Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
I also find it quirky that people will accept weird science in a Movie Theater for two hours watching Star Trek Transporters de-materializing and re-materializing humans or the Enterprise warping Time/Space into an accordion of tight curvatures that get pierced by the spacecraft like a skewer piercing veggies and pork.....but, two weeks later, a blogger tells you that an electron's existence can be viewed as a point source that, instead of volume, has only a "sphere of influence", and you say "Gee..I can't believe that". Picture a point source of light far off beyond the Moon that glows dimly. You look up into the night sky and think that it's probably pretty small. In fact, as a point source, it is one-dimensional and has no apparent 'size'. Next, assume that this point source suddenly flares in luminosity a trillion-fold. Now you look up and 'see' a light source the size of a Full Moon and are struck by its humongous size. Yet, it is still a point source. Size, Volume, Mass and a whole laundry list of other 'perceptions' can be not what they appear to be under different circumstances. At the sub-atomic, our perceptions become confined to our imaginations and our mental utilities and leave our macro physiology. Or, at least, they should(!!) (8 hrs ago | post #15077)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
It seems you are positioned between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, you want to attend to the kitty's medical needs. Why? Because you love your cat. On the other hand, you don't want to frighten or, at worst, hurt the creature while trying to help it. Why? Because you love it. Humane treatment is the goal but a hard one at that. That's why I mentioned the sleeping pills in jest. You've read enough of my gibberish to know that I occasionaly slip off the cliff into a tanglewood of twisted humor. Tasering a dog for a fur haircut is a cartoonish caricature of dog grooming on the Far Side. In the near(?) future, genetic programming will allow damsels-in-distres s like you(?) to place a small electronic device (TV Remote) on the cat's forehead to place it into "Handling Mode". Afterwards, a repeat of the process places the cat back into "Cat Scratch Fever" mode. Until that day, I would recommend using Ritalin:) (8 hrs ago | post #15076)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
As jerb1 alludes to further on, once you leave the macro-world and enter into the atomic and sub-atomic realm of the Universe, the macro view should be left behind where it properly belongs. It seems we can easily do this when moving between tabletop physics and molecules but not when moving between chemistry and the sub-atomic. It may be the result of this particular age where the transition to a new paradigm takes a generational effort. Some folks have great difficulty making the transition. It is human nature to prefer remaining with comfortable history and past accrued knowledge. Others, though, find that leaving the macro world in its proper, contextual place and moving on to the next porthole is an opportunity for inventive, conceptual freedom. We still have our guiding constraints but in a wholly different realm of exploration. Certainly, you wouldn't expect to find a hydrogen atom's interior constructed with buttresses, rivets and chemical bonding agents. Intuitively, we know from the outset that this reality of the sub-atomic must somehow contain radically different constructs than those we've become accustomed to in the macro world. So, why fight the transition? Jump in and explore in a way that allows you freedom of thought, freedom of conceptualizing and freedom from defining constraints. I think it is important that we define the "layers" of reality and learn to keep them in their proper place and perspective. Once this is accomplished within, the confusion of "true nature", "physical " or "ultimate " can be converted into road signs instead of roadblocks. (9 hrs ago | post #15074)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
Cats have 9 lives so I wouldn't get fussy about the dosage. If it purrs afterwards, that good. If it begins snoring like a Bullfrog in heat, cut back on the dosage next time. If it never wakes up, get another cat.:) (12 hrs ago | post #15067)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Be sure to wear the tin foil shield on your head at first contact so as to avoid any mind-control issues. (12 hrs ago | post #15064)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
And a small dab of Drew Smith? (17 hrs ago | post #15050)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
For years, I've used a Taser to groom my fidgety dog. When the hair stands on end, it's a lot easier to trim correctly, too. (17 hrs ago | post #15049)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
You stepped on a black cat, in the black of night! I hope you weren't eating black licorice at that moment. (17 hrs ago | post #15048)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
Maybe you're right. I've seen dog owners scratching and barking like a dog. I've seen husbands wearing leashes and choke chains. But the sidewalk sausage at the foot of my mailbox each morning? Gee.... (17 hrs ago | post #15046)
Should evolution be taught in high school?
I tend to agree but... is the virus alive or just a broken piece of Life ricocheting across the evolutionary landscape? (19 hrs ago | post #19885)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
It's understood by many that pets eventually take on the personality traits of their owners. You must have a cat with a great sense of humor. (19 hrs ago | post #15035)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
Aristotelian catharsis can be viewed as a metaphor for purging. Some troll writings here make me want to vomit so it is conceivable that they, too, would experience the side-effects of their own rants. Perhaps it is an attempt at creating an enveloping rational stability within a harsh, orderless and delusional landscape. The trail of purge behind them is reassuring as it leads back to an origin but, simultaneously, it constantly reminds them of an absent future path. I sense their pain because I, too, sometimes feel like a motherless child. Hopefully, I've left something of more value besides purge between here and my origin. (19 hrs ago | post #15034)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
Who is M.S.F.? (20 hrs ago | post #15032)
Intelligent Design: Coming To A State Legislature Near You
Emotional Mathematics? Isn't that where the iteratives can be summed up using exclamation points(!)? Emotional Intelligence would surely be a prerequisite. And the resident authority would surely be Mr. Smiley Face. (Yesterday | post #15022)
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