egghead science: LHC or we're all going to die

[banger316]

Originally Posted by spooky

Irresponsible journalism is responsible for that, don't blame the people for believing what they read. Even some of your most recent posts demonstrate how susceptible people are to buying into the bullshit bad journalism produces.

Spooky we all have a brain you can't excuse the ignorance of people especially in the internet age if people are two lazy to do the research that is their problem i am not hear to capitulate to morons, and people who are not intellectually curious all this is fear mongering just like the vaccine issue all it is playing to people's innate fear of the unknown. I am sick of science being demonized especially by religious folk who think god is the answer to everything.

[spooky]

Originally Posted by banger316

Spooky we all have a brain you can't excuse the ignorance of people especially in the internet age if people are two lazy to do the research that is their problem i am not hear to capitulate to morons, and people who are not intellectually curious all this is fear mongering just like the vaccine issue all it is playing to people's innate fear of the unknown. I am sick of science being demonized especially by religious folk who think god is the answer to everything.

And your excuse for not researching political issues before forming opinions is...?

[banger316]

Originally Posted by spooky

And your excuse for not researching political issues before forming opinions is...?

Wow someone is sure felling smug today you wouldn't last 2 seconds in a debate with me child okay maybe 5 seconds.

[fluxquanta]

Originally Posted by spooky

Irresponsible journalism is responsible for that, don't blame the people for believing what they read. Even some of your most recent posts demonstrate how susceptible people are to buying into the bullshit bad journalism produces.

I'd say I agree there. It was a bad choice when people first started to use the phrase "recreating the conditions shortly after the Big Bang", which IS what they're doing, but then "black holes" got thrown in there, and now it's a shit storm. I partially blame Dan Brown as well...

[spooky]

Originally Posted by banger316

Wow someone is sure felling smug today you wouldn't last 2 seconds in a debate with me child okay maybe 5 seconds.

Okay, daddy.

Originally Posted by fluxquanta

I'd say I agree there. It was a bad choice when people first started to use the phrase "recreating the conditions shortly after the Big Bang", which IS what they're doing, but then "black holes" got thrown in there, and now it's a shit storm. I partially blame Dan Brown as well...

I've had some recent experience with the WSJ doing an interview covering a new vertebrate species and was stunned how much the facts were mishandled to fit some silly theme the reporter dreamed up to sound cute/clever.

I'm not quite sure when the concept of journalistic integrity went out the window, but I can assure you that the interview KATG had with the Daily American was representative of state of journalism all the way up to the top papers in the US, maybe the free world. I messaged another journalist about the misspelling of a new species' genus name, which is easily found just with google, but because it was spelled that way on a press release from the organization that funded the science, he told me I was wrong. A species typo I can understand, but if it's not a new genus, wtf?!? And how the hell were other scientists ever going to see the story if the name is misspelled?

New rules of Journalism:
1. It's sensational or it's not covered.
2. If it must be covered and it's not sensational, it's the reporters duty to make it sensational(never mind the facts).
3. Every headline must contain puns.
4. All stories must be covered with equal amounts of zealotry.

Number two on my list of journalistic concerns is the integrity of science journals and the crap that gets put out either because of a race to publish, wanting to chase media driven science because of easy availability of funding, or a crooked peer review process bent on pushing an agenda(even when the agenda is correct and obvious).


/end rant

[fluxquanta]

Spooky, I don't see why everyone dislikes you. You're a good guy.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by fluxquanta

Spooky, I don't see why everyone dislikes you. You're a good guy.

Everyone? 'clude me out. And yourself I guess.

But I note the LHC has fired a beam of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff at McNally's house, so I'm sure he could do with a donation.

(not to change the subject - see how I did that?)

[Rufio]

Originally Posted by banger316

Wow someone is sure felling smug today you wouldn't last 2 seconds in a debate with me child okay maybe 5 seconds.

have you even taken a science class since high school? and even then I'm pretty sure the last class you took was earth science or some bullshit like that.

[hellbent]

personally i hope something goofy like a rift opening and mist-like monsters comes out that we have to fight or perhaps some shadowrun crap like opening a portal to the unseen world that magick went to.

[banger316]

Originally Posted by Rufio

have you even taken a science class since high school? and even then I'm pretty sure the last class you took was earth science or some bullshit like that.

Yeah cause obviously in this day in age we don't have books or podcasts or oh yeah this little known device called the internet to keep ourselves informed. I know what your thinking the internet i thought it was just for porn no in fact it is a wonderful resource for scientific lay mans like myself so no the classroom is not a more up to date source for info on technology and scientific breakthroughs.