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84. I read some whacked-out science fiction back in the day...
but eventually I realized that the "fiction" part of the label was more descriptive than the "science" part. Nothing against science fiction - it's just loony to think it's real.
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  -How is the idea of a group of people being "more evolved" TZ  Mar-13-09 07:36 AM   #0 
  - It certainly makes me wonder.  cosmik debris   Mar-13-09 07:59 AM   #1 
  - We "normals" wouldn't have to die off...  Silent3   Mar-13-09 08:09 AM   #2 
     - You're right of course.  cosmik debris   Mar-13-09 08:23 AM   #4 
        - Just as bad as the supposed speed of this evolution...  Silent3   Mar-13-09 08:33 AM   #5 
        - You gave me a great idea for some new woo.  cosmik debris   Mar-13-09 08:48 AM   #6 
        - ?  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:22 PM   #15 
           - Wrong.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 05:24 PM   #16 
           - Well you live in your pinball universe and I'll live in the one we share  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:30 PM   #19 
              - Teleology is a delusion based on imposing human social reality onto the physical world.  Odin2005   Mar-13-09 06:04 PM   #24 
                 - teleology  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 06:38 PM   #25 
                    - Wrong, you said:  Odin2005   Mar-13-09 06:52 PM   #28 
                       - sorry, that was a quote of someone else.  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 07:08 PM   #29 
                          - DOH! My bad! n/t.  Odin2005   Mar-13-09 08:18 PM   #30 
           - I'm confused about both what it is that you're referring to...  Silent3   Mar-13-09 08:21 PM   #31 
           - I thought Deep 13's post had a lot of good points  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 11:00 PM   #35 
              - A bicycle is not a horse and a teacup isn't your grandmother.  Silent3   Mar-14-09 12:12 AM   #39 
              - I am not your generic boogeyman. Your post is not a direct response, it's scattershot  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 03:22 AM   #40 
                 - A generic response is the that best vague handwaving and generic disagreeableness deserves...  Silent3   Mar-14-09 08:37 AM   #42 
                    - My message was that you could have responded directly to what I wrote, rather than scattershot  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 01:44 PM   #43 
                    - When no one seems to understand what you're getting at...  Silent3   Mar-14-09 02:24 PM   #48 
                       - The reply began by praising Deep 13's post!!!!!  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 02:53 PM   #49 
                    - You got a love letter too?  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 02:05 PM   #46 
                       - rather a witness of your intent to harm  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 03:04 PM   #50 
                          - You're the one sending hissy fits in the form of a pm. Am I supposed to be intimidated?  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 05:11 PM   #52 
                             - Intimidated? No. Rational? One would have hoped.  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 05:22 PM   #53 
                                - Your posts in this group are some of the most irrational I've ever seen.  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 05:49 PM   #56 
                                   - DU is welcome to read my posts w/o your misrepresentations and violations  omega minimo   Mar-14-09 05:52 PM   #57 
                                   - Oh, trust me, they are. Why, you have as many fans in this group as you do everywhere else.  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 06:03 PM   #59 
                                   - but if your ideas weren't misrepresented, they wouldn't have any meaning at all  CreekDog   Mar-27-09 05:13 PM   #107 
                                   - OMG...that thread was a train wreck...  SidDithers   Mar-31-09 01:46 PM   #130 
              - One or two little details...  LooseWilly   Mar-15-09 08:31 PM   #72 
                 - More detail please  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 10:56 PM   #78 
           - assumption:You are a fossil.  jeff30997   Jul-21-09 08:47 AM   #133 
        - speaking of detectors........  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:19 PM   #13 
           - Because the claim made...  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 05:27 PM   #18 
           - AFAIK  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:31 PM   #20 
              - How does it not imply some instantaneous process?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 05:33 PM   #22 
                 - AFAIK  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 06:39 PM   #26 
                    - I'm with High Fructose...  LooseWilly   Mar-15-09 08:49 PM   #73 
           - It is not an assumption  cosmik debris   Mar-13-09 11:08 PM   #37 
  - We all exist at the same point in time, therefore, ...  Deep13   Mar-13-09 08:16 AM   #3 
  - Interesting.  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:26 PM   #17 
  - This OP is a dangerous example of propaganda based on complete misinterpretation & misrepresentation  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 04:13 PM   #7 
  - You are in the wrong place.  cosmik debris   Mar-13-09 04:29 PM   #8 
  - Actually, I think that's a fine question.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 04:52 PM   #10 
  - If there is any such attitude, it would be good to know that  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:10 PM   #12 
  - They're not inflammatory, they're just assumptions.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 05:19 PM   #14 
  - You know that's not true  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 05:33 PM   #21 
     - If a person gets offended does that mean something is inflammatory?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 05:34 PM   #23 
        - If a person/group use it to be inflammatory intentionally, does that mean something is inflammatory?  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 06:42 PM   #27 
           - Intentionally inflammatory? You mean like these comments?:  beam me up scottie   Mar-13-09 09:26 PM   #32 
           - You are posting  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 10:31 PM   #33 
              - Right. You can't wait to go running back to your little pals and brag about how you set us straight.  beam me up scottie   Mar-13-09 10:49 PM   #34 
                 - If I went "running back" it would be to "brag" that I gave up......  omega minimo   Mar-13-09 11:04 PM   #36 
                    - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-13-09 11:14 PM   #38 
           - Wait, what "it"? n/t  LooseWilly   Mar-15-09 09:41 PM   #75 
  - I can't locate the poster who commented on very personal objections to any such "superiority"  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 11:50 PM   #81 
  - Really  TZ   Mar-14-09 05:41 PM   #54 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-13-09 05:03 PM   #11 
  - Actually, the OP doesn't claim anyone has any attitudes.  LooseWilly   Mar-15-09 09:05 PM   #74 
  - I'd say it's less in that it hasn't got a malicious, racist intent.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-13-09 04:51 PM   #9 
  - I agree...  LeftishBrit   Mar-14-09 01:55 PM   #44 
  - I don't think its got it YET...  TZ   Mar-14-09 06:20 PM   #62 
  - Any parent who claims their indigo child isn't superior is either lying or grossly ignorant.  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 04:14 AM   #41 
  - Interesting thread...  LeftishBrit   Mar-14-09 01:56 PM   #45 
  - You're just a hater.  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 02:19 PM   #47 
  - Hey, mine too!  mr blur   Mar-14-09 04:38 PM   #51 
  - This thread proves my hyppthesis  TZ   Mar-14-09 05:49 PM   #55 
  - HERE I AM TO SAVE THE DAY!  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 05:58 PM   #58 
  - Somebody used the word jihad  TZ   Mar-14-09 06:05 PM   #60 
     - One would think it would be brave for one to come in here picking fights.  beam me up scottie   Mar-14-09 06:20 PM   #63 
     - You can't have a rational discussion with someone who refuses to adopt a rationalist attitude.  Odin2005   Mar-29-09 11:17 AM   #124 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-14-09 06:19 PM   #61 
  - Two things about the idea of some people being 'more evolved' bother me.  Random_Australian   Mar-14-09 10:14 PM   #64 
  - Yes, we attempted discussing that earlier in thread  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 12:45 AM   #66 
     - I'm for attemping again. You seem to respond to potshots versus the indigos, so I'll start there.  Random_Australian   Mar-15-09 05:44 AM   #67 
        - Bravo  TZ   Mar-15-09 06:57 AM   #68 
        - I'm sorry  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 01:01 PM   #69 
           - You finally get a chance for a serious discussion, and you say "I won't now"  uppityperson   Mar-23-09 04:12 AM   #104 
  - Indigo/crystal woofers believe they're superior/more evolved because they read it on teh internets.  beam me up scottie   Mar-15-09 12:16 AM   #65 
  - It isn't -- it's 100% the basis of Eugenics (Good OP!)  LostinVA   Mar-15-09 07:16 PM   #70 
  - We all evolve  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 09:58 PM   #76 
     - Hahahaha  TZ   Mar-15-09 10:46 PM   #77 
     - and after all that  omega minimo   Mar-15-09 11:00 PM   #79 
     - My point is your total little exposition on us all "evolving"  TZ   Mar-16-09 07:53 AM   #95 
        - Sorry, never have  omega minimo   Mar-16-09 11:32 AM   #98 
           - PSST...  TZ   Mar-16-09 11:59 AM   #99 
     - But Kryon says we CAN CHANGE OUR OWN DNA!  beam me up scottie   Mar-15-09 11:33 PM   #80 
        - What. The. Fuck.  AZCat   Mar-15-09 11:54 PM   #82 
           - And stolen from Umberto Eco, I'd venture to say  Orrex   Mar-16-09 12:02 AM   #83 
           - I read some whacked-out science fiction back in the day...  AZCat   Mar-16-09 12:09 AM   #84 
           - Bizarre. Ignorant. And a gold mine. That's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.  beam me up scottie   Mar-16-09 12:28 AM   #85 
              - Shilling for disembodied entities must be pretty lucrative...  AZCat   Mar-16-09 12:40 AM   #86 
              - Check it out, it's a freakin' empire.  beam me up scottie   Mar-16-09 01:16 AM   #88 
              - If you didn't have the scapegoat, you'd have more time to spend constructively  omega minimo   Mar-16-09 01:05 AM   #87 
                 - Like you spend yours- trolling for attention in groups where you're not welcome? No thanks.  beam me up scottie   Mar-16-09 01:32 AM   #89 
                    - OIC  omega minimo   Mar-16-09 01:35 AM   #90 
                       - I have rarely encounter such stupidity as yours. You're really pissing me off.  mr blur   Mar-16-09 07:23 AM   #94 
     - 'The perpetuation of the "superior" attitude that no one on DU AFAIK has stated' - you did yourself  muriel_volestrangler   Mar-16-09 08:05 AM   #96 
     - First, individual organisms do not evolve.  trotsky   Mar-16-09 08:14 AM   #97 
        - A standard tactic of woo-thinking is to co-opt scientific terminology  Orrex   Mar-16-09 01:52 PM   #100 
           - Jargon is meant to be confusing and impart a feeling of awe and impressiveness  uppityperson   Mar-23-09 04:16 AM   #105 
           - Don't forget the woos hijacking quantum mechanics without understanding of QM.  Odin2005   Mar-29-09 11:23 AM   #125 
           - #7 and #10...  SidDithers   Mar-31-09 02:39 PM   #131 
  - OK, settle down children! no need to keep flaming each other.  Odin2005   Mar-15-09 07:46 PM   #71 
  - "there is a gap between the brain and the skull. Obviously an evolutionary step"  beam me up scottie   Mar-16-09 02:40 AM   #91 
  - What absolute bullshit! (nt)  mr blur   Mar-16-09 04:54 AM   #92 
  - That's pretty sad  moggie   Mar-28-09 06:24 PM   #112 
     - True.  beam me up scottie   Mar-28-09 08:21 PM   #114 
  - Yeah but if we don't become Indigo we'll never be invited to join The Federation  mr blur   Mar-16-09 04:58 AM   #93 
  - I should read threads in total before posting  Djinn   Mar-21-09 11:20 PM   #101 
  - It's like she wants woo to be recognized as a religion so that no one can criticize them.  beam me up scottie   Mar-22-09 11:03 PM   #102 
     - even if it were it definitely wouldn't stop me criticising them  Djinn   Mar-23-09 02:40 AM   #103 
        - Exactly, no religious beliefs are off limits on DU, just ask scientologists.  beam me up scottie   Mar-23-09 07:52 AM   #106 
           - When there are no facts to support a position then they resort to the personal level  bluedawg12   Mar-28-09 10:13 AM   #108 
           - The 'religion' of science....  CanSocDem   Mar-28-09 01:02 PM   #109 
              - I love it when people refer to the 'religion of science'  Orrex   Mar-28-09 02:51 PM   #110 
              - I'm surprised Nurse Ratchet lets him access teh internets.  beam me up scottie   Mar-28-09 07:04 PM   #113 
              - Or he has to sleep off the headache resulting from the pillow-induced snooze  Orrex   Mar-28-09 08:23 PM   #115 
              - I hate it when people don't understand...  CanSocDem   Mar-29-09 09:52 AM   #119 
                 - And I hate fundies  TZ   Mar-29-09 10:03 AM   #120 
                 - With me it's ...  CanSocDem   Mar-29-09 10:22 AM   #122 
                    - "people who don't see irony even when it is slappin' them in the head"  cosmik debris   Mar-29-09 10:34 AM   #123 
                    - Nope YOU ARE THE SELF ADMITTED BIGOT  TZ   Mar-29-09 03:23 PM   #128 
                 - You keep making the same mistake  Orrex   Mar-29-09 11:42 AM   #126 
                    - As do you.  CanSocDem   Mar-29-09 02:12 PM   #127 
                       - You just get wackier and wackier.  Orrex   Mar-29-09 04:02 PM   #129 
                          - Ignore  WoodrowFan   Jul-21-09 10:57 AM   #134 
              - Weird beliefs and fanatical followers  TZ   Mar-28-09 06:12 PM   #111 
              - Let's pretend you are capable of learning the difference between woo and science.  beam me up scottie   Mar-28-09 09:18 PM   #116 
                 - OK, what do you think?  salvorhardin   Mar-28-09 09:26 PM   #117 
                    - Cage match?  beam me up scottie   Mar-28-09 11:23 PM   #118 
                       - And she has the Pink Beehive Shag Mullet of DEATHHHHHH  Heddi   Mar-29-09 10:12 AM   #121 
  - Hey gang. Please don't give the hateful bigot a stage.  salvorhardin   Mar-31-09 05:05 PM   #132 
 

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