What are your plans for old age?

[Asmodean]

Yeah, but that's not a car you drive - it's more a work of art you collect and never let a single mote of dust land on top of.

I mean, it may see ten miles of asphalt in a year, if we are being far too generous.

[billy rubin]

it has too many wheels for me.

if i had hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on a motor vehicle, i would buy one of these:



not too many left. ^^^this was the last one made. they go for US$350,000. set up like this one, they would do the ton a hundred years ago.

i would ride it like that. how could i do otherwise?

[zorkan]

Yeah, but that's not a car you drive - it's more a work of art you collect and never let a single mote of dust land on top of.

I mean, it may see ten miles of asphalt in a year, if we are being far too generous.

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/qotd/qotd-why-do-people-store-brand-new-cars-and-never-drive-them/

Not to mention you cannot outrun the 2nd law of thermodynamics to which everything is subjected.
One day the car will be dust.
Some people own vanity.

[zorkan]

it has too many wheels for me.

if i had hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on a motor vehicle, i would buy one of these:



not too many left. ^^^this was the last one made. they go for US$350,000. set up like this one, they would do the ton a hundred years ago.

i would ride it like that. how could i do otherwise?

Will also be dust one day.
Is it 4 wheels good 2 wheels bad, or 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better?

As for humans, what the worms can't eat and plants can't absorb, dust also becomes our common fate.

[billy rubin]

and the universe is destined for heat death. all the more reason to ride the motorcycle before you no longer can.

[zorkan]

and the universe is destined for heat death.

Just like evolution by natural selection or general relativity, the heat death of the universe is only a theory.

A reading from the Book of Zorka, chapter 4 The End of Days.

"What humans refer to as the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and the 'supreme law of the universe' is only an inequality which proves that the universe was imperfect from the start.
It is in transition to a perfect universe where Zorka will be the only true God."

When complete you and your motorcycle will never be subject to decay so that you can ride it forever.

[hermes2015]

and the universe is destined for heat death.

Just like evolution by natural selection or general relativity, the heat death of the universe is only a theory.

A reading from the Book of Zorka, chapter 4 The End of Days.

"What humans refer to as the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and the 'supreme law of the universe' is only an inequality which proves that the universe was imperfect from the start.
It is in transition to a perfect universe where Zorka will be the only true God."

When complete you and your motorcycle will never be subject to decay so that you can ride it forever.

"The way that scientists use the word 'theory' is a little different than how it is commonly used in the lay public," said Jaime Tanner, a professor of biology at Emerson College in Boston. "Most people use the word 'theory' to mean an idea or hunch that someone has, but in science the word 'theory' refers to the way that we interpret facts."

[Recusant]

Scientists generally will readily agree with the statement: "To a greater or lesser extent all scientific knowledge is provisional." In some circles that looks like an open door through which all manner of manner of nonsense may be shoved.

Still, remembering the provisional nature of our working knowledge of the universe is salutary I think.

[zorkan]

Scientists generally will readily agree with the statement: "To a greater or lesser extent all scientific knowledge is provisional."

Have an idea, turn it into a theory, look for evidence, prove it to your own satisfaction, paper over the cracks, challenge others to prove it wrong.
That's how science works.

Evolution by natural selection does not explain how life first formed, and it can't predict where it's going.
Physics cannot explain why the 2nd Law outpaces all others.
Physics cannot be sure about the nature of time, so Einstein may be wrong.
Hawking argued why time goes forward and not backward.
If we grew younger and not older this thread would be about plans for youthing and not ageing.
Cosmology cannot explain why the universe is one way and not another.

Darwinism started as a theory and it's stood the test for 150 years.
Challenged by some and while most of it is true it doesn't mean all of it is true.
We just have to wait for a better theory.

[billy rubin]

Evolution by natural selection does not explain how life first formed, and it can't predict where it's going.

abiogenesis isnt part of the theory of natural selection, so it cant be faulted for not explaining it.

neither is anything in the way of predictions as to where its going.

what is your definition of "evolution by natural selection," zorkan?

[Asmodean]

what is your definition of "evolution by natural selection," zorkan?

It's when The Asmo hunts spiders with an vacuum cleaner, and then in revenge, they BITE Him while He slumbers.

Ok, fine, that's a example of a stalemate, but only temporary, you hear! The Asmo shall prevail!

[billy rubin]

i eas also once bitten by a spider in my sleep when i rolled over one crawling over my pillow. bit me in the back of the head.

very strange psychological results. i could tell my brain wasnt functioning correctly, and had a headache for a month.

a professor of mine was once bitten by a black widow. he was hospitalized, and also described to me mental disurbance.

[Asmodean]

Fortunately, most of our local spiders are quite manageable that way. I don't know the species, but they be ye-average-European-house-spiders.

I wouldn't even mind, except they have a inappropriate number of legs.

[The Magic Pudding..]

I find the ticks to the most troubling arachnids.
Some of them cause meat allergy, some something like lime disease and all of them annoying persistent itchiness.
I don't know why they and the mosquitos and the leeches don't set up alters and I could make a blood offering and they could leave me in peace.

[Asmodean]

I don't know why they and the mosquitos and the leeches don't set up alters and I could make a blood offering and they could leave me in peace.

YES! You see, this right here. THIS would be pure wisdom, it would. Not to mention a sound collection strategy for a blood for food non-profit scam.