Re: [ZION] Science Dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Stacy Smith
Well, for some odd reason I took the skin right off my chicken tonight and just threw it on my plate, leaving the meat underneath to eat. Stacy. At 06:41 PM 11/23/2002 -0700, you wrote: I'm in the process of trying to rewire my brain, which has difficulty processing spatial information ("balan

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Jim, with all due respect, you're out of your depth. This doesn't say what you think it does. See ya on Eyring-L. Jim Cobabe wrote: > "http://www.nature.com/nsu/021118/021118-10.html"; > > "Whatever the mechanism, this is another example of plants colonizing a > harsh environment with a little he

Re: [ZION] Science Dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I'm in the process of trying to rewire my brain, which has difficulty processing spatial information ("balance", in simple words; I can't always tell up from down, and don't know when I'm falling in the dark until my head hits something). I bought a nice, slim, beechwood cane, which I call my "brow

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Paul Osborne
>Apparently, I have been telling my body to convert whatever muscle mass is >left into fat and to migrate it to the vicinity of my belt. I must be doing >this while I am asleep, or perhaps while I stuff much needed carbohydrates >into my mouth. That's what happened to me because I'm having an op

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Jim Cobabe wrote: > Adaptation that can be properly characterized as "mimicry" in plants is > indicative of some mechanism or force that cannot be accounted for > within the current domain of evolutionary philosophy. This may be your opinion, but it's not the view held by scientists. Why can't

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Jon Spencer
Apparently, I have been telling my body to convert whatever muscle mass is left into fat and to migrate it to the vicinity of my belt. I must be doing this while I am asleep, or perhaps while I stuff much needed carbohydrates into my mouth. Jon Stacy Smith wrote: > Okay, now I'm afraid what I h

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Elmer L. Fairbank
At 22:30 11/22/2002 -0500, St Jon wrote: No. It is known as "survival of the FIT" - a very big difference. It is not just the fittest that survive. It is those who meet or exceed the minimum requirements. The fittest against one threat may not be able to survive the next threat, whereas the bar

RE: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Jim Cobabe
Jon Spencer wrote: --- No. It is known as "survival of the FIT" - a very big difference. It is not just the fittest that survive. It is those who meet or exceed the minimum requirements. The fittest against one threat may not be able to survive the next threat, whereas the barely able to sur

RE: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Jim Cobabe
"http://www.nature.com/nsu/021118/021118-10.html"; "Whatever the mechanism, this is another example of plants colonizing a harsh environment with a little help from their friends - fungi often supply plants with vital nutrients, increase their tolerance to drought, and much else besides." Yet

Re: [ZION] Science Dissonance

2002-11-23 Thread Elmer L. Fairbank
At 16:05 11/22/2002 -0600, Gaaayyy wrote: We can rewire our brains (literally) to take new approaches from the old habits, such as changing our eating and exercise habits, as well as our attitudes in life. These can all make dramatic differences. My SIL teaches Neuro-Linguistic-Programming

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-22 Thread Stacy Smith
Except for one problem. I was taunted about this by coworkers every day for about five years. Seems very non-Christian to me. Stacy. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/chart

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-22 Thread Jon Spencer
No. It is known as "survival of the FIT" - a very big difference. It is not just the fittest that survive. It is those who meet or exceed the minimum requirements. The fittest against one threat may not be able to survive the next threat, whereas the barely able to survive the first threat may b

RE: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-22 Thread Stacy Smith
Okay, now I'm afraid what I have to say could be considered totally whacko, revolutionary and grounds for me to be committed to a psychiatric institution, but here goes. Within certain parameters, and even outside them if you know what to do, I believe firmly that we can tell our bodies to do

RE: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-22 Thread Jim Cobabe
Adaptation that can be properly characterized as "mimicry" in plants is indicative of some mechanism or force that cannot be accounted for within the current domain of evolutionary philosophy. My belief is that the science of evolution cannot accomodate or explain the gradual development of c

Re: [ZION] Science dissonance

2002-11-21 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Jim Cobabe wrote: > http://www.nature.com/nsu/02/02-7.html > > Plant biologists discuss ways that organisms in the plant world appear > to "mimic" the forms of insect life as a beneficial adaptation. > > These features are common enough in the plant world to merit a lot of > consideratio