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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (38348)11/26/2001 8:05:26 AM
From: thames_sider  Respond to of 82486
 
But that was pretty evolved for the time-frame to realize that the sun was a source of heat.

I wouldn't say this needs great advancement... cats do it fairly well.

But I wasn't talking about 'then' anyhow... I was arguing for and about the now. In (say) 5000BC my preferred argument would be the one ridiculed... or certainly not the one likely to be accepted and understood, anyhow. I hold that our knowledge has advanced since then, even if it has rather diminished the scope for superstition, mystery and fun...