Deep Thoughts

[Andrew R]

Threads like this are interesting. I have thoughts like this quite often but they aren't usually as in depth.

One I get quite often for some odd reason is; if you were to splash in a puddle and make a 'wave' so to speak that an ant saw. Would that be 'big' to them or would ants be conditioned to know that's it's tiny in relation to human waves?

 

[GT4_Rule]

Talk about weird pronunciations:

English screws around with pronunciations a lot. Take Paris for an example. In French they pronounce it Pa-ri. English, it's Pa-ri-s. Same with Munich - English, Myoo-nit-ch. German, it's Myun-hen (?)(can't express it in letters)

 

[gt_masta]

Why do you hear your name in a conversation you're not involved? Like when 2 people talk and you are not listening, but you hear your name, like if they said it loud for you to hear it.

Probably not a very deep thought, at least not as deep as some here.

 

[OZZYGT]

That's a good one.

I've been thinking about this one.
How come people in the south pole or Patagonia, Argentina...don't fall off? or at least don't realize that they are standing downwards?
I know that we don't fall because of gravity. But I would like to go out in the space on a space shuttle, and then get back in the Earth by the south pole, then, when gravity starts pulling the shuttle down to the ground, throw myself out on a parachute and see what happens.

I just find no sense in that. When I lived in Argentina, I always wondered, how come I don' realize that I'm standing horizontally?


Ciao!

 

[DuckRacer]

How come people in the south pole or Patagonia, Argentina...don't fall off? or at least don't realize that they are standing downwards?
I know that we don't fall because of gravity. But I would like to go out in the space on a space shuttle, and then get back in the Earth by the south pole, then, when gravity starts pulling the shuttle down to the ground, throw myself out on a parachute and see what happens.

I just find no sense in that. When I lived in Argentina, I always wondered, how come I don' realize that I'm standing horizontally?

The world is flat. It's common knowledge.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Oceans are flooding down at the edge too. That's where we lose half of our water on earth.

 

[Zrow]

That's a good one.

I've been thinking about this one.
How come people in the south pole or Patagonia, Argentina...don't fall off? or at least don't realize that they are standing downwards?
I know that we don't fall because of gravity. But I would like to go out in the space on a space shuttle, and then get back in the Earth by the south pole, then, when gravity starts pulling the shuttle down to the ground, throw myself out on a parachute and see what happens.

I just find no sense in that. When I lived in Argentina, I always wondered, how come I don' realize that I'm standing horizontally?


Ciao!

Remember that there is no "up" or "down" in space, which is of course where the earth is. Wherever you're standing, as long as gravity is pulling you and everything else down, you're not going to think of yourself in terms of horizontal or vertical.

 

[Sage]

I think you're right on target here, except that we can do something about the evolution of our taste buds - genetic engineering. The question is whether it's ethical to engineer someone's tastebuds before they have any say in the matter. ???

I should’ve said that we can’t do anything about it yet.

How come people in the south pole or Patagonia, Argentina...don't fall off? or at least don't realize that they are standing downwards?

Err, there’s no such thing as “up” or “down” in space. The concept of “up” was invented by humans, and simply means the opposite of the force of Earth’s gravity. So when people are standing at the south pole, they are indeed standing upward, since they’re countering the force of gravity.

Imagine this: Take a spaceship far away from our solar system, so that all you see is blackness and a bunch of tiny stars. Then do half a barrel roll. Would you suddenly feel “upside-down”? Nope – and why should you? The Universe is not divided into a “top half” and “bottom half”.

[edit]: Dammit, treed!

 

[OZZYGT]

Thanks guys, now that I read my post again I find it quite amusing. (specially the parachute part)



Ciao!

 

[tait]

Why do certain sounds and melodies conjure certain emotions? / How was the relationship between emotion and sound developed?

 

[Omnis]

Why don't I have a symphony following me everywhere to play epic music at appropriate moments in my life?

 

[Dave A]

It's the same as sight, smell, taste and touch, all of them can conjour up different emotions, you eat something that tastest really nice, you feel divine (well I do), you smell some sewage nearby you feel foul and have to get away form it, you see a beautiful sunset at night and it can relax you etc.

 

[HACKr]

Why don't I have a symphony following me everywhere to play epic music at appropriate moments in my life?

Or a laugh track for jokes?

There's a Calvin and Hobbes comic about that.

 

[WallRunner]

In a Parallel Universe, would Parallel parking be easy, would there even be Parallel Parking 💡

 

[Casio]

You know if you spend to much time in the bath or the beach or any type of water your skin goes all wrinkly? Why don't mermaids and mermen have this problem?

 

[Perfect Balance]

Does the sun have a refresh rate? I don't know if thats the right word, but on stuff like computer screens, you can see it blink a little. Also, do our eyes have refresh rates?

Again, I don't think that's the right word, but I can't come up with anything else.

 

[Solid Lifters]

How would humans sit in chairs if our legs bent back the other direction?

Why is stuff sent by car called a shipment, but stuff sent by a ship called cargo?

Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck, Pluto is a dog. So what the hell is Goofy?

What does cheese say when it gets its picture taken?

Where does Sea World's seafood restaurant get their seafood from?

Why isn't the "caps lock" button capitalized?

Can fat people go "skinny-dipping?"

Why are you "in" a movie, but "on" TV?

Why the hell should we care were Waldo is? Did he murder somebody?

If a deaf person gets arrested, do they still go to a "hearing?"

Why are they called "apartments" and not "attachments?"

Which one is more easy, "piece of cake" or "piece of pie?"

What is the difference between "Ketchup" and "Catsup?"

If a mute person burps, does it make a sound?

If no sound can exist in a vacuum, then why do vacuum cleaners make so much damn noise?

Do women pee in the shower too?

If the Pope takes a dump, is it a "holy crap?"

 

[Mclaren_Man]

Sometimes before I go to sleep at night I think about how small I am as one person on earth. They're billions of people on earth. They're millions of stars in our galaxy each with around 2-30+ planets orbiting them, then there are millions of galaxies each with their millions of stars inside them with each star having its own 'solar system' of planets. If you think about that, that is a lot of planets and to think that out of all of those planets our one is the only one with intelligent life inhabiting it is just being narrow minded. I often wonder what the other forms of intelligent life look like and how they live.

Also, if we find a planet that has similar atmoshperic and weather conditions to Earth (ie we can live there) and this newly discovered planet is say double the size of Earth, would real estate prices be lower on this new planet? one thing for sure would be that gravity would be nice and strong so we would all be a lot stronger.

 

[Mark T]

Sometimes I just sit there and try to imagine just how big the planets are. It seems crazy but I try to picture looking into the night sky and seeing these huge stars and moons.

Just look at the pic below. It's amazing



Another thing that's hard to imagine is what you see if your dead. Stupid thing to try and imagine I know. I also try to think about when I die, will I ever be alive again? Even maybe as someone else.

 

[Sage]

Another thing that's hard to imagine is what you see if your dead.

Remember what you saw before you were born? Yup, nothing!

And for some reason, this has made me remember one of my favorite quotes of all time, which I think I’ve posted on GTP like a half dozen times already, but once more can’t hurt:

“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.” – Epicurus

 

[OZZYGT]

mmm.....that's brilliant Sage.
I was going to post a "counter-quote" to that, but maybe I'll keep it to myself.

Now back on topic.
Why do we have Deja-vues?
Is it something that we have dreamt about before?


Ciao!

 

[GT4_Rule]

I wonder how the real moderator control panel looks like

 

[Omnis]

Yo, Ballroom dancing can is* DOPE.



*(can be).

 

[Speedy Samurai]

1) Fixing your posture (sitting up straight + 90° angles) doesn’t do much, despite what everyone says. When people complain about their back hurting because they’ve been at the computer too long, it’s because they’ve been in one particular posture too long, not because they’re necessarily in the “wrong” posture. Try doing it the “right” way (straight + 90°) for several hours – I guarantee you’ll be in pain, because of how unnatural it feels.

Actually this is incorrect. To put it simply, your body is divided into skeleton and muscle. If you position your body correctly so that your body weight is supported by your skeleton, your muscles don't have to do the work of holding the body up. It is the same with walking. Many people do not have proper posture when walking and this results in things like lower back pains, knee problems, etc. Unfortunately, these days it seems the amount of time we spend sitting compared to the amount of time we spend upright is contributing to many ailments, and considering that most time we aren't sitting in a chair that properly supports our skeleton, it only adds to the problem.

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

I've always had a soft sport for the universe, when a little doe-head, I asked myself these strange questions, now I'm looking for anwswers on them. That's how I did become a little obsessed with studies after black holes, super novas and more

 

[Famine]

I'm sitting here watching the World Cup 3rd place play-off match.

The thought occurs... the winners of this match get a medal each, the losers don't. In athletics, 1st, 2nd and 3rd get medals of decreasing importance/value and 4th gets nothing. In Formula One, there's a podium of three steps - though points are given down to 8th only the top three stand up there and get trophies.

Why, for a primarily decimal species, do we assign major importance to the first three in anything? Why not the top 10, or even the top 5 (for just one of our sets of fingers) - where does the importance of threes come from?

 

[Sage]

My guess would be the Holy Trinity.

 

[Kylehnat]

My guess would be the Holy Trinity.

You mean these guys?

Find me three better drivers. I dare you.

 

[nic_brix]

Right. Let's imagine you're 10m away from a door. You start walking. Soon, you arrive at a point half way between the door and where you started from. You're now 5m away from the door. You get half way there again. 2.5m away. Half way again. 1.25m away from the door. Half way again. And again. And again. And again. You are now 0.078125m away from the door. Soon you'll be into the 100th decimal place. Then the 1000th. Before long you'll be 1/99999[...]9999m away from the door.
Is it therefore possible to walk through the doorframe?

But if that doesn't make sense...

Probably a better example of this is a ruler. You hold one end of the ruler on a desk, with the rest hanging off the edge of the surface. You pull the end of the ruler downwards and release it (A.K.A. "twang" it). It vibrates. For the first vibration it moves 1 centimetre. This distance decreases by 1 fifth for every vibration. The second vibration will have a distance of 4/5cm, or 0.8cm. 0.8 will then decrease by 1 fifth, giving the 3rd vibration a distance of 0.64cm. This process of decreasing by 1/5 each time will continue. Once again, soon you will be into the 100th decimal place. The distance of the vibrations will get immeasurably close to 0cm, but does the ruler ever stop vibrating?
Puzzles me.

BTW, sorry for my un-scientific description.

 

[dylansan]

Right. Let's imagine you're 10m away from a door. You start walking. Soon, you arrive at a point half way between the door and where you started from. You're now 5m away from the door. You get half way there again. 2.5m away. Half way again. 1.25m away from the door. Half way again. And again. And again. And again. You are now 0.078125m away from the door. Soon you'll be into the 100th decimal place. Then the 1000th. Before long you'll be 1/99999[...]9999m away from the door.
Is it therefore possible to walk through the doorframe?

Well, if you keep going half the distance you did previously, then no, it is not technically possible, although to walk at such small distances would be near impossible.

Probably a better example of this is a ruler. You hold one end of the ruler on a desk, with the rest hanging off the edge of the surface. You pull the end of the ruler downwards and release it (A.K.A. "twang" it). It vibrates. For the first vibration it moves 1 centimetre. This distance decreases by 1 fifth for every vibration. The second vibration will have a distance of 4/5cm, or 0.8cm. 0.8 will then decrease by 1 fifth, giving the 3rd vibration a distance of 0.64cm. This process of decreasing by 1/5 each time will continue. Once again, soon you will be into the 100th decimal place. The distance of the vibrations will get immeasurably close to 0cm, but does the ruler ever stop vibrating?
Puzzles me.

BTW, sorry for my un-scientific description.

I'm not sure, but a ruler is never technically not vibrating in my opinion. I always thought the atoms inside would be moving at least a tiny amount, as long as it has a high enough temperature. Either that or friction stops it. Like I said, I'm not entirely sure.

Oh, and I don't mind your 'un-scientific' description.