Juggalo Science Fair Brainstorming

[tongodeon]

I've been thinking about which "miracle" to explain for the Juggalo Science Fair. Clearly the paper about how fucking magnets work will be a lot of people's #1 choice, but I was thinking about explaining the evolution of the long-necked giraffe with emphasis on the recurrent laryngeal nerve. All mammals share a common ancestor, and perhaps as an

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[grumpymonkey]

Interesting point, with one glaring prejudice in the middle

[tongodeon]

Their song works fine if taken as a well-meaning expression of numinous appreciation, but "miracle" is a very poor choice of words. "Miracles" are surprising and welcome events not explicable by natural or scientific laws and therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency so rain, rainbows, and the sun are definitely not miracles.

[grumpymonkey]

I dunno about that. the word miracle gets tossed around pretty lightly. Human beings squash out thousands of crib critters an hour, but it's still commonly described as the "miracle of birth". A momentous sports victory or achievement is often described as a miracle. Many cities have "Miracle Mile" shopping districts. Despite the original definition tying it to an act of a supernatural entity, "miracle" might as well mean "awesome" in most circles.

Hell, the fact that juggalos have shown understanding of anything other than obnoxious lyrics and bad makeup could be described as a miracle in most circles.

[tongodeon]

Human beings squash out thousands of crib critters an hour, but it's still commonly described as the "miracle of birth".

Yeah, don't get me started. "Miracle on the Hudson" maybe, but there's no way you can describe a birth, a sports victory, or a shopping district as "miraculous". The sports thing in particular. SOMEONE is going to win a sporting event. It's not a miracle, it's an absolute certainty.

[tensegritydan]

The real question is are you going to dress as plain old scientists or juggalo scientists, e.g. face paint and white lab coats.

I think the former would be quite awesome and probably earn you a lot of cred with the crowd.

[ctd]

This!

Also, don't do whatever Andrew WK did at the Gathering of the Juggalos, shortly before they started throwing stuff at him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpb2U-h3NSk

[angel_boi]

did you mean latter?

[tensegritydan]

Oops, yes, I meant to write 'latter'.

[hwrnmnbsol]

I also believe this would work well as a powerpoint presentation, particularly if it is written in Juggalo.

[tongodeon]

If you compose and email me a powerpoint/keynote presentation I'll see if I can find someone to present it for you.

[ikkyu2]

I'd pay for a poster that listed these 42 fallacies, just so when Juggalos came up with dumb arguments about stuff on other presentations, there would be a quick and easy reference for the presenter.

And while we're at it, these two checklists deserve wider distribution.

also

[ikkyu2]