From our friends at neat-o-rama, 7 Myths and Truths about Pirates:
We’ve all got an idea of what it was like to be a pirate in the 1700s - but a lot of it is pure Hollywood hooey. Here’s a few of our most common misconceptions about pirates … and the truth about them.
Here’s the link
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An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny. -- Scientific American
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Whoops. Let me be more specific… http://www.idnet.com.au/files/pdf/PDF%20ID_Website_10_Questions.PDF
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Cheers!
They call us “demeaning”. How rude.
They compare themselves to Gailileo as being censored, they really should read up on their history a bit, the church turned on his theories because they disagreed with the bible, the IDiots turn on eveolution because it disagrees with the bible…
@Alex–thanks for the link. Here’s my favorite part:
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“By censoring ID, other disciplines like archaeology, SETI, cosmology, and criminology, and many
other areas of scientific endeavour that rely on ID theory are in danger of also being relegated to the
realm of pseudo-science. All this is done to suppress discussion about the application of ID theory
to biochemistry. Open minded people will look deeper and evaluate the evidence themselves.”
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Right, because archaeologists and cosmologists/astronomers and the like will all be “pseudo-science” because they are…I dunno…heretics, I suppose. Heretics who don’t see the divinity of God in their work, but instead look at observable facts and extrapolate from there. Couple hundred years ago, such blashphemy would’ve sent you to be burned at the stake. We Pastafarians, and scientists, and all others who don’t believe that ID and science should be taught side-by-side, or the one-and-the-same, are probably lucky that there are no stake-burnings anymore. And Galileo must be turning over in his grave!
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Loved the pirate article. The History Channel had a good documentary on pirates about a year or so ago. It was call “The Real Caribbean Pirates.” I recommend it.
@storm petrel Nov 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
“They compare themselves to Gailileo as being censored”
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The Crackpot Index
#34.
40 points for claiming that the “scientific establishment” is engaged in a “conspiracy” to prevent your work from gaining its well-deserved fame, or suchlike.
#35.
40 points for comparing yourself to Galileo, suggesting that a modern-day Inquisition is hard at work on your case, and so on.
#36.
40 points for claiming that when your theory is finally appreciated, present-day science will be seen for the sham it truly is. (30 more points for fantasizing about show trials in which scientists who mocked your theories will be forced to recant.)
#37
50 points for claiming you have a revolutionary theory but giving no concrete testable predictions.
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http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
So the IDiots must have about a thousand points by now? Do they get extra for repitition?
@Wench.Nikkiee@–I think the Crackpot Index would make a nice companion to the Fuckwit Finder used for hatemail.
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BTW, this is my favorite: 30 points for claiming that your theories were developed by an extraterrestrial civilization (without good evidence).
@Nikkiee
Thanks for the crackpot index, I hadn’t seen that one before I think. Another amusing bookmark for me.
@storm petrel–I didn’t see any points value for repetition, but I think it needs to be added. So, let’s say 100 points for constantly bringing up your fucktard theory, as if by saying it enough times, it’ll eventually be correct.
Isn’t one of the definitions of insanity doing the exact same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?
@storm petrel–Hahahahahahaha!!! I believe you’re right.
I’ve noticed the FSM now has a Santa hat. Yes, the holiday season doth approach. A time to spend too much, drink too much, eath too much, and pretty much just do everything in excess. Sounds down-right piratey to me.
Yep, remember chrisitanity took pretty much everything from other religions…sooo, they do have a resemblance to us.
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@rmw
FSM wearing a Santa hat? Peter Popoff will be overjoyed!
@El Peatieablo - would you mind explaining me why?
@PacificPam
A while ago he was questing for Santa… Those were the days… :)
Oh, Santa is actually the FSM….that explains why he get to all the houses in only one night…all that bunch of noodly appendages…hahahahaha…I can tell my mom that santa exists and is good.
hahaha
And Adam was a horny man…
Yes, he lusted after all the women in the world………