If we put together a thinktank involving all members of the SDMB could we possibly find a cure for cancer…or something equally important? what do you think dopers??
I’m thinking …mind you, this is just me, but we would probably come up with a kick ass beer that would turn this world on its ear, crank up the economies in thirdworld nations, eliminating starvation, disease, famine, and cruelty to computer geeks
Listen, you dont seem the ‘troll’ type, so just a thought for you…
Stop starting so many threads on your first day!
Go reply to some, spread yourself around.
Not that your topics are particularly bad or anything, but when we see tons of new topics with few replies by an unknown commodity, we all think : TROLL.
I am only trying to help…this is kellibelli being nice, print it, frame it.
sorry kellibelli…I won’t post to much, I’ll reply to some first
Excuse me Bedboy, but have you stuck your nose into Great Debates yet. I seriously doubt if we could get that gang to get together to decide on where to have lunch (Lunch: vegan soy protein or bloody red meat?), much less work together to invent anything useful.
If we brought together all our General Questioners, we might have some who would propose some great inventions, but upon proposal, all of the other Questioners would immediatly come with a full list (with citation) of all of the reasons that similar inventions did not work and theories why this one won’t as well.
Then there are our Pit denizens. Whatever one tried to invent, the others would immediately jump in and point out that not only is the invention stupid, but that the inventor has foul personal characteristics and a deficient lineage.
Of course when an MPSIMSer invented something, all of the rest of them would give incredible support and encouragement, but no one would be able to do testing for fear of upseting the tester.
Really, we have all of the intellectual power we can handle in Cecil and his columns (with the SD science advisory board to bring it over the top).
Why not throw in world peace and harmony forever as well? As long as you are getting the entire board in on your project.
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To quote my old sig:
“The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.”
So, no, no we couldn’t.
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill
Billdo - I usually try to avoid taking up space here with pats on the back, but in this case – good one.
The problem is not in coming up with an answer. The problem is in getting anyone else to agree with you. Lots of people have figured out the meaning of life. No one’s been able to get the rest of the world to follow. And, has been pointed out earlier in this thread, this particular group is more famous for diversity of opinion than it is for uniformity. So no, the SDMB is not the answer.
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If we all got together we couldn’t come up with the meaning of cheese.
Where’s my side of FUN!?
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No Doc, picture a particleless mass . . .
The Meaning of Life will become apparent at the very moment the sig line quote below is no longer applicable.
Either that, or when hell freezes over.
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