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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 6:20 am
I see classic relativity never made it to the Arabian peninsula... Galileo only lived some 500 years ago, huh?
Why do some people give mics to these idiots?
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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 6:20 am
Well, good for him. Hope he enjoys his fantasy world. Just keep it to yourself ok dude?
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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 6:54 am
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2015 at 6:55 am by Cyberman.)
I actually felt myself losing braincells watching that.
It reminded me of a scene in "Old Bones of the River", the 1938 Will Hay take on "Sanders of the River". Hay, a schoolmaster, has set up a school at a British colonial fort in Africa to educate the native children. He is being told off by the fort's commander for teaching astronomy (incidentally Hay's real life passion), because the revelation that the Earth rotates West to East is causing confusion among the fort's troops, who are waiting for the parade ground to come to them of a morning. Hay laughs and remarks on how silly that is - after all, their barracks are in the West.
That scene was of course written and played for comedy. What's this guy's excuse for ignorance?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 6:59 am
Hmm. What's more likely to be true? Stuff going on right now in front of your face, or a book written 2000 years and never updated for accuracy?
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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 7:00 am
Oh, come on Tubby! I was just going to post this!
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: Sheikh clings to geocentricity
February 18, 2015 at 7:01 am
I loved the part when he postulated stopping a plane in the air. I don't know how many times the guy has flown, at least without the aid of chemicals, but that's not how they work. Aeroplanes only ever stop in midair when they run out of fuel, obviously.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
