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Weird
« on: May 04, 2012, 08:34:49 PM »
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/
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Re: Weird
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2012, 11:50:20 PM »
Quote from: rooster on May 04, 2012, 08:34:49 PM
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

Will have to give it some thought - am going to bed now - it's late here.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2012, 12:08:32 AM »
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Re: Weird
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2012, 12:09:50 AM »
The WOW! signal, or any of the other 11 we have received which meet all but one (verifiability) of the criteria for contact with extraterrestrial life.

Fun fact: 8 of the 11 come from near the plane of the Milky Way, which is an extremely low probability.

Source is Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot.

This and the various unexplained noises that microphones have picked up from the ocean: sounds
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Re: Weird
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2012, 12:35:40 AM »
Quote from: General Disarray on May 05, 2012, 12:09:50 AM
The WOW! signal, or any of the other 11 we have received which meet all but one (verifiability) of the criteria for contact with extraterrestrial life.

Fun fact: 8 of the 11 come from near the plane of the Milky Way, which is an extremely low probability.

Source is Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot.

This and the various unexplained noises that microphones have picked up from the ocean: sounds

The coolest thing about those sounds is the sound that came from roughly where Lovecraft placed R'lyeh.

Quote from: rooster on May 04, 2012, 08:34:49 PM
Sort of an off-shoot of Supertails' Missing People thread. Just post or talk about super weird things. I feel like I've read everything kinda strange so I'd love to be introduced to new mysteries. I even own a book of the world's mysterious things. Try and give me something new plx.

Something new I learned today.
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

Cool, I haven't seen that one. I love reading about the mysteries I haven't heard of yet.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2012, 12:39:10 AM »
I'm not sure if I posted this one before. It's not particularly strange, but the details are kinda scary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck
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Re: Weird
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2012, 01:51:30 AM »
I am reading a book called "13 Things That Don't Make Sense" by Michael Brooks. It talks about all sorts of things from the SETI recordings (WOW signal), cold fusion, placebos, to defining what life actually is, why there is a need for sex, not having free will and homeopathy. I could go on, but I would strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in trying to make sense of this wonderful universe we live in.

On a related note, I am also reading "What We Believe In but Cannot Prove" which is a book full of a series of articles written by 'leading thinkers in science in the age of certainty'.  Again, it makes you re-think the way we view our world.

But back to weird things; the Pioneer space probe anomaly. Why are these 2 spacecraft flouting the laws of physics? And more importantly, if they were a test of Newtonian Laws, which they failed, why are we not taking the results seriously?
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Re: Weird
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2012, 12:19:36 PM »
Quote from: Pongo on May 05, 2012, 12:08:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

 :o

This was a great idea. I read these before going to sleep and the German homicide story scared the crap out of me.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2012, 12:58:01 PM »
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Re: Weird
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM »
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM »
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth. Checkmate atheists.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM »
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?
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Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM »
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2012, 01:56:54 PM »
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Women.
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Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
Quote from: Robosteve
Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2012, 02:24:37 PM »
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2012, 04:15:40 PM »
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Re: Weird
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2012, 05:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Vindictus on May 05, 2012, 02:24:37 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.

Those things still make sense, just not to us yet.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2012, 05:55:45 PM »
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 05:44:24 PM
Quote from: Vindictus on May 05, 2012, 02:24:37 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:51:15 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:32:36 PM
Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction.  Fiction has to make sense.

So does truth.

???  Since when?

Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Not to derail the thread.. But there's still a few mathematical problems that are unsolved, as well as the problems with a unified physics.

Those things still make sense, just not to us yet.

You still can't refute Markjo's answer:

Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Women.

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rooster

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Re: Weird
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2012, 06:14:49 PM »
Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM »
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Quote from: hallsofvallhalla on July 07, 2010, 01:06:43 PM
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Re: Weird
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2012, 06:24:59 PM »
Quote from: Irushwithscvs on May 05, 2012, 05:55:45 PM
You still can't refute Markjo's answer:

Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Women.

A crusty old man made the one septillionth joke ever told about the differences between male and female psychology.

Quote from: rooster on May 05, 2012, 06:14:49 PM
Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman
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Re: Weird
« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2012, 06:31:49 PM »
Quote from: Mr Pseudonym on May 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM
Quote from: Pongo on May 05, 2012, 12:08:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108
Reasonable, but the injuries of the people lacked tissue damage which is what makes the injuries so bizarre. And you could see everyone's footprints which seems unlikely after an avalanche. The deep tan makes perfect sense though.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2012, 10:46:43 PM »
Quote from: rooster on May 05, 2012, 06:14:49 PM
Post weird things and then continue your discussion. If you have no weird things to post, then hush. You must appease the OP.

Quote from: markjo on May 05, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Quote from: Particle Person on May 05, 2012, 01:53:39 PM
Give me an example of something in reality that doesn't make sense, and I'll tell you why you're dumb and wrong.

Women.
Quote from: rooster on May 05, 2012, 06:31:49 PM
Quote from: Mr Pseudonym on May 05, 2012, 06:18:16 PM
Quote from: Pongo on May 05, 2012, 12:08:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
And this is probably what really happened.
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4108
Reasonable, but the injuries of the people lacked tissue damage which is what makes the injuries so bizarre. And you could see everyone's footprints which seems unlikely after an avalanche. The deep tan makes perfect sense though.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2012, 12:52:28 AM »
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious. Please stop, I just want to read and share weird things.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2012, 01:14:26 AM »
I watched the Noel Fielding Luxury Comedy show yesterday.  That qualifies as weird.  I liked it.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2012, 02:59:32 AM »
http://www.theironskeptic.com/

Good website for a reasonable look at mysterious stuff (mostly UFO's and monsters). A bit wordy and the font colour contrasts with the background.

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Re: Weird
« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2012, 08:25:08 AM »
Quote from: rooster on May 06, 2012, 12:52:28 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?
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Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #27 on: May 06, 2012, 08:33:46 AM »
Quote from: markjo on May 06, 2012, 08:25:08 AM
Quote from: rooster on May 06, 2012, 12:52:28 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?

Stop derailing threads. This is the second time in two days I've been tempted to report you for low-content and off-topic posting.
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Re: Weird
« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2012, 09:14:17 AM »
Quote from: Mr Pseudonym on May 05, 2012, 01:51:30 AM
On a related note, I am also reading "What We Believe In but Cannot Prove" which is a book full of a series of articles written by 'leading thinkers in science in the age of certainty'.  Again, it makes you re-think the way we view our world.

A religious book?
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Re: Weird
« Reply #29 on: May 06, 2012, 10:43:14 AM »
Quote from: markjo on May 06, 2012, 08:25:08 AM
Quote from: rooster on May 06, 2012, 12:52:28 AM
Women in general don't count as strange and mysterious.

They do to men.  After all, how can women bleed for days at a time every month without dying?
Lots of men understand women. I'm sure you're aware we don't just bleed, we're dropping our uterine lining and unfertilized egg. Blood just adds the coloring, it's mostly mucus.
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