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Offline Andromeda

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NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« on: November 11, 2012, 01:22:44 PM »
If all HBs lived on some isolated island in the middle of the Pacific, what would it be like?  Here is what we have so far:

1. Shadows are always be perfectly parallel, no matter the terrain.
2. Stars would be visible all the time, even during the day.
3. Any radioactivity, at any level, is always deadly.

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Offline Jason Thompson

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2012, 01:26:13 PM »
Everyone would give totally 100% objective accounts of every experience.

All problems would be solved by common sense.

The whole of hoaxland could be fake, but no-one's really sure...
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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2012, 01:31:01 PM »
There would be no accidents in Hoaxland and no one would die from natural causes. All deaths would be the result of some sort of nefarious plan.
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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2012, 01:32:17 PM »
In Hoaxland you always believe the opposite of what anyone says.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.
I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)

Offline Jason Thompson

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 01:37:26 PM »
Education is not provided, because no-one needs it and anyone who has it is obviously brainwashed.
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Offline Andromeda

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2012, 01:39:40 PM »
There are no "laws" of physics or mathematics - anything that happens is the result of whatever "makes sense" to the people around at the time.
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Offline cjameshuff

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2012, 06:41:17 PM »
Radiative heating would instantly bring objects to the temperature of the radiating surface. Campfires would be quite lethal.
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Offline dwight

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2012, 07:24:13 PM »
Any public appearance you make would be scrutinized by "common-sense psychologists" who would have only two possible categories for you: "Liar who ought to be arrested immediately" and "Liar who is under duress to conform".
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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2012, 07:26:17 PM »
In Hoaxland, the longer you work in a given field, the more expertise you accrue, and the more books you write or TV appearances you give means that in reality you are completely and utterly incompentent in that profession.
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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2012, 07:27:52 PM »
In hoaxland, although no-one would ever confirm this with any evidence whatsoever, you would always admit your lifelong held secrets to "truth seekers" only on your deathbed.
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Offline Not Myself

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2012, 08:03:59 PM »
Quote from: cjameshuff on November 11, 2012, 06:41:17 PM
Radiative heating would instantly bring objects to the temperature of the radiating surface. Campfires would be quite lethal.

It's up to you, of course, but if you include the phrase "In hoaxland" in the post as some of the others did, then it would be obvious to someone scanning the link that shows the ten most recent posts, that your post is part of a game, and you haven't suddenly gone round the twist.
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Offline Chew

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2012, 09:12:17 PM »
Quote from: Andromeda on November 11, 2012, 01:39:40 PM
There are no "laws" of physics or mathematics - anything that happens is the result of whatever "makes sense" to the people around at the time.

In Hoaxland, the only circumstanstial evidence admissible in court is "who had the most to gain?"
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Offline Donnie B.

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2012, 09:14:37 PM »
In Hoaxland, the truth can be stated in brief sound bites, but lies and distortions must be painstakingly explained in endless detail.
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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2012, 08:48:00 AM »
In Hoaxland, the first news reports out of a confused and developing event are the truth, but anything reconsidered and corrected afterwards is a cover-up.
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Offline Echnaton

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Re: NEW GAME! "Hoaxland"
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2012, 09:32:48 AM »
Richard Hoagland is lauded in Hoaxland because when viewing aerial photos of its domain, he sees only evidence of terrestrial intelligence.
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