I am an internet know-it-all with an advanced degree...ask me anything about health, fitness or life
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Snowmen can't speak.CJisinShape wrote: »1) What did the snowman say to the other snowman?
2) How much weight does a woman have to bench press to be considered ok at the bench press?
2 1x her lean body mass
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Snowmen can't speak.CJisinShape wrote: »1) What did the snowman say to the other snowman?
2) How much weight does a woman have to bench press to be considered ok at the bench press?
2 1x her lean body mass
1) He said, "Is it just me, or do you smell carrots?"0 -
Why oh why did Eve have to pick the apple? She made things hard for young ladies everywhere!0
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Can you make intuitive sense out of the fact that if you have 5 different non-replaceable items, say crayons, and you pick 3 of them, how many combinations do you get? you get 10. But, you can also get only 10 different combinations if you pick 2 from the 5. This seems counter- intuitive.0
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Seems like an odd argument. Humans can't build something that can do certain things humans can do, therefore the human body works brilliantly? Humans have built machines that can lift weights far greater than we can. We've built machines that can solve mathematical problems (and hence real life problems) that we could never hope to do ourselves. There are robots that can walk, run, and even dance (for $8000 or less). But I don't see how any of these things has any bearing at all on how well the human body works.CJisinShape wrote: »And yet it does. Brilliantly.
I remember a documentary of scientists using the latest in prosthetics, robotics, and an impressive array of processors. It cost nearly $1 million dollars to build.
It couldn't walk.
The human body does not work "brilliantly". If it was that great it wouldn't suffer from cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, polio, congenital heart defects, and the many other problems that cut people's lives short. If it was brilliant, the birth canal wouldn't be small enough to cause complications for so many infants, the spine wouldn't be so prone to injury, and the knees wouldn't fail for so many people. A brilliant design wouldn't have us breathe and eat through the same tube, give us low-resolution eyes that see upside down and have a blind-spot, put a man's testicles on the outside... I could go on.
So by all means be happy to be alive, and be amazed that complex life exists. But don't delude yourself into thinking that the human body is some kind of marvel of engineering. If those scientists building robots had designed something like the human body, I think the designer would be fired for incompetence.
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thefluffyone wrote: »
Seems like an odd argument. Humans can't build something that can do certain things humans can do, therefore the human body works brilliantly? Humans have built machines that can lift weights far greater than we can. We've built machines that can solve mathematical problems (and hence real life problems) that we could never hope to do ourselves. There are robots that can walk, run, and even dance (for $8000 or less). But I don't see how any of these things has any bearing at all on how well the human body works.CJisinShape wrote: »And yet it does. Brilliantly.
I remember a documentary of scientists using the latest in prosthetics, robotics, and an impressive array of processors. It cost nearly $1 million dollars to build.
It couldn't walk.
The human body does not work "brilliantly". If it was that great it wouldn't suffer from cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, polio, congenital heart defects, and the many other problems that cut people's lives short. If it was brilliant, the birth canal wouldn't be small enough to cause complications for so many infants, the spine wouldn't be so prone to injury, and the knees wouldn't fail for so many people. A brilliant design wouldn't have us breathe and eat through the same tube, give us low-resolution eyes that see upside down and have a blind-spot, put a man's testicles on the outside... I could go on.
So by all means be happy to be alive, and be amazed that complex life exists. But don't delude yourself into thinking that the human body is some kind of marvel of engineering. If those scientists building robots had designed something like the human body, I think the designer would be fired for incompetence.
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You're not the one answering questions here. Please request to have your post removed.thefluffyone wrote: »
Seems like an odd argument. Humans can't build something that can do certain things humans can do, therefore the human body works brilliantly? Humans have built machines that can lift weights far greater than we can. We've built machines that can solve mathematical problems (and hence real life problems) that we could never hope to do ourselves. There are robots that can walk, run, and even dance (for $8000 or less). But I don't see how any of these things has any bearing at all on how well the human body works.CJisinShape wrote: »And yet it does. Brilliantly.
I remember a documentary of scientists using the latest in prosthetics, robotics, and an impressive array of processors. It cost nearly $1 million dollars to build.
It couldn't walk.
The human body does not work "brilliantly". If it was that great it wouldn't suffer from cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, polio, congenital heart defects, and the many other problems that cut people's lives short. If it was brilliant, the birth canal wouldn't be small enough to cause complications for so many infants, the spine wouldn't be so prone to injury, and the knees wouldn't fail for so many people. A brilliant design wouldn't have us breathe and eat through the same tube, give us low-resolution eyes that see upside down and have a blind-spot, put a man's testicles on the outside... I could go on.
So by all means be happy to be alive, and be amazed that complex life exists. But don't delude yourself into thinking that the human body is some kind of marvel of engineering. If those scientists building robots had designed something like the human body, I think the designer would be fired for incompetence.
To the answer-giver: Is the Google the best place to go for gifs?
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Yep...just make sure appropriate filters are on at work as NSFW gifs exist_incogNEATo_ wrote: »
You're not the one answering questions here. Please request to have your post removed.thefluffyone wrote: »
Seems like an odd argument. Humans can't build something that can do certain things humans can do, therefore the human body works brilliantly? Humans have built machines that can lift weights far greater than we can. We've built machines that can solve mathematical problems (and hence real life problems) that we could never hope to do ourselves. There are robots that can walk, run, and even dance (for $8000 or less). But I don't see how any of these things has any bearing at all on how well the human body works.CJisinShape wrote: »And yet it does. Brilliantly.
I remember a documentary of scientists using the latest in prosthetics, robotics, and an impressive array of processors. It cost nearly $1 million dollars to build.
It couldn't walk.
The human body does not work "brilliantly". If it was that great it wouldn't suffer from cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, polio, congenital heart defects, and the many other problems that cut people's lives short. If it was brilliant, the birth canal wouldn't be small enough to cause complications for so many infants, the spine wouldn't be so prone to injury, and the knees wouldn't fail for so many people. A brilliant design wouldn't have us breathe and eat through the same tube, give us low-resolution eyes that see upside down and have a blind-spot, put a man's testicles on the outside... I could go on.
So by all means be happy to be alive, and be amazed that complex life exists. But don't delude yourself into thinking that the human body is some kind of marvel of engineering. If those scientists building robots had designed something like the human body, I think the designer would be fired for incompetence.
To the answer-giver: Is the Google the best place to go for gifs?
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asflatasapancake wrote: »Why is Bing better than Google?
^Is @asflatasapancake wrong because he is a man or misinformed?0 -
Carpedieznutz wrote: »asflatasapancake wrote: »Why is Bing better than Google?
^Is @asflatasapancake wrong because he is a man or misinformed?
I think he's just special.0 -
asflatasapancake wrote: »Why is Bing better than Google?
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thefluffyone wrote: »
Seems like an odd argument. Humans can't build something that can do certain things humans can do, therefore the human body works brilliantly? Humans have built machines that can lift weights far greater than we can. We've built machines that can solve mathematical problems (and hence real life problems) that we could never hope to do ourselves. There are robots that can walk, run, and even dance (for $8000 or less). But I don't see how any of these things has any bearing at all on how well the human body works.CJisinShape wrote: »And yet it does. Brilliantly.
I remember a documentary of scientists using the latest in prosthetics, robotics, and an impressive array of processors. It cost nearly $1 million dollars to build.
It couldn't walk.
The human body does not work "brilliantly". If it was that great it wouldn't suffer from cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, polio, congenital heart defects, and the many other problems that cut people's lives short. If it was brilliant, the birth canal wouldn't be small enough to cause complications for so many infants, the spine wouldn't be so prone to injury, and the knees wouldn't fail for so many people. A brilliant design wouldn't have us breathe and eat through the same tube, give us low-resolution eyes that see upside down and have a blind-spot, put a man's testicles on the outside... I could go on.
So by all means be happy to be alive, and be amazed that complex life exists. But don't delude yourself into thinking that the human body is some kind of marvel of engineering. If those scientists building robots had designed something like the human body, I think the designer would be fired for incompetence.
I've been sick, very sick too - I had gallbladder disease. I was also blind. I've lost people I loved because they died. I am happy to be alive, happy to be healthy, happy to see without contacts, glasses or surgery.
I don't know of any machine that a person has made that lasts forever and never breaks down or need repair. Do you know of any?
Do you know of machines that can innovate new machines?
A supercomputer was recently able to replicate 1 second of human brain activity.
It took 82,944 processors 40 minutes to produce 1 second of human brain activity.
So yes, the human body, is, incredible.
I am wonderfully and fearfully made and that, marvelous are [God's] works, and that my soul knows right well. - King David
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https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawmanCJisinShape wrote: »I don't know of any machine that a person has made that lasts forever and never breaks down or need repair. Do you know of any?
My argument is simply that the human body is terribly flawed. You're the one who introduced the comparison with machines, and I already said I don't think that's relevant.
Ah, now I see there is no point trying to debate this with you. If you think the human body is incredible because "God made it", better men than I have given up trying to present evidence to the contrary. I shall save my sanity and walk away now.CJisinShape wrote: »I am wonderfully and fearfully made and that, marvelous are [God's] works, and that my soul knows right well. - King David0 -
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asflatasapancake wrote: »thefluffyone wrote: »
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawmanCJisinShape wrote: »I don't know of any machine that a person has made that lasts forever and never breaks down or need repair. Do you know of any?
My argument is simply that the human body is terribly flawed. You're the one who introduced the comparison with machines, and I already said I don't think that's relevant.
Ah, now I see there is no point trying to debate this with you. If you think the human body is incredible because "God made it", better men than I have given up trying to present evidence to the contrary. I shall save my sanity and walk away now.CJisinShape wrote: »I am wonderfully and fearfully made and that, marvelous are [God's] works, and that my soul knows right well. - King David
Did I take a wrong turn? We are still in the Chit-Chat, Fun and Games section, right?
*kitten*...while we're *kitten* up my thread, can we discuss the Duggars or the current war against the police, or the economy, or some other current topic not allowed by MFP?
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Fair point; caught me on a bad couple of days on a subject that really irks me. Nothing to see here, move along...asflatasapancake wrote: »Did I take a wrong turn? We are still in the Chit-Chat, Fun and Games section, right?0 -
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asflatasapancake wrote: »Ok. I'll get us back on track, sugar.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop?
3 if you have a really strong beak.
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thefluffyone wrote: »
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawmanCJisinShape wrote: »I don't know of any machine that a person has made that lasts forever and never breaks down or need repair. Do you know of any?
My argument is simply that the human body is terribly flawed. You're the one who introduced the comparison with machines, and I already said I don't think that's relevant.
Ah, now I see there is no point trying to debate this with you. If you think the human body is incredible because "God made it", better men than I have given up trying to present evidence to the contrary. I shall save my sanity and walk away now.CJisinShape wrote: »I am wonderfully and fearfully made and that, marvelous are [God's] works, and that my soul knows right well. - King David
Speaking of your sanity, I'm sure the supercomputer that took 40 min. to replicate 1 second of human brain calculations takes up a bit of juice (and space). The juice - 9.89 MW – the equivalent of almost 10,000 suburban homes.
The space:
Yet, the human brain takes up only 3 lbs and uses about 10-15 watts PER DAY. Whew! Talk about efficiency!
http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2012/05/incredible-facts-about-the-human-body-2130834.html
1. The stomach’s digestive acids are strong enough to dissolve zinc. Fortunately for us, the cells in the stomach lining renew so quickly that the acids don’t have time to dissolve it.
4. Human bone is as strong as granite in supporting weight. A block of bone the size of a matchbox can support 9 tonnes – that is four times as much as concrete can support.
[edited to add my own bit - it's just as strong as granite, yet is incredibly light. Amazing!]
10. The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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What is another word for thesaurus?0
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CJisinShape wrote: »What is another word for thesaurus?
Brontosaurus0 -
CJisinShape wrote: »What is another word for thesaurus?
Brontosaurus
Actually Brontosaurus is another word for Apatosaur. I'm starting to wonder about your know-it-all claim....hmmm.
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