Goodbye Philosophy Forum: Will You Miss It?

[Greg Bernhardt]

The Philosophy forum will be closing in one week, Monday the 15th. All threads will be closed and merged into General Discussion. The reason is that the Philosophy forum over the past couple years has been almost impossible to moderate fairly and two out of three threads end up locked. Please finish up any discussion you have there. Thanks for your understanding.

 

[lisab]

Wow...wish y'all could see Evo doing the Happy Dance in the Mentor's Forum !

 

[Evo]

It's something that is long overdue and will be best for PF. No active forum members post there except as an exception. The majority of members have asked why it is there. It's just not something that we can keep within the scientific guidelines of the forum.

 

[Drakkith]

Wow...wish y'all could see Evo doing the Happy Dance in the Mentor's Forum !

Nonsense, you can tell from Evo's post that she is absolutely heartbroken over the closure of the Philosophy Forum. There, there, girl. Have a cookie and some juice. *Hands Evo a cookie and some juice*

 

[jhae2.718]

Finally!
Well, s***, there goes our inside jokes...

 

[Evo]

Nonsense, you can tell from Evo's post that she is absolutely heartbroken over the closure of the Philosophy Forum. There, there, girl. Have a cookie and some juice. *Hands Evo a cookie and some juice*

:nom nom gulp, of course I am distraught, mmm, more cookies...more juice

 

[jtbell]

You can have some of my Cheetos... oops, sorry, just finished the bag.

 

[Evo]

You can have some of my Cheetos... oops, sorry, just finished the bag.

Et tu jt?? Evo Child stopped by the other day with a bag of Cheetos. I *LOVE* Cheetos, fried though, she had baked, so it was less painful. If you're going to sin, go all the way, get fried.

 

[Drakkith]

Et tu jt?? Evo Child stopped by the other day with a bag of Cheetos. I *LOVE* Cheetos, fried though, she had baked, so it was less painful. If you're going to sin, go all the way, get fried.

I wonder...fried cupcakes? Perhaps heaven on Earth? Perhaps soggy greasy mess?

 

[Evo]

I wonder...fried cupcakes? Perhaps heaven on Earth? Perhaps soggy greasy mess?

Ok, some things should not be fried.

 

[PAllen]

what about fried ice cream? I tried it once. Wasn't terrible, but why?! (To prove it can be done?!)

 

[micromass]

Oh nooooo, not the philosophy forum! It had so much amazing and interesting threads! </sarcasm>

Can we replace the forum by a kitten forum?

 

[Evo]

what about fried ice cream? I tried it once. Wasn't terrible, but why?! (To prove it can be done?!)

They do fry things just to see if they can be fried, the worst had to be the stick of fried butter.

 

[Hurkyl]

Can we replace the forum by a kitten forum?

But can we be sure kittens really exist? I propose they are simply shadows of a true quantum reality!

 

[PAllen]

But can we be sure kittens really exist? I propose they are simply shadows of a true quantum reality!

Oh come on. Kittens exist, you just can't tell if they are alive when sleeping or in a box.

 

[jtbell]

Can we replace the forum by a kitten forum?

Great idea! Then we can move all the Schrödinger's cat threads there.

(Wat iz probability of my chezburger?)

 

[Drakkith]

Great idea! Then we can move all the Schrödinger's cat threads there.

(Wat iz probability of my chezburger?)

Uh oh, your cheeseburgers wavefunction collapsed! And now it is gone.

 

[Hurkyl]

I can haz cake and eat 2?

 

[Evo]

I can haz cake and eat 2?

I think Philosophy should be replaced with a lolcats forum. Look at how famous icanhascheezburgers is!

 

[dlgoff]

A happier bunch of Mentors I've never seen.

 

[jtbell]

What's with the cookie instead of the "ö"?

Oh, never mind... "oe" = "ö".

 

[dlgoff]

What's with the cookie instead of the "ö"?

It has a hint of Alum.

 

[Drakkith]

What's with the cookie instead of the "ö"?

Oh, never mind... "oe" = "ö".

It has a hint of Alum.

I don't think I get either of those.

 

[ImaLooser]

"e^i*pi = -1 therefore God exists. Reply!" -- Leonhard Euler.

It's actually a pretty good argument.

 

[Charmar]

"e^i*pi = -1 therefore God exists. Reply!" -- Leonhard Euler.

It's actually a pretty good argument.

I don't follow how it would be.

Sidenote:
Perhaps this is semantics but what you wrote is equal to 1.69740975 + 2.64355906 i, e^(i*pi) = -1

 

[ZapperZ]

Now, about that Politics forum...

Zz.

 

[Doc Al]

Now, about that Politics forum...

Zz.

 

[Drakkith]

Now, about that Politics forum...

Zz.

I think we should quantize politicians. I don't even know what that means but I think we should do it.

 

[PAllen]

I think we should quantize politicians. I don't even know what that means but I think we should do it.

Successful politicians live in a superposition of states.

 

[rootX]

Now, about that Politics forum...

Zz.

I wonder where people will throw their fits if there weren't any Politics forum.

 

[Len M]

Glad to see the Quantum Mechanics forum has escaped the philosophy cull!

 

[PeterJ]

Shame. Perhaps it could reopen when you find a philosophical moderator or two. I have to agree though that the forum was awful as a free-for-all.

 

[arildno]

Successful politicians live in a superposition of states.

Superpositions like the EU, perhaps?

 

[PAllen]

Superpositions like the EU, perhaps?

Well, I was thinking of the requirement to maintain a superposition of conflicting opinions; and that the observer (audience) influences the opinion. However, I like your example as well.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Today is the day. Say farewell!