Question that was not covered in the FAQ...

bed, bath, and beyond does not sell flat pans.

I'm interested in the outcome of this experiment.

That isnt true.

Quote from: "Bouvier"

That isnt true.

What isn't true?

Pain is a subjective experience. The only way you can know if it'll hurt you is if you hit yourself in the face with a pan.

knowing that a heavy object smashing you in the face is going to hurt.

Knowing that the tree im cutting down is going to hurt as it plummets down towards me.

Quote from: "Bouvier"

knowing that a heavy object smashing you in the face is going to hurt.

Knowing that the tree im cutting down is going to hurt as it plummets down towards me.

Again, this depends on who it is. A frying pan in the face might hurt other people and there can be people who won't feel the pain.

It is subjective, if it isn't provide me with an objective way of measuring it.

I look forward to it.

In the mean time think about this: if that tree you chopped down fell on a rock would the rock feel pain? What is the actual cause of pain (ie what causes the sensation within us)?

Pain is a personal experience and only you can judge accurately whether something is going to hurt you (a lot of people get dissapointed when they try using pressure points on me because many of them don't work).

The rock would not feel pain, as it is an inanimate object.

Much like the discussion, if a tree falls in the forest, does it make any noise?

While in truth said tree would not make any noise, it does in fact create sound.

Noise is interpreted as sound in which is perceived with an eardrum.

Therefore, a tree will make sounds as it falls, but if no one is there, then it does not make any noise.

Also, the aforementioned rock theory does have a caveat.

If said rock is actually a protrusion from the turtle's shell, then it is possible that the turtle could feel pain.

While this is pain threshold is unknown, and perhaps is wrong in one sense.

A turtle's shell is made of hard plates of calcium, in which have no nerve endings.  This would preclude this instance of causing pain, but would cause a slight pressure on said shell.

While this would probably not cause any pain to said mythological turtle, it might cause him/her/it to shift slightly, displacing said tree off of the protrusion of its shell.

While this would be but a simple move to said turtle, this shirting would cause unforeseen damage through the shifting of the Flat Earth's tectonic plates.

Theoretically, this shifting of the tectonic plates would cause other trees to fall, continuing this vicious cycle of tree meeting protrusion of said shell, shifting of shell, repeat....

Coupled with this, is that I am sure that the elephants would be pissed, as they would then have to counter balance any shift in aforementioned items, which would cause them to break out of their revelry with their hookahs.

Nothing could be worse for this flat earth, than four pissed off elephants.

Therefore, when we discuss the probability of said pan hitting Ceez's face, always remember that the unforeseen circumstances that can occur by a simple tree failing in a hypothetical forest.

And hookahs.

someone ripped out one of the pages I needed from my encyclopedia!!!!

this will have to wait until tomorrow when I can get to the free library of philadelphia to resume my research.

i apologize but want to thank you 'fellas' for a stimulating discussion on whether or not being hit in the face with a pan is painful.

someone ripped out one of the pages I needed from my encyclopedia!!!!

this will have to wait until tomorrow when I can get to the free library of philadelphia to resume my research.

i apologize but want to thank you 'fellas' for a stimulating discussion on whether or not being hit in the face with a pan is painful.

Quote from: "ceez_says_doh"

someone ripped out one of the pages I needed from my encyclopedia!!!!

this will have to wait until tomorrow when I can get to the free library of philadelphia to resume my research.

i apologize but want to thank you 'fellas' for a stimulating discussion on whether or not being hit in the face with a pan is painful.

Ummm...You're on the internet and have to go to the library and check their encyclopedia?  :roll:

Wait, you trust what is on the internet?

Everything that is in a book is truth.  This whole internet thingy, is nothing more than a conspiracy to delude people from the truth.

You can't trust the internet.

Quote from: "nIx_alter_eGo"

Wait, you trust what is on the internet?

Everything that is in a book is truth.  This whole internet thingy, is nothing more than a conspiracy to delude people from the truth.

You can't trust the internet.

If I can't trust anything I read on the web then I can't believe what you just said. Therefore I can, in point of fact, trust some things that I read on the net.

Ahh, but see, this is one of the few bastions of truth that is left on the internet.

But I do see your point, as there is an abundant amount of information that is available on the internet.

Perhaps the caveat to this discussion should be that all information that is attained via the internet should be taken with a grain of salt, until which time said information has been verified and confirmed via the written word.

You're all very strange.