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I'm ashamed to admit that it took me a second to get this one.FargoDog said:
Here's one that I was asked: "Hey Michael, who's the author of Anne Frank's diary?"
I was going to post something, but this makes my question seem intellectual.THEAFRONINJA said:
I have been known to ask some stupid questions myself. Like :"hey, where's my cellphone?"
It was in my hand...
>_<
It was in my hand...
>_<
Actually, the entire point of a placebo is that with it, you can accomplish things that you couldn't otherwise. For instance, there's the story of people who were told that they had been given the kind of cancer treatment that makes you lose all your hair, even though they hadn't really. They did lose all their hair, though, just because they thought they were going to; that's how powerful placebos are. So the fact that you've done things that you couldn't do normally, well, it doesn't really prove anything since a placebo can do stuff like that.PrimoThePro said:
Yet another interpretation of what happened is that you've always been capable of doing the things you say you normally couldn't do, and you just kept holding yourself back. Then, when you prayed, you allowed yourself to stop holding back completely, and managed to do whatever it was you were trying to do, unaware that you were capable of it all along.
It's a well-known fact that if you tell yourself "I can do this!" you will do better than if you tell yourself "It's very possible I might fail!" You say that "If I don't, like if I say in my head that I can handle it without God, then it's like I've lost all of that strength, and I become sluggish." It makes sense that you'd feel that way, because you're unconsciously adjusting yourself to how you ought to be without God. I get the impression that to you, "I can handle it without God" means "I can handle it even though I'm completely without all the power and might of God, and my strength is so much lower now." In short: You're telling yourself you're weak. (After all, other people don't start feeling weak and sluggish when they don't pray. You do because you're telling yourself that's how you're supposed to be if you don't pray.)
"I know it's not" doesn't really hold water as an argument. That you "just know it's not" just proves you're sure it was God, but it doesn't actually prove that there's any reason to be sure.
tl;dr is this: You say placebo can't accomplish stuff like that, but it's been proven tons
of times that it can. So to me, there's no reason to say that God did it.
[small]I hope nothing I said comes off sounding rude, if it does, I sincerely apologize; i've tried to keep my tone civil, nice and polite. As far as I can tell, I've succeded in keeping my manners pleasant. If there's something here that comes off as rude, I promise you that the rudeness is unintentional. PM me and tell me what it is and I'll phrase it in a better way. I really want that Neo badge.[/small]
Some girl in my modern history class last year
(discussing the american civil rights movement and the march on Washington DC)
"is 500,000 half a million?"
My teacher responded with
"...I'm not maths teacher, but i'm sure it is"
Another comment from the same student:
"Wait, Nikita Kruschev was a girl?"
I'm suprised my history teacher didn't slap her in the face. Then again, she was a very tolerant person....
(discussing the american civil rights movement and the march on Washington DC)
"is 500,000 half a million?"
My teacher responded with
"...I'm not maths teacher, but i'm sure it is"
Another comment from the same student:
"Wait, Nikita Kruschev was a girl?"
I'm suprised my history teacher didn't slap her in the face. Then again, she was a very tolerant person....
I think I've said this before on these forums, but anyways...
At a driver education thing we had at school a few years back we were being shown rather graphic photos of the outcome of car accidents involved in speeding when a girl asks, rather loudly "Do toes grow back?" And it was a serious question.
/Facepalm
At a driver education thing we had at school a few years back we were being shown rather graphic photos of the outcome of car accidents involved in speeding when a girl asks, rather loudly "Do toes grow back?" And it was a serious question.
/Facepalm
"That book any good?" is what people ask me when I'm reading. "No, I'm a miserable sinner, who is doomed to read a boring book 'till the end of times." is what I answer them.
You realise that your post will likely not change Queen Michael's mind, if anything, it will simply cause negative feelings, as though you've attacked his beliefs.Queen Michael said:
As much as these debates rage on over in 'Religion and Politics', no-one actually changes anyone's view on anything. You may have explained in detail how placebos work, but I doubt your comment is any more viable to him than the people responding simply with "Placebo".
If however, you're objecting to the Placebo effect being brought up as being called 'stupid', then I totally agree with you. Something should never be called stupid if there is evidence to support it.
Also, (based on your explanation) did you know that recent studies have found we're twice as likely to be motivated to do something if, instead of saying "I will do this," you infact question whether you'll do something. So if you ask yourself whether you'll do the laundry, you will be much more motivated to do it than if you merely tell yourself you will.
I assume this can be applied to the placebo effect. You may be much more likely to believe you can achieve something if you ask yourself whether you'll do it.
Wasn't asked to me, but on a Ricky Gervais Podcast, this guy called Karl Pilkington asked "What were those things in Gremlins called?"
Okay, at the time this was REALLY irritating and led to me paying a bribe...
But now for the question.
My girlfriend and I were sitting outside at stadium attached to a shopping center, when we were approached by a group of people.
Things you must take note of in this situation: Firstly, my girlfriend is a Hindu Indian. Second, we were right next to each other with our arms over each other's shoulders and third, her and I are 14 and 15.
This is what they asked: "So, are you guys going out?"
*facepalm* "what do you think?"
Then they ask her: "So, what religion are you"
"Hindu" she says.
Then they ask this, to the two of us still in grade 9: "So what religion are you going to teach your children?"
In the end to get rid of them I payed them one hundred rand, they went mad over $14...
But now for the question.
My girlfriend and I were sitting outside at stadium attached to a shopping center, when we were approached by a group of people.
Things you must take note of in this situation: Firstly, my girlfriend is a Hindu Indian. Second, we were right next to each other with our arms over each other's shoulders and third, her and I are 14 and 15.
This is what they asked: "So, are you guys going out?"
*facepalm* "what do you think?"
Then they ask her: "So, what religion are you"
"Hindu" she says.
Then they ask this, to the two of us still in grade 9: "So what religion are you going to teach your children?"
In the end to get rid of them I payed them one hundred rand, they went mad over $14...