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Intellectual Orgasm

When you hear something that is so profound, brilliant, or novel, that it blows your mind.
Guy 1: "... and thats how the theory of evolution works."
Guy 2: "Holy shit man, I think I just had an intellectual orgasm"

Teacher: "So I was reading through these economics tests last night when I came across Sam's example of a vineyard as one of the best positive externalities. It was so brilliant I had an intellectual orgasm."
by Sam Ryan November 1, 2006
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Intellect

The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding.
Chris: Irene, you're intellect is far more superior than mine.
by Irene Samek May 22, 2003
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intelligent design

1. The theory that an omniscient being plays a vital role in the workings of the universe and is the explanation of all things (including but not limited to the origins of life itself) that have not yet been fully proven.

2. A subtle way for creationists, particularly Christian extremists, to inject their religious ideas in to the public school systems and scientific community.

Although the theory of intelligent design is defended with rhetoric about how evolution is also only a theory (thusly giving right for other theories to be taught as well), one key thing is different- the implied meaning of the word theory. Evolution is not a theory. It is a scientific theory. Scientific theories are not plain "I think this is why this works" theories, they are "I think this is why this works, and here's the lowdown on how it works" theories.

Scientific theories are attempts to explain through experimentation and observation the workings of the universe, whereas intelligent design is a theory with no supplied (let alone proven) hypothesis. This is also known as speculation. Furthermore, if at any time in the future there is a supposed hypothesis for intelligent design, it would be immediately discredited due to it's superstitious roots. If all speculation were to be credited as scientifically valid, well, just take a look at the flying spaghetti monster theory.

Intelligent design has been rejected by the scientific community since the 1800's, and regardless of what our political leaders or the mass media or religious leaders (assuming they're all separate people) say, intelligent design was and always will be speculation. It is because of the loose interpretation of the word theory that intelligent design has been seen by creationists as a loophole in vocabulary, thusly (in their mind) justifying suggesting it as scientifically valid. Which it's not.

Get over it.
"String Theory" is speculation because its hypothesis has not yet been proven through demonstration.

"Set Theory" has been proven through endless mathematical examples and is practiced by pretty much everything and everyone on a daily basis.

"Theory of Evolution" has been proven through observation that if an animal does not produce offspring, its species' overall gene pool has been slightly altered. Logical deduction concludes, that over a long period of time, this 'weeding-out' of the gene pool can ultimately alter the species itself. (Also known as "Natural Selection").

"Theory of Intelligent Design" is speculation because it never did and never will offer a hypothesis. It is a clever word to mask the statement "God made you and that's that. To argue or explain God is to be against God and therefore against one's own nature. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the government of the United States of America."
by ryan y September 26, 2005
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intelligent chav

By any chance did you see that intelligent chav feature at the museum old chap?
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quasi-intelligent bullshit

an explanation, excuse, or presentation created through the knowledge of quasi-related topics to give the impression of being knowledgeable on a specific subject. Common tactic of the bullshit artist and other intelligent lairs
I forgot to read the textbook chapter and my teacher called on me, so I so I made some quasi-intelligent bullshit out of the previous chapter and some random knowledge I had.
by 0ld_W1seman December 2, 2015
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Intellectual Fatigue

The heavy-headed feeling one gets after a long day of only mind related activities such as writing a paper, studying for an exam, preparing presentations, doing mathematics, working on proposals, etc etc.
I got a serious bout of intellectual fatigue after spending the entire day reading Gadamar's 'Truth and Method' for my aesthetics class tomorrow.
by La-Cha December 8, 2010
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intellectual boner

when you learn something new and it thrills you so much you get a boner in your brain
yesterday in linguistics we talked about diglossia so much i got an intellectual boner.
by crambup October 15, 2017
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