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I agree with most here. His premise is shaky, if not faulty completely. DNA is often described as computer code for living beings. DNA is simply a solution to a problem... the problem is: replication of the species. Specifically, replication of more DNA.

DNA is not a measure of intelligence or a total measure of potential. After all, I'm fairly certain alien life wouldn't have DNA at all. But even if they used DNA as a means of reproduction and ordering of life, they still have the same basic problem to solve. They would have evolved on a planet.. primarily evolving to survive long enough to create copies of itself... I daresay this wouldn't give any sort of instinctive insights to cosmic mysteries, no matter how advanced they were.

Educational techniques, and the mean average intelligence would be much higher than us (assuming they have interstellar travel and we do not) but I don't believe it would be terribly anthropocentric to believe that with equal time to advance our own educational techniques and mean average intelligence we could be on par of any advanced intelligence.

To believe otherwise would be to go against the pursuit of science, art, and literature as hopeless tasks whose limits will someday be reached... meaning there will come a point someday in the future where we cannot learn more, we cannot create more, and there is nothing left in the realm of the knowable.

Perhaps this is an incredibly naive statement of faith... but I have a firm belief that there will never be a time when the human race cannot solve another problem. I honestly believe our potential is limitless.

When the cameraman was running away, he was filming ahead of him, other actors were in the shot. A guy literally fleeing from a ghost would not care if the other people were in the shot, and the camera would be pointed down as it is easier to run with the camera that way.

Well, if the dollar will stop being a currency, I'm glad my doctor's visits will be free

umm... so someone on the internet called you on your bullshit and you equate that with the Jews being loaded on trains to the deathcamps?

Over-hyperbolize much?

My Dixie Wrecked.

And Original Too. That's just embarrassing.

>> ^potchi79:
If it's a video on the internet it's clearly fake. It's all FAKE! No ones gonna trick me!


Are you suggesting that this is somehow real? As has been said above, there is a lot of evidence that its not.

I clicked on this honestly because I thought it was going to be a quick explanation of how the Higgs Boson was supposed to work. Guess not.

From 1:00 to 1:25, tell me that's not a FRAKKIN CYLON!!

Man, Japan really can out crazy any other nation in the world without even trying.

The U.S. trying to make crazy shit like this is sort of like man trying to fly like the birds.. best we can do is a hang glider or airplane, which works, but it's nothing like what comes naturally to a bird.

Japan is crazy like a bird.

You could tell how upset she was, shaking and slightly intimidated by her own feelings on the issue. Whereas Mr. whatisface was sitting there like a smiling robot.


Also, you all should know not to feed the trolls.

Is this seriously HAHAHAHAHA!!!! funny?

It's a dude acting like a cat. I honestly think is is impossible for Family Guy fans to not laugh at any Family Guy clip, regardless of it's content.

This just goes to show how... is desperate the right word?... How delusional and desperate the conservatives are. If Rush Limbaugh doesn't speak for all conservatives (as I've heard some conservatives tell me) then we should use the same argument Conservatives use against Muslims.

If Rush doesn't speak for all conservatives, then why don't the reasonable conservatives stand up against him? He is reflecting badly on the entire conservative sector. If they really didn't want him saying those things in the name of conservatism, they would stand up to him. And the more he rants like this, the more he alienates all but the most idiotic, conspiracy laden, Glenn Beck listening, dangerous fringe of their group.

So good luck getting elected like that.

WP, you have so many arguable points there that you state as fact, it is rather intimidating, which is no doubt why you went to such lengths.

Just to mix it up, I'll do yours in reverse.

^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
..I'd say your opinion of the Republican party's unity is somewhat exaggerated. There are innumerable factions in the GOP. The Democrat as I see it is far more efficient about corralling in thier 'mavericks'. This whole health care debate has only gotten this far because of the extremist fringe Democrats stomping on the necks of the moderates.


So during the Bush years, when Dixie chicks were called terrorists, when anyone who had an opposing view was universally considered by the right as 'empowering' the terrorists, when people who had objections to the Patriot Act were told vote for this or 9/11 will happen again... those were not 'neck-stomping' tactics as you so racially.. er... cleverly put it?


What about when all the protests occurred when the President was going to 'indoctrinate' our children in schools? Several news outlets interviewed principals who had taken calls from concerned parents, and while they were used to dealing with upset parents, what made it so special was how all the parents used the same phrases over and over, as if they had all heard it somewhere. Hmmmm... I wonder how that might have happened?

Neolib talking points come from a variety of musicians, but the song is always the exact same song. Similarly, right wing talking points come from from way more sources than just Limbaugh & Beck but the message is almost identical.

Are you suggesting that all people who feel the way you describe throughout your comment are 'Neolibs'? Are you not the same man who had four or five different flavors of conservative just to make sure your views weren't mixed in with all the plebians? Are you at least willing to admit that sometimes people who are not 'Neolib' (which means whatever conservatives think it means I guess) might possible share some of the same opinions on things? You are being either accidentally imprecise there, or deliberately accusatory hoping to put people on the defensive. You should probably look into that.

Still, to suggest the Democrats are even half as organized and on point as Republicans does not agree with the facts at hand. Republicans were able to push through controversial policies much more effectively than the Democrats have so far... that is almost solely due to their speaking with one voice, vs the Democrats all listening to all sides and giving and taking.. thereby weakening their relative position.

Most voters are sheep who join a "big party" and they are too consumed with cheering on their 'team' than caring whether their team is a bunch of self-serving jackasses. It is very similar to the tunnel vision fanboi-ism rampant in modern US sports. "Kobe Bryant is a rapist? M'eh - who cares as long as he wins games..." Sigh.

I've been guilty of going off point myself, so I won't mock or question your use of Kobe Bryant's crimes as if it were somehow meant to be on topic. We are fellow independents... and I would have gladly voted Ron Paul in the last primaries if Kentucky would allow Independent voters to vote during primaries.. alas it was not to be. I voted for the person most likely to let me live my life unimpeded.. and ironically, it was the 'big government Democrat'.

The vast bulk of American voters are fiscal conservatives who want smaller government, balanced budgets, less spending, & lower taxes. Sadly, all we end up with are left wing liberal extremist tax & spenders like Bush & Obama.

Okay... now I know you're kidding... Bush was a left wing liberal??? And you still call yourself moderate? That has to be a joke. For what it's worth, I'm all for smaller government, it is a sad day when I have to vote Democratic to get it. Give me a viable Independent candidate or Ron Paul and I'll be all over it. But until then you can only judge the choices you are given.

There are more ways to approach 'peace' than the neolib world view accepts.

There was a lot more about your comment than I quoted, and while I disagree with your statement that Carter was a Neolib (because that terminology wasn't even in use then) I agree there are many ways to pursue peace. What I'm curious about is that obviously the way Bush did it (pissing off the world, and when they objected telling them to eat sh*t and die) didn't work, perhaps we should try something different.

Or to quote you back, "There are more ways to approach 'peace' than the neoCON world view accepts."

Oh, and the guy who's doing it won a peace prize thanks to his efforts. I'm pretty sure if you want to know if you are promoting peace, you ask other countries.. just like if you want to know if someone isn't an asshole, you don't ask him, you ask people who know him.


Wow.. this is hard WP, kudos for doing this all the time.