ROFLMAO!!
On Aug 27, 3:47 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's why I practice diphallia terata. Helps to have a spare.
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'll triple the ante with "vagina dentata"!
>
> > On Aug 27, 11:02 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I'll up the ante and say "Venus flytrap"!
>
> > > On 27 Aug., 15:42, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > good one
>
> > > > On Aug 27, 9:08 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > In one of my ant stories they invent nuclear weapons - this causes
> > > > > much ethical concern in the colony, until someone steps on them.
>
> > > > > On 27 Aug, 13:56, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Another trick is to change to ant perspective. The primitive
> > sucking
> > > > > > is done by the aphids, whereas they, the ants, in their clearest
> > and
> > > > > > cleanest form of conciousness of the Oneness of all, are able to do
> > > > > > the milking.
>
> > > > > > On 27 Aug., 14:22, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > I suspect every epoch of man is the time where a handful with
> > guns can
> > > > > > > screw things up. Do they screw things up, of instantaneously
> > > > > > > deconstruct and make way for what is next? We don't know, until
> > we
> > > > > > > get to what is next and, in retrospect, understand the
> > opportunity.
> > > > > > > In the moment, our leadership, cohesiveness as a group, and
> > creativity
> > > > > > > lead the way into our progress or downfall. Either way, we
> > continue
> > > > > > > on, we always do.
>
> > > > > > > On Aug 27, 4:48 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Ten dimensions, and we finally reach the fabled land of string
> > > > > > > > theory. String theory is for the moment the only real game in
> > town
> > > > > > > > when it comes to attempts to bundle up quantum mechanics and
> > general
> > > > > > > > relativity into a "theory of everything". It holds that all
> > particles
> > > > > > > > that make up matter or transmit forces arise from the vibration
> > of
> > > > > > > > tiny strings. Those strings are one-dimensional. The space they
> > wiggle
> > > > > > > > about in is not. In fact, it has 10 dimensions: nine of space,
> > and one
> > > > > > > > of time. The theory doesn't work with any fewer: mathematical
> > > > > > > > anomalies crop up that translate into violent fluctuations in
> > the
> > > > > > > > fabric of space-time at scales smaller than the Planck length
> > of 10-35
> > > > > > > > metres. 10 is not necessarily the magic number. Indeed, one
> > now
> > > > > > > > unfashionable early variant of string theory had 26 dimensions.
> > There
> > > > > > > > are five broadly defined brands of 10D string theory that
> > compete to
> > > > > > > > explain the universe, with no indication as to which, if any,
> > is the
> > > > > > > > right one. But these disparate theories can be unified into one
> > > > > > > > overarching theory, known as M-theory. M-theory has 11
> > dimensions. In
> > > > > > > > here, we might call all this 'Harrington's String Bag'.
>
> > > > > > > > It is assumed that the extra dimensions of M-theory must in
> > some way
> > > > > > > > be squashed down to a size that we can't see. The bad news is
> > that
> > > > > > > > there is an almost unlimited number of ways in which this can
> > be done.
> > > > > > > > How to single out the one way that produces our universe
> > remains a
> > > > > > > > problem. Some say we'll work out the trick eventually, but
> > others are
> > > > > > > > into the "multiverse" the notion that all possible universes do
> > > > > > > > actually exist. The universe we know is as it is because it
> > just
> > > > > > > > happens to be the one we are living in.
>
> > > > > > > > None of this seems to give us much grok of how we should be
> > trying to
> > > > > > > > live. It probably does tells us that Star Trek style science
> > fiction
> > > > > > > > has little science and is a very old genre of soap opera. We
> > just
> > > > > > > > don't have the biology to be zipping around the galaxies, let
> > alone
> > > > > > > > the technical expertise to flout the laws of physics as we'd
> > know
> > > > > > > > them if we had the education (which would entail close
> > engagement in
> > > > > > > > its practice).
>
> > > > > > > > Biology (increasingly maths-based) does now allow us to 'create
> > > > > > > > life'. We can model DNA quite literally and create real bits
> > of the
> > > > > > > > stuff from chemicals. We know fatty acids are 'out there' in
> > space,
> > > > > > > > and pre-date the formation of Earth. We know that they form
> > proto-
> > > > > > > > cells when mixed with water, and that we can create components
> > of
> > > > > > > > cells like ribosomes using our man-created DNA. We will soon
> > create
> > > > > > > > cells from what we considered not to have life. Such life may
> > well
> > > > > > > > allow us to extend our biology and sensing. We are already
> > speeding
> > > > > > > > up processes to produce oil and other stuff we have previously
> > only
> > > > > > > > been able to use because it was created without us over aeons.
>
> > > > > > > > My sense is that we are distracted by this technology because
> > we don't
> > > > > > > > understand it and have a society in which knowledge is very
> > much part
> > > > > > > > of competitions that are out of hand. There is no modern life
> > because
> > > > > > > > we can't imagine what this would be and try to live it because
> > we are
> > > > > > > > hampered by very old ideas and traditions as badly as Darwin
> > was in
> > > > > > > > beginning to advance something beyond myth. I would say
> > 'capitalism'
> > > > > > > > is the current myth we need to 'explode', but that we need to
> > do this
> > > > > > > > from what we know now, recognising it is a religion and that
> > > > > > > > alternative religions, or alternatives adopted as religions
> > (including
> > > > > > > > science as religion) have already failed. The need is for
> > sustainable
> > > > > > > > peace in the recognition that we can't make peace whilst our
> > > > > > > > understandings of the temptations of power remain low priority
> > in
> > > > > > > > public scrutiny. We are distracted from this dialogue by
> > almost
> > > > > > > > everything from science and entertainment because of a madness
> > -
> > > > > > > > sometimes described as the 'paranoid-schizoid' position
> > (economics as
> > > > > > > > 'Dr. Strangelove's Game').
>
> > > > > > > > I hope we will be able to find a new form of honesty, but we
> > need to
> > > > > > > > develop this in the knowledge that we are often roused to
> > organisation
> > > > > > > > by madness and myth that quickly distract us from evidence. We
> > need
> > > > > > > > genuine transparency, but this 'urge' is not enough as we
> > approach a
> > > > > > > > time at which any Tom, Dick or Harriet terrorist could use
> > knowledge
> > > > > > > > to reek devastation, and a few men with guns can screw
> > everything.
> > > > > > > > Our politics needs overhaul and we are continually distracted
> > from
> > > > > > > > this. The need to to structure freedom - but on its own this
> > is just
> > > > > > > > another slogan. My guess is that we run scared from this,
> > always
> > > > > > > > thinking peace exposes us to groups who retain power strategies
> > or
> > > > > > > > scrotes. I suspect this is biological in form. There are
> > times when
> > > > > > > > even I miss my gun.
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