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Very interesting, I didn’t realise it’s universality through time. It would be fiendishly hard to establish causation; does this happen because it is some kind
by rich_sasha 5y ago
Very interesting, I didn’t realise it’s universality through time.
It would be fiendishly hard to establish causation; does this happen because it is some kind of natural (supernatural?) effect, or is it because people expect that to happen through cultural references?
Apparently being shot with small calibre doesn’t make you fall there and then. But since westerns popularised the idea, this is what everyone does (according to QI anyway).
- hackernewds 5y agoThat small calibre thing is fascinating. Any readings on it? How do they even validate that does happen?
- rich_sasha 5y agoDepictions and descriptions of being shot from before westerns make no mention of people falling down as if struck by lightning. It’s like there is no expectation that you fall down if stabbed, say. Apparently...
- rich_sasha 5y ago(Since I can’t edit my response) some context and some further links: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/30212/do-people-fall-over-when-shot-because-theyve-seen-it-on-films https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/30212/do-people...
- allisdust 5y agoApparently they found similar waves in rat brains after death before this paper came out. This paper is more about finding the same in humans which they couldn't do till now.
- Teletio 5y agoThere is no proof of any supernatural thing ever.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoMany would argue that free will is non-materialistic (extra- or -supra natural), if we have no free will, then these HN comments are inevitable due to the laws of physics though, so no use arguing if it is materialistic since it’s inevitable :)
- kubanczyk 5y agoTrying the argument out on such a futile actions as HN comments isn't that telling. There was a time when a convoluted bio-mechanical system traveled to the Moon and back. Could you do me a favor and re-run that line of thought on that? The Apollo was inevitable and so the biological elements of it should have done... What exactly?... I'm honestly lost here, I don't ponder about non-materialistic free will anymore.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoMy favorite is that if there is no free will, then Burger King coupons are somewhere in Maxwell’s equation…
- kubanczyk 5y agoYes, I do think Burger King coupons are somewhere in Maxwell’s equation. I'd be honestly interested on the Apollo 11 thing though.
- Teletio 5y agoPerhaps. Perhaps we will live every moment again and again forever. But we still don't have any proof of anything supernatural.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoJust as we can’t prove most of our lived experience :) Most things might be true but unprovable.
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- asdff 5y agoPlenty of hunters with 22s would probably differ that a bullet can't drop a living being instantly.
- rich_sasha 5y agoI’m no firearms buff, I though .22 rifles are good for squirrels and such likes? Relative to the size of the target, .22 is a pretty big calibre I’d think.
- LgWoodenBadger 5y ago.22 is also the caliber of the vast majority of infantry weapons in the world. In 22lr (the piddly little gun most kids learn to shoot on where I love) it’s enough for small game like a squirrel. In 5.56x45 (NATO) or 5.45x39 (Russia) it’s suitable for larger game like humans or deer.