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chervilant

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67. Backatcha!

Sun May 6, 2012, 02:40 PM

May 2012

I hope to post many more threads, since I'm too poor (and too old?) to march with our intrepid compatriots in the now global push-back against the Corporate Megalomaniacs who've usurped our media, our politics, and our global economy.

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Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species. [View all] chervilant May 2012 OP

This. hunter May 2012 #1

Right RobertEarl May 2012 #2

"Think of collapse as a new beginning." LORDY, I got flamed for saying the same thing. Zalatix May 2012 #3

I can see your point chervilant May 2012 #6

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Time? Time is nothing RobertEarl May 2012 #32

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describe a 'soul' RobertEarl May 2012 #36

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no RobertEarl May 2012 #43

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heh RobertEarl May 2012 #71

Here's one for you. Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #72

Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking? RobertEarl May 2012 #78

Evolution, or devolution? flvegan May 2012 #4

"evolution as a species"? That sounds biological muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #5

Actually, chervilant May 2012 #7

It's because you say "as a species" muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #12

Leave no nit un-picked... GliderGuider May 2012 #13

The 'nit' is in the thread title muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #15

"things are going to be very different" can be a very valuable message GliderGuider May 2012 #16

Furthermore, chervilant May 2012 #20

Well, now, chervilant May 2012 #19

It's easily arguable muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #23

Wow. chervilant May 2012 #25

Read your OP again muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #29

Butting in here RobertEarl May 2012 #34

Nuclear war could count for your 1st point; but that wasn't in the OP muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #38

Extinction? RobertEarl May 2012 #42

You, in reply #2: "if humans go extinct" muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #45

You are the first in this thread, geez RobertEarl May 2012 #48

You're the one nitpicking over the use of a noun versus a verb, or synonyms muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #50

What a great time to be alive! GliderGuider May 2012 #8

My absolute FAVE ending of a movie! n/t chervilant May 2012 #9

Same here. By the way GliderGuider May 2012 #10

Indeed!! chervilant May 2012 #21

+1000 Wind Dancer May 2012 #11

Thank you. chervilant May 2012 #17

The longer I live the more convinced I am that Gene Roddenberry hifiguy May 2012 #14

Having been a geek child, chervilant May 2012 #18

sometimes I get episodes of paralyzing fear about these things Whisp May 2012 #22

I think our problem in this arena is a lack of evolution. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #24

Compared to every other species Rittermeister May 2012 #39

As long as we set the criteria for judgment, you're right. OTOH, I think Douglas Adams Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #46

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Despite the questionable source, chervilant May 2012 #28

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As with ANY data chervilant May 2012 #31

Sorry, I'm laughing too hard to post a response Zalatix May 2012 #35

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Okay, I'm done busting a gut here. In all seriousness, here is why you are so wrong. Zalatix May 2012 #49

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Denial is your friend. Zalatix May 2012 #74

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Wait, you don't recall saying this? Zalatix May 2012 #79

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uh, yeah, just like greenhouse gases are relevant only to greenhouses. Zalatix May 2012 #81

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I'm not putting any words in your mouth. Zalatix May 2012 #83

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I believe civilization as we run it now is unsustainable. Zalatix May 2012 #86

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what you fail to understand is, it's not a question of a train wreck. The train IS the wreck. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #77

I will never understand the need people feel to insist that whatever their situation is 4th law of robotics May 2012 #37

I agree. a medieval peasant would love to have our problems. Odin2005 May 2012 #44

It's also becoming more backward, less communal. and less habitable. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #47

Well, now, chervilant May 2012 #51

When people talk about saving the earth, they're really talking about saving us. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #55

Wow! chervilant May 2012 #57

We still have time to make it better. raouldukelives May 2012 #52

Indeed, yes. chervilant May 2012 #53

K&R to read when I get back later! sabrina 1 May 2012 #54

Nature abhors the steady state FarCenter May 2012 #56

And extinction? chervilant May 2012 #58

While extinction is possible, it is not very probable FarCenter May 2012 #59

Yeah, chervilant May 2012 #63

and not just our extinction dana_b May 2012 #60

Lots more species have come and gone before humans appeared in the very recent past. FarCenter May 2012 #61

of course dana_b May 2012 #66

Which confirms that evolution really doesn't have a direction. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #62

Agreed. chervilant May 2012 #64

Lol, and we are just a blip in the timeline of life. Our existence is so short on the timeline of sabrina 1 May 2012 #65

Backatcha! chervilant May 2012 #67

Speaking of "evolution"... GliderGuider May 2012 #68

I think you would appreciate chervilant May 2012 #69

Oh yeah! I go all over smiles when I read Sahlins. GliderGuider May 2012 #75