http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/dec/23/christmas-card-snowflakes-nature-physics?CMP=AFCYAH
I agree with the scientist.
There is already too much stupid in the world, there is no need to add more.
Especially when its the type of stupid that is hard to detect.
Like 8-sided snowflakes.
While he's at it, he should rail against any artistic depiction of anything unreal. Art should obviously never be used to depict the impossible or purely imaginary.
In cases where it is obvious that it is impossible or imaginary i have no qualms.
But when art makes people believe untrue things about the laws of physics i get annoyed.
Lets call Mr. Scientist's rant a piece of art and that way he is allowed to say stuff like that without being ridiculed.
FUCK YOU MY AUNT DIED OF SOMETHING PURELY IMAGINARY!!! :argh!:
Quote from: Regret on December 24, 2009, 09:51:28 AM
Lets call Mr. Scientist's rant a piece of art and that way he is allowed to say stuff like that without being ridiculed.
Dude, if there's one thing you can learn from this board, it's that there is no such thing for which you cannot be ridiculed.
Art, science, history, IN THEIR FACE :lol:
Turkeys do not look like hands! :argh!:
FUCK YOU MY HAND IS A TURKEY.
Quote from: Regret on December 24, 2009, 09:51:28 AM
In cases where it is obvious that it is impossible or imaginary i have no qualms.
But when art makes people believe untrue things about the laws of physics i get annoyed.
Lets call Mr. Scientist's rant a piece of art and that way he is allowed to say stuff like that without being ridiculed.
Lemme put it this way,
When people see an artistic depiction of a pentagonal or octagonal or whatever the fuckgonal snowflake, their brain does not say, "Ah! Based on this depiction of a snowflake, I can deduce that the physical properties of water allow it to form crystals of several different shapes."
No, the human brain looks at the depiction and says, "Snowflake!" If a physicist or anyone even remotely knowledgeable about physical science tells them that snowflakes can only form hexagons, they'll probably say, "Okay." If someone gets pissy about the unrealistic depictions of snowflakes in art and decoration, they'll probably say, "LOL" and poop on his head. It's as laughable as calling an X-ray a Roentgenogram; yeah, it's correct in a technical sense, but getting cranky about it is going to get you a wedgie from all the kids who aren't insufferable dorks.
From an aesthetic perspective, covering decorations in nothing but hexagonal forms will quickly get boring
This sort of falls in the same area as people who get pissed when they hear someone talking about "the sunrise".
Of course the sun isn't rising; the earth is turning. But if you're gonna get all pissy about it, you're just being an assbag.
Or an Aspie.
Snow is srs bizness.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091224/tuk-man-stabbed-to-death-after-snowball-45dbed5.html
:( Hmmm this argument wasn't as fun as i imagined it.
Quote from: Mangrove on December 24, 2009, 04:28:05 PM
Snow is srs bizness.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091224/tuk-man-stabbed-to-death-after-snowball-45dbed5.html
HE DID IT FOR JOHNNY! :argh!:
Quote from: LMNO on December 24, 2009, 02:52:00 PM
This sort of falls in the same area as people who get pissed when they hear someone talking about "the sunrise".
Of course the sun isn't rising; the earth is turning. But if you're gonna get all pissy about it, you're just being an assbag.
This
But everybody knows ice crystals are 6 sided, right? Personally I think this is about on the same level as drawing a spider with 6 legs, or a cat with 5? Sure you can recognize them as such, but it's not really right either.
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 25, 2009, 10:32:00 PM
But everybody knows ice crystals are 6 sided, right?
wrong.
never underestimate the power of stupid.
or am i being stupid now? i can't tell.