What if allergies were contagious?
That would not be that great..... Mass hysteria ~Environmentalist
They would have to quarantine people with allergies and because some people are born with allergies, more and more people will have to live a separate life because they could catch allergies from people with different allergies. ~ZobyBlueberry
If allergies were contagious, everyone would be required to have and know how to use an epinephrine injection thing (EPI pen). There would be allergy tests for paranoid people. Scientists might even develop an "allergy vaccine"...The worst case would be...where all the people born with allergies are put in concentration camps to die. Government officials would capture all those with allergies and the people with allergies would try to hide it. All the families of the allergic would be paranoid and they would probably put the allergic person in a full-body suit to prevent contamination...All the people would be happy when the allergic people were gone. Another friendlier strategy would be to try and get rid of all allergens...Either way it would cause global panic and everyone would be scared of getting allergies. The allergic would be paranoid of getting "discovered". Friends and families would be split all because of allergies. If allergies BECAME contagious (they weren't before) then the results would be catastrophic. ~Morangue Pine
I agree, mostly, with what you all say, given that allergies suddenly became contagious for no apparent reason. If this were to be true and allergies were as contagious as the common cold (that is simply being with someone who has means you could get it), then people trying to isolate those with allergies and hide from them would be useless. It would be impossible to completely separate those with allergies from those without. Also, getting rid of the allergens would be impossible. What about pollen in the air?
If allergies became something that was only contagious through, say, blood or something and could not be transmitted only by being near the person (in other words, it's "hard" to get infected), then "catching" an allergy could be prevented quite well. There would be no need to separate the population or anything. If all goes perfectly, then all those with allergies, after two centuries or so, would be gone and we'd have an allergy-free world.
Now, if allergies were contagious as a "given" thing, (meaning its been that way since the start) people would probably be immune to it by now or at least have ways to greatly reduce the severity of "catching" an allergy. For example, the common cold can now be treated quite well. ~Pomomarine
I agree with your views that even if they were contagious , we would develop immunity or would adapt to them over the course [of] evolution. ~Environmentalist
~Morangue Pine
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Coffee Shop no. 15 - Just a Thought...
1. If we survived nuclear Armageddon how do you think we would change.
If we survived a nuclear Armageddon i think that we would concentrate on rebuilding our society first. If the scenario is really bad, then we would just care about surviving and getting enough food. Fear for future nuclear warfare will be a concern but we wouldn't take action to stop nuclear ware fare until we have reestablished a strong government.
Also enviroments would change, scientific data will be all anmollies. Almost every living thing will be altered. ~Project Z
Well a nucular armageddon would leave any survivors scarce and misplaced around the globe. Their first reaction would be to find food and shelter, but as well to find others. The survivors would need to team up, many might die from hunger or thirst, some from the shock and no exposure to their past luxurious liftimes would kill them. If they were caught in the nucleuar fall - out, they surley would not have made it. The nucular explosions would set off a nucular winter, and only those who could find a way to plant crops would survive. Society would not be able to re-build its self until the climate would stabilize. Nations would be a thing of the past, people would need to create a need government, America would have likley died before most people were killed if it had hit in this country, and the President would fly to a "top secret" facility and the country would be in panic. It would be complicated for the human race to survive, but like in all catastropies there is some who manage to survive, such as a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago that wiped man on earth to only 20 females that could give birth. ~Environmentalist
2. Do you think a blind person who has never been able to see thinks in shapes? To clarify, if he held a cube would he imagine a cube in his hand?
...If a blind man helded a cube, he would fell it. There would be no need to imagine a cube. ~Project Z
If a blind man held a cube in his hand, then he should be able to "visualize" the cube. We know that blind people still have a sense of space. For example, they can walk on streets with a sense of where the cars are, etc. Therefore, I believe that they would "see" the cube they feel quite accurately. ~Pomomarine
They would also have a "phantom" sense, by the slight air pressure differences and waves the movement makes. ~186000mps
Well he would be able to feel the cube, but he would not be able to visualize it if he had never seen one, he would probably try to make sense of it but it would be complicated. ~Environmentalist
I agree, somewhat, with the "Phantom sense" idea. People who are blind are known to have a stronger other sense to accommodate for their loss of sight. For example, there sense of hearing might be outstanding. Also, I think the blind person would be able to "see" a cube figure, enough to accurately describe its qualities (has six sides, etc.). However, I would think, if suddenly given sight, there would be a few revelations. Perhaps one thing he always thought would actually be different, but I think their visualization should be at least 85% accurate. ~Pomomarine
I agree with your hypothesis but if he was to suddenly be cured of his blindness his brain would not be able to process it so he would not be able to see... ~Bartumes
The hearing thing is only true because they have to rely on other senses to tell them about the world so the senses become more tuned... ~ZobyBlueberry
Yes. Blind people HAVE to rely on other senses as they don't have their sense of sight. ~Pomomarine
~Bartumes
Also enviroments would change, scientific data will be all anmollies. Almost every living thing will be altered. ~Project Z
Well a nucular armageddon would leave any survivors scarce and misplaced around the globe. Their first reaction would be to find food and shelter, but as well to find others. The survivors would need to team up, many might die from hunger or thirst, some from the shock and no exposure to their past luxurious liftimes would kill them. If they were caught in the nucleuar fall - out, they surley would not have made it. The nucular explosions would set off a nucular winter, and only those who could find a way to plant crops would survive. Society would not be able to re-build its self until the climate would stabilize. Nations would be a thing of the past, people would need to create a need government, America would have likley died before most people were killed if it had hit in this country, and the President would fly to a "top secret" facility and the country would be in panic. It would be complicated for the human race to survive, but like in all catastropies there is some who manage to survive, such as a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago that wiped man on earth to only 20 females that could give birth. ~Environmentalist
2. Do you think a blind person who has never been able to see thinks in shapes? To clarify, if he held a cube would he imagine a cube in his hand?
...If a blind man helded a cube, he would fell it. There would be no need to imagine a cube. ~Project Z
If a blind man held a cube in his hand, then he should be able to "visualize" the cube. We know that blind people still have a sense of space. For example, they can walk on streets with a sense of where the cars are, etc. Therefore, I believe that they would "see" the cube they feel quite accurately. ~Pomomarine
They would also have a "phantom" sense, by the slight air pressure differences and waves the movement makes. ~186000mps
Well he would be able to feel the cube, but he would not be able to visualize it if he had never seen one, he would probably try to make sense of it but it would be complicated. ~Environmentalist
I agree, somewhat, with the "Phantom sense" idea. People who are blind are known to have a stronger other sense to accommodate for their loss of sight. For example, there sense of hearing might be outstanding. Also, I think the blind person would be able to "see" a cube figure, enough to accurately describe its qualities (has six sides, etc.). However, I would think, if suddenly given sight, there would be a few revelations. Perhaps one thing he always thought would actually be different, but I think their visualization should be at least 85% accurate. ~Pomomarine
I agree with your hypothesis but if he was to suddenly be cured of his blindness his brain would not be able to process it so he would not be able to see... ~Bartumes
The hearing thing is only true because they have to rely on other senses to tell them about the world so the senses become more tuned... ~ZobyBlueberry
Yes. Blind people HAVE to rely on other senses as they don't have their sense of sight. ~Pomomarine
~Bartumes
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Coffee Shop no. 14 - Just a Thought...
New World, Old World
As a solution to global warming and possible world devastation caused by global warming, [here] is a new idea on "New World, Old World". The idea is that there would be an isolated territory for those not yet exposed to the environment today. In this colony, "guides" would help those growing up there to live lives completely different from the rest of the world. They would be "greener", use more traditional ("old fashioned") methods, etc. to live and have minimal impact on the earth. This would be the "New World".
The rest of us, the "Old World", would concentrate almost all our efforts on slowly adapting to be like the "New World". We would decrease the number of cars (ex. 1 car per family) and decrease city size, close selected factories, reform to use solar energy as a main power source for making electricity, mass-decrease coal use, etc. all in efforts to be greener and more like the "New World". This would be the "Global Green Revolution".
Eventually, the entire globe will be reformed and revolutionized into the ways of the New World.
As a solution to global warming and possible world devastation caused by global warming, [here] is a new idea on "New World, Old World". The idea is that there would be an isolated territory for those not yet exposed to the environment today. In this colony, "guides" would help those growing up there to live lives completely different from the rest of the world. They would be "greener", use more traditional ("old fashioned") methods, etc. to live and have minimal impact on the earth. This would be the "New World".
The rest of us, the "Old World", would concentrate almost all our efforts on slowly adapting to be like the "New World". We would decrease the number of cars (ex. 1 car per family) and decrease city size, close selected factories, reform to use solar energy as a main power source for making electricity, mass-decrease coal use, etc. all in efforts to be greener and more like the "New World". This would be the "Global Green Revolution".
Eventually, the entire globe will be reformed and revolutionized into the ways of the New World.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Coffee Shop no. 13 - Just a Thought...
1. Do you think extraterrestrial life exists?
I think that extraterestriel life may exist. We have found planets and galaxies that could be capable of keeping life forms alive. I think they might exist, but if they do, i don't think they would be as vicious as the kind that you see in the movie alien. ~Thoth
I think extraterrestrial life exists but probably not anything intelligent, probably bacteria, fungus and the sort. ~Morangue Pine
It is a defenate yes that extra terestrial life does exsit. Many planets all over the universe are in the "goldie locks zone" from their home star. Also planets such as mars or moons such as europa have been sceptticized to have life. Mars has evidence that methane is being produced around the atnosphere durring the summer, a biological made gas. Also Europa has thermal vents under neath a vast ice sheet and salty ocean of water, a probe will be sent in 2016 to investigate the waters for life. Also life has to exist, most star systems have planets and there are billions of stars in each glaxy and the are billions of these gallaxies. ~Environmentalist
~Bartumes
I think that extraterestriel life may exist. We have found planets and galaxies that could be capable of keeping life forms alive. I think they might exist, but if they do, i don't think they would be as vicious as the kind that you see in the movie alien. ~Thoth
I think extraterrestrial life exists but probably not anything intelligent, probably bacteria, fungus and the sort. ~Morangue Pine
It is a defenate yes that extra terestrial life does exsit. Many planets all over the universe are in the "goldie locks zone" from their home star. Also planets such as mars or moons such as europa have been sceptticized to have life. Mars has evidence that methane is being produced around the atnosphere durring the summer, a biological made gas. Also Europa has thermal vents under neath a vast ice sheet and salty ocean of water, a probe will be sent in 2016 to investigate the waters for life. Also life has to exist, most star systems have planets and there are billions of stars in each glaxy and the are billions of these gallaxies. ~Environmentalist
~Bartumes
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Coffee Shop no. 12 - Just a Thought...
What do you think?
1. Do you think telekinesis or telekinetics are possible?
Telekinesis is entirely possible. According to astrophysicist Michio Kaku, author of the New York Times Best Seller: Physics of the Impossible, telekinesis can be synthetically induced. There are no scientific explanations though, for abilities such as levitation, teleportation, telepathy, or telekinesis in raw uncontrolled form. There are reports that some people can bend metal with the sheer power of their mind (telekinesis and telepathy combined) or cause things to rise off the ground without touching them. Most of these stories are hoaxes and physicists rarely support the possibility of someone's brainwaves having an affect on surrounding environment. Kaku explained that in order to push something off the ground, a certain amount of electrical activity equal to several hundred hertz (I do not know the exact number because the book isn't with me at the moment, but its in the 90s to 200s or higher) which should be beyond human capability to produce. But possible for a machine to create, meaning if you implant electrodes in your brain and connect them to a super computer used to emit electromagnetic pulses into your surroundings, you may be able to make something a few feet away move wherever you think it should go. Of course, that may not be what you had in mind as natural telekinesis, but it's the only known parallel to telekinesis theorized by scientists today. If people can already hook themselves up to a super computer and use their mind to control the computer cursor (much in the manner of machine to human telepathy), then I think telekinesis is possible. But should we want telekinesis? ~Severus
~Thoth
2. What do you think would happen if humans had telepathic, telekinetic, pyrokinetic, hydrokinetic, and other such abilities? How would the world be different?
I think the world could go into utter chaos if we had those abilities. In competitions and game shows contestants could cheat by telepathically consulting other people. Wars and sports would be more fierce or have more rules, as you could telekinetically move a ball, or even a player. Water and fire are powerful. Terrorists could easily drown, choke, or burn people as well as buildings and so it would be easier to destroy the world and murder people, with no actual "weapons" involved. Also, it would be much more efficient to travel, and transportation businesses would disappear (along with a lot of jobs!). Although this would be really cool and convenient, it could also lead to serious damage and bad consequences.
Although I do believe there could be bad effects to these "powers" but in your scenario it is as if everyone would suddenly got them but in reality we would slowly evolve. I think it would be for the best. If we could pick up on the mined waves of others then we would be able to since the powerful energy wave used to manipulate matter. therefor we would be able to tell if other people used it. sports would probably be giant games were everything was controlled by their minds. I also predict the ref would be connected to a machine that amplifies the perception as to tell if people were cheating. crimes would be a pain but in your example you said you could burn people but then the victim could extinguish it and it would be more even the now because in the modern day one person has a gun and the other does not. this way each person would have a "gun" there also would be the problem of babies. They would be a problem because it has been proven that the younger the person the more advanced there brain is. For example already some babies have moved objects without touching them during tantrums. If everyone could do this then babies would be very advanced and have no control. We would probably give them some kind of shot or pill that makes it less powerful. And your statement about less jobs if people could teleport that would mean they could separate then re form molecules which means they would be able to create objects with there mined. in this case we would eliminate poverty and any need of personal possessions. this would probably eliminate money all the together. at this point with no money, resources, and land war would be eliminated. we have now gotten rid of war, poverty, money, and materiel possessions. with no war we will be united under one leader or government. also this makes no reason for mugging, theft or murder. also chances are if we have evolved so much we probably wont have psychopaths. this has also eliminated all form of murders. now we have eliminated all negative parts of life. then after thousands of years of evolution we then face the negative impacts of this. we have then eliminated all need of everything there for we can not develop anything so we will simply existed for millions of years. because we can now manipulate matter we will be able to keep ourselves in perfect health and finally stop reproducing so we don;t overpopulate. we have now also eliminated most positive things in life because we have no purpose because we cant develop anything. we have know have gotten rid of all good and bad things and will never die. as i already said we will simply exists for millions of year until we use all 100% of are mind at which point we become so interconnected with are endless amount of knowledge and power we will interconnect are minds and become one sentient bean. are bodies will then start to hold are still developing mined back so we will then leave are bodies behind. the huge sentient mass of energy will then grow and engulf the entire universe. this mind will then see there is no point in existing anymore so it will either destroy itself are alter itself into a world and time will be as if it is restarted. ~Bartumes
Sports would not give you much exercise if you just sat there in the bleachers telekinetically and telepathically moving things. ~Morangue Pine
If in the very unlikely event humans develop these powers simultaneously, and if human physcology persists, than the human race and possibly the world would be annihilated. ~186000mps
If we developed these powers than most people would be sitting around their houses, moving things with their mind. eventually, nobody would get exercise and we would turn into fat lifeless beings. we would all die after a year or two. ~Thoth
It would be very dangerous for humans to develoup these characteriscts, many people would find this as an excuse not to be physicaly fit. Also terrorists could use these methods do destroy. This would more likey cause us to kill our selves rather than to help us. ~Environmentalist
~Severus
1. Do you think telekinesis or telekinetics are possible?
Telekinesis is entirely possible. According to astrophysicist Michio Kaku, author of the New York Times Best Seller: Physics of the Impossible, telekinesis can be synthetically induced. There are no scientific explanations though, for abilities such as levitation, teleportation, telepathy, or telekinesis in raw uncontrolled form. There are reports that some people can bend metal with the sheer power of their mind (telekinesis and telepathy combined) or cause things to rise off the ground without touching them. Most of these stories are hoaxes and physicists rarely support the possibility of someone's brainwaves having an affect on surrounding environment. Kaku explained that in order to push something off the ground, a certain amount of electrical activity equal to several hundred hertz (I do not know the exact number because the book isn't with me at the moment, but its in the 90s to 200s or higher) which should be beyond human capability to produce. But possible for a machine to create, meaning if you implant electrodes in your brain and connect them to a super computer used to emit electromagnetic pulses into your surroundings, you may be able to make something a few feet away move wherever you think it should go. Of course, that may not be what you had in mind as natural telekinesis, but it's the only known parallel to telekinesis theorized by scientists today. If people can already hook themselves up to a super computer and use their mind to control the computer cursor (much in the manner of machine to human telepathy), then I think telekinesis is possible. But should we want telekinesis? ~Severus
~Thoth
2. What do you think would happen if humans had telepathic, telekinetic, pyrokinetic, hydrokinetic, and other such abilities? How would the world be different?
I think the world could go into utter chaos if we had those abilities. In competitions and game shows contestants could cheat by telepathically consulting other people. Wars and sports would be more fierce or have more rules, as you could telekinetically move a ball, or even a player. Water and fire are powerful. Terrorists could easily drown, choke, or burn people as well as buildings and so it would be easier to destroy the world and murder people, with no actual "weapons" involved. Also, it would be much more efficient to travel, and transportation businesses would disappear (along with a lot of jobs!). Although this would be really cool and convenient, it could also lead to serious damage and bad consequences.
Although I do believe there could be bad effects to these "powers" but in your scenario it is as if everyone would suddenly got them but in reality we would slowly evolve. I think it would be for the best. If we could pick up on the mined waves of others then we would be able to since the powerful energy wave used to manipulate matter. therefor we would be able to tell if other people used it. sports would probably be giant games were everything was controlled by their minds. I also predict the ref would be connected to a machine that amplifies the perception as to tell if people were cheating. crimes would be a pain but in your example you said you could burn people but then the victim could extinguish it and it would be more even the now because in the modern day one person has a gun and the other does not. this way each person would have a "gun" there also would be the problem of babies. They would be a problem because it has been proven that the younger the person the more advanced there brain is. For example already some babies have moved objects without touching them during tantrums. If everyone could do this then babies would be very advanced and have no control. We would probably give them some kind of shot or pill that makes it less powerful. And your statement about less jobs if people could teleport that would mean they could separate then re form molecules which means they would be able to create objects with there mined. in this case we would eliminate poverty and any need of personal possessions. this would probably eliminate money all the together. at this point with no money, resources, and land war would be eliminated. we have now gotten rid of war, poverty, money, and materiel possessions. with no war we will be united under one leader or government. also this makes no reason for mugging, theft or murder. also chances are if we have evolved so much we probably wont have psychopaths. this has also eliminated all form of murders. now we have eliminated all negative parts of life. then after thousands of years of evolution we then face the negative impacts of this. we have then eliminated all need of everything there for we can not develop anything so we will simply existed for millions of years. because we can now manipulate matter we will be able to keep ourselves in perfect health and finally stop reproducing so we don;t overpopulate. we have now also eliminated most positive things in life because we have no purpose because we cant develop anything. we have know have gotten rid of all good and bad things and will never die. as i already said we will simply exists for millions of year until we use all 100% of are mind at which point we become so interconnected with are endless amount of knowledge and power we will interconnect are minds and become one sentient bean. are bodies will then start to hold are still developing mined back so we will then leave are bodies behind. the huge sentient mass of energy will then grow and engulf the entire universe. this mind will then see there is no point in existing anymore so it will either destroy itself are alter itself into a world and time will be as if it is restarted. ~Bartumes
Sports would not give you much exercise if you just sat there in the bleachers telekinetically and telepathically moving things. ~Morangue Pine
If in the very unlikely event humans develop these powers simultaneously, and if human physcology persists, than the human race and possibly the world would be annihilated. ~186000mps
If we developed these powers than most people would be sitting around their houses, moving things with their mind. eventually, nobody would get exercise and we would turn into fat lifeless beings. we would all die after a year or two. ~Thoth
It would be very dangerous for humans to develoup these characteriscts, many people would find this as an excuse not to be physicaly fit. Also terrorists could use these methods do destroy. This would more likey cause us to kill our selves rather than to help us. ~Environmentalist
~Severus
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