I don't know whether other animals have free will. If we are defining the term in the same way, perhaps it is an emergent property that develops as neural...
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Cal
cjahan2002
Dec 19, 2003 6:50 pm
my reponses in [] ... ...I mean: "are there no differences between oaks and plants?" Well, no, not really. If oaks did not meet the qualities of plants then...
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Stephen Figgins
srfig
Dec 19, 2003 10:12 pm
... The mistake is in comparing a huge set to a small subset of that set. There is no logic in comparing the two looking for differences because the ...
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Lance Bermudez
becnalrio
Dec 19, 2003 10:34 pm
Hey Figgins, long time, no hear But, no, I'm not slipping into that. In the excerpt from my original post you replied to, you snipped it off right at the...
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Lance Bermudez
becnalrio
Dec 19, 2003 10:35 pm
Makes perfect sense to me that a Linguistics teacher would say that the use of language makes humans the dominant species. ~~~ Lance "You sold your immortal...
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ruthandjennifer
Dec 21, 2003 7:09 pm
I love Quinn's version of what makes us different from the animals. Our ability to predict and tell stories. From tracks in the earth. That is what made us...
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ruthandjennifer
Dec 21, 2003 7:13 pm
Please please ask him to contact Bud Stone at Sacred Heart University. (I am not Bud Stone but one of his pupils). Thank you so much. Jennifer ... the ... but ...
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Dameon
aristotle334
Dec 22, 2003 1:59 am
Does he know Bud Stone? If he asks, why should he contact Bud? Dameon ruthandjennifer <ruthandjennifer@...> wrote: Please please ask him to contact Bud...
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Lord Isildur
il2a@...
Dec 22, 2003 4:50 pm
Something i have decided is very necessary as we each try to open more peoples' eyes to what is going on, how it works, and what it means, is for us to work...
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Anderson
extaker
Dec 22, 2003 5:03 pm
That's a good idea, Isildur. One thing that's important is to remember that actions speak louder than words. People remember what they see you do more than...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 22, 2003 6:13 pm
... This one part of The Story of B, was a big AHA moment for me. I seem to remember reading something somewhere else as well that attributed man's...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 22, 2003 7:00 pm
This has all been.. umm amusing. It almost looks to me as two people trying to communicate, speaking different languages. I think if anything, it is one of...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 22, 2003 8:35 pm
I am somewhat surprised that this email did not get more response. I think Crichton has some Ishmael like themes in some of his novels. I particularly liked...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 22, 2003 8:39 pm
What projects is he working on now? Does he intend to write any more books along the lines of Ishmael, TSOB, or BC? Jim...
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Lord Isildur
il2a@...
Dec 22, 2003 8:50 pm
hmm, i had a lot of other stuff to do that compose another big long email about the crichton thing, especially given that chrichton wasnt writing it himself...
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ruthandjennifer
Dec 22, 2003 8:53 pm
he does know him. He was friends with him for a while and bud has lost contact with him. Bud is the director of the Masters of Arts in Learning program at...
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chris_hardie
Dec 22, 2003 9:29 pm
... One of the basic assumptions ... to be saying we are not going ... For what it's worth, that post here generated a nice discussion on IshCon: ...
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s logan
kiddhalgren2003
Dec 22, 2003 10:44 pm
OK, here are some reactions. ... Most of the large fauna in North America disappeared at the end of the last glaciation. I believe that climate was largely...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 23, 2003 7:40 am
Wow. In answering this question: So just how do we balance our technological progress with our ability to understand the consequences of our technologies? He...
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Cal
cjahan2002
Dec 23, 2003 4:35 pm
Jim, Not crazy at all. Sounds like a good idea. You're absolutely right about the use of the word "other". What you saw was a spill over conversation from...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 23, 2003 5:08 pm
Not crazy at all. I just read Wells' Open Conspiracy back in October. (I actually have to keep a list of what I read, because I used to keep forgetting what...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 23, 2003 6:07 pm
OK, time to be honest. I HATE trying to bring these things up with folks. I can already tell they see me as different as most people, just by the way I...
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Nancy Dennis
sustainabelle
Dec 23, 2003 6:37 pm
... there is no one right way to ... Maybe this is one way. Sort of an ... I LOVE the tribe match-making service idea! The internet seems like the perfect...
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Cal
cjahan2002
Dec 23, 2003 8:25 pm
Yes, it is possible to have a World Civilization with a diversity of languages, cultures, religions, political & economic systems. Indian/Hindu Civilization is...
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bnixon74
Dec 24, 2003 4:26 pm
My apologies for not responding earlier. I was engaged in some healthy debates elsewhere with the non-believing masses, and forgot that I posted Crichton's...
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etb
etbyh@...
Dec 24, 2003 6:01 pm
Hi, all, I'm new to post to this discussion group, though I've lurked and skimmed the archive. I've posted on Ishcon as etbnc, and I helped to fuel the ...
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bnixon74
Dec 24, 2003 6:36 pm
No problem, the comments were made by phusion, and they weren't nasty. I was more amused that my interpretation was being discussed on IshCon. :) ... The...
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Jim Linder
jimbo435
Dec 25, 2003 12:43 am
... Yeah, after reading my response again, I may have come on too strong. What I am against, is keeping mills open that do not support themselves, simply to...
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Darrel Joy
chantanagi
Dec 28, 2003 6:10 pm
tanagi (me): I found this post dated earlier in 2003 in my "Drafts" folder. Apparently I forgot to send it. So here it is. (Re: Discussions on how issues...
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Philip Kauffman
icculus29414
Dec 30, 2003 3:34 am
The Chink a character in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins says, : I believe in everything nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing everything is...
