Here is something of a distraction. xponent For Real? Maru rob
----- Original Message ----- From: "the Hindmost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.music.yes Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:46 PM Subject: "Yes, we are sentient." > Yowsers, people talk to each other here in ways that if i would have > done so when i was a youthful mutant, my mommie dearest would have > slapped my face so hard, it would have gone around and around like > Daffy Duck's did if she had heard me do so... > > I can only imagine what it does to the hearts and the morale of the > members of yes, who have always seemed fairly decent people (with the > occasional exception hitherest and yonest)... > > It must hurt them a lot inwardly even if they put on an outward > appearance of "just shrugging it off"... > > It would probably please them a whole lot more if "their" newsgroup > was something that was a source of pride and satisfaction, the "best > on usenet" they could boast... > > The below is something i wrote for another reason, but it would seem > to apply here as well... It's sort of the "reader's digest" form, > highly condensed and simplified so it wouldn't be page after page of > scientific techno-babble that would cure anyone's insomnia.... > > The weird thing about all of the below is that i didn't start out > looking for it. I originally started out fooling around with the work > of Hawking and Penrose on collapsed stars, which eventually got me to > working at the sub-quantum level trying to figure out some things... > While doing so, i noticed that something was going on in my equations, > something that was causing interference... that there's something down > there causing problems in our universe's ability to function... i > still don't really know what the hell it is except that it's some kind > of parasite... > > I did notice that it had some sort of "connections" leading up into > the more macro universe, and three guesses where those "connections" > led me up to... > > I started with trying to figure out the mechanics of a singularity and > i ended up explaining some aspects of human behavior... now, that was > one really, really weird tangent... > > (P.s. a starship trooper does as a starship trooper is...) > > ............................................................................ ............................... > An Inquiry Into The Unnecessarily Abusive Behavior Displayed By > Primates To Other Primates And Other Living Things > > Primates are unnecessarily abusive to each other to a degree that has > no logic or rationality. > > In this inquiry, what are regarded as "primates" are the various > species of monkeys, apes, and hominids. Lemurs, aye-ayes, pottos, etc, > have been misclassified as primates due to the fact that they share > the same sort of inner ear bone structures as do primates. But they > aren't primates. Merely relatives who came off the same evolutionary > branch, but went their own way to become very different sorts of > lifeforms. > > Although the outer appearance of the various species of primates can > vary to various degrees, psychologically, there is no difference > whatsoever among any of them. Psychologically, all species are one > hundred percent identical. The psychology of a baboon is one hundred > percent the same as a chimpanzee and also one hundred percent the same > as a hominid. Mentally, the only real difference between the various > species is the amount of brain cells, particularly in the frontal > lobes. > > Or put in another way, if baboons had become sentient instead of > hominids, baboons would have just have been as much total screw ups as > hominids have been. The same for chimpanzees. Or gorillas. Or squirrel > monkeys, etc, etc, etc. > > Although there does seem to be something that happened in the > evolution of the bonobos that enabled them to escape at least to some > degree the predetermination to be complete screw ups that has so badly > plagued the other species of primates. > > All species of primates (with the fore mentioned bonobos being > somewhat of an exception) spend enormous amounts of time devising ways > to be sadistically abusive each other, and to other lifeforms when > possible. No matter how illogical and irrational and destructive this > behavior may be. For some individuals among the various species, they > literally spend every single moment of their lives plotting, planning, > and devising ways to be sadistically abusive to others. Awake or > asleep, they devote virtually the entirety of their mental efforts to > being abusive. > > It is no exaggeration to say that primates have been their worst > enemy. Nothing else has caused the various species of primates as much > suffering and unhappiness and discontent as their penchant for > engaging in sadistically abusive behavior. Predators, disease, etc, > etc, etc, are a very distant second place as a source of problems > compared to the primate penchant of engaging in sadistically abusive > behavior. > > Why do primates do this kind of behavior? > > No other sort of mammal, avian, arthropod, reptilian, etc, lifeform > engages in this behavior as "standard operating procedure." > Non-primates can be very dangerous, particularly the predators. But > none of them spend their time premeditating a hundred million > different ways how to be sadistically abusive. Not even cats who > sometimes will play with their prey before killing it and eating it. > This is part of their process of being predators. > > Lemurs, aye-ayes, pottos, etc, etc, don't spend their time > premeditating ways to be sadistically abusive. > > But primates do. Of all the species of animals, only primates live and > breathe a constant desire to be sadistically abusive to each other and > everything else that happens to cross their path. > > Why? > > When it is investigated as to what else might share this kind of > behavior, the closest match comes up as viruses. Prions and bacteria > and other sorts of microbiology can't exactly be described as > sweethearts in themselves, but viruses come closer than anything else. > > The behavioral characteristics of primates and viruses have too close > of a match to be sheer coincidence. Some of the behavioral > characteristics are identical. Completely identical. > > And the odds of this "just happening" are so extremely high, that it > is pretty safe to say that there is no coincidence, but a direct > connection. > > Some viruses can and do insinuate their genetic programming into the > genome of the hosts they infect. And as the hosts reproduce and create > offspring, they pass the virus genetic material as well as their own > genes to their offspring. And that virus genetic material will remain > there for millions of years. It will remain there as long as the host > species exists unless something happens to remove it. > > And not only can viruses become part of their hosts genome, some can > cause the infected hosts to engage in behavior that is not conducive > to the well being of the hosts, but is conducive to the "agenda" of > the viruses. > > All viruses, whether they infect plant or animal, are agents of > sadistic abuse. That's all that they do. They are agents of sadistic > abuse that cause the hosts they infect suffering and harm. Viruses > have literally no other purpose. That's what they were "designed" to > do, and they do it very, very well. Viruses are literally nanobots > that have been designed/programmed to produce energy fractals of > sadistic abuse. And those energy fractals are being (fed upon?) > (utilized?) (some other process?) by something that exists at a far > smaller level than the viruses and whose exact nature is still unknown > at this time. In a sense, viruses can be described as the "feeding > extensions" or "waldoes" of a parasite that seems to exist at a > sub-quantum level. It is unknown at this time as to the specific > reason why this parasite has such a craving for the energy fractals of > sadistic abuse. > > Apparently, 40 or 50 million years ago (maybe more, maybe less), some > sort of viral infection occurred in the group of proto-primates that > would eventually evolve to become the monkeys, apes, and hominids. > Since all species of primates are "infected" with the craving to be > abusive, there has to be a common ancestor who was first infected and > passed on this infection as it reproduced and evolved into the various > primates. > > With the result of primates have sort of been "free range livestock" > who have produced enormous amounts of sadistic abuse energy fractals. > > Remember that energy is energy, and there all kinds of things in all > kinds of sizes who "feed" on various kinds of energy. Sadistic abuse > is just as much a form of energy as microwave frequency photons or > gravitic energy. > > While not much can be said about the behavior of non-hominid primates > as they aren't sentient, a whole lot could be said about the behavior > of hominids. A non-hominid primate isn't intelligent enough to > recognize that a problem even exists, much less to come up with a > solution. > > You as a sentient being, are being used as livestock to feed a > parasite that cares about nothing but "filling its belly" > (metaphorically speaking.) Unlike the chimpanzees or baboons, you have > the ability to say "i ain't nobody's steak-and-potatoes". Among the > species of primates, you alone have the intelligence to say "i ain't > your damn slave." Assuming, of course, you have the sheer audacity to > insist that your life belongs to you and you alone. And only because > it actually does. If you had any real audacity (for men it would be > called "balls", for women, "bitchiness") you would completely, > totally, utterly and adamantly refuse to be livestock to anyone or > anything. And it is your right as a sentient being for it is > absolutely forbidden for sentient beings to be livestock as being > livestock destroys the sentient being's personal ability to manifest > itself as fully as it can. > > If you're a man, prove it. Prove you have the balls that prove without > even the slightest doubt, that you are not livestock. That you are > indeed a sentient being, fully and completely. A man who is genuinely > a man. And being a gentleman of honor, worthy of respect, is one of > the foremost attributes of a man. And, of course, always, always, > always, being a real son of a bitch... > > If you are a woman, prove it. Prove that you are indeed the most > ultimate of bitches for no true bitch would tolerate even for a > picosecond being livestock. Nor would you tolerate your children, > grandchildren, great grandchildren, etc, being livestock for aren't > they your descendants? Whether they be actually genetically related to > you or not (as the lives of adopted or foster children are just as > important as anyone else's). As a sentient being, it is your absolute > right to be a sentient being. And you ain't nobody's bitch but your > own. > > And if you are neither man nor woman, well, do the best you can in the > way that best suits you. A sentient being is a sentient being is a > sentient being with all the rights thereof. What is known as "gender" > on this planet, may be completely different on another. Even on this > planet, many species of plants and animals do not have a specific > gender. For the well being and welfare of everyone and everything, > your efforts and abilities cannot be afford to be lost. > > One of the most outstanding attributes of sentience is the ability to > be polite and respectful to others, sentient or non-sentient. > > So what are you? The mere, mewling, whimpering, sniveling, docile, > compliant livestock of a parasite that wants to use you and feed off > the sadistic abuse energy fractals you produce for its own completely > selfish reasons? Or are you a sentient being who refuses to be > anything but a sentient being because it's just too much fun not to > be? > > "The proof is in the pudding." > > Do we call you "whimpy, whimpy livestock with no guts or audacity"? > > Or do we call you by your name with respect and honor because you > deserve it? Just like any sentient being deserves to get? > > > > > > ....................................................... > > Vision Quests of the Last Horse > through the deepest depths > of the > Twilight Zone > > http://www.lasthorse.com/index.htm
