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"Schroedingers Cat" |
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18 Jan 2005 03:28:21 AM |
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Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
Given that David Thomson has said:
"I was contemplating how Newton supposedly discovered
gravity by an apple falling out of a tree and hitting him in the foot.
For
months I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to quantify
consciousness. I had finally given up on it. Then on October 6th I
decided
to cut down a tree. I was 15ft up when a branch I was cutting
unexpectedly
snapped off, hit the ground, then bounced back and knocked the ladder
out
from under me. I then fell out of the tree, landing on both feet, for a
brief moment. My left leg suddenly looked like an exoskeleton with
bones
sticking out. But the good thing was that I refused to take pain
medication
for the 7 hours before surgery so I could investigate the nature of
consciousness. Under that stress I finally realized how consciousness
is
quantified."
"It could be that future comic strips will see Newton with an apple
falling out of a tree
on to his head, and next to it a picture of me falling out of a tree on
to
my feet."
"I purposefully reduced my income to $350 for three years so
I could develop this theory. Now I have over $75,000 in doctor bills
and it
will likely go well beyond $100,000 before I'm through. I've been told
it
takes 21 months on average for this particular wound to heal."
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a result of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
Leave that box alone!
Schroedinger's Cat.
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| User: "Androcles" |
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| Title: Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
18 Jan 2005 09:04:47 AM |
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"Schroedinger's Cat" <anonymous@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:VE4Hd.11692$wZ2.9642@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
Given that David Thomson has said:
"I was contemplating how Newton supposedly discovered
gravity by an apple falling out of a tree and hitting him in the foot.
For
months I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to
quantify
consciousness. I had finally given up on it. Then on October 6th I
decided
to cut down a tree. I was 15ft up when a branch I was cutting
unexpectedly
snapped off, hit the ground, then bounced back and knocked the ladder
out
from under me. I then fell out of the tree, landing on both feet, for
a
brief moment. My left leg suddenly looked like an exoskeleton with
bones
sticking out. But the good thing was that I refused to take pain
medication
for the 7 hours before surgery so I could investigate the nature of
consciousness. Under that stress I finally realized how consciousness
is
quantified."
"It could be that future comic strips will see Newton with an apple
falling out of a tree
on to his head, and next to it a picture of me falling out of a tree
on
to
my feet."
"I purposefully reduced my income to $350 for three years so
I could develop this theory. Now I have over $75,000 in doctor bills
and it
will likely go well beyond $100,000 before I'm through. I've been
told
it
takes 21 months on average for this particular wound to heal."
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a result
of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his
woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
Leave that box alone!
Schroedinger's Cat.
No self-respecting cat would refer to himself or herself as somebody's
property.
Mephistopheles' human, Androcles.
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| User: "Ian Stirling" |
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| Title: Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
19 Jan 2005 04:21:59 PM |
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In sci.physics Schroedinger's Cat <anonymous@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a result of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
I don't think it actually requires death.
Technically I suppose you could get a Darwin Award, simply by dying
of old age after being wacky enough that nobody of the opposite sex
would go near you.
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| User: "AaronB" |
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| Title: Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
19 Jan 2005 10:50:15 PM |
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Ian Stirling wrote:
In sci.physics Schroedinger's Cat <anonymous@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a
result of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his
woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect
of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
I don't think it actually requires death.
Technically I suppose you could get a Darwin Award, simply by dying
of old age after being wacky enough that nobody of the opposite sex
would go near you.
To get a Darwin award, you either need to die or get yourself
permanently removed from the gene pool. On *very* rare occasions, some
people will get honourable mentions for almost dying.
A.
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| User: "Ian Stirling" |
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| Title: Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
20 Jan 2005 04:00:00 AM |
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In sci.physics AaronB <amino_acid456@hotmail.com> wrote:
Ian Stirling wrote:
In sci.physics Schroedinger's Cat <anonymous@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a
result of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his
woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect
of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
I don't think it actually requires death.
Technically I suppose you could get a Darwin Award, simply by dying
of old age after being wacky enough that nobody of the opposite sex
would go near you.
To get a Darwin award, you either need to die or get yourself
permanently removed from the gene pool. On *very* rare occasions, some
people will get honourable mentions for almost dying.
But being unpleasant enough not to be able to breed is removing onesself
from the gene pool.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Attention all: Proposal for PCQM Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
18 Jan 2005 06:41:54 AM |
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Schroedinger's Cat wrote:
"It could be that future comic strips will see Newton with an apple
falling out of a tree
on to his head, and next to it a picture of me falling out of a tree
on
to
my feet."
i find this absolutely hilarious. the guy should be a stand-up
comedian instead of
would-be-physicist-with-delusional-visions-of-grandeur, he's a natural.
every word that comes out of is mouth is comical. heck, he's better
than Seinfeld. how about starting a "physics crank quote of the month
(PCQM)". i nominate this as the very first PCQM candidate!
so how bout it fellows?
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a result
of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his
woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect
of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
hua ha ha ha ha. definitely. yessirreee. jj.
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| User: "John Sefton" |
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| Title: Re: Darwin Award for David Thomson?! |
19 Jan 2005 08:40:21 AM |
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Schroedinger's Cat wrote:
Given that David Thomson has said:
"I was contemplating how Newton supposedly discovered
gravity by an apple falling out of a tree and hitting him in the foot.
For
months I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to quantify
consciousness. I had finally given up on it. Then on October 6th I
decided
to cut down a tree. I was 15ft up when a branch I was cutting
unexpectedly
snapped off, hit the ground, then bounced back and knocked the ladder
out
from under me. I then fell out of the tree, landing on both feet, for a
brief moment. My left leg suddenly looked like an exoskeleton with
bones
sticking out. But the good thing was that I refused to take pain
medication
for the 7 hours before surgery so I could investigate the nature of
consciousness. Under that stress I finally realized how consciousness
is
quantified."
"It could be that future comic strips will see Newton with an apple
falling out of a tree
on to his head, and next to it a picture of me falling out of a tree on
to
my feet."
"I purposefully reduced my income to $350 for three years so
I could develop this theory. Now I have over $75,000 in doctor bills
and it
will likely go well beyond $100,000 before I'm through. I've been told
it
takes 21 months on average for this particular wound to heal."
My question is: If it turns out that he dies prematurely as a result of
either his delusions of grandeur and vain attempts to apply his woefully
inadequate analytic abilities and perspicacity, or from the neglect of
his healthcare in favor of the self-promotion of his raving lunacy,
would he then be eligible for a Darwin Award?
Hey, Mallove should get one then.
John
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