Applied Science | Monday | 10.19

[tyler_gone]

"Morning," Tyler said from his perch atop his desk. "Hope you all had a good break week. We're switching it up this week with a little critical thinking exercise."

He moved down in one fluid motion and started handing out printouts of an article (with the lovely comments section removed). "There is some very weird stuff in this world. You live in Fandom; you know that. But there's also weird stuff in the completely normal everyday world most -- well, at least half of us -- call reality. That is an article about things that exist in my world that no one can explain yet. it's modern technology that looks thousands of years older than it should be; it's a manuscript no one can decode; it's giant stone balls that no one can explain."

That stack distributed, he was back with more paper. "They left off Roswell, Stonehenge and the Moai statues on Easter Island, probably because they're too well-known and Stonehenge has turned out to be a graveyard anyhow." Spoilsport scientists.

"Anyhow, your assignment for the day is to read over this stuff and discuss your own, non-supernatural explanation for at least one of the things in your handouts." A beat. "'Aliens did it' could be true, but it still counts as supernatural."

[OOC: If your workplace filters the bastion of taste and sense that is Cracked.com, here are alternate links: Voynich manuscript - antikytheria mechanism - Baigong pipes - stone balls of Costa Rica - Baghdad battery - The Bloop.]

Comments

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

This was just cool. "I'm thinking the Bloop is either underwater volcanic activity... or maybe one of those Portalocity portals opened underwater. Ooops."

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"You might be onto something there," said Lion-o, nodding. "Some of those portals have dropped me off in some strange places. When I traveled home last week, the portal dropped me in a pit some of the natives had dug to capture an animal."

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Seriously! Is that their idea of a discretion, or a joke?" Dinah wondered. "Because they did okay when I went home, but coming back here always lands me on my butt at the Causeway. So annoying."

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"I know! And there was no need for discretion, because my people were expecting me to arrive. At least I met some nice people who threw me some rope so I could climb out of the pit," said Lion-o. "Still, it was a little embarrassing to meet your new neighbors like that."

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah snickered. "So, yeah, I'm assuming a Portalocity office got flooded somewhere when they opened the wrong door-- and thus, BLOOP!" She grinned. "Or maybe a volcano erupted, tough call."

Re: Discussion [10.19]

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"I'd be happy thinking about the poor idiot at Portalocity that had to mop up the office after it got flooded," said Lion-o with a grin.