> From: Standing Bear ...
> Enough rant for one day! > > Standing Bear [NOTE: My Charter.net mail server is once again acting flaky. I don't know if others have received Mr. Bear's latest comments or not. I've received Mr. Bear's post through our server at work, but not through normal channels - my Charter.net server. So keep that in mind if you haven't yet received his post.] Goodness me, Mr. Bear! What jerked your chain today! Concerning your warnings, and the many broad sweeping subjects expressed in your latest post I find it amusing that you've also managed to generate one of the most lengthy and turgidly detailed responses to date. Well...actually MANY topics were discussed. Mr. Beaty, this is your list. In the end you must decide if subject threads like the current one are getting way too off-topic. I have heard complains from other members that Vortex-l has suffered, that real science is being crowded out and replaced with endless topics based more on the expression of personal eccentricities. It's entertaining, for sure, but strictly speaking it isn't the pursuit of science - even new and/or controversial science. I also admit that I'm guilty of having contributed my own brand of eccentric non-scientific opinions on this topic as well. But getting back to some of the comments by the esteemed Mr. Bear. Concerning our genetic heritage, and despite my jabs of humor directed at your expense I find much of what you have discussed intriguing and maybe possibly even accurate (well...possibly to a certain extent). However, there really isn't any way to prove or disprove any of it - for now. At present it seems to me to be more a modern myth as compared to an intriguing anthropological theory. Please keep in mind that in my book a good myth is ok, too! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
