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11-12-2011 #11
Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
You are, of course, quite right, and I am in awe of both you and Bobby Domino for the intelligence of your answers. Which makes me feel a little foolish in admitting the inspiration of this thought in me. There was a scene at the end of a movie, I think it was Men in Black with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones that showed the Earth as viewed from space, then pulled back some to display it as it appears in our solar system, pulled back more and appeared as a marble and the other planets as marbles, which were then scooped up and deposited in a bag by someone who had been playing marbles.
That scene just popped up in my head the other night and sent my brain off along this tangent, possibly because I am experiencing insomnia and operating on very little sleep. I'll return you to your regularly scheduled programming right now.
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11-12-2011 #12
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
Curious, Cat: I wonder if this means that being transgendered might not be a 'chromosomal malfunction' (if this has any meaning as a term), but nature's way of evolving...or revolving, given that Plato on more than one occasion discussed (via Socrates) the idea that the gods originally created a being that was man and woman and only later separated it into two...so for some people, evolution must be, as it were...Alleluia
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11-12-2011 #13
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
Does a rock diverting the flow of water in a creek function as channel splitter, source of turbulence, an energy sink, a habitat for crawfish and lichen, a stepping stone? Were a heavy storm to wash the rock downstream, did the habitat or the stepping stone malfunction? I propose there is no such thing as a malfunctioning part of the universe which isn’t a malfunction relative to a point of view. So if Shaker’s have died out because they taught their children well that it is a sin to procreate, I don’t think it’s a malfunction from their point of view. If a rock slams into the Earth and destroys all life, or if we do it with a quick series well placed atomic explosions, it cannot be said that Nature malfunctioned, or that humankind malfunctioned. But if there were human survivors, they could (from their own perspective) say, “We messed up pretty badly.”
There’s another issue with calling the transgendered a “chromosomal” malfunction: it’s not known that to what extent the desire to transition is gene related.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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11-12-2011 #14
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
(Sorry I took so long to reply. There were so many good points made by everyone, I wanted to answer them all at once )
I don’t believe in an absolute power therefore my concept of such an entity wouldn’t configure in any theories I may have about the creation of the planet and subsequent evolution of flora & fauna. With that said, to add to the discussion, if there is an absolute power, were all the materials to create Earth on hand or were the main elements available to create Earth as other materials were added in over time? To make a culinary analogy, is the “chef” baking bread or is the “chef” preparing a sauce. In other words, once the dough is made it can no longer be altered once placed in the oven. The result is a product of the initial combination & ratio of ingredients (losing control); whereas, a sauce can change flavor, viscosity and texture by adding other ingredients thereby changing the ratio of ingredients (testing).
How much of a hand does a (universal) creator have, only at the beginning or since the beginning? Do we now impose our social morality and our systems of logic on His thought process? If we use Aristotle’s method of classification, whereby one species is superior to another from the viewpoint of the most intelligent species, why should we be able to understand an even higher intelligence?
Why were dinosaurs erased from the face of the Earth? Was that an attempt by the creator to start over? If so, why leave fossils? Are fossils a warning from the creator that we could suffer the same consequence? If anything fossils confirm the theory of evolution, a process towards resiliency.
Evolution has no direction, (to echo Bluegrass) no sense of progress, only a course of action. Technology and urban centers have affected evolution. We don’t walk as much; our toes are useless and will most likely be the first things to morph – first become webbed, then fully fuse together but we will still retain out joints for thrust. Our skin is not as exposed to extreme weather patterns, hence we don’t need body hair or any hair for that matter. On the animal side, an urban species will evolve. There have been theories that rats & cats will form a new “inter-species.”
(I'm having lots of fun, btw!!!!)
Last edited by Bobby Domino; 11-13-2011 at 08:55 PM.
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11-13-2011 #15
Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
If you heathens continue to blaspheme, I'm gonna have to tack on some serious Pergatory time.
"You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle."
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11-13-2011 #16
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
I agree with this, and I did put the phrase in inverted commas -I did read once about some young Thai men who, seeing the money that ladyboys were making, opted for a temporary life as a ladyboy -transitioning as an economic necessity, not even a lifestyle choice. Ten years later the breasts are gone, they are married with children, and so on. What would be interesting to know is what proportion of transexuals who were not born intersexed (for example) and who went on to have SRS were satisfied 10 or 20 years after the experience, compared to the those who were born intersexed. How one could ever get accurate research on it however, I don't know.
Whether or not truth is relative is a problematic concept...
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
Whether or not truth is relative is a problematic concept...
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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11-13-2011 #18
Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
Whether or not truth is relative is a problematic concept...
"You can pick your friends & you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on your saddle."
~ Kinky Friedman ~
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11-13-2011 #19
Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
Ok, so another source of inspiration that led this line of thought for me. Back in 1985 I read novel titled Illusions by a talented and creative author named Richard Bach. Those of you unfamiliar with the name will most likely recall his most famous work: Jonathan Livingston Seagull subsequently made into a movie with the same name. At any rate, Mr. Bach narrated a journey with a man of mysterious power and intellect who explained to him that the world he saw around him was nothing but illusions conjured up by his own mind and that while these seemed real enough to him, an expansion of the mind would allow him to see that indeed they were nothing but illusions and that he could move beyond his own narrow little world into a higher state of being.
Your last statements,hippiefried remind me of the end of the book: "It could be that none of this is true," which has stuck with me over the years because of the after note by Mr. Bach who stated that his publisher had to be convinced that a book could end with a comma rather than a period.
For reasons I have stated elsewhere on this forum, I spend a lot of time contemplating my continued existence and the reason for it. With no job to go do and being unable to follow my avocation for any length of time I have a tough time understanding why I'm still hanging around. By all rights, I should have died several years ago, but I just keep on going for some reason, although it's hard for me to find a justification for this.
Last edited by BigDF; 11-13-2011 at 02:36 PM. Reason: fixed a typo
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11-13-2011 #20
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Re: Are we some superior being's science project?
BigDF, you're here to enjoy yourself. Your existence is experienced by others. You lend them your voice, your stories, your experience, your kindnesses, guidance, support and you show them how human beings accept the same in return. More than once (in fact just about every day) I'm happy to see that you have weighed in on one issue or another and have given a human face to the issues upon which others just tend to pontificate. Don't ever doubt your value to those with whom you interact, it's intrinsic and obvious. And it doesn't come from a god, it comes from you and those around you.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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