I enjoy instinct for sure, and think of it as an inherent human attribute that is not used any where near to the extent of its capabilities. The molding of our lives through strict admonition & pre- determined activity, combined with a visual bombastment of stimulii, has led to an existance mostly void of instinctive requirements. Smart aren't we?
On Jul 26, 8:46 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > Mind if I check your incisors before I accept that handman job? > > On Jul 26, 8:23 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Excellent! The instinctual approach to life makes it all worth while- > > unobstructed by regimens, locked-up thoughts, dead relationships, etc. > > Both science and the arts have high expectations and their followers > > can be- but not always- quite stuffy and boring- each group > > maintaining order by agreeing with one another on matters of > > procedure, taste, etc.//I always warn a new dentist that I bit the > > finger of my dentist quite hard when I was 15- it didn't draw blood, > > however! :-) > > > On Jul 26, 6:13 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Do we need to "settle" all issues? I do not know how I get goosebumps > > > from a mere thought, but does that mean I should not relate the event > > > that led to the little critters spreading like army ants up my back > > > and down my arms and legs? The cause of the event may be a nature > > > rush, the sharing of love, or some other spine tingling emotional > > > occurance. Although many debates are "science versus religion" where > > > finding the 'truth' is the holy grail, I feel our main goal as human > > > ants should be emotional bliss. Expressions of Joy have their own > > > language. They don't require ratification, explanation, or resolution, > > > and ants are not invited. > > > > Ants are the perfect example of evolution with it's head on straight. > > > The problem is, an ants head is used for collecting and eating food, > > > PERIOD. Ants activity is instinctive, as you have pointed out. Would > > > you trade in your imagination and joy of conversing for the sake of > > > it, for a perfectly organized and structured society where you have > > > one defined role? When you build your cities there would be no need > > > for pools, playgrounds, or psychiatrists? I'd take the disorganized > > > rubble of human life, with all of its ups and downs, over the > > > predictable repetition of ant life. Of course, there is always the > > > dentists office that makes one wish that they were born an ant. ;-] > > > > On Jul 25, 12:09 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In a study released online on July 22 in the journal Proceedings of > > > > the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, researchers at Arizona State > > > > University and Princeton University show that ants can accomplish a > > > > task more rationally than our – multimodal, egg-headed, tool-using, > > > > bipedal, opposing-thumbed – selves. The key in this 'rationality' is > > > > that ants don't know much and thus achieve rather speedy collective > > > > decisions. We distract ourselves with all kinds of dross like > > > > religion outside science and endlessly discuss irrelevance in > > > > rationalisation long after we have decided to ignore evidence that > > > > doesn't suit us. In the science versus religion debates we should > > > > have noticed long ago that some people make money out of the activity > > > > and that if we engaged ourselves in creating peaceful societies > > > > something else would matter rather than talking about stuff we can't > > > > settle. > > > > > On 25 July, 15:09, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > No spirit energy then? > > > > > > On Jul 24, 3:42 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'd say we are worm food but I learned from watching CSI it is more > > > > > > accurate to say we are beetle food. That show used to be pretty > > > > > > good. > > > > > > > dj > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > There is Science ad Culture. But, as you believe in only one or > > > > > > > the other, > > > > > > > every culture has the belief of a higher being, that is unless > > > > > > > you believe > > > > > > > nothing, and we return to dust or whatever. I'm simply saying, > > > > > > > there used > > > > > > > to be a very big division in what scientists and the "religious" > > > > > > > (don't like > > > > > > > that word, too many negative thoughts have come about with this > > > > > > > word. Guess > > > > > > > what I'm saying is the word "spirituality" is what I would use. > > > > > > > Still, > > > > > > > scientists who believe in scientific theory and spiritualists can > > > > > > > both > > > > > > > agree. 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