Pranam I have nothing against writing extolling outsiders on their achievements; built in that process without knowing who is who, one shall not venture to raise a TITLE GENIUS as if existing outside only; and great insult is to ask why there are no such among women; and the worst is describing them as pipeline child bearers and all the male genius described are perfect. I am giving below a short who is who and let the author say are there no Indian genius greater than them and why would plagiarise some western goon write up, without going behind; in these many had been criticised which i have not brought down. Ulluvadhu ellam uyarvullal may be a good attitude. Have you read any of them?
Why have the *greatest geniuses in the history of mankind* been mostly men, i.e Da Vinci, It should only be Leonardo and not the Da Vinci code; Leonardo alone displayed that unique phenomenon-*a perfect balance between capacity to see and capacity to understand*. We do not know whether his eyes were his intellect, or whether his intellect lay in his eyes, but we do know'that both gave to his hands the means to do what he did. Tesla, He invented the alternating current system of electrical distribution; he was ahead of Marconi on wireless radio transmission; his plans for the free distribution of electrical power would have transformed the world – if the financiers hadn’t pulled the plug on them. Tesla himself certainly did a great deal to promote many of the myths about him that are still prevalent today. But it is worth asking nevertheless why the Tesla myth was so compelling at the end of the nineteenth century – and why it retains so much of its power to fascinate us now. IS HE A GENIUS OR CHARLATON?. Einstein, e = Mc2 Einstein wasn't the first one to discover the principles of his Theory of Relativity, but he was the first to treat it as a physical law. Ten years before Einstein published his theory, a Dutch physicist named Hendrik Lorentz tested the ideas but didn't think they applied to real life. Newton, Four hundred years ago, men became famous for their character and the contributions they made to society. Sir Isaac Newton was a man who had both character and intellectual achievements. In fact, he was the first man to be called a genius in the modern sense of the word, someone truly gifted in science. Newton theory is now restricted to earth only. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most important German literary figure of modern times and is often compared to Shakespeare and Dante. He was a poet, dramatist, director, novelist, scientist, critic, artist and statesman during what was known as the Romantic period <http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa73> of European arts. Plato, You could never call Plato overrated. He was clearly a genius of sorts. He set the terms of philosophical debates that have run for millennia and many of his own positions have lasted as long, albeit with revisions. But on virtually every point that mattered he was disastrously wrong, and his errors entrenched fundamental mistakes that would hamper philosophy and intellectual culture forever more. Socrates, *“Wisdom for Socrates was not knowing lots of facts, or knowing how to do something. It meant understanding the true nature of our existence, including the limits of what we can know.”* Aristotle, He is rightly considered to be one of the greatest thinkers and philosophers of all time. His work is of paramount importance both for its own value and for the influence it had on numerous civilizations. Let us examine the main factors that constitute his status as a true genius: Leibnitz, That time is relational and dynamic and that space arises from a network of relationships was articulated in the 17th century by a philosopher who was Newton's rival and intellectual opponent: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz <http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/leibniz.html>. He not only invented the relational conception of time and space that best fits our world, he was a pioneer of the digital universe, as he greatly advanced mechanical calculators while developing the binary numbers that underlie modern computers. Galilei, *Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei*y 1642), commonly referred to as *Galileo*, was an astronomer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer>, physicist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist> and engineer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer>, sometimes described as a polymath <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath>, from Pisa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa>, in modern-day Italy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy>. Galileo has been called the "father" of observational astronomy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observational_astronomy> modern physics, the scientific method <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method>, and modern science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_science>. Descartes, 1642, “I am certain that I can have no knowledge of what is outside me except by means of the ideas I have within me.” Descartes never published anything that specifically worked out a theory of ideas. Even so, he said enough in published and unpublished work, as well as in correspondence, that allows for a basic reconstruction of a theory. Michelangelo, *Michelangelo was only 26 years old in 1501*, but he was already the most famous and best paid artist in his days. He accepted the challenge with enthusiasm to sculpt a large scale *David* and worked constantly for over two years to create one of his most *breathtaking masterpieces* of gleaming white marble. Spinoza, To my mind, although Spinoza lived and thought long before Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and the startling implications of quantum theory, he had a vision of truth beyond what is normally granted to human beings Spinoza's philosophy is largely contained in two books: the *Theologico-Political Treatise <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theologico-Political_Treatise>*, and the *Ethics <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_(Spinoza)>*. The former was published during his lifetime, but the latter, which contains the entirety of his philosophical system in its most rigorous form, was not published until after his death in 1677 Maxwell, Hope it is Nicholas only; Nicholas Maxwell is a British philosopher who has for decades criticized academic science and philosophy for advancing what we *know* about the world - knowledge <https://www.informationphilosopher.com/knowledge/> - rather than seeking "wisdom" about what is of most value <https://www.informationphilosopher.com/value/>, which can tell us how to live better. He has written several books <https://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Maxwell/e/B001HPF2LO>, perhaps his most important being *From Knowledge to Wisdom* <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0955224004/>. Copernicus, Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets <https://www.britannica.com/science/planet> have the Sun <https://www.britannica.com/place/Sun> as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth <https://www.britannica.com/place/Earth> is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually, also turns once daily on its own axis; and that very slow long-term changes in the direction of this axis account for the precession of the equinoxes <https://www.britannica.com/science/precession-of-the-equinoxes> Mozart, Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music <https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-music>. Hawking, etc? Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science> in which he discussed his theories and cosmology in general. His book *A Brief History of Time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time>* appeared on the *Sunday Times <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times>* bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking was a Fellow of the Royal Society <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society>, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences>, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom>, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC>'s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons>. He died on 14 March 2018 at the age of 76, after living with motor neurone disease for more than 50 years. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sappho, 600BCE Sappho was a prolific poet, probably composing around 10,000 lines. Her poetry was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity>, and she was among the canon of Nine Lyric Poets <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Lyric_Poets> most highly esteemed by scholars of Hellenistic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_period> Alexandria. Sappho's poetry is still considered extraordinary and her works continue to influence other writers. Beyond her poetry, she is well known as a symbol of love and desire between women <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian> Karni Mata, ??? *Karni Mata* (Hindi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language>: करणी माता or Maa Karni or Karniji;) (Karni Mata is also referred to as *Mehaai*) (c. 2 October 1387– c. 23 March 1538,[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karni_Mata#cite_note-gahlot1982-1>) was a female Hindu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu> warrior sage born in the Charan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charan> caste. Also known as Shri Karniji Maharaj, she is worshiped as the incarnation of the warrior goddess Hinglaj <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinglaj_Mata_mandir> by her followers.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karni_Mata#cite_note-gahlot1982-1> She is an official deity of the royal families of Bikaner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikaner> and Jodhpur <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodhpur>. She lived an ascetic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asceticism> life and was widely revered during her own lifetime. On the request of the Maharajas of Bikaner and Jodhpur, she laid the foundation stones of Bikaner Fort and Mehrangarh Fort <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrangarh_Fort>, the two most important forts in the region. The most famous of her temples <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karni_Mata_Temple> is in the small town of Deshnoke <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshnoke>, near Bikaner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikaner> in Rajasthan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan>, and was created following her mysterious disappearance from her home. The temple is famous for its rats <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat> locally known as *kabas*, which are treated as sacred and given protection in the temple. Another temple dedicated to her during her lifetime differs from others in that it does not contain an image or idol of her, but rather a footprint to symbolize her visit to that place. Karni Mata is also known as "dadhi wali dokri" or Dadhali ("beard bearing old lady"). There is one more famous temple, situated at Khurad <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indrabaisa_temple&action=edit&redlink=1>, near Besroli <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Besroli,_Rajasthan&action=edit&redlink=1> railway station. This temple of Maa Karni, Indrabaisa <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indrabaisa&action=edit&redlink=1> was built by Maharaja Ganga Singh ji <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganga_Singh> of Bikaner. Karnini Mata laid the foundation stone of Mehrangarh fort during reign of Rao Jodha. By the orders of her, Rao Jodha's son Rao Bika <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rao_Bika> founded new city Bikaner (state at that time). Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard's convent elected her as *magistra* (mother superior) in 1136. She founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupertsberg> in 1150 and Eibingen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eibingen_Abbey> in 1165. Hildegard wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal works as well as letters, hymns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn> and antiphons <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon> for the liturgy.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen#cite_note-post97-2> Furthermore, she wrote poems, while supervising miniature illuminations <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumination_(manuscript)> in the Rupertsberg manuscript of her first work, *Scivias <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scivias>*. There are more surviving chants by Hildegard than by any other composer from the entire Middle Ages, and she is one of the few known composers to have written both the music and the words. One of her works, the *Ordo Virtutum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Virtutum>*, is an early example of liturgical drama and arguably the oldest surviving morality play <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality_play>. She is also noted for the invention of a constructed language <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language> known as *Lingua Ignota <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Ignota>*. Aphra Behn, English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_(England)>. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Julian of Norwich, an English <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England> anchoress <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorite> of the Middle Ages <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages>. Her writings, now known as *Revelations of Divine Love <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelations_of_Divine_Love>*, are the earliest surviving English language works by a woman, although it is possible that some anonymous works may have had female authors. They are also the only surviving English language works by an anchoress. Madam Curie etc. a Polish and naturalized-French <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_minority_in_France> physicist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist> and chemist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemist> who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity>. She was the first woman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Nobel_laureates> to win a Nobel Prize <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize>, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Multiple_laureates>, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Curie>, was a co-winner on her first Nobel Prize, making them the first ever married couple <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Statistics> to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Family_laureates> of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Paris> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx But up until the invention of reliable contraception, most women spent most of their adult life pregnant or suckling babies or both, so you had to be either sterile, a celibate nun or rich enough to hire a wet nurse to even have time to do anything academic or artistic, and most women didn’t get much education because they were expected to spend their lives pregnant. Can you find out whether so many feats ascribed above (may be great for the Europe and other west ) ( and all of us do appreciate) can be compared here? if so knew from here also to write up? KR IRS 2222 On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 05:54, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 02-2022-02* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 What do you love the most about your spouse? > > A1 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath Never dated any one and yet happily > married.3h > > Where do I start? And can I ever end this list? > > She has spent just half as many years as I have in acquiring a college > degree. She is a Bachelor of Science. I am a Master’s degree holder in > Engineering. But she has twice as much common sense as I do. > > She has a flair for languages. She speaks fluently in English, Hindi, > Tamil, Kannada and can understand Telugu, Bengali, and Malayalam. > > She has moved around the country, imbibed the cultures of various states, > and feels at home anywhere like me. Before marrying me and settling in > Bengaluru, she has lived in Chennai, Sindri( Jharkand), Delhi, Rourkela, > Kolkata, and Visakhapatnam spent time in Kerala and Mumbai too. *Unlike > many Indian wives, she got along fine with my mother* and spared me the > usual problems Indian hubbies often face after their marriage. > > *She has been a dutiful daughter to her parents*. She is one of four > daughters and no son. She took the place of a son and helped her parents > like any dutiful son would have done and took on onerous family > responsibilities to ease the burden on her parents. The details are too > personal and I will skip them. > > She gave birth to two outstanding, talented, and capable children and > brought them up competently. The details are personal and to protect the > privacy of my children, I will skip them. > > *She managed a full-time job also the responsibilities of running a home > competently*. I helped her of course but that does not detract from her > capabilities and her efficiency. > > *She is better at financial management. Having worked in a Bank for 19 > years*, I have left all money matters to her and don’t even know how much > money there is in my bank and how much our expenses and savings are. She > handles everything leaving me free to indulge in my hobbies and interests. > > She is an excellent cook and can prepare a variety of dishes, both North > and South Indian. > > She is much more sociable and gregarious than I am. She has more friends > and acquaintances than I have. I am well known on Quora but not in real > life. She is much better known in my neighborhood than I. *I am > recognized only as ‘her husband’ by the people in our immediate > neighborhood.* > > She loves “managing” and loses no opportunity to do it. She manages my > home entirely. I have no say. In the gated community where I lived before > moving into my retirement home, she was an active committee member in our > resident’s welfare association. She took the lead in several community > projects and initiated many new and environment-friendly initiatives in our > apartment complex, chief of which was garbage segregation. She personally > went around from door to door persuading other residents to segregate their > garbage. *I used to jokingly refer to her as the GM of our association. > GM incidentally was not General Manager but Garbage Manager*. Today, in > the retirement home we are now living in, she is a committee member of our > resident’s association and its Treasurer and takes part in many community > activities. She is well known to all the residents here. > > And finally, she used to be a stunning beauty during her younger days. She > was a traffic stopper during those days when she zoomed around Bengaluru > City, riding on the pillion of my Yezdi and later Bullet motorcycle. > > *My note- G Viswanath is known for his satirical writings.* > > Q2 Why have the greatest geniuses in the history of mankind > been mostly men, i.e. Da Vinci, Tesla, Einstein, Newton, Goethe, Plato, > Socrates, Aristotle, Leibnitz, Galilei, Descartes, Michelangelo, Spinoza, > Maxwell, Copernicus, Mozart, Hawking, etc? > > A2 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper14h > > There were always some female geniuses as well - Sappho, Karni Mata, > Hildegard of Bingen, Aphra Behn, Julian of Norwich, Madam Curie etc. But > up until the invention of reliable contraception, most women spent most of > their adult life pregnant or suckling babies or both, so you had to be > either sterile, a celibate nun or rich enough to hire a wet nurse to even > have time to do anything academic or artistic, and most women didn’t get > much education because they were expected to spend their lives pregnant. > > Q3 How does exercise protect your brain from degeneration? > > A3 Ken Saladin Former professor of histology (microscopic > anatomy)Updated Jan 23 > > I don’t think it can totally stop it, but it will slow it down and reduce > its effect. This is true not only of physical but also mental exercise; > *staying > both physically active and intellectually engaged throughout life is the > best strategy for minimizing functional loss to brain senescence*. At the > level of individual neurons, these have about the same effect, but in > different regions of the brain. > > Frequent use of neural pathways involved in mental and physical exercise > stimulate the formation of new synapses and strengthening or facilitation > of existing ones. In the cerebral cortex, neurons have knobby processes > called dendritic spines, seen below. These are points of synaptic contact > where the neuron receives input from other neurons. *Learning—whether it > is of an intellectual sort or learning a motor skill—stimulates development > of increased numbers of dendritic spines*, more contact and communication > with other neurons, and a strengthening of brain mental and motor > functions. With disuse, these spines deteriorate, become less capable of > signal reception, or entirely disappear and become less numerous. > > *Physical exercise can reverse the loss of dendritic spines and improve > brain function, even in patients with Parkinson disease*. It even > improves memory. *Alzheimer disease and mental retardation are also > associated with impaired dendritic spine function. * > > Q4 Do viruses need nutrition? > > A4 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper Jan 25 > > *No, they’re not organisms in the normal sense, just stray bits of code in > a shell*. *But that code causes an infected cell to use some of its own > nutrients to make more virus*, including the virus’s protective shell. > > If you wanted to, you could think of the virus on its own as a spore, and > the infected cell as a composite organism made up of the original cell plus > virus, and that *composite organism does need nutrients, at least to keep > it alive long enough to make more spore.* > > Q5 Which was the "Golden Era" in Indian history? > > A5 Titus D'silva Lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Sat > > Let me illustrate how the country is doing the best right now(or at least > the best yet) economically, politically and socially, all in one picture. > > This is an Indira Gandhi canteen established by the local government to > feed the poor. > > In other eras rulers ruled through terrorism and brutality. The people > feared the rulers. Now the rulers fear the people and go all out to appease > the masses. Everything from vaccinating the public to feeding them and > building them toilets. > > A common Indian governs himself. A common Indian gets a chance to > participate in a knowledge-based economy where he/she can create wealth > literally from thin air using only their knowledge. A common Indian can > speak their own language without suppression. A common Indian can practice > his/her religion without needing to pay any tax. An Indian woman born into > a middle-class family can rise up the corporate ladder and attain a leading > role.The achievements of this era(vis-a-vis eras before now) are endless. > > Q6 Why do they say you need to replace a car battery after 3-5 years? > Mine usually last 7 years. > > A6 Loring Chien Engineer, been taking care of cars for 46 > years Fri > > For auto batteries the conditions of use make a difference. 3–5 years is > an average. I’ve had batteries last 18 months to 6 years. > > *Heat and cold extremes reduce the life. A car in a* temperate climate > that is not driven a lot of miles will last much longer than a battery in > Houston TX where I live where summer days are regularly 100+ °F and road > temperatures and sun beating on the cars and the engines underhood > temperatures for long periods of use of 150°F in a well used car are > common. This really is hard on batteries. *Three years is probably more > common here.* > > Q7 Are the bridges in Europe in as bad shape as the ones in > the USA? > > A7 Rhea Goikoetxea Polyglot Colombian-American girl. Sat > > Depends on the country. Europe is not a single political homogeneous > entity. > > *There are European countries like the Netherlands where the bridges are > so modern you’ll go HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT BRIDGE!!* > > *And there are other countries in Europe like Bulgaria or Serbia or > Albania where you go… Oh I am NOT crossing that bridge, it looks like it is > going to collapse!!* > > Q8 Are the forests that exist in Israel the result of > reforestation? If so, how did botanists know which species should be > planted if most Israelis lived in Europe or another continent? > > A8 Ben Allen Lived in Israel Jan 4 > > *Yes. The forests you see dotted around Israel, are by and large composed > of over 260 million[1] hand planted trees and now their second generation > offspring.* Whether travelers, most notably Mark Twain accurately > reported the Holy Land as being “desolate” or not, it is clear that most of > the forest cover from ancient times had disappeared to the needs firewood, > military fortifications and the ravages of goat herding over the many > centuries. > > *If so, how did botanists know which species should be planted if most > Israelis lived in Europe or another continent?* > > In the late 19th century when the Jews started returning yet again to > their ancestral land in numbers (including many from all over the Middles > East it should be noted), the trees they planted were not exactly the > product of botanical studies. At least back then, tree planting was more a > matter of plant it and see what happen. > > *Over the decades, many hard lessons were learned through trial and error > as to what will survive in the Israeli landscapes. The first forests to* > be replanted by the returning Jewish pioneers were eucalyptus trees donated > from Australia. These trees were instrumental in draining the large, > malarial infested swamps which had taken over parts of the region. The > 1960’s saw massive mono-culture tree planting especially of pines. More > recently planted forests tend to be of a variety of original species that > grew in the eastern Mediterranean including native pines, acacia, carob, > terebinth and cypress. *The goal is to create forests that will better > propagate without the need for humans.* > > Q9 What are the differences between the chimpanzee, and the > bonobo? Are they clearly visible, or more behavioural? Do they interact? > > A9 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper Jan 25 > > Bonobos are slightly smaller and with a much lighter, more slender build, > leading to their alternative name of “*pygmy chimpanzee*”, and they all > have very dark skin, whereas most common chimps have pinkish-fawn skin, > under their fur. If I remember correctly the two groups are separated by a > wide river. > > Q10 What’s an unbreakable good habit your country has? > > A10 Harish. MJR Tamil Indian Jan 27 > > *India -Eating with hands* > > It is a traditional practice in India to use our fingertips while eating. > The practice of eating with the hands originated within Ayurvedic teachings. > > *Eating with hands are believed to improve our consciousness of the taste > of the food we eat**.*This is known as mindful eating, is said to be > healthier than eating with spoons.We never know how hygienic the spoons and > forks used in the restaurant are. So its better to eat with our hands.*Wash > the hands properly, before eating* > > Q11 Is Elon musk correct when he says tht the human race must > colonise another planet or face total extinction? > > A11 Andrew McGregor Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly > (company) > > (2019–present) Jan 27 > > Yes, he’s correct. The human species will go extinct eventually anyway, > but at least that way we can be more confident that *we will have > successors who are our descendents, rather than something else.* > > To those who say Musk likes to talk big: yes, he does. But unlike many big > talkers, he actually does have what are probably viable plans to achieve > what he has in mind, and will modify those to experience, and has managed > to deliver before. > > Something like colonising Mars is an insurance policy; you hope you won’t > need it, as if you do things are still going to suck. But they’d suck worse > if you didn’t have it and did need it. > > *Also, on the way to Mars, he’s doing other things that are probably > useful to the survival of the species*. At a level where few others can > claim parity, too. > > Q12 Is there any remnants of the black people who migrated > through Egypt to the rest of the world who are said to nver have lived in > Egypt? > > A12 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper Jan 18 > > According to the latest research as covered in a BBC documentary, *the > main waves of humans to leave Africa didn’t go via Egypt and Sinai, but via > the Horn of Africa, across the Red Sea* (which is narrow enough at that > point that you can easily see the other side), *along the coast of Yemen > and then up through what are now the Gulf States.* > > It makes sense because while *we* know you can cross the Sinai desert in 3 > or 4 days, somebody looking at it from the Egyptian side who had not yet > crossed it wouldn’t know where it ended or whether it ever did, whereas > from the Horn you can see there are trees just across the water. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 01-02- 2022. * > > *Compiled and posted by R. 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