With regard to whether or not society is progressing. Is not scientific advance just altering the playing field?
Europeans left for the Americas fo similar reasons to those that we feel are necessary to leave the earth, though perhaps not so pressing. The fact that we discuss these matters in relation to the survival of nature rather than just a desire to get away must be considered progress, musn't it. ALSO:- Within the last 200 – 300 years our lords and masters made perhaps one of the most courageous decisions which left them open to the powerful criticism of public opinion; they decide to educate all; enable everyone to read and write. The enormity of this step, albeit an enforced step, is difficult for us to conceive because we have known nothing other than our right to free speech. Yes society does still act with hubris often motivated emotively by insecurities but the right to free speech among a large proportion of society must indicate a move forward. Giving your population that right would be equivalent in magnitude to dissolving ones armed forces, would it not? Malc On Apr 10, 2:53 am, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 3:05 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, Chuck. Welcome aboard! > > > A common worry of animals- predator and prey. Humans have more > > categories of panic, don't they? > > I don't know. I'm not really clear on what 'categories of panic' means. As I > understand it there are two reactions to fear - fight or flight. Typically > in humans the higher functions of the brain shut down and allow the more > primitive instincts to take over. In effect, in a raw survival situation, we > become little more than animals ourselves. > > Of course there are different levels of anxiety with panic being the > extreme. But, even there we aren't any different in the actual feeling of > anxiety. I would hazard a guess that the only difference would be in the way > we internalize our anxiety after the fact. > > As to my reply to the previous post; of course it was a joke. I doubt > animals think much about jesus or god. If anything, I'd imagine that they > see us as their gods. > > > > > > > This evening I heard a rattle on the driveway gate and I opened the > > door to see if a neighbor child was retrieving a ball that had flown > > over the fence. A fierce slap of wings and a huge bird took off- an > > eagle?- so quickly, I couldn't identify it plus I slammed the door in > > fear. Maybe it was an eagle who knows about the rabbits and other > > critters. It's always something! :-) > > > On Apr 8, 11:14 pm, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 7:34 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > to know what the animals think of us humans!!! > > > > They're thinking "don't eat me. oh jezus god, please don't eat me!"- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
