(June 9, 2014 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote:

(June 8, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Why are they all so fucking illogical and idiotic? Moreover, why are so many people dumb enough to be "persuaded" by them?

Why are some so stupid to believe there's such a thing as dark matter, it can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted, yet you insist it's there, matter that does not conform to what matter is, and you call Christians idiotic.

GC

So, dark matter is the new wind?

This argument always used to be used about the wind, until it was thoroughly debunked.

Now, it's dark matter.

When dark matter is proven to exist then it will be something else we can't hear, see, or taste.

RJA

(June 8, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Why are they all so fucking illogical and idiotic? Moreover, why are so many people dumb enough to be "persuaded" by them?

It's my hypothesis that people in general prefer answers that provide purpose and are offered with conviction and certainty, even in the face of evidence to the contrary.

(June 9, 2014 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote:

(June 8, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Why are they all so fucking illogical and idiotic? Moreover, why are so many people dumb enough to be "persuaded" by them?

Why are some so stupid to believe there's such a thing as dark matter, it can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted, yet you insist it's there, matter that does not conform to what matter is, and you call Christians idiotic.

GC

We can't directly see the supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way, but we nonetheless know that there must be an enormous unseen mass there because of it's effect on nearby stars.

Inference. Look it up.

The same goes for dark matter. We can't see it, we don't yet know what it is, but unless everything we know about gravity and relativity is wrong, there is *something*, a whole lot of something that we can't see.

(June 9, 2014 at 6:48 pm)Beccs Wrote:

(June 9, 2014 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote: Why are some so stupid to believe there's such a thing as dark matter, it can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted, yet you insist it's there, matter that does not conform to what matter is, and you call Christians idiotic.

GC

So, dark matter is the new wind?

This argument always used to be used about the wind, until it was thoroughly debunked.

Now, it's dark matter.

When dark matter is proven to exist then it will be something else we can't hear, see, or taste.

RJA

You use the same argument against God, it's good to see you being critical of your own statements.

GC

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(June 9, 2014 at 8:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(June 9, 2014 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote: Why are some so stupid to believe there's such a thing as dark matter, it can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted, yet you insist it's there, matter that does not conform to what matter is, and you call Christians idiotic.

GC

We can't directly see the supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way, but we nonetheless know that there must be an enormous unseen mass there because of it's effect on nearby stars.

Inference. Look it up.

The same goes for dark matter. We can't see it, we don't yet know what it is, but unless everything we know about gravity and relativity is wrong, there is *something*, a whole lot of something that we can't see.

You can't know that, it's physically unobserved.

GC

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(June 9, 2014 at 6:42 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote:

(June 9, 2014 at 3:15 am)Godschild Wrote: Why are some so stupid to believe there's such a thing as dark matter, it can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted, yet you insist it's there, matter that does not conform to what matter is, and you call Christians idiotic.

GC

Lol

Case in point.

Radio waves can't be seen, touched, smelled, heard or tasted.

They must not exist either! It's those goddamn scientists at it again! Trying to make fools of uneducated backwoods children of God!

I've heard them.

(June 9, 2014 at 10:14 pm)Godschild Wrote: I've heard them.

When was this time that you removed your head from the sand that you speak of?

(June 9, 2014 at 10:14 pm)Godschild Wrote: You can't know that, it's physically unobserved.

GC

No that's not how observations work in science. You don't have to physically observe something for its effects to be tested and measured, and not all observations have to be made visually; in fact hardly any scientific observation is visual.

(June 10, 2014 at 3:27 am)Stimbo Wrote:

(June 9, 2014 at 10:14 pm)Godschild Wrote: You can't know that, it's physically unobserved.

GC

No that's not how observations work in science. You don't have to physically observe something for its effects to be tested and measured, and not all observations have to be made visually; in fact hardly any scientific observation is visual.

It's still empirically verifiable.

Leave it to GC to completely misunderstand the most basic tenants of science.

Sorry to have to do this to you, but...

Tenets, not tenants. Unless there's rent involved.

You would think that if dark matter exists someone could detect at least a smidgen of it in our solar system. But guess what? There's none to be found! It's as elusive as that God character.