trials owns Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 yo everyone, Me and my mate where talking about this the other day, I find questions that cant be answered the most interesting, So many things we don't know, Lets our imagination go wild. This lead to talking about space, How its created? Whats beyond space? Unknown planets with intelligent life? Whats the human race going to like at the peak of technologie? Its just annoying that these cannot be explained or proved! So what questions bug you that cant be answered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 stop smoking pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 So your basically talking about rhetorical questions? The whole point of them is to make you think, rather then get an answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 A rhetorical question is one which is asked under the premise that an answer is not wanted, not that it's not possible. Like, 'Doesn't this thread suck?' would be asked by me more as a way to say 'this thread sucks' rather than caring what people actually thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) stop smoking pot think u should Edited March 20, 2012 by trials owns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Current pet hate: the BBC (and some other media outlets) using far too many rhetorical/leading questions as headlines for online articles and features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I think all your questions have answers except the final one about the human race peaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I love these sort of questions. It's stupid trying to explain to someone if they're not in the zone to understand and think though. Especially stupid people. The main one is space yeah, but also like, the Sea. We don't even know what's at the bottom of it, as in like what creatures and stuff. That's more freaky in my eyes as it's on our planet. Another one but it seems really stupid now, but it seemed really great at the time as we were all drunk to hell all chilled out on a field at 3am, but like if you see a tall building, what makes you go "wow that's a tall building!" but what if it's 2cm smaller, do you still think the same? Where does this intermediate stop. Pretty hard to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Another one but it seems really stupid now, but it seemed really great at the time as we were all drunk to hell all chilled out on a field at 3am, but like if you see a tall building, what makes you go "wow that's a tall building!" but what if it's 2cm smaller, do you still think the same? Where does this intermediate stop. Pretty hard to explain. I guess a lot of that comes down to where you're from. If you live in the countryside in Cambridgeshire, the first time you see a small block of flats you'll think 'wow that's a tall building!' but if you live in the middle of London and are surrounded by tall buildings it takes a much taller building to make you think the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Deffo very logical. It seemed to be mind blowing at the time (like 16 years old hah) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 ahha, Someone that understands me , Yeah sea is a pretty creepy one! Especially knowing some of the lurks in there already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 How do you not know your friend sees red as blue, blue as yellow and yellow as red? Does 0.999999...(recurring to infinity) = 1? Or something less than 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I guess a lot of that comes down to where you're from. If you live in the countryside in Cambridgeshire, the first time you see a small block of flats you'll think 'wow that's a tall building!' but if you live in the middle of London and are surrounded by tall buildings it takes a much taller building to make you think the same. Kinda know where you coming from with that. I live in a place with 14 house's in it. Any where bigger than 100 is pretty fecking big for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TROYston Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 What eye is not lazy? I hate it when people with lazy eyes talk to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich J Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 How do you not know your friend sees red as blue, blue as yellow and yellow as red? That was my question, also relates to smells, tastes and sounds, how do we know its the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Does the plane take off? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 The main one is space yeah, but also like, the Sea. Exactly my thoughts when reading the OP. It's so strange that we cannot access certain areas of our planet due to some water. This is worth watching: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 How do you not know your friend sees red as blue, blue as yellow and yellow as red? Does 0.999999...(recurring to infinity) = 1? Or something less than 1? less than 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Equal to 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 prove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 prove it 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1 A third can also be written as 0.33333∞ So 0.33 + 0.33 + 0.33 = 0.99999∞ So 1 = 0.99999∞ And now I'm about to be proven wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualjoe Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Does 0.999999...(recurring to infinity) = 1? Or something less than 1? It's like asking, does 0.888888...(recurring to infinity) = 1? It doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 This conversation just reminded me of a TV program that blew my mind about multiple infinities. On the subject, my gut would say that - by definition - anything that isn't 1... well... isn't. So 0.999999r is not 1, no matter how close it gets. Of course, for arguments sake it's as good as. It's like asking, does 0.888888...(recurring to infinity) = 1? It doesn't. No, it isn't like asking that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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