On 2/7/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's just a phenomenon that surrounds the human animal. > ... > Part of it is a completely valid desire to help continue our species as > long > as possible. What's fascinating is that once we've exhausted our interest > in > the current "hot" topic, we move almost effortlessly onto the next > one....with almost zero memory of our past.
See, that "desire to continue to exist" seems to imply that Space travel/exploration is probably one of the "smartest" things we could be doing. And perhaps, SHOULD be doing, seeing has how our "Sensors" ain't gonna give us much time. Potentially. In 5 years, or maybe 7, when global warming has been replaced by the latest > and greatest doomsday scenario, we'll have almost entirely forgotten > everything we are discussing these days. Well, there aer people who work / live this stuff. The "group think" of the US, is super interesting, and it appears other countries have their own versions of it, and whatnot... hrm. Getting to know other cultures would probably pay off right about now. =-/ This isn't a rap against global warming or it's potential for harm....just > an interesting observation on human nature. Yep, right there with you. Interesting. Nature, or Nurture? ;-] On 2/7/07, Denstizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Valid point. And interesting. Remember "Save the Whales"? > > > > There's really quite a bit going on at any given moment. > > > > Why do we focus on such a narrow view? > > > > Did you know that: ( http://www.amref.org/ ) > > *Malaria is the most important parasitic disease in the world*. It kills > > 3,000 children every day and more than one million each year. The > majority > > of these deaths occur among children under five years of age and > pregnant > > women in sub-Saharan Africa. The clinical disease burden is especially > > high > > among these two groups as a result of immature and weakened immunity > > respectively. > > > > The CDC puts it between 700,000 and 2.7 mil a year. 3,000 a day. > > > > That trips me out. Now, there's the whole population issue, which this > > helps abate.... rough tho! =] > > > > Just think it's strange is all... > > :D > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227264 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
