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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TigerPaw who wrote (24092)6/28/2006 5:53:34 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
"if they don't understand the 4 billion years that preceeded it."

I see your preceeding 4 billion years and whatever you imagine preceeded that and raise you one 'before it and beyond that'.



To: TigerPaw who wrote (24092)6/28/2006 9:58:18 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
<It is getting to the point where information (culture) outside the genome is having a significant effect on the evolution of life on this planet>

Or has it always??

sheldrake.org

""The fields organizing the activity of the nervous system are likewise inherited through morphic resonance, conveying a collective, instinctive memory. Each individual both draws upon and contributes to the collective memory of the species. This means that new patterns of behaviour can spread more rapidly than would otherwise be possible. ""

BTW.... isn't all of nature 'information'? You're speaking of information created by human intelligence having a greater importance than in the past I presume.

DAK