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To: LLCF who wrote (15718)	7/26/2011 3:28:14 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Your expressed opinion was, however, contrary to the theme of the article, however much you want to pretend otherwise. it CERTAINLY ARGUES AGAINST some "random" beginning of life theory like "primordial soup" proposed by Miller Urey and that ilk. Course I've always thought THAT was silly, but hopefully this gets scientists thinking that way to think differently. Now you agree with me. But you are committing heresy against the dominant scientific establishment there.

To: LLCF who wrote (15718)	7/28/2011 8:21:45 AM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"Solon should listen up as he sort of doubted my earlier assertions" Actually, our "disagreement" only concerned the usage of the word "intelligence". I pointed out that when we use the word "intelligent" to apply to every carrot or onion (or to Brummy types of stones, for example), we lose a degree of discrimination in our communication. I pointed out (for instance) that I am not overwhelmed by the debating and rhetorical skills of a chicken egg when I penetrate into the intellectual center of that cell. Generally speaking, if an organism can process data in any fashion it could be termed, "intelligent". Now back to the sun and the beach...