Silly things you used to believe

Dolph · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:02

Efour2 said:
When did OCUk readers becomes Spiritualist hippies that no longer believe in science ?

Not putting blind faith in science to answer questions outside of it's remit is not 'no longer believing in science', it's understanding the limitations of science. A completely different thing that seems beyond a great many people due to a combination of lack of education and religious style faith in the method.

Colbaker · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:18

bam0 said:
Expansion was of the medium of space, that doesn't mean anything had to "travel" faster than the speed of light.

Meaning?

Dolph · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:20

Colbaker said:
Meaning?

It's a fudge, essentially arguing that as reality is expanding, nothing inside is really travelling as it's all relative.

Jay794 · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:22

mrk · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:25

Science has answered many questions so far and will continue to answer questions in the future. Scientific "theories" are not the same as non scientific ones too, I think many people are not aware of this.

Simples!

Burnsy2023 · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:26

When I was very young I thought that all competitions draw their winners in a special town. I think I was a little confused when they said "Winners drawn at random".

mrk · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:28

Oh and Candyman.

I dare anyone to say Candyman 5 times in the mirror with the light off :S

Richand · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:29

That earwigs actually went in your ears and ate your brain, school camping trips are horrid times!

Edrof · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:30

mrk said:
Scientific "theories" are not the same as non scientific ones too, I think many people are not aware of this.

I noticed that recently, too.

Colbaker · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:31

Dolph said:
It's a fudge, essentially arguing that as reality is expanding, nothing inside is really travelling as it's all relative.

Ah Ok, So does this say that it is the space expanding and not the mass objects?, That old analogy saying that there are 2 fly's on a balloon, when the balloon is inflated they move apart from each other even though they are actually staying still?

Dolph · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:33

Edrof said:
I noticed that recently, too.

Indeed, every time I hear someone say 'it's just a theory' I want to stab them.

Nitefly · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:34

Father Christmas
Tooth Fairy
Even at a young age I could tell the Easter bunny was bum

Weirdly, someone told me that the Thunderbirds were actually massive giants and their island was massive. I believed that for years...

Still do.

Hades · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:35

atpbx said:
When I was very young (primary school age) my dad used to tell me water towers were crashed space rockets.

The ****.

Haha I love that. Think I will tell my kids that

Dolph · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:37

Colbaker said:
Ah Ok, So does this say that it is the space expanding and not the mass objects?, That old analogy saying that there are 2 fly's on a balloon, when the balloon is inflated they move apart from each other even though they are actually staying still?

That's pretty much it.

Colbaker · 1 Dec 2011 at 11:39

The worrying thing is i am teaching my son wrong stuff without even thinking about it...

Last night i told him that the moon was only called "moon" when it is full, When it is quarter moon is is called "M", Half moon it is called "MO" three quarters moon is called "MOO" and finally a full moon is called "Moon".

He told my uncle that the "M" was bright tonight

peter_hutson · 1 Dec 2011 at 12:23

You shouldn't eat apple cores, as you'll end up with a tree growing out of your bum.

Thanks Dad!

Mark A · 1 Dec 2011 at 12:30

peter_hutson said:
You shouldn't eat apple cores, as you'll end up with a tree growing out of your bum.

Thanks Dad!

Haha, my mum told me that.

Alos, if you swallow bubble gum, it will wrap around your heart.

robgmun · 1 Dec 2011 at 12:32

sniffy said:
I could never get a response from my dog when she used to gaze into the house when sat in the back garden. Is this definitely untrue? Was she just ignoring me?

Donno, they do seem to have some kind of trouble with glass, the amount of times i've seen them run into glass! Like it's not their!

rubberduck · 1 Dec 2011 at 13:03

Tony Blair and New Labour told me "Things can only get better"!

TommyV · 1 Dec 2011 at 13:11

Jay794 said:
If I was in the truman show, people would be very sickened and bored walking my life as a tv show lol.

Masterbating 6 times a day can't be very entertaining for someone else to watch lol

I recall reading posts that you've got a girlfriend? If this is true, son, you are doing it wrong