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@Unseen, I’m stuck on the “frittering away my last days on Earth” comment you made.   Is something up?  If so, I’m very sorry to hear it.

1) It depends what you mean by “truly random”.  I believe the mathematicians have a very specific definition for that; indeed I believe there are several different classifications of randomness.   For ord…[Read more]

@unseen – “For Thomas Jefferson and a neanderthal, and so on back through their evolutionary predecessors, the dinosaurs and amoebae.”

– do people really say that?  I don’t think they do.  I think the whole argument is a bit “straw man”, and his definitions are all a bit weird.  For example, he doesn’t attempt (or maybe he is cut short) to gi…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:@unseen maybe so, but that may have turned against Him. Refusing to give up the microphone to a black woman may have looked badly.

He looked spineless. I think he lost the nomination that moment in Seattle. The GOP and/or Trump will replay that moment over and over. It’s Sanders’ 47% moment.

Belle Rose wrote:@Unseen they were in his face. They were threatening Him. It doesn’t make him “weak.” he was probably scared. He looked scared. But What appalled me was how NO ONE (hello, security?) took the initiative to escort them away. That’s a security guard with muscles, hand cuffs and a radio’s job. Not a poor defenseless old man.

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Belle Rose wrote:@Unseen – I think Bernie Sanders is not “weak”. Why was there no security? I don’t fault Sanders for what happened if there was no one to have his back.

He could have not given up the microphone. What could they have done then? Wrestled with an old man?

Gerard Wood wrote:@Unseen – Just a grunt or maybe a middle finger? I can’t see any way other than body language. I imagine that body size might make a difference. I really don’t know. I have seen animals react and size doesn’t seem to matter. How could one communicate any concept without language?

If you’re communicating anything, then by some de…[Read more]

@Unseen – Just a grunt or maybe a middle finger? I can’t see any way other than body language. I imagine that body size might make a difference. I really don’t know. I have seen animals react and size doesn’t seem to matter. How could one communicate any concept without language?

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And yet, we are the ones who are so frequently criticized for being ignorant or naive regarding the inner workings of other countries.

I hadn’t realized I’d raised the bar too high 🙂

Strega wrote:@Unseen, sorry I was unclear. I meant to see it from the perspective of someone either overseas, or with less awareness of the system of your election process.

And yet, we are the ones who are so frequently criticized for being ignorant or naive regarding the inner workings of other countries.

@Unseen, sorry I was unclear. I meant to see it from the perspective of someone either overseas, or with less awareness of the system of your election process.

Strega wrote:@Unseen you have to try to see it from some other perspective from the one in your head normally.

I’m well aware of the other perspectives. Haven’t I been writing about them?

@Simonm I can totally relate to your thinking it was a joke. I would have thought that too, before I moved here. I wasn’t aware of his position as an anti-vaccine proponent. Thanks, I think…

It’s a little unnerving discovering you live in a country where Mitt Romney (and his magic undies) is nowhere near the bottom of the barrel.

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@Unseen. You can be as dismissive as you like, but for the rest of the world, Trump appears to be a serious contender for the Republican nomination. He’s out there in your shop window, garnering support. I thought we had reached the land of insanity when Mitt and his magic underwear were in the news. Now I see that was only a mild taster.

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Species move around, disappearing from where they originally “belonged” and taking up what can only be described as temporary residence somewhere else.

I wasn’t talking about species, I was talking about individual animals. E.g. Zimbabwe is home to X lions. Obviously species as a whole can move, change, and even span multiple cou…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:@Unseen wrote, “Mostly, nature is about living and being killed rather than living and dying. Most animals don’t die with friends and relatives by their side as they pass on. If they aren’t eaten alive, they die a lonely and painful death.”

– so that’s another reason why we’re all connected. All life contains a multitude of…

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Belle Rose wrote:@Unseen it’s not “new agey!” our DNA has evolved as such…all life evolved from DNA. There is nothing “new agey” about that ?

It sounds New Agey and unless you’re stating it in its most obvious and humdrum sense, it begins to get into that New Agey way of looking at things. Obviously, we are all connected on some level in the same…[Read more]

@Unseen wrote, “Mostly, nature is about living and being killed rather than living and dying. Most animals don’t die with friends and relatives by their side as they pass on. If they aren’t eaten alive, they die a lonely and painful death.”

– so that’s another reason why we’re all connected. All life contains a multitude of processes, str…[Read more]

@Mriana – maybe Poppy is part Siamese. She is all black but has that long lithe look.

@Unseen – is your cat a pedigree or part pedigree? She seems pretty demonstrative.

@bellerose very likely, Occams Razor proposes the simplest answer is likely to be the correct one. Plus I kind of like the image of @Unseen‘s cat holding a toy in its mouth, staring at Unseen, commanding, “Dance, little boy! Dance and play for me!” in cat-speak.

@Unseen Good topic. We are drafting etc, and can amend rules. The thing to bear in mind are that the rules are to protect the site from abuse and try to let the ads carry the site cost. That’s all we are really trying to achieve.