Astronauts VS cavemen??

Who's to say our astronaut wasn't a boy scout?

I mean, I'm no cavewoman, but I do happen to be a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts. I've had my outdoor survival training... in the winter, no less! I can start fires and boil water and hike up mountains. Heck, I can even do all that stuff with a sprained ankle and a recently dislocated knee.
 
palabravampiress said:
Who's to say our astronaut wasn't a boy scout?

I mean, I'm no cavewoman, but I do happen to be a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts. I've had my outdoor survival training... in the winter, no less! I can start fires and boil water and hike up mountains. Heck, I can even do all that stuff with a sprained ankle and a recently dislocated knee.
Click to expand...

As can any self respecting astronaut who trains to go off to OTHER PLANETS! Again, the astronaut wins.
 
ok to make my final point for tonight lol 😛 coz its 4am and i must sleep lol....

who is to say, that cavemen are stupid. They created and invented some of the things we use in everyday life. To invent something takes intelligence, especially if that invention has lasted all these years and made it into the modern day world...

cavemen were not stupid, infact they were very intelligent and clever. The only difference in terms of the levels of intelligence between a caveman and an astronaut is...

cavemen were a LOT more creative, used what they could find to create something that would prove most useful.

ok im done...
night all hope u all likin this thread LOL be back tomora 🙂 hehe!
 
Cavemen had fire! Why would they be scared of fire?

And, even with Scouts, last I checked they don't teach you how to make WEAPONS! (If so, I'm going to have to pull my kid out very soon!) And even if they DID teach you how to make weapons, we'd be talking arrow heads right? Cavemen already know how to do that and practice every day.
What kind of Scouts teaches you how to make Semi-Automatic weapons out of every day objects? Because that's the only way to out-do the caveman on man-made weapons!
 
GATEGOD said:
Someone who is resourceful and smart against someone who is strong and stupid. David and Goliath much? David won?
Any time there is someone who is against someone who is 'caveman' like and someone who is 'astronaut' like, all the astronaut has to do is out think his dumb opponent, which if it really is Astronaut vr. caveman is pretty easy. For all you know the Astronaut will pull the fire trick scare the caveman to death and give it a heart attack. All that is needed to overcome the caveman's superior..'strength' is ingenuity.
Click to expand...


To belabor my point using your own metaphor, David won because he din not stand tot to toe with Goliath. He used a sling, higher technology than Goliath;s sword. I fully agree that if the astronauts were allowed to use technology there would be no contest, The conditions of the contest , however, was as follows: naked and UNARMED. It that circumstance, the only hope that the astronauts would have would be if they were trained extensively (NOT a couple of hours a week at the local YMCA just to keep in shape and flexible, but a real combat style that included something more than tournament sparring) in martial arts and very motivated to survive.
 
RIGHT! If weapons could be used, it would have to be ONLY what the caveman or astronaut could make themself. Otherwise it wouldn't be fair. Sure, an astronaut could be trained to use a lighter or machine gun...but then that's not caveman vs. astronaut that's caveman vs. modern society and not fair.
 
GATEGOD said:
You still haven't changed my mind it's always going to be intellect over brawn.
Click to expand...



Using that logic, a naked Einstein could beat a lion with nothing but his fists. The conditions of combat specified NAKED and UNARMED. If you start changing the rules, you might just as well allow the astronauts to have assault weapons against hog tied cave men.
 
Einstein ... :lmao: you miss the point, he is nowhere near the physical shape,stamina or rigorous training, as an astronaut.
 
Okay, then, how about this? Bruce Lee against a gorilla. Do you like that one? The Dragon gets dissected by the ape (and don't question my martial arts knowledge, I'm a 4th degree black belt and a licensed instructor. ) Intelligence simply isn't enough of an advantage against brute force unless technology or training are factored in, and since we're talking about naked, unarmed run of the mill astronauts, not Navy Seals, the muscle beats the brain every time.
 
white avenger said:
Okay, then, how about this? Bruce Lee against a gorilla. Do you like that one? The Dragon gets dissected by the ape (and don't question my martial arts knowledge, I'm a 4th degree black belt and a licensed instructor. ) Intelligence simply isn't enough of an advantage against brute force unless technology or training are factored in, and since we're talking about naked, unarmed run of the mill astronauts, not Navy Seals, the muscle beats the brain every time.
Click to expand...

In your opinion, In my opinion ingenuity in the face of such force can easily overcome the the strength, and he can use his opponents strength to his advantage own advantage.
 
Yes, astronauts don't get a whole lot of combat training. Except maybe the ones that the Men In Black hire. NASA astronauts just have to have endurance and be able to not throw up or pass out in thin air and zero gravity.
Being in good shape is really two things here. We have Olympic Swimmers and then we have Mike Tyson also. They aren't really the same thing.

And EVEN if you put them in their "average Saturday morning attire" and let them use whatever weapons they could forge in 30 minutes in the African Rainforest....the poor astronauts...even if they COULD make a more "advanced" weapon than the cavemen, the cavemen would still be more skilled in actually USING their weapons for battle because they do it all the time to survive. The astronauts usually go to Save-Mart for their food and call the police when in peril.

Edit:

In your opinion, In my opinion ingenuity in the face of such force can easily overcome the the strength, and he can use his opponents strength to his advantage own advantage.
Click to expand...

That's also assuming that astronauts are actually all that intelligent.
They aren't the ones who design the space shuttle after all. They aren't the scientists designing the missions...just the ones trained to run the shuttle and go up. Seems to me, they have to ask "Houston" what to do ALL the time!
 
Folks. as much as I love a good verbal tussle, we've about beat this dog to death, and I'm an old man who has to get up and go to church in about 5 hours. Y'all have at it for as long as you care to, but this ol' cave man's gonna crawl back in his hole for the night. Be seein' ya around the boards.
 
I just love this line of thought, it was once said that if you want to start an argument at the dinner table then mention religion or politics, but not now. It's who'd win the caveman or the astronaught.
 
I gotta say the cavemen because I don't think the astronauts could survive against brute stength. Maybe if the astronauts had weapons or something but if it was just a fight with no weapons or anything- cavemen would win!
 
I gotta go with caveman too...they would be working off natural instsinct and Astronauts aren't exactly trained in the martial arts!
 
I just watched this episode the other day and was cracking up because they were having such a heated argument over something so silly.
I'd have to go with caveman. Maybe because I picture cavemen as being more instinctual. I just can't picture astronauts fighting to the death and that is probably what it would take to win (a caveman would probably have no problem with that).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom