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Haven't seen a trollscience/trollphysics thread, so I guess I'll start. For those who are not familiar with the meme, it was originally a way to troll the science and math board on 4chan by posting ridiculous physics/science concepts which then enduced insta rage. Eventually it gained steam and...

Wow, I log back in just for the lulz and see this again. Brings back old memories hehe.

Well, hes one of the reasons why the UK is not in the eurozone.

Depends on what that idea is. As for markets that have free entry and exit, the idea will go around through people making derivatives of the product. Take a look at the proliferation of MP3's since the introduction of the Ipod. Either way, if it is an idea integral to society, you can have...

When did Krugman laugh at Peter Schiff? Give me a source? Anyways, it does not matter. Your statement was: And as I have shown, this is not the case. Both Krugman and Roubini and many others predicted the current economic crisis and of course both of them are Keynesians.

I don't think you have read Paul Krugman or Nouriel Roubini. Peter Schiff is just the most vocal and abnoxious one of the pessimistic bunch. Notice the date uploaded.

When looking at history, this is not true. Civilizations like Greece, Rome, and China did a lot of science, yet the technological progress that they made in all of their history is minimal compared to the last 200 years. Science is the foundation, profits are the drive.

Those evil profits are responsible for the technological progress we have seen for the last 200 years and the subsequent reduction of poverty around the world. How capitalist profits derived from other peoples money?

Yeah, its going to get into a flamewar if we continue... Unfortunately, there is no delete button anymore :(

How are you defining communist and capitalist? An economic system is basically the interaction between human beings in producing and allocation of resources. Its a direct extension of the welfare of society; it just happens that capitalism has a stratified yet not inflexible society...

To be fair, China, Cuba, or the former Soviet Union do not meet the criteria to be a communist society.

There have been communist systems in the world. Take for example the Bushmen of Southern Africa. They are characterized by a total egalitarian society.

That would be true if we had perfect competition but alas we don't. We have an oligopoly of firms who don't compete on the basis of price but on the quality of their products. For example, Chevron has Techron and Shell has Nitrogen, but their price remains relatively equal to avoid cutthroat...

Although I'm not familiar at all with the UK's education system, I can see that this is a slap in the face to students. In the US we have exams called Advanced Placement which require a lot of dedication and prepwork, and I can see that your exams have similar requirements. For them to do this...

*jaw drops to the ground in shock*

In the states were not doing any better. Its around 6C in Miami right now.

You do know that a hard currency is the same thing: money is worth as much as the government decides that its worth e.g 1 ounce of gold per dollar. Not only that, putting your currency in that position opens yourself up to other monetary ills.

Well, the way things are going for me, yes, that would be pleasant.

If I were to die right now, would it really matter? After all, the world has about 6 billion people and most of them are more important than I would ever be.