Charles Robert Darwin

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A proto-Sinatic, Semitic form of writing developed in Egypt sometime between 1800 and 1900 BC.

And words?

 

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Oy vay! Your idea has a certain Je ne sais quoi, but it lacks a certain machismo that would make any attempt to take it seriously totally meshuggeneh.

Can you count the number of languages I obviously speak?

Que?

 

[TLK Valentine]

And words?

Well, that's another mystery... but the ballpark figers range from anywhere from 50,000-200,000 years ago. No worries, though -- we humans do love trying to solve a good mystery!

Word of advice, my friend? The key to a good rhetorical question is to ask something that you know and the other fellow doesn't... so that you can make your point. Doing it the other way over and over again just looks foolish.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Que?

Exactamente.

 

[Tone]

Word of advice, my friend? The key to a good rhetorical question is to ask something that you know and the other fellow doesn't... so that you can make your point. Doing it the other way over and over again just looks foolish.

Do you believe the words came before the man...and then the alphabet followed?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Do you believe the words came before the man...and then the alphabet followed?

Of course -- spoken language predates the invention of writing, which started with cuneiform around 6,000 BC. Then you've got your Egyptian hieroglyphics around 3,000 BC, and that proto-Semitic which led to both the Hebrew alphabet and the alphabet as we know it sometime around 2,000 BC...

 

[Subduction Zone]

What about an athiest that accepts evolution? Are there any athiests who don't accept evolution?

Yes:

Raëlism - Wikipedia

Like creationists their beliefs are a bit on the crazy side.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Again, I don't care how good a musician you are, you can't play Beethoven on a kazoo and expect it to be as good as a full orchestra.

You might be right:

 

[Tone]

Fight what? What specifically were you referring to in my post?

Why do we seek to save endangered species and remove non-native plants from regions,if it is survival of the fittest? Shouldn't we let the natives die off so that we can evolve to the next level?

 

[Yttrium]

Why do we seek to save endangered species and remove non-native plants from regions,if it is survival of the fittest? Shouldn't we let the natives die off so that we can evolve to the next level?

Survival of the fittest is something nature does on its own. We as a society don't care about survival of the fittest, and will intervene in situations as we like.

 

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Survival of the fittest is something nature does on its own. We as a society don't care about survival of the fittest, and will intervene in situations as we like.

Oh...so,we're not part of nature...?

 

[AV1611VET]

Oh...so,we're not part of nature...?

Haven't you hugged a tree lately; or talked to your plants?

 

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Haven't you hugged a tree lately; or talked to your plants?

Yes...yes I have.

I'm hugging a Yucca right now.

 

[Yttrium]

Oh...so,we're not part of nature...?

Survival of the fittest isn't the only driver of evolutionary change. There's also selective breeding, attractiveness between mates, etc. Humans put selection pressures on other species in a variety of ways, and yes, we're part of nature.

 

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And you thought I was playing...

MY avatar pic. was taken minutes ago...that is my yucca rain stick!

 

[AV1611VET]

And you thought I was playing...

You shaved your beard!

 

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You shaved your beard!

What beard...doesn't grow much...

 

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That's not a beard in my regular avatar pic...that is the sunlight halo.

*I actually grew what little facial hair I have.

 

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Survival of the fittest isn't the only driver of evolutionary change. There's also selective breeding, attractiveness between mates, etc. Humans put selection pressures on other species in a variety of ways, and yes, we're part of nature.

So, are human beings the apex of the evolutionary process?

 

[AV1611VET]

What beard...doesn't grow much...

Sorry ... my bad!