fantasy vs reality in politics

[purplefolk]

Oh lol, if this is a political-type fantasy story with these characters, it would be super-ridiculous and hilarious. There will also be blood. And yeah, if it's political, of course the hero ends up angsty and suicidal

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Theology?

[mystictraveler]

Hmm.. so, you don't think that theology qualifies as a science? :P

Nevertheless, I find it weird, too!
But I think, especially recently, more people want to know more about that religion called Islam. That's why you can see those hilarious titles such as "The Koran for dummies" and "Idiot's The Koran." Matter of fact, I'm still laughing :D

Re: Theology?

[purplefolk]

Good point, if you're going to play devil's advocate, but there's usually a distinction between hard and soft sciences (and sometimes analytical as well)... and the predominant connotation of "science" is usually hard science. There are seperate sections such as social science, psychology, computer science, and political science. Now, if you want to treat the Bible/Koran/Torah as hard science, there are probably a couple of Creationists in the Midwest who agree. I pray they're not here yet. -_

When ologies go wrong...

[mystictraveler]

Yeah, I somehow felt this was a mini-lecture on the current cultural status ;P

And, well, evolution vs creationism is still debatable, but not on scientific basis. It'd be interesting -for me, at least- to meet a couple of those who treat religious texts as hard science. I mean, wow, how do they do that? ;)

It's indeed sad that people are less interested in "science," yet even more sad that this seems like a global trend. Only those branches of sciences in which the industry is interested (and accordingly fund) still sustain themselves. I dislike to admit that the scientific research is currently driven by the plans of people who hated to study science in high school...

What about "Becoming a personal trainer for dummies?" :)

Re: When ologies go wrong...

[purplefolk]

I tried to hold back on cultural status commentary in my original post. ;)

I went to Catholic school for 8 years. *headdesk* The powers of warped logic are truly amazing. I'm guessing you have a lot of patience?

Yeah, it's crazy to look at NSF and NIH funding compared to DARPA, for example. Working in academic research labs that subsist on NSF funding isn't peachy... we'd end up doing crazy things to make equipment like weld them at home or fashion things out of water bottle caps. Meanwhile, I had a friend who worked in a DARPA-funded lab and they'd get more millions then they'd ask for. ::sigh:: They'd spend it on the shiniest servers money could buy, just because.

hehe, nice pun.

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