The woom next door, pull up a pew Wompers.

[Robert Cromwell]

Of course our known universe may be just as a molecule to something far larger and we could be squashed like a bug at any moment.

 

[Sir Kadly]

The Past, Present and future walked into a bar.

It was tense.

A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave.

 

[Boden]

The Past, Present and future walked into a bar.

It was tense.

Past, Present and future walked toward a bar.

Future ducked.

 

[Boden]

Of course our known universe may be just as a molecule to something far larger and we could be squashed like a bug at any moment.

But squashing a bug does nothing to its atoms.

 

[Lannie]

I wonder what the conversation would be like if The Boden, The Cromwell, and the Fuzzmeister all went to a bar together one night...
(Science Geeks Anonymous? Big Bang Theory gone 'round the bend?)

You forgot me! I get tipsy and start acting goofy, giving all you geeks something to laugh at.

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

What am I supposed to do with all those butterflies I ordered when they get here and start flapping their wings?

Warn the Chinese that there's gonna be a tornado. (I used to be a great advocate of Chaos Theory - they even called me Captain Chaos back then - but I got over it.)

Ever start a reaction just to see what would happen?

Isn't that what this conversation is about?

Past couldn't walk into the bar with those other guys because he was already there when Present showed up and Future will arrive later.

Are we having fun yet?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

If you stop motion down to waves everything ceases to exist.



Yes but that would be a terrible waste of effort. Randomness is what makes existence fun. Ever start a reaction just to see what would happen?

That is why there are humans?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Warn the Chinese that there's gonna be a tornado. (I used to be a great advocate of Chaos Theory - they even called me Captain Chaos back then - but I got over it.)

Isn't that what this conversation is about?

Past couldn't walk into the bar with those other guys because he was already there when Present showed up and Future will arrive later.

Are we having fun yet?

Present is the only one that can be there at any one point in time.
time is what keeps everything from happening at the same instant.
Now time as in clocks and time zones is a human concept to cope with the cycles of daylight and dark on this planet.

 

[LJFinFLA]

Present is the only one that can be there at any one point in time.
time is what keeps everything from happening at the same instant.
Now time as in clocks and time zones is a human concept to cope with the cycles of daylight and dark on this planet.

I thought time was on my side!

 

[Boden]

That is why there are humans?

I assume you mean life.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I assume you mean life.

No.
lower life forms are quite predictable.
The life of an amoeba is quite predictable.

 

[Boden]

Present is the only one that can be there at any one point in time.
time is what keeps everything from happening at the same instant.
Now time as in clocks and time zones is a human concept to cope with the cycles of daylight and dark on this planet.

Think of time as empty space. We move through it.

Gravity slows its effect on mass.

 

[Boden]

No.
lower life forms are quite predictable.
The life of an amoeba is quite predictable.

If you were the diference between an amoeba and a person more complex than a person would people be predictable?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

If you were the diference between an amoeba and a person more complex than a person would people be predictable?

You mean a person more complex than a human?
Complex? Advanced? Stable?

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Think of time as empty space. We move through it.

Gravity slows its effect on mass.

Are we talking about time or it's perceivable effects?

 

[Boden]

You mean a person more complex than a human?
Complex? Advanced? Stable?

Well an amoeba is more advanced and stable than a human so I believe complex is the right word.

 

[Boden]

Are we talking about time or it's perceivable effects?

Time as measured by an atomic clock.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Time as measured by an atomic clock.

An atomic clock can be influenced by outside forces.
It is just the most stable way we have so far to measure our most common concept of time.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Well an amoeba is more advanced and stable than a human so I believe complex is the right word.

Hmm I thought the generally accepted scientific concept was that we evolved from such simple organisms.