quote] My first results turned up [b]~95% positive[/b] - [i]944 people yawned when another person yawned.[/i] After yawning, people admitted they felt more awake. [u]Divided into 50-50 (500 vs 500)[/u] First group of 500 people, darkened the room, had them close their eyes and relax for 1 and 1/2 minutes. Took camera, zoomed in on eye to watch pupil dilation. First group without yawn, turn on lights, they open eyes. [b]Average time for pupil to dilate[/b] - [i]6 seconds[/i] Second group of 500 people, darkened room, closed eyes for 1 and 1/2 minutes. camera zoomed in on pupil for dilation. Make them yawn in dark room, force a yawn. 15 people couldn't force a yawn. People who could (485) [b]Average time for pupil to dilate[/b] - [i]4 seconds.[/i] I based my theory on my teacher who told me, "When someone else yawns, the reason you yawn is because your body thinks the other person is more alert than you, so you yawn to become as alert as they are. [/release]

[QUOTE=misterv;24019405]The theory I have been told is that when you feel tired your brain is actually deprived of oxygen (energy). If my biology teacher isn't a liar then there is quite a bit of evidence to support this. Therefore, as part of the respiratory system (in which oxygen plays a vital part), when you yawn you are collecting more than the average amount of oxygen to fuel your brain. Why did it go out of the window? This seems fairly logical, as I have just stated.[/QUOTE] Experiments have shown that this is wrong. They put people in a room with more oxygen in the air and they yawned quite the same as the other people.

You yawn when you're tired or bored because it brings lots of oxygen to the brain, stimulating it.

I heard the spider myth came from a woman in the 90s who wanted to prove that people would believe anything they heard on the internet and sent it around as a chain email.

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[QUOTE=CrimsonFox;24020633]my guess would be out of instincts. They might have a 6 second memory but they can still rely on instincts to do something.[/QUOTE] NO! This was proven wrong by the Mythbusters. [url]http://mythbustersresults.com/episode11[/url]

[QUOTE=CrimsonFox;24020633]my guess would be out of instincts. They might have a 6 second memory but they can still rely on instincts to do something.[/QUOTE] Then how did this goldfish learn how to play football? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qoQS3EiNE&feature=related[/media] It's the biggest myth ever and people still believe it. Sigh...

[U][U]She's on the pill[/U][/U] Nope.avi

[QUOTE=Big Bang;24027286]You're cuffing yourself. Of course no sound is heard, nobody is there to hear it. But do conditions change at all when there's someone to hear the sound, or not? Of course not, therefore, you can conclude that the sound is still made. Your definition of sound is indeed all wrong. We talk about the speed of sound, HD sound, sound waves and sound frequencies, not noise. Vibrations create waves, which is just energy transferring through a medium, which are generally within hearable range and thus we can classify them as sound. There's no need for there to be anyone around to conclude that this wave would be around 5 and 200 Hz, and thus could be sound. Don't try to prove things wrong by confusing the terms. There's nothing more annoying than that.[/QUOTE] That's just it, and what I meant by the definition of sound. If you consider that sound is the phenomena of "hearing" then no, no sound is made. But if you consider "sound" in the definition that it is vibrational energy, then yes, sound is made. It's a matter of opinion. I for one classify sound as audible, just as I classify light. If a room was filled with infrared light, I would not define it as being filled with light. It's really not confusing the terms, its just personal definition. [QUOTE=Tukimoshi;24030474] That myth is silly. Of course it makes sound, because it does make the vibrations that compose sound. It's nearly impossible for a tree to fall without it being heard in some way (Vibrations through the Earth, etc.), especially with the large amount of animals that inhabit our earth. The fact is that if you WERE there, the sound would be made, so why does this matter? [/QUOTE] It's not for me to decide why it matters, it's a philosophical question that was posed long ago.

I think people yawn because they want to express their belonging to a group, like when wolfs howl or something like that.

[QUOTE=WuWei;24032329]I think people yawn because they want to express their belonging to a group, like when wolfs howl or something like that.[/QUOTE] Well, you're fucked.

[QUOTE=axemunger;24023991][U][B]Supperssor can make a firearm almost silent [/B][/U]This one is believed because of hollywood since according to them any cylinder shaped object, whether it's an actual suppressor or not, will make the gun almost silent. This is blatently not true, what a suppressor does is reduce the muzzle flash and make the firearm around 10-40 decibels quieter, but since all gunshots will be over 160dB, it'll still be loud as hell.[/QUOTE] Not loud as hell, but it all depends on the weapon. You can get a .22 to sounds almost like a quiet CO2 pistol. You still obviously hear it, but it sure isn't MEGA LOOOOUD [editline]10:53AM[/editline] [QUOTE=TamTamJam;24030571]also laughing at the americans who have to pay for water. hahaha. [/QUOTE] You pay for it with your taxes too dumbass.

[QUOTE=Golden-Death;24026930]A lot of arguments probably going to stem from this, but [u]If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it doesn't make a sound[/u] Sound is more or less a figment of our imagination. It doesn't actually exist, in the sense of "noise". All it is are vibrations in the air that our ears interpret into the sounds we hear. As such, if no pair of ears are around to interpret the vibrations a falling tree makes, then no sound is heard. And yeah, yeah, I know a hand full of you are going to argue about the definition of "sound".[/QUOTE] Ah, but what if you place a microphone or camera in the forest, with a live feed to your PC, and then you drive miles away? Nobody's around to hear it, as the mic is not a living being, but the mic will still record the sound.

[QUOTE=TCB;24032748]Ah, but what if you place a microphone or camera in the forest, with a live feed to your PC, and then you drive miles away? Nobody's around to hear it, as the mic is not a living being, but the mic will still record the sound.[/QUOTE] A Wild Bigfoot Appears!

[QUOTE=TheTyman;24026854]Up until I was in my teens I thought the term "underground railroad" meant a railroad underground that black slaves used, I imagined it looking like the tunnel in the movie the Great Escape.[/QUOTE] Holy shit I thought I was the only one. I caught on quicker than you, though. Also, I yawn a lot when I sing sometimes. I'd like an explanation for this, yawning experts.

These are some interesting points, but I'm not stupid enough to actually think that spider crap was true. [QUOTE=CrimsonFox;24020059][sp]he got the title wrong[/sp] [sp]don't start a shitstorm[/sp][/QUOTE] [sp]I saw your name and knew your post would be bluntly stupid, and then I saw your post. Yes, I predicted correctly.[/sp] [sp]don't start a shitstorm[/sp]

I think yawning is caused by the same thing that causes you to breathe. Your brain's desire to breath does not come from a low level of oxygen in the blood, rather, this comes from a high level of carbon dioxide in the blood. I'm not sure, but I think yawning has something to do with this, you may be breathing slowly, heavily, etc. because you are tired and this causes a rise in CO2 levels so your brain attempts to reaplce that with oxygen. Edit: I have no idea why people would want to yawn when someone else does. Boredom maybe. [QUOTE=Inafinus :3;24020913][b]Daddy long legs[/b] They are not the moist poisonous insect in the world. They do not even have venom producing organs. They are also sociable unlike spiders.[/QUOTE] Are you talking about the Daddy long legs spider, or the harvestman? If you are talking about the spider, you are wrong as they do have venom producing glands. If you are talking about the harvestman than you are confused because the myth of Daddy long legs venom is of the spider Daddy long legs and not the Harvestman Daddy long legs. But no matter what case, neither animal is anywhere near containing lethal venom.

[QUOTE=Aman V;24032661]Not loud as hell, but it all depends on the weapon. You can get a .22 to sounds almost like a quiet CO2 pistol. You still obviously hear it, but it sure isn't MEGA LOOOOUD [editline]10:53AM[/editline] You pay for it with your taxes too dumbass.[/QUOTE] actually I don't. I'm on a well. and even if I was in the city, I wouldn't.

doesn't everyone know the bottled water one?

In Hungary, bottled water is without doubt better than tap water, because on these parts, bottled water is mineral water, brought up from a few thousand meters deep, whereas tap water is not from such deep springs. Hooray for deep-ground springs all over the country!

Great thread we need an archive.