Mr Skeptic

Too bad they didn't reconstruct the virus to see if it really was a virus. Oh, wait. They did:

I'm sorry, but the first thing that comes to mind when you say this is the Darwin Awards. Lots of them feature small motorized vehicles or skis (which tend to have poor safety in the first place). As for rollerskates, that would make for something with no protection, very top heavy, very low base support, and attached to your feet.

Welcome iNow!

Uh, hello. I'm Mr Skeptic and I am a recent convert to the science forums (from Slashdot). Well, not so new as this is post number 1000, but I'm not much for small talk if it is not about interesting things like science or jokes. Or jokes about science. My sig kind of describes my approach to interesting alternative (read: crazy) ideas. I like to understand why something is true, or not true, rather than just accepting it is so because lots of smart people say that's how it is. Here's my sig in case I change it: Anyhow, I am American/Hispanic, I like science, computers, computer games (esp strategy and RPG), chess, science fiction whether books or movies. I used to be a gymnist, know some martial arts, and am currently a social isolate. I don't believe in life beyond the computer. Anyhow, thanks to Blike et al for this wonderful website.

Cause it came out of the blue.

Irrational people are like irrational numbers. They keep on going and going without end, and they look completely unpredictable.

Also, Just because Hillary doesn't have a dick doesn't mean that she won't be one

Idiots are like fissile atoms. On their own they are toxic, what they produce is even more toxic, and if you put enough of them close together, things can go BOOM!

Eh, can't be much worse than a mousetrap anyways.

Doesn't CO2 make the blood very acidic? That would be kind of painful.

First time I heard it it was a blond woman. Much funnier because I was expecting a dumb blond joke right until the punchline Would a giant psychic dwarf be a medium medium?

Pica disorder is sometimes caused by mineral deficiency. I would recommend multivitamins. If you think you might eat some chemicals, you should go to a doctor before you get yourself in trouble.

Since you have them in very small quantity and fine powder, there are lots of options. Depending on the variety of mica, it might float in water (might need a little salt). That would be your best bet if it works. If you want to be creative, maybe static electricity could do it but I don't know.

That's because everyone knows that the current theories are flawed -- they make a few wrong predictions, fail to make other predictions, and provide explanations that fundamentally disagree with each other (eg gravity caused by warped spacetime or gravitons) While the new theory should be better, but that does not necessarily mean that it should be more accurate in its predictions. Copernicus' heliocentric theory did not produce more accurate results (some say it was less accurate), yet because of its elegance it was a good theory. (It was, of course, later modified to have elliptical orbits and more accurate results.) Your requirement that any new theories have better predictions is a ban on new theories on this site. If someone had a better theory than the current ones, they would publish in a prestigious peer reviewed journal, rather than in an internet science forum. I think that alternative (even crazy) theories should be allowed here, so that they can be developed or poked full of holes. Surely poking holes in a new theory is more interesting than answering the silly questions that take up half the threads and would be better answered by wikipedia or a quick google search? Surely people learn at least as much from this? I totally agree, and it is also a good learning experience. Perhaps the problem is not with the crazy theories, but with the crazy people who refuse to quit trying to shove a disproven theory/hypothesis down our throats?