# Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489 "2016-05-23T21:38:14Z")
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### Author: ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5904 "2018-01-07T18:59:39Z")

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Fair enough. I’ll be less oblique in the future. Speaking of which, it appears that [**SamuelA** has socked himself, as Vinyasi](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846292).

Sample quote:

> [@Is it possible to build a machine that generates more power than it uses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-a-machine-that-generates-more-power-than-it-uses/805975/8):
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> This is the other side of the story of electrodynamic theory left out of our view of the situation: that intelligence is just as significant as is energy (and energy’s equivalent version as matter). This is why I prefer to analyze electrical dynamics in terms of wave mechanics rather than ‘energy IN has to equal energy OUT’. For without energy, intelligence would have nothing to embody itself within. And without intelligence, energy would be a non-functional blob - very amorphous and not at all useful. This is analogous to my trying to make babies all on my own without the help of a woman contributing what I alone do not possess: the entire package of generation of life within my body.

There are a bajillion quotes to pick from on that thread, but this one tickled my fancy.

Credit to **Cochrane** for [noticing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20707446&postcount=618), with assist from **Morgenstern**.

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