sir, Thank you very much for raising the standard of my armchair write up,the rumination of me,the lay man.Thank you very much for your grace and patience in adding to the insights of all who read. YM
On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 11:30 AM venkat giri <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *QUOTE:Except for the Human fool every other life form is living on the > basis....* > * My response to what I have read and understood!!!!?????* > > *Respected Sir,* > *The things that live here on Earth all have a lot in common. The tiny pa**rts > inside us help us in walking, breathing, and digesting food and **these > tiny parts are almost exactly the same in all types of life, from flies and > fish to trees and cows.* *All types of life have other things in common, > too. All living things have a body of some kind. Some things have body > parts that allow them to walk or fly or swim. These are things like legs > and wings and fins. All of the living creatures we know have to eat food in > order to have the energy to move and to grow. All living things can respond > to their surroundings, just we taste something awful then spit it out. And > all life comes from other life – just like how we came from our mother and > father. So even though we look so different from other living things, we > are much more the same than different.All lifeforms have similar > characteristics or behaviors, too. There is order and structure to living > things. All lifeforms exist in a body of some kind that is highly > organized. Think of a tree – it has roots to absorb water, a trunk and > branches, and leaves to absorb sunlight.* > * All living things have the > ability to reproduce, or procreate. Mammals, like whales and giraffes, do > so by giving birth to young. All living things consume energy (they eat > food), and use that energy for work, play, and growth. All living things > respond to changes in the world around them. When the environment changes, > life responds to those changes. For example, when the weather turns cold, > bears return to their dens and hibernate for the winter. When spring comes, > the bears can come out again. All across different types of life, some > individuals will have characteristics that make them better at a particular > task, which makes them more likely to survive. For example, in a population > of giraffes, there may be a few who have longer necks than the rest. When > the only leaves remaining to be eaten are at the very tops of the trees, > only these giraffes with longest necks can reach them, and this makes them > more likely to survive. Even though living things look very different, they > are more the same than different.* > Have we ever thought about how we know something is alive > or not alive? For instance, what makes a rock not alive while a whale is > alive? All living things share many different traits. One way to consider > something to be alive is if it has all of the traits shared by living > organisms. For instance, the bodies of all living things are structured > into cells, and use the same types of molecules to carry out functions > inside of their cells. *These cellular functions translate into everyday > activities such as breathing, walking, flying, digesting food, etc.* > * Living things also respond to > stimuli (or changes in the environment). For example, when autumn comes, > the leaves in many trees stop doing photosynthesis. The leaves then turn > from green to brown and fall off, and the tree becomes dormant throughout > winter. And all living things have the ability to adapt to their > environment as it changes. For example, if there is a prolonged drought (or > a period with little water), certain plants in a population will have the > ability to survive it and others won’t. The ones that survive it pass on > that ability to their offspring. Over time in a prolonged drought, the > population of plants will be more adapted to its environment. We call this > process natural selection, wherein the environmental pressures “select” for > certain traits in a population.**All life shares these aspects and > abilities, from worms to birds to fish to tigers. Things that we don’t > consider to be alive may have some of these traits, but not all of them. > For example, a fire exhibits some of these traits. It consumes energy (wood > and oxygen) and gives off by-products such as carbon dioxide and heat, it > grows in size as it consumes more and more fuel, and may even appear to > reproduce as it spreads. But because it doesn’t exhibit all of the traits > of life, we don’t consider fire to be alive. Defining life from the > viewpoint of examining its characteristics reveals how much life on Earth > has in common, and helps distinguish between living and non-living things, > which is important for learning if life could be possible beyond Earth.* > > * All life on Earth adheres to a common biochemistry. In all living > things, cells are the main unit of organization, cellular membranes are > made up of molecules called phospholipids, genetic information is made up > of molecules called nucleic acids, and functions within and between cells > are mostly carried out by molecules called proteins. This means that a fly > has the same basic biochemistry as an elephant!* > * Beyond this shared biochemistry, all life has certain general > traits in common, too. Here are some of the key traits of life as we know > it:* > > *1) All life is highly ordered and structured. Not only do all living > things that we know of have cells and cellular structures, but many living > things also have larger-scale structure such as bilateral symmetry (in > humans) or radial symmetry (in starfish).* > > *2) All life reproduces itself, either sexually (as animals do) or > asexually (such as budding in yeast or one cell splitting into two > identical daughter cells via binary fission as bacteria do).* > > *3) All life grows and develops to reach maturity, such as from a > caterpillar to a butterfly.* > > *4) All life takes in and utilizes energy to carry out the functions of > its cells, which results in growth and development. Mechanisms for energy > intake are vastly different across all species, and can range from eating > food like humans do, to converting sunlight into sugars like plants do, to > the harnessing of the energy produced when rocks radioactively decay like > some bacteria do.* > > *5) All living things exhibit homeostasis, which is the ability to > maintain a steady internal environment regardless of their external > environment. For example, most humans maintain a body temperature of 98.6 > degrees Fahrenheit regardless of whether they are out playing in the snow > or hiking in the hot desert. Homeostasis is achieved because of strict > biochemical regulations in cells and organs.* > > *6) All living things respond to their environment by sensing external > stimuli and changing their biochemistry and/or behavior. For example, when > cuttlefish sense danger, they can instantaneously change their colors to > match whatever background they are against to avoid being seen by a > predator.* > > *7) Finally, all living things adapt to external pressures, and evolve > because of them. Adapting is much like responding to a stimulus in the > environment, but takes it to the next level. In evolutionary adaptation, > one cuttlefish will have the ability to change colors more quickly and > effectively than another (because of its genetic makeup), and it will > inherently be more likely to survive than another one that doesn’t do it as > well or as quickly. The first one is more likely to pass on its genes to > its offspring, and that offspring will pass it on to their offspring, and > so on. Over time, the population of cuttlefish descended from that one who > changed colors more quickly and effectively is more highly adapted to its > environment. They have undergone the process of natural selection and are > more likely to survive. Their genes were “selected for” by the external > pressures of the environment.* > > *------* > *Regards* > *V.Sridharan* > *Trichy* > On Sunday, 9 April, 2023 at 07:31:54 am IST, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -- > *Mar*Predication to Medication to Abdication > > > > The only main point of your life, or of the whole creation, is yourself at > this current moment of living. You simply cannot leave yourself and the > present experience of living to search for some main point of everything. > There are billions and billions of galaxies, billions and billions of stars > or suns in each galaxy, billions and billions of planets going round the > stars, there are billions of moons, black holes and if you agree worm > holes, and if you accept the concept of the Multiverse, there are billions > and billions of Universes.( And 96% of the Universe is dark matter where > your present technology is failing to perceive and theorize.) > > But Quantum entanglement has joined your very present living, nano second > by nano second with all of them.Googols and Avogadro numbers simply humble > you unnecessarily. What you have to do is not to abandon yourself to > technology, but expand your awareness or the experience of living. There > are no static main points. The point is that you are the Universe or > Multiverse and certainly not the stupid outside observer. > > You cannot be the outside observer doing science even for one nano second. > > The method of perception and comprehension is not via technology, but by > emotional team up with every other life form or form of emotion on our > wonderful and most beautiful planet earth. The grand predication flows of > the Universe make you the subject of all of them continuously. The Universe > is predicating you. Learning is feeling that predication in free nature. > > Except for the Human fool every other life form is living on the basis of > breathing, smelling, sensing and symbiotically perceiving. The > understanding of one organism automatically leads to the symbiotic > understanding of every other organism. There was once the automatic and > reflexive understanding of all organisms based on breathing, smelling and > sensing and every organism grew wiser emotionally. It was not old age > withering but expansion of wisdom. > > Today we have abandoned real living, and are completely dependent on > technology. Our bodies are rebelling creating unease and then disease. So > we swallow tablets and tablets along with the GM contaminated or pesticide > poisoned and fertilizer deceptions in the place of natural soil, as food, > food which our cells are refusing to accept. From predication we have > shifted to medication. > > Now we are applauding AI, which makes our Brains and limbs and hormones > and nervous system redundant. We want to abandon living but we do not die. > > These are the days of our abdication from the symbiosis of the Biosphere. > We destroy nature and call it economic activity. My God, the very green > cover of earth is the cover of emotions of grasses, plants and trees, and > they brim with emotional flora all of which yearn to emotionally entangle > with you. > > If you want the main point now, it is utter human stupidity. > > YM > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLEPF3_2D2q2xG07heOqTNxh9-wW7t6dPM1DvyLdi1MDw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLEPF3_2D2q2xG07heOqTNxh9-wW7t6dPM1DvyLdi1MDw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Mar* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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