opspe

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Location: Great Grey North

Joined Oct 24, 2011 at 03:05PM EDT


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I listen to music. A lot of music.
I do chemistry. Slightly less frequently than I listen to music.
I slack on KYM. When I’m not doing chemistry.




   
   


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Ideological the Vinyl Scratch
Ideological the Vinyl Scratch

Dec 03, 2011 at 08:44PM EST0

Just making sure. Most people think all Wiccans use black magic. There are only some who are foolish enough to do so. And thanks. Is it Youtube worthy yet?

unicornosaurus
unicornosaurus

Dec 03, 2011 at 04:02AM EST0

you have to tell me were you went to edit your gif i want to christmas too

Blue Screen (of Death)
Blue Screen (of Death)

Dec 02, 2011 at 10:27PM EST0

Microbrew you say? What kind?

Me? I’m planning for my Masters, coding websites and also listening to loud D&B.

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch
Ideological the Vinyl Scratch

Dec 02, 2011 at 10:08PM EST0

Not a bad idea. I was thinking of Salem but that’s not a bad idea. Plus it’s more city-based than Salem. I’m also hoping there will be other Wiccans in college. I’m in a FB group called Wiccans/Pagans of Massachusettes. A bit ironic but it’s sort of a kick in the ass to the Christians.

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch
Ideological the Vinyl Scratch

Dec 02, 2011 at 09:47PM EST0

I wish. My journey had a rough start. Being an adult, I just started it on my own. I have a makeshift yet small altar hidden in my room along with a Book of Shadows. And yes, neopaganism is neat. Wicca is not only centered around nature and magic but our ideals are quite excellent.

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch
Ideological the Vinyl Scratch

Dec 02, 2011 at 09:44PM EST0

Well, Wiki was lacking a bit so I turned to an internet search and the closest thing I found was the Tree of Life. From what I know, its origin is from the Celtic pagan belief. Knowing how Wicca has borrowed somethings from pagan religions (mostly Celtic), the tree might have some possible significance,

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch
Ideological the Vinyl Scratch

Dec 02, 2011 at 09:34PM EST0

Hmmmm. I’m a newbie Wicca and my first Yule is this year. I may have to rely on Wikipedia. My practice isn’t the only thing that I’ve been neglecting.

Blue Screen (of Death)
Blue Screen (of Death)

Dec 02, 2011 at 08:27PM EST0

Biology isn’t fake science, its just applied chemistry.

See XKDC for more details on the scientific hierarchy

Algernon
Algernon

Dec 02, 2011 at 07:48PM EST0

Well, when I said ‘the physicists at my uni’, I probably should have said ‘the very small sample of physicists at my uni that I’ve met’. There are almost certainly string theorists at my uni. The ones I’ve met are all experimental physicists working on optoelectronics, so they’re bound to have some bias when it comes to obscure fields of theoretical physics.

Algernon
Algernon

Dec 02, 2011 at 07:02PM EST0

I don’t really know what to think when it comes to string theory. The physicists at my uni all seem to share the opinion that it’s a load of bullcrap, but most of them have never even studied general relativity, so I don’t know if their opinions can be trusted. They seem to think that ‘near-untestable’ implies ‘incorrect’, which is something I’d definitely have to disagree with. It’s fine to remain skeptical, but I don’t think we can discount it entirely just yet. The simple fact that it’s internally mathematically consistent should be enough for people to pay it more attention. Of course, I say that without having read from the opposing side of the argument, so my opinion is liable to change.

Algernon
Algernon

Dec 02, 2011 at 06:30PM EST0

That does look like an interesting book. I’ve read Brian Greene’s ‘The Elegant Universe’, so I’ve seen string theory from the point of view of one of it’s greatest proponents. It’ll be interesting to see the other side of the argument. I’ll have to add that to my reading list (which is unfortunately very long at the moment).

CitationNeeded
CitationNeeded

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:37PM EST0

Extremely late reply:
I don’t like hip hop much, really. Just never was my thing. I only got into electronica a couple months ago after listening to a couple Skrillex songs.

Algernon
Algernon

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:06PM EST0

Sadly, I haven’t studied much quantum mechanics. It’s a shame, since it looks like one of the most interesting areas of physics. I had a brief introduction to the Schrodinger equation in chemistry classes last term, though it was only used in the context of electron orbitals. There was a very small amount of it covered in my high school physics classes too, but we only covered the absolute basics. Otherwise, I’ve only ever encountered it in my own reading, so my knowledge is patchy at best. I think I’ll have a chance to study it properly next term.

Blue Screen (of Death)
Blue Screen (of Death)

Dec 02, 2011 at 07:18AM EST0

Ok, I think I’m following you so far. That backs up what Algernon was saying too. I guess we will invent portals sooner than we will invent warp drives.

I never studied physics when I had the chance, wish I did. The subject still interests me as does astronomy.

Still, although Algernon seems convinced that CERN’s latest discoveries with nutrino’s were some kind of error; I feel that speeds faster than light cannot be ruled out so easily

My reasoning for that is more probability than mathematics: The universe is huge. Somewhere in that vast 99.999999999999999% of the universe that we have never observed, could there be something achieving tachyonic speed right now? We just haven’t seen it

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