funny.... I doubt nature cares about Mr. Douglass and whether he sees his kids grow up! And his wife surely didn't need his money... they seem to really like...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 1:06 pm
... Best part of a religion is the omini-potent God who wants you to, and will help you rape/pillage your neighbors. Anything that advocates genuine...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 2, 2007 1:06 pm
The book can be previewed at Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=jvXnpBj8KMQC&pg=PP1&dq=Evolutionary+Per\ ...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 2, 2007 12:28 pm
Julienne: (The above photo of Angelina Jolie and her baby, Shiloh, didn't come with this article, but as I read, I remembered seeing the photo earlier today in...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 12:21 pm
... Did the study say at what age they had their first baby, or at what age the depression came?...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 12:20 pm
The only and first axiom I can think of is this: Axiom 0: The human race should survive. After that we can probably agree on this: Axiom 1: They should...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 12:16 pm
This is no longer a discussion of AI. Now it has gone downhill into philosophical jargon. I quit this thread. I have years of bad experiences regarding this...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 12:15 pm
... That's why it did not work. Being idiots they threw out the best part of religion. It as only because Stalin made peace with the Orthodox Church that...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 7:15 am
... My tattoo which says "God is a fucking idiot" is indeed a blasphemy according to Hindu Religion. Making fun of God is not tolerated in Hinduism. In fact,...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 7:13 am
... Self sacrifice has nothing to do with religions. Self sacrifice is the central tenet of EVERY society. All societies want its members to sacrifice...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 7:12 am
... Optical Character Recognition or OCR is not a solved problem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition#Current_state_of_OCR_technology ...
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Julienne
zjulienne
Sep 2, 2007 7:09 am
... (...) ... Who is this God called "Evolution" who wants to control our lives? As Iris is wont to say quite often, Nature/Evolution may not have our best ...
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Julienne
zjulienne
Sep 2, 2007 7:09 am
Source: Durham University Date: August 29, 2007 Mothers' Baby Cradling Habits Are Indicator Of Stress, Suggests New Research 2c2e16d.jpg (The above...
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Julienne
zjulienne
Sep 2, 2007 7:05 am
... Amen.:) Any focus is a combination of unconscious and conscious urges. The emotionally unhealthy or damaged or stunted (unevolved) will respond to the...
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Julienne
zjulienne
Sep 2, 2007 7:05 am
... And how has that worked for you? I have a feeling the feminists are avoiding you anyway without your having to make any effort, as they usually have pretty...
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Julienne
zjulienne
Sep 2, 2007 7:04 am
... Who's demonizing money? I've never complained about having too much. However, if my choice is, and it has been many times, between a man with only money to...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 2:40 am
... I never understood this obsession with trying to "explain" this inclination especially in this day and age of egoism and narcissism. Everywhere the scream...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 2:39 am
... YOu cannot write an entire page; there is no room. But it will recognize words, and sentences. It even recognizes proper names. Go to the store and check...
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 2, 2007 1:38 am
... Indeed, what is personality? Why should anyone focus on personality? Why should anyone focus on good looks? Why should anyone focus on youth? Why should...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 2, 2007 1:38 am
[Picture of neanderthal] Keeping clean. DNA from Neandertal skeletons is easily contaminated by modern humans. Credit: Philippe Plailly/Photo Researchers...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 2, 2007 1:37 am
[Picture of weddings] Fertility in their future. This 2003 wedding was an evolutionary coup for the groom, who is 5 years older than the bride. They now have a...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 2, 2007 1:36 am
[Picture of perception] Something to smile about. With age, the brain may become less sensitive to things that evoke negative emotions. Credit:...
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R A FONDA
rafonda2000
Sep 2, 2007 1:25 am
... your above statement is only going to get a woman who will ultimately disappoint him, < On the other hand, the more a man expects of a woman, the more...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 1:24 am
... Single letter recognition is toooooo trivial. Only apple got it wrong, and that was in 1985. It is simple owing to the fact that the number of choices is...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 2, 2007 1:20 am
... I don't know why wealth is so demonized. Whether you are attracted to a man's money or his personality, you are ultimately doing Evolution's bidding....
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Mark Hubey
hubeyh
Sep 1, 2007 12:56 pm
"inertial guidance" does something similar. There are gyroscopes mounted on friction-free (almost) axels that because of conservation of angular momentum hold...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_karl_s
Sep 1, 2007 11:31 am
The Emergence Of A Sense Of Orientation Science Daily <http://www.sciencedaily.com/> — To orient ourselves, we mainly need two pieces of information: where...
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Bruce Lepper
brucelepper2000
Sep 1, 2007 11:23 am
Ligesh wrote: But this entire article is based on the mistaken notion of the mysterious nature of 'creativity'. Creativity is nothing but a linear computation...
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ANNABELLE ZEVON
annabelle_zevon
Sep 1, 2007 8:38 am
Greg Clark: " The rich in these societies would differ genetically from the poor in certain systematic ways! All this should be testable at some point."...
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Ligesh
lxlabs
Sep 1, 2007 7:11 am
... Yes you would be dead. A large percentage of women died at childbirth. Even if you didn't, life expectancy in 16-17th century Europe was around 38. But...
