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Coyote
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Message 725 of 1221 (693626)
03-19-2013 12:10 AM
Reply to: Message 724 by kofh2u
03-18-2013 11:54 PM


Re: ...slaves to the instinct for surviva...l
Rich spoiled Americans can not conceive of such a set of circumstances.
But there have always been situations were nothing could be worse than no one had any use for you.
A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!"
Robert A. Heinlein

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers

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Coyote
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Message 872 of 1221 (693938)
03-20-2013 11:59 PM
Reply to: Message 864 by Theodoric
03-20-2013 10:01 PM


Beastly numbers
I am sure I can find plenty of things and names that add up to 666.
666? Bah!
How do we know it wasn't 6 raised to the 6th power, and that raised to the 6th power?
That would be something like 1.0314428. Now that would that be a really beastly number!
If you want to think a lot smaller, there's 999. That's a beast who works out with weights.
Or 333. A mere baby beast. I guess you could also call that a mini-beast.
The point is that numerology is silly, as you can make it do most anything you want, and attribute to the various permutations almost anything you want.
All without the least bit of evidence.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers

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