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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: US officials accused of covering up human deaths from BSE |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2006, 3:11 pm
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Glad I'm a vegetarian too.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
And you omnivores shouldn't complain- you shouldn't realistically expect top quality meat when you're paying 99 cents for a hamburger... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2006, 5:49 pm
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Replies: 24
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| A self-sustaining, self-replicating machine would have to be able to keep itself alive. All machines have a weakness whether it's a plug (into an outlet) or parts that wear out over time. And at the same time, any "thinking machine" would have to use electricity for thought- anything else is just to... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Who here has (or has had) a Sales job? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2006, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I was a salesman for many years. I started with a coin and baseball card company and I was doing cold calling... calling strangers out of the blue to get them to buy the worthless crap we sold at ridiculous prices. I was so good at it that I eventually became the head of the sales department for the... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Buh bye |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2006, 9:48 am
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Replies: 40
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| >>Are you still around Ladakh? Have we changed your mind at all? How are you feeling? Whats the situation?<< I am still here. I have been talking privately with TheMachine1 about stuff and that helps a little. Quartermass wrote on another board: >>Ah, something to take your mind off the deadline, eh... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2006, 9:41 am
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| I have thought about that but disagree, mostly because I am a human machine and not a machine machine. But if you're right and the next step is free willed, self-replicating machines then we are very very close to that becoming a reality. If this is true then we already know who will replace us: goo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2006, 9:05 am
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Replies: 24
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| It is very difficult to keep this discussion without resporting to philosophy. Is there value to wisdom and compassion? Of course- without wisdom and compassion, things would start to self-destruct. If we all agree that after life itself, the most important thing is to evolve into a higher intellige... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 9:51 pm
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| >>The ability to reproduce is the most important aspect of survival. It's why birds, mosquitoes, cockroaches, etc. are far more populous than elephants, monkeys, dolphins, etc. We as humans do OK mainly because we've killed off everything else that could threaten us...that and we do tend to screw a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 9:42 pm
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| >>Statistically, extra-terrestrial life is likely, but we'll likely never be able to reach it, and prove it.<< That was one of my points... ETs. Specifically, "Type 3 civilizations". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale Let me give you an example. A type 3 civilization would have mastery ove... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 5:38 pm
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| Actually, I'd like to revise my own statement. The most important thing in the universe is life. Do we all agree that life pops up wherever it can, meaning not only is the Earth completly full of life but most of the universe has (or had or will have) life... that the entire universe is nothing but ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 3:32 pm
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| >>No. We need to evolve physically so that we have, like, wings and tails and stuff.<< I don't know if you were kidding or not but I believe it's better to be smart(er) than grow wings or tails or fins or whatever... with increased knowledge, you can build stuff like artificial planes and submarines... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Human evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 2:00 pm
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| Do we all agree that the most important part of human evolution is our mental capacity? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The liberal BEP |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 15
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| You forget the Nixon $3.00 bill |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2006, 8:40 am
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| People in the past knew the value to reading and writing, we take it for granted. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: My confused sexuality... |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2006, 9:49 pm
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| >>I never had to be told about sex. It was in my very nature.<< What age did you start masturbating and deriving pleasure from it? >>As I got older, I was confused about Barbie dolls. Where was the definition within the area of the mons pubis? Where was the pubic hair. I got out the marker and began... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Really Stupid Pet Peeves |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2006, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Annoying, repetative sounds. Like someone tapping their fingernails on a table. A lot of people talking at once, especially in a small room. People who do not say thank you. People who can't spell. People who can spell, but are too lazy to properly spell. Non-handicapped people in handicapped spaces... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Best System of Government |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2006, 9:01 pm
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| Awesomelyglorious- I read your post several times and simply have to agree with what you said. I also did more research and found out that most multi-millionaires in America are seniors and most of them got it from real estate, not businessmen. Excellent points you brought up. |
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