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I thought of that some time after I had asked it, but wasn't going to go back and change it.
I dislike those edit messages at the bottom of posts.Perhaps then, until you do --- put a disclaimer on every Table that says, in effect:That's bad when the decimal places are longer that the string itself.
Just curious --- why did you choose God instead of, say... Vishnu or Qetzalcoatl? As far as science is concerned, they're all equally likely to have been the creators of the elements. Why should the disclaimer mention God? And why should there be a disclaimer at all? All of science operates with the disclaimer "according to current data...".
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Perhaps then, until you do --- put a disclaimer on every Table that says, in effect:
The exact number of elements are not known at this time, since God didn't document it. This Table reflects only those that have been verified by the IUPU[whatever].
Now that gets me wondering just how many elements God did document. How many are mentioned by name? Iron, gold, silver... Lead maybe? There obviously wouldn't be any mention of, say, Einsteinium (although that would be impressive), but any ideas on how many elements He documented, and what they are?
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Originally Posted by gaara4158
Just curious --- why did you choose God instead of, say... Vishnu or Qetzalcoatl? As far as science is concerned, they're all equally likely to have been the creators of the elements. Why should the disclaimer mention God? And why should there be a disclaimer at all? All of science operates with the disclaimer "according to current data...".
That. AV, where do you get the idea that the Periodic Table is supposed to be complete?
Originally Posted by Skaloop
Now that gets me wondering just how many elements God did document. How many are mentioned by name? Iron, gold, silver... Lead maybe? There obviously wouldn't be any mention of, say, Einsteinium (although that would be impressive), but any ideas on how many elements He documented, and what they are?
Copper is probably there... sulphur wouldn't surprise me, but I think that's pretty much it.
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I don't --- I just don't see a disclaimer, that's all.
In fact, when people ask me now what God is made of, my answer is: Element 404 (Unobtainum).
AV, if you're going to reference a movie in a attempt to deflect debate with attempts to look clever, please do so with a better movie than The Core.
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Does Vishnu or Quetzacoatl have a son who created the elements on the Periodic Table?
Does the Bible?
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AV, if you're going to reference a movie in a attempt to deflect debate with attempts to look clever, please do so with a better movie than The Core.
Kindest Personal Regards,
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G:np
Hey, at least the Core had Hillary Swank in it. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Ah -- so the unoriginality of the comment is exponential.
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