The Joke Thread

igorzwx · 2024-06-17 10:58:47

I may not agree. Science is the art of deception. Have you noticed that nobody can explain what Knowledge is?
That is why there is a project of "Deschooling Society" _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschooling_Society
What is obvious is that Knowledge restricts our freedom, especially the Knowledge of Physics. Because of gravity, you cannot fly like a bird.

quickfur · 2024-06-17 15:10:46

Gravity is worth studying: it's a field with lots of potential!

igorzwx · 2024-06-17 16:02:50

Yes, I may help you to "fool yourself", as Feynman put it.

Perhaps, you are missing the point. The victims of science are not able to see the obvious simply because they are intellectual slaves.

Science is a great art, and the great scientists tend to use the same simple trick to fool naive people.
First, they let you swallow a wrong assumption, then they derive a true theory from the wrong assumption.
The best example is, perhaps, "Cargo Cult Science" of Richard Feynman _https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm
If you cannot find the wrong assumption underlying Feynman's theory of scientific method, you may try to study the true Bible of Knowledge, that is, "Mambu" of Kenelm Burridge _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenelm_Burridge

If you read the Gospel of Cargo cult movement, you may notice that Cargo cultists tent to use the method of trial and error not because this method was discovered in the United States of America, but because it was invented in the Stone Age.

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quickfur · 2024-06-17 21:01:56

Never assume, else you'll make an ASS out of U and ME!

golinux · 2024-06-17 21:42:04

@quickfir . . . Perfect! Either I am missing something or this thread has been completely derailed . . .

quickfur · 2024-06-17 22:43:52

golinux wrote:

... this thread has been completely derailed

I guess there were too many loco motives lately!

golinux · 2024-06-17 23:26:26

You are fun to play with . . .

aluma · 2024-06-18 03:31:11

Why is a laser beam like a goldfish? (C) Robert A. Heinlein

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quickfur · 2024-06-18 16:27:15

Two goldfish are in a tank. One goldfish says to the other, "Here, you drive, and I'll man the guns!".

ralph.ronnquist · 2024-06-18 20:41:28

Have we found the bottom now?
Or should I be less pessimistic?
Maybe jokes can always be worse...

golinux · 2024-06-18 21:41:06

Maybe jokes can always be worse...

This . . .

quickfur · 2024-06-19 00:37:50

Maybe jokes can always be worse...

What could possibly be worse than a worse joke?

Maybe a German sausage? It's the wurst joke!

soren · 2024-06-19 02:28:37

ralph.ronnquist wrote:

Have we found the bottom now?

Not rock bottom yet and that is something I don't take for granite!

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The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-06-19 11:06:27

I just heard...

They're not going to make 12" rulers any longer.

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-06-19 12:47:35

Experts say that if you allow your pets to sleep in bed with you, it's calming and increases the bond between your pets and yourself.

So, I tried it.

My dog and cat did fine, but...my poor goldfish.

quickfur · 2024-06-19 15:35:06

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher wrote:

They're not going to make 12" rulers any longer.

Come to think of it, Pinocchio was right to be worried about his nose... if it had grown to 12", he wouldn't have had a nose anymore. It'd have become a foot!

nahkhiirmees · 2024-06-19 21:16:05

Science is the art of deception.

I thought that was war.

igorzwx · 2024-06-19 21:50:24

Yes, it seems obvious. Next step is to think how you got your thoughts.
In a word, pedagogy is also the art of deception (according to Alan Watts).

golinux · 2024-06-19 22:01:15

All human perception and the fruit obtained therefrom is bananas!

The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-06-19 22:09:37

igorzwx wrote:

pedagogy

I pet my doggy.

quickfur · 2024-06-19 23:43:29

This discussion is slowly reminding me of these hilarious caricatures.

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The-Amnesiac-Philosopher · 2024-06-20 11:00:03

What do you call a dinosaur with bad eyesight?

Doyouthinkitsaurus

igorzwx · 2024-06-20 13:59:17

golinux wrote:

All human perception and the fruit obtained therefrom is bananas!

You seem to be a computer scientist. Try to imagine AI which is thinking how it got its thoughts.

golinux · 2024-06-20 14:02:31

You seem to be a computer scientist.

Nope.

Try to imagine AI which is thinking how it got its thoughts.

Machines don't think . . . but then most humans don't either . . .

igorzwx · 2024-06-20 14:48:58

golinux wrote:

Machines don't think

I seems that your imagination is restricted by your beliefs.
Indeed, "knowledge is justified true belief" (Plato).
Are you a slave of your knowledge?

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