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A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:43 pm
by greg_Archive
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:04 pm
by Barbo_Archive
skatingbasser wrote:Colonel Panic wrote:Actually, both the Earth and the Sun are moving. In the grand scheme of the Universe, neither one is stationary and the gravitational pull of each is acting on the other to a more or lesser extent. So I suppose an argument could be made that either is true, depending on your point of view.
Neither one is stationary, but one still very much revolves around the other. If anything I'd say an argument could be made that neither is true, not either. But that argument would be crap too.
It is determined by the intertial reference frame. If we choose the standard, our solar system, the earth is rotating around the sun that is stationary. In the inertial reference frame of the galaxy, the sun and earth are both moving, but the earth's motion has two angular components whereas the sun's motion has one (not counting the rotation about either's axis).
Jon
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:07 pm
by Colonel Panic_Archive
Yeah you're right. An argument could be made that anything is true, but that doesn't mean it'd be a good argument.
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:10 pm
by sunlore_Archive
While scientific literacy has doubled over the past two decades, only 20 to 25 percent of Americans are "scientifically savvy and alert," he [Dr. Jon D. Miller] said in an interview.
STF wrote:That's not too bad, actually.
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:35 pm
by alex maiolo_Archive
I just sent this to my best friend's dad, who is one of the most intelligent and wise people I know.
His response:
last of the great super smart rennaisance men wrote:Yes, Alex. Neither of us is surprised at this. We are the best argument against the omnipotence and supreme knowledge of God. How could He have been so stupid as to create us?
Nicely said, LOTGSSRM.
-A
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:37 pm
by Gramsci_Archive
Whatever Jesus says... I'm not too keen on freethought.
A Poll For Americans
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:40 pm
by Ty Webb_Archive
Eating Noddemix wrote:The sun shines out of my anus.
The band name Solar Anus is already taken. But good try.