What about the video games make you stupider theory? True or false?
[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24018960][U]You swallow anywhere from 6 to a couple dozen spiders every year.[/U]
This is not to discredit anybody you enjoys eating spiders (you know you're out there), but the theory behind this one is that a spider crawls into your mouth while you're asleep and down your throat, where it dies. First of all, this is a huge insult to the intelligence of Spiders everywhere. this is a species that is smart enough to lay traps using nothing more than what it's body produces. They aren't stupid enough to not understand they are currently on the body of what is comparitively a behemoth, whose loud snores are like giant rumbles in the air.
But let's say that a spider lacks the ability to understand that. When was the last time something even slightly interrupted your breathing patterns, even while you're awake? You cough, or even go into convulsions, and that's even if the thing that's currently suffocating you isn't moving. If a spider was in your throat, it would panic once it realised the walls themselves were moving, and disrupt your breathing even more. You would cough, probably wake up, and spit the spider out, then stare in immense relief that you didn't just eat it.[/QUOTE]
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[U]You swallow anywhere from 6 to a couple dozen spiders every year.[/U]
This is not to discredit anybody you enjoys eating spiders (you know you're out there), but the theory behind this one is that a spider crawls into your mouth while you're asleep and down your throat, where it dies. First of all, this is a huge insult to the intelligence of Spiders everywhere. this is a species that is smart enough to lay traps using nothing more than what it's body produces. They aren't stupid enough to not understand they are currently on the body of what is comparitively a behemoth, whose loud snores are like giant rumbles in the air.
But let's say that a spider lacks the ability to understand that. When was the last time something even slightly interrupted your breathing patterns, even while you're awake? You cough, or even go into convulsions, and that's even if the thing that's currently suffocating you isn't moving. If a spider was in your throat, it would panic once it realised the walls themselves were moving, and disrupt your breathing even more. You would cough, probably wake up, and spit the spider out, then stare in immense relief that you didn't just eat it.
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I remember some idiot in my class telling me this when I was 8, which when I told I don't because I almost never get spiders in my room, he retaliated with "Yes you do, a scientist said so, so it is true". Honestly I wanted to rage so much.
[QUOTE=wonkadonk;24019298]The myth I hate the most is the "You only use 10% of your brain" myth[/QUOTE]
That's true: the majority of people hardly use 1%!
[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]
Wow that really is dumb shit.
[QUOTE=White;24036751]What about the video games make you stupider theory? True or false?[/QUOTE]
False. Video-games have improved my balance and reaction times significantly.
[QUOTE=Golden-Death;24032218]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]
The definition of sound is a wave that oscillates through it's surroundings as a variation of pressure, and that is within hearable range. That's why we have ultrasound, infrasound, and such for waves that cannot be heard by humans but that can be detected and thus exist. Light also doesn't have to be seen or even be visible by humans to be light, there's no need for interpretation if it's there. That's like saying that something doesn't exist until someone thinks about it.
[QUOTE=Gik;24037171]That's true: the majority of people hardly use 1%![/QUOTE]
Ugh. No, we use all of it. Else it would be completely useless and we'll eventually lose parts of our brain. Since our brain has generationally grown through the homo genus evolution, you can pretty much say that we continuously use more and more of our brains.
The fact is that you don't use all of your brain at the same time. The brain is localized and thus, each area has a particular target skill, and when you're in any sort of situation that requires more of that particular skill, that area of the brain will begin working much faster. There is no such thing as brain capacity, and for all I know, intelligence is generally not related to the size or usage of the brain, but is related on how well do you use each one of it's areas.
You yawn when you start breathing slowly, and the carbon dioxide isn't escaping as fast.
If you try it now; breath slower, and you'll yawn pretty fast
Therefore, the large intake of breath before hand is so that your lungs fill with air, allowing the excess carbon dioxide to diffuse into the air and escape when you exhale.
If you're sitting at a pc, and if you're doing very little, you'll start to relax more than you would usually, making your breathing shallow (Effectively it's you starting to go to sleep) then as the Co2 begins to build up, you yawn.
People have said that during the more tribe driven civilizations, a yawn signifies that it's time to rest. If you yawn next to someone, they'll yawn too, which can be quite funny at times.
Food for thought if nothing else
Great Post OP
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[QUOTE=Demache;24030365]Wasn't there also an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! on bottled water as well?[/QUOTE]
ya, and it was pretty funny too. They served someone water from "madagascar" and they were actually just filling the water with a hose in the back. People were talking about the rostbustness of flavor.
[QUOTE=plazzydan;24021393]bottled water tastes better anyway[/QUOTE]
Tap water in Norway is 10 times better than bottled water in the USA, and 50 times better than tap water there.
Stop talking about yawning people, I yawned like 5 times reading this whole thread
You just made me yawn. ^
You know that technically when you yawn you're now breathing manually.
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Ugh. No, we use all of it. Else it would be completely useless and we'll eventually lose parts of our brain. Since our brain has generationally grown through the homo genus evolution, you can pretty much say that we continuously use more and more of our brains.
The fact is that you don't use all of your brain at the same time. The brain is localized and thus, each area has a particular target skill, and when you're in any sort of situation that requires more of that particular skill, that area of the brain will begin working much faster. There is no such thing as brain capacity, and for all I know, intelligence is generally not related to the size or usage of the brain, but is related on how well do you use each one of it's areas.[/QUOTE]
He was joking.
What still bothers me is whoever said that you use only ten percent of your brain. I do not know who said this originally, I am not talking about Nicholas Cage in that Disney film that was based off a Mickey Mouse cartoon where he said to that skinny guy from She's Out of My League, that the other 90% is stuff regular people can't do, involving magic and science.
Anyway, whoever said that you use only ten percent of your brain, has been proven wrong during a show on PBS because they had shown some people's x-rays where the heat was traveling and appearing/disappearing in people's brains, while they were doing multiple tasks. They proved heat appears in your brains throughout, and won't just occupy one area, but can take your whole brain up, depending if your using memory, showing emotion, talking, sterring, doing math, dreaming, gaming, taking a crap, f-ing around, etc.
As for bottled water, the only reason I use it is for convenience and portability. Not everyone has purified water, yes it is irritating when someone makes water, shows a picture of a mountain on it, but you know it's purified, some people get different quality of water out of their faucet though, unincorporated vs incorporated. This one time, you know how geese crap everywhere, and gas companies keep leaking shit in the waters, etc, crap gets dumped (not just BP, some Canadians spilled into Lake Michigan) the water in this city next to me, something broke, and everyone who drank that water got infected. I don't know if a purifier got messed up or what, but in this case, bottled water saved a life.
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Please don't discuss something for a whole page. It'd be nice to check back in this thread and learn something totally new.
That the moon landing was a hoax. That pisses me of so much. If it was faked, would we have faked it again and again, and even faked an emergency on Apollo 13?
[QUOTE=_Kent_;24039710]That the moon landing was a hoax. That pisses me of so much. If it was faked, would we have faked it again and again, and even faked an emergency on Apollo 13?[/QUOTE]
There are dozens of reasons that people say the moon landing was faked. Mythbusters tested many of them, and if you haven't seen the episode, here's it is.
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[sp] All theories were proven false. [/sp]
yawning induces stretching of the muscles and an intake of oxygen, an old animal instinct to stay prepared for physical activity in a state of rest
I have one for the list:
[I][U]Hybrid cars are better for the environment and save you money.[/U][/I]
From what I have read, and what I have experienced as a mechanic hybrids are not as good as you may think.
Here is a few reasons to start with:[URL]http://wikicars.org/en/Reasons_Not_to_Buy_a_Hybrid_Car_%28yet%29[/URL]
I will start out with fuel savings. In actuality hybrids do not get good mileage at highway and interstate speeds. The electric motor does not have the power to move the car at these speeds, meaning the smaller gas engine takes over the majority of the work. As shown [URL="http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2004/05/63413"][U]here[/U][/URL]. Infact there have been studies which show you save more money buying a lightly used car. There have also been studies showing that the pollution caused by making the batteries and other components specialized to hybrid cars actually cause more pollution than some of the least fuel efficient vehicles on the market.
Now to add to this problem is where my experience comes in. There is a reason why hybrid cars tend to have a steep value drop over a short period of time. That reason being that the cost to maintain these vehicles is alot higher than you may think. The batteries in the cars are quite expensive. Some are upwards of $2000 each time. I would also make sure that you get a nice long warranty because I have seen quite a few go out in as little as 3-4 years. Not to mention the best fuel efficient cars on the market are not hybrids, but diesel cars which hold their value and have taken several awards recently.
I will look but I remember reading a study which showed that you could buy a mid 90s diesel pickup and over a period cost less to drive and maintain, and put out less pollution overall than a Toyota Prius. (It included pollution caused by production)
tl;dr
If you wanna help the environment and still drive a car, buy diesel.
[URL="http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2004/05/63413"][/URL]
(if you haven't done so already) do people a favor and post that on YouTube so the message reaches wider audiences. Its too bad though batteries can not be less expenssive and stabalized so they don't overheat. Certain forces wanted to just batteries in aircrafts or tanks, but overheating was a major factor that still has yet to be worked out, if stuff was not so expenssive, and hard to find, I don't know, maybe the implementation of an alternate, maybe renewable resource could of worked out?
[QUOTE=will721;24040767]I have one for the list:
[I][U]Hybrid cars are better for the environment and save you money.[/U][/I]
From what I have read, and what I have experienced as a mechanic hybrids are not as good as you may think.
Here is a few reasons to start with:[URL]http://wikicars.org/en/Reasons_Not_to_Buy_a_Hybrid_Car_%28yet%29[/URL]
I will start out with fuel savings. In actuality hybrids do not get good mileage at highway and interstate speeds. The electric motor does not have the power to move the car at these speeds, meaning the smaller gas engine takes over the majority of the work. As shown [URL="http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2004/05/63413"][U]here[/U][/URL]. Infact there have been studies which show you save more money buying a lightly used car. There have also been studies showing that the pollution caused by making the batteries and other components specialized to hybrid cars actually cause more pollution than some of the least fuel efficient vehicles on the market.
Now to add to this problem is where my experience comes in. There is a reason why hybrid cars tend to have a steep value drop over a short period of time. That reason being that the cost to maintain these vehicles is alot higher than you may think. The batteries in the cars are quite expensive. Some are upwards of $2000 each time. I would also make sure that you get a nice long warranty because I have seen quite a few go out in as little as 3-4 years. Not to mention the best fuel efficient cars on the market are not hybrids, but diesel cars which hold their value and have taken several awards recently.
I will look but I remember reading a study which showed that you could buy a mid 90s diesel pickup and over a period cost less to drive and maintain, and put out less pollution overall than a Toyota Prius. (It included pollution caused by production)
tl;dr
If you wanna help the environment and still drive a car, buy diesel.
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It doesn't seem that diesel engines have really taken off here in the United States. Diesel engines in smaller vehicles are sort of rare to see. People seem to have it ingrained in their minds that diesel engines are only for larger, heavy duty vehicles.
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It probably doesn't help that diesel is more expensive per gallon than gasoline, even though its much more efficient.
[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24020812]Here's another one for you.
[U]Jesus was a skinny white man.[/U]
First of all, do not rage out on me. I am not anti-christian or a bible basher or whatever other cute name you think can describe me in two words. This is just to correct what you might think about Jesus' Christs image - the recognisable white face with long brown hair and matching beard, coupled with a skinny figure. The facts we know about Jesus, if he existed, are described in the bible. The two most common are that he lived in the middle east, and that he was a carpenter.
Now, if he lived in the middle east, that would mean he would look, you know, middle eastern. Given what people looked like at the time, he typically would have had tanned skin and black hair. The reason he's pictured as white is because when pictures of him were drawn in Europe, he was figured to look like what most people knew the master race to look like. He has also been depicted as asian in China and South American in Brazil.
The other major fact is that he was a carpenter. Think about a carpenter's job for a second - it requires much, much physical labour. A very skinny man couldn't/wouldn't be a carpenter - he would grow muscles. Along with this, long hair would be a serious working hazard, even without power tools. It would constantly get in your way and obstruct your vision if leaning over something.
Now then. Please make there be more than 3 people posting content.[/QUOTE]
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Apparently bacteria is just pacman getting rid of ghosts.
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talking about that informative water picture.
[QUOTE=technologic;24019061]Wat?
Dumb shit you may think is true but actually is?
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Dumb posts by people who dont understand the easiest threads.
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[QUOTE=Spetzaz;24037818]Tap water in Norway is 10 times better than bottled water in the USA, and 50 times better than tap water there.[/QUOTE]
Applies to any meals and consumer products as well.
[QUOTE=Demache;24042397]It doesn't seem that diesel engines have really taken off here in the United States. Diesel engines in smaller vehicles are sort of rare to see. People seem to have it ingrained in their minds that diesel engines are only for larger, heavy duty vehicles.
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It probably doesn't help that diesel is more expensive per gallon than gasoline, even though its much more efficient.[/QUOTE]
From what I can tell there are 3 main reasons people haven't accepted diesel cars in this country. The first being the price being slightly higher than gasoline. But with the fuel savings you obtain you save enough money that it wouldn't make a difference unless it was almost $5.00 a gallon. The reason diesel is so expensive in this country is because of the way we refine oil. In America we refine crude oil to make gasoline, meaning diesel is only a bi-product of production. Since it is only a bi-product there is not as much of it, and the trucking industry uses most of it. Where as in Europe oil is refined for diesel, and gasoline is the bi-product.
Another reason is the stereotypes. People think diesels are big loud clunky engines. I have also heard people say diesels are more expensive to maintain and make lots of smoke. In actuality modern diesel engine technology has made it so that a cars diesel engine is no louder than your standard gasoline engine. The black smoke only comes from a diesel engines which are specifically tuned to produce more power. Such as performance engines, engines with tuner chips, and large trucks.
The final reason is a small problem we have here in the U.S. . It is slightly stereotyped but there are a lot of facts about it. That is that diesel gels at low temperatures. Which although true, additives and block heaters can be used to prevent problems. It is especially bad because we use bio-diesel a lot more than people realize. Bio-diesel has a major downfall in that it gels at a much higher temperature than standard diesel. But as I said there are ways to bypass the problems.
But, back on topic. Hybrid cars may be the future. An example would be having diesel hybrids instead of gasoline hybrids. Which would work in 2 ways. One being the traditional dual drive using both an electric and combustion engine to power the car. The other being the same setup on locomotives, using a diesel powered generator to charge an all electric car. Giving the car unlimited range.
Another example being the future technologies of batteries. Nano batteries for instance would allow you to have the same power as the current hybrids batteries while being the size of your wallet. They also will allow shorter charging periods, and will cause less pollution in their production.
I will make another one for the list with a topic about tires.
Swallowing chewing gum makes it harder to poo.
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[U]You Yawn because you're tired.[/U]
This one sounds fair enough. Most people, like you, tend to yawn more when you need some sleep after staring at a computer moniter for 37 hours. And yet, science has yet to actually figure out [I]why[/I] people yawn. Something so common and so simple doesn't actually have one confirmed explanation. The original theory was you yawn to expel excess air from your lungs, and you yawn more when you're tired because you actually breathe deeper. This went out the window when somebody did a fake yawn and realised they inhaled first, thus adding more oxygen to their lungs. The other major theory was that it was to expel excess carbon dioxide from the body. This makes sense, but then you realise you wouldn't have to do the mandatory breathe in before you yawn if that were the case.[/QUOTE]
I yawned after reading that
[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24020812]Here's another one for you.
[U]Jesus [/U]
he typically would have had tanned skin and black hair. T
Think about a carpenter's job for a second - he would grow muscles. Along with this, long hair would be a serious working hazard,
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Hi Jesus ^
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