Topic: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

[Servant Phi]

Not exactly familiar with the subject of psuedo science, can you give me an example of it?

Pseudoscience is any belief system or methodology which tries to gain legitimacy by wearing the trappings of science, but fails to abide by the rigorous methodology and standards of evidence that demarcate true science. Although pseudoscience is designed to have the appearance of being scientific, it lacks any of the substance of science.

Promoters of pseudoscience often adopt the vocabulary of science, describing conjectures as theories or laws, often providing supposed evidence from observation, expert testimonials, or even developing what appear to be mathematical models of their ideas. However, in pseudoscience there is no real honest attempt to follow the scientific method, provide falsifiable predictions, or develop double blind experiments. Pseudoscientists often use the tactic of cheating the scientific method.

An example would more or less be what I posted in the WilyRP:

Phi suddenly had an idea and pointed to Asch, "Clap your hands, stomp your feet or shout something out loud. Choose one of these and do it."

"Okay..." Asch clapped his hands.

"What you just did, clapping your hands, that was your choice… in this timeline. By choosing to clap, you instantaneously created a parallel timeline from this one, where you chose to stomp your feet, and another where you shouted something. Hell, perhaps you just created one where you did nothing at all," Phi pointed out, "Do you see how fragile and bendable the laws of time are? By choosing an action, various different actions happen at the same time in parallel worlds, and events branch out from there, creating infinite possibilities; an endless spectrum of events and variables that make up who we are and, effectively, shape the future of the world."

Arche was speechless. How in the world did Phi know all of this? Did someone tell her this? Was it that Akane person she was talking about earlier?

"So, that's what you meant by alternate worlds being born from the smallest decisions we make…" Arche stated.

She nodded.

[Sakura Leic]

Ah okay now I get it.

[Space Potato]

I'm lacking money, gonna have to rely on eating bread and coconut jam. I should stop being influenced by these roommates of mine for eating expensive junk....they don't even work( one of my roommate does, but currently on hiatus for study) but....I have no idea where they got their money buying expensive toys and other stuff almost every day without getting into a major budget problem. Oh welp, no point worrying about that.

[Dr. Wily II]

An example would more or less be what I posted in the WilyRP:

Just make sure to bring a cat in a box, and show that the cat can be alive and dead at the same time.

[Sakura Leic]

Never understood the whole cat in the box thing.

[Dr. Wily II]

Quantum mechanics at its finest: Animal cruelty.

[Servant Phi]

Just make sure to bring a cat in a box, and show that the cat can be alive and dead at the same time.

Ah yes, the Schrodinger's Cat experiment. If something calls for that, I'll definitely have Phi bring that up.

Never understood the whole cat in the box thing.

The gist of it is that the cat is in a state between life and death when the box is closed. And the cat's fate only comes to fruition when you open the box and look inside; in other words, when the person opens the box, the cat will be either alive or dead.

It's kinda hard to explain. I'd have to go into an entire lecture.

[Sakura Leic]

I guess that makes sense.

Quantum mechanics at its finest: Animal cruelty.

Those poor bunnies, those contact lenses my mom's company makes for people with cataracts has to use lab bunnies to test them.

[Dr. Wily II]

Ah yes, the Schrodinger's Cat experiment. If something calls for that, I'll definitely have Phi bring that up.

The gist of it is that the cat is in a state between life and death when the box is closed. And the cat's fate only comes to fruition when you open the box and look inside; in other words, when the person opens the box, the cat will be either alive or dead.

It's kinda hard to explain. I'd have to go into an entire lecture.

I summarized the case study. Animal cruelty.

Also, I meant bring that cat in a box to your presentation.

[Sakura Leic]

Stuff animal cat of course, don't want someone to have an allergic reaction.

[Quickman]

May want to avoid the use of arsenic, too. 

[Dr. Wily II]

Pfft arsenic. Only radioactive isotopes accepted.

[Servant Phi]

Ah, you meant for class. Actually yeah, bringing in a stuffed animal in a box and explaining the theory would be pretty cool.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Dr. Wily II]

Don't forget the radioactive isotopes!

[Quickman]

Here's something to wrap your brain around.

Measurements are not exact.  They are only exact when they are measured, as they are being observed and thus they react.  Otherwise, a measurement is arbitrary.

Thus, you are not the height you think you are.  You are only that height when you are measured.

Quantum physics!

[Dr. Wily II]

Talk about strings next!

[Servant Phi]

Here's something to wrap your brain around.

Measurements are not exact.  They are only exact when they are measured, as they are being observed and thus they react.  Otherwise, a measurement is arbitrary.

Thus, you are not the height you think you are.  You are only that height when you are measured.

Quantum physics!

That's some trippy stuff there...

Don't forget the radioactive isotopes!

Oh, I definitely won't forget that!

[Sakura Leic]

Here's something to wrap your brain around.

Measurements are not exact.  They are only exact when they are measured, as they are being observed and thus they react.  Otherwise, a measurement is arbitrary.

Thus, you are not the height you think you are.  You are only that height when you are measured.

Quantum physics!

I remember one of my high school English teachers telling me how you're 1 inch taller when you wake up and then you shrink 1 inch as the day goes on.

[Quickman]

Are you really an inch taller in the morning, or is it because you expect to be that you measure it and the measurement changes to reflect that because it it being observed by the act of your measuring?

[Dr. Wily II]

Gotta love quantum logic.

[Rin]

So unfortunately, it seems like my story about a mad scientist and his vampire maid (Steinveiz and Karmilla) is going to [tornado fang]ing wait quite a lot till I finish it.
I lost my entire second [tornado fang]ing chapter by accident, when I was deleting old junk. Technically, I lost the first chapter and my notes for the story too, but the first one I can at least recover from the thread on the forum.

So yeah... it killed my alredy slow progress on this, because I really don't feel like [tornado fang]ing writing all those notes again, especially since I don't remember certain parts too well now and... just generally shitsucks.

So after carefully examining shitload of ideas going through my head, and weeding out the trash, I am now working on a different (YES. I KNOW HOW THAT SOUNDS) story. I already have written couple of things for it just in case a while ago, and now refined the entire idea, fleshed out some [parasitic bomb] and wrote proper notes WITH backups all over my [tornado fang]ing PC aaaand my dad's laptop... and on my PSP's memory card.

It's a story about a human, a dwarf, a human paladin and and pretty girl elf. They are sent on a mission of great importance, to seek out the legendary "White Devil", a holy heroine who is needed to save the world from the oncoming calamity.

It's supposed to be mostly crazy comedy, even more so than Steinveiz and Karmilla was suppoded to be.

For anyone who is interested, here's a brief preview "Summaries" for the first two "Chapters" (from a total of five, maybe six... if I go through with one idea I have)

(I'm already working on the prologue, which is kinda more like "Chapter 0")

(click to show/hide)

Prologue: How to Get Captured by a Dragon

Asthan Gathonburry, who along with his "uncanny" group of adventurers, encounters Nelis. The legendary heroine known as the White Devil. However, she turns out to be stuck in the body of a little girl and moreover, her character is totally "wack" and "mean". They also have to fight a mysterious white dragon with a horn on its forehead that seems to be particularly fond of Nelis... or at least of not letting her go.



Chapter 1: City of Darkness AKA Nelis and Natevurus: Best Friends Forever

In their quest to lead Nelis to the Temple of Saints, Asthan and the others (under the guidance of Nelis herself) arrive in Tanteon, a relatively small city, with a quite enormous and gloomy looking castle in its center. Denizens of this city, seem to avoid sunlight and are quite pale in the face too. It soon turns out that its a city populated by vampires, and their leader Natevurus shares quite huge history with Nelis. Plus, the horned dragon returns... with a rage so powerful, that it might annihilate the entire vampiric city... if something isn't done quick.

I just [tornado fang]ing hope I can consistently work on it and nothing happens in the meantime to my work.
[tornado fang].

[Dr. Wily II]

Well, here's to your latest writing venture! Hehe... Wack...

[Reaperoid]

Just make sure to bring a catgirl in a box

Ah yes, the Schrodinger's Catgirl experiment. If something calls for that, I'll definitely have Phi bring that up.

 

[Servant Phi]

I'm watching Lost in Translation on Netflix. I heard a lot of good things about it.

It also has one of the very few instances where it's about a man and woman meeting, and they form a strong bond of friendship, rather than cliche romance.

Lost In Translation - Lip My Stockings (Full)

Also, it has this.

(Don't worry, it's not naughty as the thumbnail suggests.)

[Sakura Leic]

Just woke up from a mini nap I accidentally took.