On thinking errors

Alain De Vos

Alain De Vos

Which things you thought where true and later found out it was not ?

I give two examples for myself.
- I once thought love would last forever.
-I once thought i would be , almost forever young.
 
Thinking errors that continue for too long are fatal, maybe like when your computer crashes when files get mixed up.
  • fatal error
  • kernel panic
  • system halt
getopt said:
might be a wise man,
but he posts too many stupid questions.
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Is this an interpolation of a Confucius saying?

Perhaps unrelated to Confucius, there's two sayings: one is when you ask, you're no longer a fool, and the other saying, is better to be quiet and remove all doubt you're a fool. It could pass as Confucius, because it's a bit contradictory. Then, there's a saying, there are no stupid questions.
 
sidetone yes, best questions are sounding stupid. Like "Why is the sky blue?". Or "Why does the apple fall?"

I once thought I would go to space for fun. Or that magic was real if only done right.
 
I used to believe in/follow conspiracy theories. Now I am much more “mainstream”. But I have a healthy dose of skepticism.
 
sidetone said:
there's a saying, there are no stupid questions.
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I expected this would pop up, because everyone knows this saying. It is meant to be behaving nice with kids when they nag on you. But should Allan be treated like a child? I'd say no, but he deserves a respectful hint, IMO.

Now having this said I like to improve my sentence:

Once I thought Alain De Vos might be a wise man,
but his questions let me doubt.
 
getopt said:
I expected this would pop up, because everyone knows this saying. It is meant to be behaving nice with kids when they nag on you. But should Allan be treated like a child? I'd say no, but he deserves a respectful hint, IMO.

Now having this said I like to improve my sentence:

Once I thought Alain De Vos might be a wise man,
but his questions let me doubt.
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getopt you are a bully. Stop picking on people if you have nothing positive to say.
 
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
(Clarke's First Law)
 
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Crivens said:
sidetone yes, best questions are sounding stupid. Like "Why is the sky blue?"
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The usual explanation has all sorts of physics stuff, but air is mostly nitrogen, adulterated with oxygen. Nitrogen is transparent, but oxygen is slightly blue.

This is most apparent when they're in their liquid (very cold) form; liquid oxygen is bright blue.
 
Starik said:
The usual explanation has all sorts of physics stuff, but air is mostly nitrogen, adulterated with oxygen. Nitrogen is transparent, but oxygen is slightly blue.

This is most apparent when they're in their liquid (very cold) form; liquid oxygen is bright blue.
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You're right. Dioxygen is slightly blue, but that's not the reason why the sky is blue. It's just a matter of pure physic.

en.wikipedia.org

Rayleigh scattering - Wikipedia

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That is an interesting question that is no so obvious to answer.

For myself:
When I was younger, I thought that the life was like a chess game, if you anticipate everything you are sure to win.
Unfortunately there are far too many random issues to keep everything under control.
 
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