Five-Minute Hypothesis

[Chancellor Valium]

Clicky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_minute_hypothesis)

XD

[e of pi]

Hmmmm. And of course, the "The End of the World Will Happen 'Soon'" corolary. :) :wink: But seriously, does this mean Zeke is a god?

[Chancellor Valium]

Well, to the Coralle-Houce-Dwellinge Pygmies Of Thee Uppere Vulga Whoe Arte Alle Called "Cecille-Antiggonie" Andde Whoe Eatte Onlie Thee Fruitt Of Thie Carrotte Triee, yes.

Or did you mean sensible people like us? :wink:

[e of pi]

Sensible? I can't decide to be insulted or honored.

[Chancellor Valium]

Sensible? I can't decide to be insulted or honored.

Sarcasm, bub ;)

[e of pi]

Ah. Honored then.

[Zeke]

I've often wondered about this sort of thing -- nice to see I'm in good company. Back when I was in high school, my favourite theory was that the universe was changing completely every single moment, but our memories were changing with it, so we never knew. Two seconds ago you might have been a squid. On what grounds can you say otherwise?

[Derek]

What I've wondered along these lines is about color. What if what looks red to me, looks green to you, but we've been conditioned to both call it "red." But if we switched bodies and I saw a stop sign in your body, it would look green to me. (And similarly for you wihle you were in mine.)

[Xeroc]

I've often wondered about this sort of thing -- nice to see I'm in good company. Back when I was in high school, my favourite theory was that the universe was changing completely every single moment, but our memories were changing with it, so we never knew. Two seconds ago you might have been a squid. On what grounds can you say otherwise?
On coffee grounds, of course! ;) :P :D

[KillerGodMan]

Does this make us some sort of fundementilist supporter group of the theory? (like creationists, but not in Kansas)

[e of pi]

I have a feeling it's not just in Kansas any more.

[Chancellor Valium]

What I've wondered along these lines is about color. What if what looks red to me, looks green to you, but we've been conditioned to both call it "red." But if we switched bodies and I saw a stop sign in your body, it would look green to me. (And similarly for you wihle you were in mine.)

I've wondered much the same.


There is, of course, a small flaw with theories like the "Five-Minute Hypothesis" - that is, they're complete bollocks :roll:

[NeoMatrix]

What I've wondered along these lines is about color. What if what looks red to me, looks green to you, but we've been conditioned to both call it "red." But if we switched bodies and I saw a stop sign in your body, it would look green to me. (And similarly for you wihle you were in mine.)

I've wondered much the same.


There is, of course, a small flaw with theories like the "Five-Minute Hypothesis" - that is, they're complete bollocks :roll:

I have always wondered this too

[PointyHairedJedi]

There is, of course, a small flaw with theories like the "Five-Minute Hypothesis" - that is, they're complete bollocks :roll:
Solipsism has much the same problem. Either that, or I have a really vivid imagination.

[e of pi]

Solipsism...I know the word from someplace, but I don't recall what it is...

Oh, and I've wondered about the whole color thing too.

[Derek]

The word is a normal word, but I always associate it with 1984.

[Chancellor Valium]

The word is a normal word, but I always associate it with 1984.

I can see why.

[e of pi]

I can't. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

[Derek]

Have you read 1984? Go read 1984.

If you've already read 1984, re-read it.

I remember the word from this chapter: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/20/

[e of pi]

Oh. That. I read that book, but I preferred his book Animal Farm. It astounds me how he managed to predict eighty years of Soviet history.

[PointyHairedJedi]

I'm going to be weird and say that my favourite of Orwell's novels is Keep the Aspdistra Flying, though the one I've actually read the most number of times is the wonderfully depressing Burmese Days.

[Chancellor Valium]

I'm going to be weird and say that my favourite of Orwell's novels is Keep the Aspdistra Flying, though the one I've actually read the most number of times is the wonderfully depressing Burmese Days.

I can't stand depressing books. I got to page one of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and gave up there and then.