August 30, 2003, 05:52
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I rememba my Astro Prof saying that the maximum age of the universe is the inverse of the Hubble constant, which is roughly equal to Heisenberg's Uncertainty.
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August 30, 2003, 21:01
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#92
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King
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Originally posted by Tuberski
Claim: The average person swallows eight spiders per year.
Status: False.
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Fear not. This "statistic" was not only made up out of whole cloth, it was invented as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the Internet.
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Well, I see your point and I have no doubt that it's true, but seriously, there is a difference between "twice in a life time" and "eight times per year"! 
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Originally posted by skywalker
64.8% of all statistics are made up on the spot 
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Don't remember who said it, but some wise guy once remarked that there a three main types of lies:
Lies, damned lies and statistics. 
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August 30, 2003, 21:03
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What kind of car do you drive, Mickey?
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August 31, 2003, 11:34
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King
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No White dwarf can have a mass greater than 1.44 solar masses.
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Two weeks ago, on a public bus here in Shanghai, I noticed a Chinese dwarf standing near me. I looked out the window a moment later and saw a Chinese midget on a bicycle.
I thought I had slipped into a David Lynch film.
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August 31, 2003, 12:12
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IIRC, 1 cm3 of neutron star matter has the mass of 30 million metric tons.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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August 31, 2003, 12:14
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Deity
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Originally posted by st_swithin
I rememba my Astro Prof saying that the maximum age of the universe is the inverse of the Hubble constant, which is roughly equal to Heisenberg's Uncertainty.
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Do you always babble like that?
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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August 31, 2003, 12:16
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Deity
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How's that babbling?
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