... Point one - Science doesn't have all the answers, and probably never will, but inventing a mythical figure to explain (with no data), these conundrums is...
Tim Tulley
timzonk@...
Sep 1, 1998 8:41 am
5927
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 02:56:16 -0400, "Peter Huston" ... No, we talk Strine. And we do it far better than seppos. She'd say... A one two, a one two three four...
Glenn Brady
groucho@...
Sep 1, 1998 9:20 am
5928
David B It does have a redundant ring to it ? ;-) Albeit, in my opinion some paranormal is not necessarrly mythological. It's more a lack of current knowledge...
Tim Rambo
noesis@...
Sep 1, 1998 10:19 am
5929
TIM Said study that the viability of at least rudimentary ... Tim Corrects This is what I get for not having that second cup of coffee first. I meant does, not...
Tim Rambo
noesis@...
Sep 1, 1998 10:35 am
5930
... This is true at Penn State University, given that: #1) Only one frat house/dorm floor/apartment is involved, and #2) they do NOT have "the munchies." ... ...
Adam Levenstein
che@...
Sep 1, 1998 10:48 am
5931
... The resources are not - yet - limited; just look at the vast overproduction of food in the EU, in the US, or even in Hungary, farmers being paid to not ...
Eva Durant
Eva.Durant@...
Sep 1, 1998 10:59 am
5932
Here is a interesting piece by Albert Ellis on intellectual fascism: httpd://www.rebt.org/essay/index.html Ben Hill...
Ben Hill
ben@...
Sep 1, 1998 11:22 am
5933
Ben H. I removed the typo you have in the "http", but still can't log on. Have you had any trouble accessing this site? My mail program is html compatible. If ...
Tim Rambo
noesis@...
Sep 1, 1998 11:29 am
5934
... Corrected: http://www.rebt.org/essays/index.html Thanks, Ben Hill...
Ben Hill
ben@...
Sep 1, 1998 11:37 am
5935
I believe this is the same Ellis that has a secular addiction recovery philosophy, called Rational Recovery. Tim Mysticism is a manufactured reality for...
Tim Rambo
noesis@...
Sep 1, 1998 12:07 pm
5936
"Sheldon Harwood-Lynn" <shlynn@...> ... One for the Darwin awards, that's for sure. Anyone tell the guy who maintains that site? Jan S. Haugland ...
Jan Haugland
jansh@...
Sep 1, 1998 12:40 pm
5937
In a msg on <Aug 31 19:21>, textbook@... writes: t> A few weeks ago, as I recall, a listmember directed our attention to t> a site (maintained by a...
David Bloomberg
David.Bloomberg@...
Sep 1, 1998 1:08 pm
5938
... Have you ever flown on an airplane? WHY? Those things crash, ya know! Well, you do it because you're playing the odds; the overwhelming majority of planes...
Dave Palmer
dpalmer@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:06 pm
5939
With much apologies to the original writer whose message I deleted, I have a question about crocodiles, vertebrates and the tongues of same. The comment came...
Dorion Cable
dcable@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:39 pm
5940
... That's right. Most vertebrates are bony fishes -- more than 25,000 species have been catalogued -- and (as far as I know) no bony fish can stick its...
The Textbook League
textbook@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:57 pm
5941
... At a guess, I'd say most fish probably can't, and most birds. (At least, I don't recall seeing too many birds sticking their tongues out. Of course, that...
Lisa Williams
lwilliams@...
Sep 1, 1998 4:58 pm
5942
Dear Bill, Funny, I sure thought that I saw a bunch of humming birds... Oh no, I must have been mistaken! And, I think that I've seen (while flying) many a...
Robert G. Grimes
grimes@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:19 pm
5943
... Hilliard is right. I forgot about hummingbirds, and I stand corrected. Does anyone know about sunbirds? They are convergent on hummingbirds in many...
The Textbook League
textbook@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:25 pm
5944
... Hmmmmmmm...can't hummingbirds extend their tongues? And maybe a few other birds, like sandpipers? I think it's a tad misleading to say that "most...
Dave Palmer
dpalmer@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:27 pm
5945
... Just to add to the biodiversity of the bird tongue subject, did you also know that woodpecker tongues are barbed and are used like spearguns to impale and...
Not Wally Cox
an431@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:36 pm
5946
Bill, Before you eat me alive and decimate me before everyone... Can it be that I confused my excursions with the luna moth with the humming bird, no, better...
Robert G. Grimes
grimes@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:38 pm
5947
... Especially when you have to eat it refried after making an apology for an initially correct response!...
Nor am I Steve Reeves
an431@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:48 pm
5948
Well then. I was right, M. Bennetta, I was thinking of limited groups. I thought of fish as a group, but not all the numerous species. (While I'm convinced my...
Dorion Cable
dcable@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:56 pm
5949
Bill, You mean that I can, choke, stop eating this crow! Do I just have to quit that compulsive "type and enter" technique? I also thought about Yellow...
Robert G. Grimes
grimes@...
Sep 1, 1998 5:58 pm
5950
... According to _The Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians_, "All lizards possess a well-developed tongue which can be extended." Most, if not all, snakes...
Lisa Williams
lcw@...
Sep 1, 1998 6:29 pm
5951
... Why? That sounds like a leftover from the high-school biology catechism, which is rigged to direct attention away from the overwhelm- ing prevalence of...
The Textbook League
textbook@...
Sep 1, 1998 6:36 pm
5952
I have setup a Skeptics Club on Yahoo the address is: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/skeptics The Skeptics Club has a message board and a chat room available 24...
Joe Needham
jneedham@...
Sep 2, 1998 4:09 am
5953
Web version Daily Bleed: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/0901.htm Ectopistes migratorius no more. SEPTEMBER 1 ROGER CASEMENT Gay, Irish patriot, martyr,...
Peter Huston
phuston@...
Sep 2, 1998 4:19 am
5954
... from ... former ... been ... to as ... are ... Ah, that would explain my confusion, especially since my friend's church claimed that if you didn't go to...