03 SEP 2011 by ideonexus

 The Numeral Five Backward

Standard mathematics has recently been rendered obsolete by the discovery that for years we have been writing the numeral five backward. This has led to reevaluation of counting as a method of getting from one to ten. Students are taught advanced concepts of Boolean algebra, and formerly unsolvable equations are dealt with by threats of reprisals.
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Woody Allen's humorous fancy about people disputing basic mathematics is intriguing for the way it hints at a world where even the most basic concepts could become subjective through irrationality.

01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 Limbaugh Attacks Science and Academia as

You know, folks, the two universes here -- The Universe of Lies, The Universe of Reality -- they don't overlap anymore. And this is even bigger than global warming, which was my point yesterday. It's about everything that the left is involved in. What this fraud, what the uncovering of this hoax exposes, is the corruption that exists between government and academia and science and the media. Science has been corrupted. We know the media has been corrupted for a long time. Academia has b...
Folksonomies: irrationalism
Folksonomies: irrationalism
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Science, academia, government, and media form four pillars of a web of lies in Limbaugh's world, while the world he describes, the world of conservative talk radio, Fox News, and Conservapedia, is reality.
01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 Insane Clown Posse Hates Scientists for Explaining Magnets

fucking magnets, how do they work? I don't want to talk to a scientist, ya'll MF lying and getting me pissed
Folksonomies: irrationalism
Folksonomies: irrationalism
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A bizarre lyric from the song "Miracles," which starts off sounding like spiritual naturalism, but then become blatantly anti-enlightenment.
01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 The Insane Clown Posse is Hilariously Ignorant

"No," sighs Violent J. "I figured most people would say, 'Wow, I didn't know Insane Clown Posse could be deep like that.' But instead it's, 'ICP said a giraffe is a miracle. Ha ha ha! What a bunch of idiots.'" He pauses, then adds defiantly, "A giraffe is a fucking miracle. It has a dinosaur-like neck. It's yellow. Yeah, technically an elephant is not a miracle. Technically. They've been here for hundreds of years..." "Thousands," murmurs Shaggy. Violent J shakes his head sorrowfully. "Wh...
Folksonomies: irrationalism
Folksonomies: irrationalism
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A few examples of incredible ignorance and misunderstanding from the ICP found in a Guardian Article.