The Most Embarrassing Moments in the History of Science
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/embarrassing-science-moments-quiz.htm
I got 14 out of 20
CrazyNeutrino said:
The Most Embarrassing Moments in the History of Science
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/embarrassing-science-moments-quiz.htmI got 14 out of 20
“In the 18th century, geologists concluded that with shifting plates and such, it was more like 6,000 years old. “
Umm … 4000 BC was 6000 years ago. I’m pretty sure that 18th Century geologists came up with an age much older than 6000 years (and much less than 4 billion).
Also I find the “weren’t they dumb, and ain’t we smart” tone of the whole thing pretty annoying (almost as bad as people who think the “ancients” were way smarter than us).
Nonetheless, I shall keep going.
CrazyNeutrino said:
The Most Embarrassing Moments in the History of Science
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/embarrassing-science-moments-quiz.htmI got 14 out of 20
13.
Although I dispute the Poppins answer.
14 out of 20
I got 15 right.
I got 14 too, but I clicked on Fleming and nothing happened, so I clicked on Pasteur and it said “Hah! It was Fleming”. So I’ll claim 15.
The Rev Dodgson said:
CrazyNeutrino said:The Most Embarrassing Moments in the History of Science
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/embarrassing-science-moments-quiz.htmI got 14 out of 20
13.
Although I dispute the Poppins answer.
I got 13 as well
>>Nonetheless, I shall keep going.
There aren’t any more, there was only 20.
I’d also like to dispute the Poppins answer. Ye cannae fly with an umbrella.
16. I got the Poppins answer right, having read about that somewhere (probably IMDB as a goof).
buffy said:
I’d also like to dispute the Poppins answer. Ye cannae fly with an umbrella.
You can if it’s magic. You also can’t slide up a bannister but that’s magic too.
I got 17. The ones I got wrong, I guessed. I also guessed a few I go right though.
Umm … 4000 BC was 6000 years ago.
The article does not say otherwise.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
I got 17. The ones I got wrong, I guessed. I also guessed a few I go right though.
Umm … 4000 BC was 6000 years ago.The article does not say otherwise.
It implies that the geologists of the 18th Century came up with a different answer to the figure previously accepted. I suspect they left off a 0 or two.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
I got 17. The ones I got wrong, I guessed. I also guessed a few I go right though.
Umm … 4000 BC was 6000 years ago.The article does not say otherwise.
Ah… I get what you’re saying, and I agree with you.
17 here.
OCDC said:
17 here.
you look older
Dropbear said:
OCDC said:
17 here.
you look older
Interestingly, I watched Mary Poppins a couple of week ago with my bff and her kid and wondered just that.
OCDC said:
Dropbear said:
OCDC said:
17 here.
you look older
Not much.Interestingly, I watched Mary Poppins a couple of week ago with my bff and her kid and wondered just that.
it’s important we love children.. even the dropped ones.
I believe the children are our future.
OCDC said:
Dropbear said:
OCDC said:
17 here.
you look older
Not much.Interestingly, I watched Mary Poppins a couple of week ago with my bff and her kid and wondered just that.
Every time i look at your flickr.. I think not only is she not aging.. she’s not updating.. maybe he’s joined her customers..
roughbarked said:
OCDC said:
Dropbear said:you look older
Not much.Interestingly, I watched Mary Poppins a couple of week ago with my bff and her kid and wondered just that.
Every time i look at your flickr.. I think not only is she not aging.. she’s not updating.. maybe he’s joined her customers..
Divine Angel said:
I believe the children are our future.
Have ye the faith that M. Leunig depicted of parents pushing a child on a stick into unknown darkness.
OCDC said:
roughbarked said:
OCDC said:Not much.
Interestingly, I watched Mary Poppins a couple of week ago with my bff and her kid and wondered just that.
Every time i look at your flickr.. I think not only is she not aging.. she’s not updating.. maybe he’s joined her customers..
I live on fb. I really only use flickr to post pics I’m going to post here.
fb buggered forums.
sad that.
Divine Angel said:
I believe the children are our future.
curls up in the foetal position, tries not to cry.. cries anyway
It was either that or Children! Children! Future! Future! KIDS!!
Divine Angel said:
It was either that or Children! Children! Future! Future! KIDS!!
Well you can’t be a bogan because bogans only find out about the kids after the fact.
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
66th Roswelliversary.
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
66 years since Roswell.
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
Dunno, haven’t used google for years.
roughbarked said:
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
Dunno, haven’t used google for years.
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
Go down the hill, then left.Pick up the rope, go down the hole where the cow is eating. Pick up the watering can, water the tree. Go right, right, right. Get the magnet on the roof and lasso the middle bit of the UFO. Pick up the chicken feed, feed the chook, pick up feather. Water tree, tickle the guy’s nose and get the last bit of the UFO.
Well, it is, but you wouldn’t want to do it drunk or unarmed.
Divine Angel said:
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
Go down the hill, then left.Pick up the rope, go down the hole where the cow is eating. Pick up the watering can, water the tree. Go right, right, right. Get the magnet on the roof and lasso the middle bit of the UFO. Pick up the chicken feed, feed the chook, pick up feather. Water tree, tickle the guy’s nose and get the last bit of the UFO.
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
Dropbear said:
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
66 years since Roswell.
Ahh thanks mate!
Divine Angel said:
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
Go down the hill, then left.Pick up the rope, go down the hole where the cow is eating. Pick up the watering can, water the tree. Go right, right, right. Get the magnet on the roof and lasso the middle bit of the UFO. Pick up the chicken feed, feed the chook, pick up feather. Water tree, tickle the guy’s nose and get the last bit of the UFO.
O….k…
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
But it doesn’t!
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
Skeptic Pete said:
Dropbear said:
Skeptic Pete said:
WTF is this silly google alien thing?
66 years since Roswell.
Ahh thanks mate!
Yeah but what happened at Roswell?
roughbarked said:
Skeptic Pete said:
Dropbear said:66 years since Roswell.
Ahh thanks mate!
Yeah but what happened at Roswell?
No one knows, no one.
OCDC said:
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
And clearly even that was beyond Glowie Pete.
But it DOESN“T :-P
OCDC said:
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
And clearly even that was beyond Glowie Pete.
the ants are my friends
Skeptic Pete said:
OCDC said:
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
And clearly even that was beyond Glowie Pete.
But it DOESN“T :-P
Dropbear said:
OCDC said:
Divine Angel said:
Well, he asked. A mouseover would tell him it’s the 66th anniversary ;-)
And clearly even that was beyond Glowie Pete.
the ants are my friends
roughbarked said:
Dropbear said:
OCDC said:And clearly even that was beyond Glowie Pete.
the ants are my friends
mine too but for the life of me I couldn’t identify the ones Glowie referred to.
One has to admit that she was way before her time with the ‘cloud’ ants.
Have you received any more emails from her, Alex?
Nothing for months.
OCDC said:
Nothing for months.
me neither