Kevin's Watch

There are 6 books... but how many of them were great? I submit that the first three were great. The others were good, but not great... and good is the enemy of great.

dw

And I say that the last two, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune, were the best in the series.

*settles in to watch debate*

*only read first book*

Wyldewode wrote:*settles in to watch debate*

What debate? There's nothing to debate when I'm correct.

I will not take de-bait ... but that's the great thing about opinions - everyone can be correct in having their own, even though an agreement may never be reached.


...and according to Charles Durning in Home for the Holidays (one of my all-time fave movies): "Opinions are like a$$holes - everybody's got one, and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks."

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:...and according to Charles Durning in Home for the Holidays (one of my all-time fave movies): "Opinions are like a$$holes - everybody's got one, and they think everybody else's stinks."

See, that's the thing. I don't have opinions. As a Mentat, I speak from inductive fact.

"facts are more susceptible to change than theories" (from my science notes for this week)

But for that much induction to occur - you'd have to have a pretty big solenoid... [/Engineer Geek Out]

dw

Auleliel wrote:"facts are more susceptible to change than theories" (from my science notes for this week)

Is that because the facts can always be rearranged as needed to support the theory du jour? Some of the best lies are supported by indisputable facts....

dw

I think our resident "Mentat" has had too much "spice" recently.

DukkhaWaynhim wrote:

Auleliel wrote:"facts are more susceptible to change than theories" (from my science notes for this week)

Is that because the facts can always be rearranged as needed to support the theory du jour? Some of the best lies are supported by indisputable facts....

dw

My science teacher said something along the lines of new technology makes more accurate observation possible, which changes the facts themselves, but usually not enough to change the theories.

I can see your teacher's point - but it sounds like a matter of degrees. So maybe the facts aren't actually changing, just our measurements of them are becoming more accurate? A well-written theory should be able withstand a few extra decimal places of accuracy... but it seems when our technological advancements boost measurements by several orders of magnitude that we end up having to confirm, deny, or at least refine our theories...

dw

The example my teacher gave was the number of chromosome pairs--people thought there were 24 until new technology showed there were only 23.

As any true Dune Fan(atic) should know, Spice does not enhance the mentat's functioning. Sapho does.

Notice the quotation marks. . . and you are right.

Sarge. . . I hate to say it, but this thread is for pictures of animals-with funny text. NO PEOPLE PICTURES unless they are lolhuman pictures.