Evolution Message Board - Msg: 27939114

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Evolution

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (21058)	2/9/2012 4:00:35 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) of 69300

The way I look at it 2MAR$ is sort of like this: At any step forward from the "brain" of the first bacteria--the gulf between that brain and future brains was immense. Now consider where we are today and what we KNOW today?! WHAT A GULF! But have we any reason to believe that the gulf between our brains and those first bacteria should be any greater than the gulf between future man--say in a million years (which may well surpass several billion years of previous learning due to an ontological snowball effect)--and homo sapiens as we are today?? Questions that now seem perplexing will be as nothing. Just as we no longer measure the stars with crude ropes and stakes and no longer posit storm gods and underwater gods and gods of the underworld...they will perhaps travel on brain waves (that would be one way!) as quickly as we now send emails to the space station. Well..I'm having fun, but it is amusing to see lower level humanoids like Brum INSISTING he KNOWS (by name, even!) that life was started by a supernatural entity who just lives for Brum's allegiance and affection--in return for which... :-)

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next