L. Ron Hubbard's successful attempt to win a bet made in 1948, with Robert Heinlein, that the best way to get rich was to start a religion. Scientology was that religion, kicked off by the pseudo-self-help book Dianetics in 1949. By 1982, Hubbard's income from the Church of Scientology was about 40 million a year. There's some question about whether Scientologists murdered Hubbard, but Scientologists didn't allow an investigation before cremating the body. The head of Scientology today is a guy named David Miscavige, and the second-tier defacto rulers are in a sub-sect called the Sea Org. Spiritual enlightenment, thinking for yourself, and attempting to leave the organization are strongly discouraged, and punishable by confinement, beatings, and psychological torture. And, gee whiz, for a lot of money and some slave labor, you can buy your way into the entrails of Scientology too!
by Cygnet October 5, 2005
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Hey, that car's on fire!
Oh look at the fucking rocket scientist, as if we didn't notice the huge flames, the explosion that we heard so decided to run here etc. Idiot.
Oh look at the fucking rocket scientist, as if we didn't notice the huge flames, the explosion that we heard so decided to run here etc. Idiot.
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The extension of extremely basic, if not primative, child-like problem solving skills into an adult decision-making environment--where making good decisions based on sound principles of reasoning REALLY fucking matters.
My mommy says that all my prayers will be answered, that I'll see grandpa and kitty-cat in heaven and that all I really need to be successful in life is faith in our divine creator.
<<Really? You're twenty-fucking-five years old. You have no job, lodging or source of legal tender. You are an adult, totally dependent on yer 'mommy' for existence... I've got an idea! Why don't you shit in one of your hands and have god shit faith in the other...see which one fills up first. Without doubt, your Toddlerbrain-Science will serve you well...
<<Really? You're twenty-fucking-five years old. You have no job, lodging or source of legal tender. You are an adult, totally dependent on yer 'mommy' for existence... I've got an idea! Why don't you shit in one of your hands and have god shit faith in the other...see which one fills up first. Without doubt, your Toddlerbrain-Science will serve you well...
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Girl 2: I wouldn't bet on it. He's very into science these days
Girl 2: I wouldn't bet on it. He's very into science these days
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Get the very into science these days mug.Stubborn assertion of ridiculously unsubstantiable opinion as fact based on a faulty understanding of the science related to a particular subject.
Chick: You can't cut those roots that are damaging the driveway and sidewalk next to our house. If you do it will kill the leaves and branches on that side of the tree.
Dude: What the fuck are you talking about? That's chick science. The tree sucks water from all the roots.
Dude: What the fuck are you talking about? That's chick science. The tree sucks water from all the roots.
by WMPMR May 22, 2009
Get the chick science mug.A method for gathering data about the world around us. Using the scientific method involves coming up with a hypothesis about how something works, and then trying as hard as you can to prove it wrong. If you can't prove yourself wrong then you cannot say you proved yourself right. you can only say you didn't disprove your hypothesis. In the scientific method you can never prove yourself right, you can only prove you weren't wrong. This is often seen as a tedious and annoying aspect of science by outsiders, but in fact scientific minded individuals gain great joy in being skeptical of everything. If you cannot diprove your hypothesis than it is usually phrased something like "The data supported our hypothesis." This is generally followed by a detailed explanation of everything that could have been wrong with your research that could have led to a failure to disprove yourself. Through this method something can become considered a theory only if many many generations of scientists have failed to find any way to prove the hypothesis wrong. This is a considerable accomplishment as most scientists will spend their entire lives finding critiques in method or theory in the research of others, and trying to find a way to disprove their findings. Information acquired in this way is the only information that can be trusted to have any semblance of truth.
Did you hear about how video games make children violent?
Was the scientific method used to reach this conclusion?
Hey a recent study found that fake sweetener can give you cancer.
That study was never replicated.
Evolution is just a theory.
If by theory you mean a conclusion that genarations of researchers have failed to find any way to disprove in hundreds of years time then yes it is.
Was the scientific method used to reach this conclusion?
Hey a recent study found that fake sweetener can give you cancer.
That study was never replicated.
Evolution is just a theory.
If by theory you mean a conclusion that genarations of researchers have failed to find any way to disprove in hundreds of years time then yes it is.
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Your subconscious is actually the excrement of an opalescent Monodon monoceros. I know. I'm an armchair scientist.
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