Open Question: Is this considered plagiarism?

Just for some context to the situation, lets say someone said they thought such and such was going to win American Idol. If you say, Nope, not from a book. American Idol is actually found in a book, they probably would think youre weird. Although American Idol isnt their own idea, who will win is an idea they thought of on their own. Also, they probably got American Idol from TV, not a book they read, even if its found in a book.Hopefully all of you are on the same page as me so far?Now to the question: In high school, a teacher told us there used to be some people who believed evil spirits caused mental disorders. They then would drill holes in the heads of the person acting crazy and it would make them stop acting weird, in reality brain damage, so they were under the false impression that it released the evil spirits. So years later, one of my roommates asked me what I thought the main weakness of the scientific method is. My response, "It's always possible that there is another theory out there that can explain the same exact evidence better." Him, "Well, all you have to do is rule out all other theories." Then I responded that no matter how hard you try it's always possible there's another possibility. I used the historical event I heard from a high school teacher years ago (which I never read in a book), and made up a pretend experiment of how the Scientific Method could go wrong. I said that scientists could have a control and experimental group where they drilled holes in an experimental group, but not a control group, to test their theory that evil spirits cause insanity (kind of like how they have an experimental control to test new drugs. However, the scientists wouldn't prove because the better explanation would be that there was really brain damage. Ive never seen a book use that as a hypothetical experiment of how the scientific method could go wrong. Then my roommate said, "Nope, not from a book." Me, "That's not from a book, I made up that example myself!" Him, "Not from a book! Anyway, the weakness of the Scientific Method is that you come up with a null hypothesis, and it's always possible that the null may be true." That seemed unfair, because earlier he told me he took some statistics classes, and you hear statistics all the time say that the null hypothesis is a weakness in Science. Im suspicious that he didnt get his answer from a book and that I did. Then later he was talking about a study where they found people are more attracted to symmetrical faces, and you hear about those studies all the time from "books".Then later someone told me that my answer was plagiarism from a book, because although I never read the historical example from a book, its bound to be in a book. That doesnt even make sense to me, because just like the American Idol example, I never said my idea was the historical event but rather my hypothetical experiment, based on it, that I made up.Is that plagiarism from a book?lemakine,The historical example I heard from the high school teacher wasn't my idea. The hypothetical experiment, that never happened, that I based it on was what I was presenting as my idea.When Einstein came up with E=MC2, he didn't invent E or M or C himself, which came from books, but rather E=MC2 was what his actual idea was.

Open Question: Is this considered plagiarism from a book?

Just for some context to the situation, lets say someone said they thought such and such was going to win American Idol. If you say, Nope, not from a book. American Idol is actually found in a book, they probably would think youre weird. Although American Idol isnt their own idea, who will win is an idea they thought of on their own. Also, they probably got American Idol from TV, not a book they read, even if its found in a book.Hopefully all of you are on the same page as me so far?Now to the question: In high school, a teacher told us there used to be some people who believed evil spirits caused mental disorders. They then would drill holes in the heads of the person acting crazy and it would make them stop acting weird, in reality brain damage, so they were under the false impression that it released the evil spirits. So years later, one of my roommates asked me what I thought the main weakness of the scientific method is. My response, "It's always possible that there is another theory out there that can explain the same exact evidence better." Him, "Well, all you have to do is rule out all other theories." Then I responded that no matter how hard you try it's always possible there's another possibility. I used the historical event I heard from a high school teacher years ago (which I never read in a book), and made up a pretend experiment of how the Scientific Method could go wrong. I said that scientists could have a control and experimental group where they drilled holes in an experimental group, but not a control group, to test their theory that evil spirits cause insanity (kind of like how they have an experimental control to test new drugs. However, the scientists wouldn't prove because the better explanation would be that there was really brain damage. Ive never seen a book use that as a hypothetical experiment of how the scientific method could go wrong. Then my roommate said, "Nope, not from a book." Me, "That's not from a book, I made up that example myself!" Him, "Not from a book! Anyway, the weakness of the Scientific Method is that you come up with a null hypothesis, and it's always possible that the null may be true." That seemed unfair, because earlier he told me he took some statistics classes, and you hear statistics all the time say that the null hypothesis is a weakness in Science. Im suspicious that he didnt get his answer from a book and that I did. Then later he was talking about a study where they found people are more attracted to symmetrical faces, and you hear about those studies all the time from "books".Then later someone told me that my answer was plagiarism from a book, because although I never read the historical example from a book, its bound to be in a book. That doesnt even make sense to me, because just like the American Idol example, I never said my idea was the historical event but rather my hypothetical experiment, based on it, that I made up. Personally, I think my hypothetical experiment is too cheesy to be found in an actual book. I mean, a hypothetical experiment of scientists drilling in heads to release evil spirits and putting it into a peer-review journal?Is that plagiarism from a book?Bob,I never said that trepanation used to be a valid science. I didn't know what that word was until I just looked it up. All I did was took a historical event that my high school teacher mentioned years ago, and then invented a hypothetical experiment out of it that one could put in a peer-review journal. I only pointed out that scientists could hypothesize that evil spirits cause insanity, and in the peer-review journal conclude that it's true because their observation that drilling in the head stops the insanity (indirect hypothesis testing, which scientists do all the time with unobservables). I only used it to back when I said, "There may always be a better theory to explain the evidence" (which in the context wasn't presented as my own idea) using the hypothetical experiment (my own idea since I never saw it in a book). I used a historical event that I never saw in a book to create a hypothetical experiment that I doubt anyone would use in a book.I wasn't trying to say that the example I used was any good. I just didn't get how my hypothetical experiment was found in a book, while my roommate saying the null hypothesis possibly being true is less from a book, when the null hypothesis weakness is talked about all the time in statistics classes, which he took earlier. I felt like he was being hypocritical. Then later he brought up the symmetrical faces being more attractive, which I thought was really hypocritical because that's definitely in books all the time.Overall, I don't know why books matter at all, but in this situation I thought my roommate himself was quite from a book.

Open Question: Idol Tour Questions? I Just need answers on what I should do. Its my 1st concert!! Please help me?

Ok so like im soo exicted cause I get to go see The American Idols and im soo exicted about seeing Danny Gokey!!!!!!!!!! Hes my everything!! I got a few questions for those who either went to the Portland show or has either been in the past1. Could I possibly get to see theri dress rehersal??2.. How big were the security gaurds...how tough did they look3. Ticketmaster is not working for me is there any other site where i can get tixs for less the 100bucks.4. How early should I get there if i wanna meet Dany5. Were there any meet and greets at yours?/ Did they have meet and greets after the concert?6. Did they Idols come out wen they finshed7. If i was to attend the first meet and greet..can i go to the next one?8. Did they allow cameras at yours??9. Is anyone going to the one in Duluth on the 31th of July?10. Can we bring the Idols presents?11. In general how early should i get there?12. Any tips for me..if you can give me as many as possibleIM JUST WONDERING CAUSE IM 16AND THIS IS MY FIRST CONCERT! DO YOU TINK THEY WOULD LET ANYONE GET UPCLOSE CHEAP IF YOU HAVE BAD VISION/HEARING CAUSE I DO...but if you can answer my questiosn thank yous sooo much!! I hope to meet some of you at the concert! If your a Kradam fan Allicat fan Lambskank or Gokey Gang Member then message me and let me know if your going to mines..and what do hyou think i should wear..im a little chuby im 5'4 and im 16 with dark brown hair and brown eyes and im mixed..so any answers will be nice thank yall