Originally posted by XanthosNZ I think the real debate is whether my ass is full of moon crickets.
Well, did you meet a Lunar homo, have sex with him, and did he give you a "reach around"? He may have given you a form of crab lice called "Moon Cricketes".....go buy some Kwell and follow directions, and see a sex counselor, although I don't think they'll be able to locate your lunar partner 250,000 miles away, unless it's a Full Moon....🙄....by the way, do they "chirp" when you sit down?
Originally posted by DoctorScribbles The following is a thought exercise in epistemology.
Suppose NASA completed a mission to the moon and they reported having observed moon crickets there.
Is this alone sufficient evidence for you to believe in the existence of moon crickets?
Would your belief in moon crickets be affected by the consesus among the astronauts? For example, w ...[text shortened]... hat other factors would determine how the mission affects your belief in moon crickets?
Dr. S
What other factors would determine how the mission affects your belief in moon crickets?
-What kind of food do they eat, since there aren't any other life-forms on the moon ?
-Do they drink water, since there isn't any water on the moon ? If they don't then how do they supply themselves with the fluids they need ?
-Since there is no athmosphere on the moon how would they survive, especially since they need an atmosphere to sing their happy songs ?
Originally posted by ivanhoe -Since there is no atmosphere on the moon how would they survive, especially since they need an atmosphere to sing their happy songs ?
Originally posted by DoctorScribbles What other factors would determine how the mission affects your belief in moon crickets?
Dr. S
I'm sorry, but I don't think this analogy holds. Danwa's strawmen suffer from the same errancy.
First of all, the hypothetical crickets were discovered long after the advent of instant and mass communication. Secondly, if instead of a NASA report shortly after their discovery, it was a group of post-NASA 'adherents' who, several centuries later (and presumably after the dissolution of NASA) claimed these crickets were responsible for the salvation of our eternal souls in a bid to hegemonize political and economic power, I'd be suspicious.
IMO, there is no way to draw any sort of modern analogy with the historical method used to investigate/perpetuate the jesus myth. Am I missing something?
If they mentioned moon crickets in the Holy Bible then this thread would be an entirely different story. If 6 out of 7 astronauts witnessed a moon cricket and there were no peculiar circumstances surrounding the event (such as smoking reefer and liftin' forties), then there must be moon crickets in existence, and the skepticism that has grown so strong in our modern thought process will only lead us to a laughable denial of the truth. How can we trust in anything anymore? Damn moon crickets ruined everything.
Originally posted by hopscotch If they mentioned moon crickets in the Holy Bible then this thread would be an entirely different story. If 6 out of 7 astronauts witnessed a moon cricket and there were no peculiar circumstances surrounding the event (such as smoking reefer and liftin' forties), then there must be moon crickets in existence, and the skepticism that has grown so strong in ...[text shortened]... denial of the truth. How can we trust in anything anymore? Damn moon crickets ruined everything.
You're just jealous because they play better air(less) guitar than you.
Are there crickets on the moon?
16 Sep '05 08:08
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