Posts by IP

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Doing the best I can on the Global Warming...

by Gregor in

jw
friends

this winter is not over but it has, so far, been brutal.

in our part of the world we have seen weeks of sub-freezing temps and blizzards that have left us virtually isolated.

we live very modestly, no 10,000 sq ft mansions, no private jets or limosines, but, none the less, we do what we can to speed up global warming.

IP_SEC

human caused (us as a species) global warming is bunk dani. So ya it is funny.

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Interesting article on evolution

by Caedes in

http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .

IP_SEC

You guys act like cultural evolution is not biological evolution. This is not so.

A group of baboons. Only the most agressive males mate. Humans move in with a trash dump. Only the most aggressive males get to eat there. The most aggressive baboons get TB and die off. All that is left are the less aggressive males. They mate. A new less aggressive troop is born in one generation. Pretty quick evolution of a subset.

Evolution is predictive... but dang hard to predict.

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Interesting article on evolution

by Caedes in

http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .

IP_SEC

Exactly DrW. Its kinda just as directly as indirectly though. Evolution is evolution regardless of the pressure.

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Interesting article on evolution

by Caedes in

http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .

IP_SEC

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990810064914.htm

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Interesting article on evolution

by Caedes in

http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .

IP_SEC

Again I disagree drwtsn that these are learned and unlearned abilities. Technology is an evolutionary pressure. The discovery of fire permanently changed the genome.

AND

I dont know if there has been a study done on this but it seems that children raised in the digital age have an inate ability to comprehend the digital world better that previous generations. This isnt just being raised and learning, these are kiddos at 1.5 to 3 years of age.

Genetic memory has been put forth as a scientifically viable idea.

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Your best pick-up line?

by Newborn in

jw
friends

i've got a few "would you care for a nice massage?

" lately... and guys i have to tell you... it's not working!!!.

/newby.

IP_SEC

No mrmaj. Pick up lines dont work.

Hi my name is Matt *whilst eye f*cking her* usually works best.

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Interesting article on evolution

by Caedes in

http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .

IP_SEC

Elsewhere, that's certainly a type of evolution ... a cultural shift in our needs and abilities. But it has nothing to do with "real" evolution.

I disagree. Evolution is evolution whether the pressure is predator or technology. Our brain has evolved to the point it can wrangle evolutionary pressures that were once beyond our control. This is still evolution.

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