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Strega replied to the topic Why do cats purr?" in the forum
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months ago@unseen Some wild cats purr too. Apparently, the cats that purr can’t roar, and those that can roar can’t purr. The purring is currently being studied as potentially a healing activity. The idea is that the frequency helps bones and cuts to heal much faster!
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why do cats purr?" in the forum
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoThanks, that is really interesting. It does seem like “attachment” is probably the main function.
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Unseen replied to the topic Why do cats purr?" in the forum
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoSimon Paynton wrote:
Some people say it’s a healing mechanism. But I observe that cats purr when they’re happy. So if it was a healing mechanism, they would purr when they’re sad or in pain.“Not all cat purrs are purrs of contentment. Cats purr when they are stressed, in pain, or severely ill. Often, cats at the end of life will purr. Cats enter…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Why do cats purr?" in the forum
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoAnyone who knows cats knows that cats, when they do anything, do it because they fucking well feel like doing it.
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Simon Paynton started the topic Why do cats purr?" in the forum
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoSome people say it’s a healing mechanism. But I observe that cats purr when they’re happy. So if it was a healing mechanism, they would purr when they’re sad or in pain.
Maybe this is it. The mummy cat and the kitten purr to each other to show that they are happy and feeling good. Therefore, the reason for purring is bonding between mot…[Read more]
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private posted an update in the group
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoOn October 23rd I finally overcame my cowardice and got another rescue cat (why do they always die too soon?). OMG! This one is a pistol, a snowball with pink ears, a dive-bomber and toe-biter, only one year old and guilty of terminal cuteness. Already I am fearing the loss of this beautiful creature who, unaccountably, seems to love me a whole…[Read more]
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That’s so sweet, Private! I think that cats are usually fairly indestructible, because they’re mostly mongrels. My mum just had a little long-haired white cat move in, she just came in lost out of nowhere, and for the first year she was there, she was the happiest cat you’ve ever seen. Apparently she has Maine Coon because she is very friendly…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Past Life Regression in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 7 months agoI think in a past life I was once a ladies field hockey pitch on a wet Sunday, on finals day. It was also the death of me. At least I really hope so.
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Strega replied to the topic Past Life Regression in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 7 months agoOh I like that, Robert! What an excellent excuse!
”I didn’t turn up to the meeting because I was reviewing my calendar in my head from a past life”
”I thought I’d paid you back, but it must have been in a past life”
“No, officer, I think you’re mixing me up with someone from a past life of yours”
I will try it out and keep you posted!
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Past Life Regression in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 7 months agoSo this news story reporter busted a palm reader bigtime….she was wrong about everything. Her excuse…she had inadvertently read one of his “past lives” and offered a refund…It could happen, right…
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer started the topic Past Life Regression in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 7 months ago
I watched some early morning TV recently and tuned into an episode of “The Doctors”. I did not know much about the show having only ever seen it in parts before then. I was not really paying much heed to it until I heard them say that “coming up next” there will be a segment on the merits of “past life regression” as a form of therapy. Goo…[Read more]
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Gregg R Thomas posted an update in the group
Atheist Cats 8 years, 7 months agoMy Cat Lil’Shit has gone to Kitty Heaven. I do miss him.
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Sorry about your cat, Gregg.
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tom sarbeck posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 8 months agoRIP the Standard Model–the Big Bang with Its Many Untested and Untestable Hypotheses
“It’s a mystery to me how comets work at all.”
–Donald Brownlee, principal investigator of NASA’s Stardust MissionNothing in the observed Universe has surprised astronomers and astrophysicists more than comets. Their “dirty snowball” hypothesis, for decades the…[Read more]
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Thanks, Tom – you always seem to give me a healthy skepticism for ‘scientific announcements’.
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Strega, when government departments have done what Congress funded them to do, Congress cuts their budgets and they have to reduce their payrolls. This time it’s NASA’s turn.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 8 months agoSinging?
That’s miles better than later telling him she has a headache.
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Strega replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 8 months ago@davis In Fiji, at the tribe gatherings the men speak and the women are not permitted to address the meeting, other than by whispering into their husbands ear and having him speak. Sometimes the men do not convey their woman’s words. If this happens, the woman starts to sing. Men are not permitted to speak whilst a woman is singing. Som…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 8 months agoWhy do humans have their particular social norms regarding sexuality and gender?
There is no social norms rearding sexuality and gender for humans. They vary greatly from place to place and over time. Even within the same country there are enormous differences per culture, class, education, profession etc. In some parts of the world women…[Read more]
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JadeBlackOlive posted an update in the group
Atheist Zone 8 years, 8 months agoWe thought this sounded pretty impressive……..
This ‘Lego-inspired’ Sooke home will be green – and fireproof – when it’s finished: builders
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Apparently, the stuff that you get inside disposable nappies (diapers) is fireproof. So if you coat your house with it, the house can withstand a forest fire.
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Those things are expensive & I doubt insurance would pay for them by the case lot……hahahha.
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Simon Paynton started the topic Human social norms of sexuality and gender in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 years, 8 months agoHow does this stack up?
Why do humans have their particular social norms regarding sexuality and gender?
- monogamy
- control and dominance of females by males at a cultural and societal level, and double-standards between male and female norms
- widespread prohibition on (especially male) homosexuality
Human sexual behaviour differs from…[Read more]
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