Opps don't know what happend there but I'll try again. I would say tha the opposite is true, that the majority of us act not on reasonable well thought out grounds but on instinct.
On 26 July, 13:54, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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