The Banned Game

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Banned because even viruses have feelings.

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Banned because so do my white blood cells! 

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Banned for prioritizing biology over our dear venomous associate.

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Banned for contradicting yourself! 

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13 hours ago, The_Gobo said:

Banned for serving under General Zod :3

Banned for misnaming General Zoi

 

12 hours ago, Longhaul said:

Banned because I haven't been here for a while and I need to practice.

Banned so you can practice being banned...

 

31 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned for contradicting yourself! 

Banned because no she didn't

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Banned because viruses are an aspect of biology, therefore biological! 

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6 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned because viruses are an aspect of biology, therefore biological! 

Banned because they can be crystalized - they are basically just RNA with a bad attitude

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Banned because they still pose a threat to my body! 

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Pardon my ignorance with Biology, by the way; I didn't pay much attention to that class! 

 

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3 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned because they still pose a threat to my body! 

Banned because so would a bullet - that doesn't make it biological

 

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Pardon my ignorance with Biology, by the way; I didn't pay much attention to that class! 

 

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That's assuming my knowledge is any greater than thine

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by CoffeeHoof

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Banned because bullets aren't alive! 

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Eh, I honestly sucked at every science class I took; Biology was no exception! 

 

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1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Banned because bullets aren't alive! 

 Banned for not recognising that is my point

 

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Eh, I honestly sucked at every science class I took; Biology was no exception! 

 

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I was always pretty good at it - I didn't want to go into biology as a career path, which really disappointed my tutors. But the history around (filterable) viruses, the RNA/DNA mirror relationship (via transcriptase and reverse-transcriptase) and how bits of viral genome ended up in human DNA all fascinates me

 

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Banned because my point is that viruses are alive, therefore biological; bullets are not alive, therefore not biological! 

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I honestly don't know why I never liked science at all. I guess I just don't like how many damn words, acronyms, and phrases you need to memorize.  It's good to know that you did well with it, at least. 

 

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Banned for inspiring the creation of biological bullets.

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Banned because those already exist!  I think...

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Congrats on your 100th Brohoof, by the way! 

 

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8 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned because my point is that viruses are alive, therefore biological; bullets are not alive, therefore not biological! 

Banned because that is circular reasoning; there is a point where a bunch of chemicals becomes a living thing, and viruses are on the wrong side of that line (literally, given they can't do anything unless they are inside someone else's cell, and are largely just a template for making more viruses using the cell as a factory)

 

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I honestly don't know why I never liked science at all. I guess I just don't like how many damn words, acronyms, and phrases you need to memorize.  It's good to know that you did well with it, at least. 

 

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Not sure I ever liked THAT side of science - it is more that the universe is one big, complicated machine and I wondered what made it tick

 

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Banned because I just read that viruses aren't technically alive... so screw most of what I said! 

I mean, it's still debated whether or not viruses are alive, due to it being hard to define what's alive, but whatever.

 

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I agree with the general idea, but like I said, there's just so many different words and their definitions to learn.  I've always just liked math; as odd as it may sound, it's much easier to understand for me. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned because I just read that viruses aren't technically alive... so screw most of what I said! 

I mean, it's still debated whether or not viruses are alive, due to it being hard to define what's alive, but whatever.

 

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I agree with the general idea, but like I said, there's just so many different words and their definitions to learn.  I've always just liked math; as odd as it may sound, it's much easier to understand for me. 

 

Banned for thinking parasites are alive!

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Banned for not accepting that I made a mistake! 

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5 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Banned because I just read that viruses aren't technically alive... so screw most of what I said! 

I mean, it's still debated whether or not viruses are alive, due to it being hard to define what's alive, but whatever.

Sure, although that doesn't mean they aren't biological - just they aren't usually considered alive.

Fair few toxins (for example) are considered biological, but are literally just a single molecule and aren't alive in any sense.
 

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I agree with the general idea, but like I said, there's just so many different words and their definitions to learn.  I've always just liked math; as odd as it may sound, it's much easier to understand for me. 

 

 

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And yet, pretty much all of Science IS just applied mathematics, and the rarified bits of mathematics are REALLY littered with weird terms and symbols

 

2 minutes ago, Sherbert Music-Guard said:

Banned for thinking parasites are alive!

Banned because most parasites are alive - just not viruses

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Just now, CoffeeHoof said:

Sure, although that doesn't mean they aren't biological - just they aren't usually considered alive.

Fair few toxins (for example) are considered biological, but are literally just a single molecule and aren't alive in any sense.
 

 

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And yet, pretty much all of Science IS just applied mathematics, and the rarified bits of mathematics are REALLY littered with weird terms and symbols

 

Banned because most parasites are alive - just not viruses

Banned because next you'll be saying the earth is a sphere! (conspirisist)

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Just now, Sherbert Music-Guard said:

Banned because next you'll be saying the earth is a sphere! (conspirisist)

Banned because of course it isn't - it's an oblate spheroid *tsk*

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And yet, pretty much all of Science IS just applied mathematics, and the rarified bits of mathematics are REALLY littered with weird terms and symbols 

True, but I just find numbers easier to understand than words, if you know what I mean. 

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Banned because of course it isn't - it's an oblate spheroid *tsk*

Banned because it's a damn trapezoid, you blind sheep! 

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Just now, Recherche said:

True, but I just find numbers easier to understand than words, if you know what I mean. 

Ah, but once you get past college mathematics, its rare you see any actual numbers

Plus of course a lot of science is simpler than mathematics - phase diagrams in electronics (for example) are just vectors in the complex space - electricians just use j instead of i because they were already using i for current

 

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Banned because it's a damn trapezoid, you blind sheep! 

But equestria is flat

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2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Plus of course a lot of science is simpler than mathematics - phase diagrams in electronics (for example) are just vectors in the complex space - electricians just use j instead of i because they were already using i for current

You see, though? This is what I'm talking about!  What does "j" mean? What about "i?" What is a vector? What's a phase diagram?

In contrast, I know what 1,220,745 means just by looking at it. As long as I know how division/multiplication/any other process works, than there's nothing more to understand, I just need to do the problem.

I won't dispute your point about college mathematics due to me still being in high school, but as of right now, I find Algebra easier and more bearable than any field of science. This isn't to say that math is easy or simple, because it's neither... but my whole point is that I think numbers are easier to work with than words, because words have definitions.

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

But equestria is flat

Banned for equating Equestria to Earth! 

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21 minutes ago, CoffeeHoof said:

But equestria is flat

Banned for making me sad again (I'm already confused about my species)