On Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:35:39 AM UTC-4, Claudius Denk wrote:
> On Jul 11, 1:52 pm, Tom McDonald &
lt;tmcdonald2...@charter.net> wrote:
> > On 7/11/2012 1:33 PM, Claudius Denk wrote:
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> > > On Jul 11, 10:33 am, Tom McDonald &
lt;tmcdonald2...@charter.net> wrote:
> > >> On 7/11/2012 10:57 AM, Claudius Denk wrote:
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> > >>> On May 10, 8:27 am, Lee Olsen &
lt;paleoc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > >>> Lee Olsen presented:
> > >>> It may come as a surprise to hear that humans excel in running.
> > >>> Obviously, a leopard can leave us in the dust in a short sprint. But
> > >>> over longer distances leopards and most other mammals flag. "Most
> > >>> mammals can't sustain a gallop over 10 to 15 minutes," says
> > >>> Lieberman.
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> > >>> Claudius Denk:
> > >>> It is plainly observable that most races in the wild end abruptly in
> > >>> less than 30 seconds when either the predator has caught their prey
> > >>> or
> > >>> the prey has escaped and the predator has given up.
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> > >>> Lee Olsen (continued):
> > >>> Humans, on the other hand, can continue running for hours while using
> > >>> relatively little energy. "Humans are phenomenal endurance runners,
> > >>> in terms of speed, cost, and distance," says Lieberman. You can
> > >>> actually outrun a pony easily." And yet, he points out, "no other
> > >>> primates out there endurance run."
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> > >>> Claudius Denk:
> > >>> Humans have endurant qualities. (Specifically, hominids have "slow
> > >>> twitch" muscles, which are less strong but more endurant.) These
> > >>> endurant qualities are associated with all aspects of our existence--
> > >>> not just running/walking. Endurant qualities are more associated
> > >>> with
> > >>> consciousness in general than they are with any particular activity.
> > >>> Consciousness (awareness) and endurantism have everything to do with
> > >>> communal territorialism.
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> > >> Endurantism is another word you use without understanding.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurantism
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> > >> Or:
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http://tinyurl.com/6x62dm
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> > >> Endurantism does have a lot to do with human awareness; but what you
> > >> write below has zero to do with endurantism.
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> > >> Is there no beginning to your actual knowledge?
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> > >>> They have to do with maintaining a presence
> > >>> on a territorial claim (garden habitat) to serve as a threat to
> > >>> dissuade inmigrating food competitor species and so that the call can
> > >>> go out to a larger community to take action to prevent inmigration of
> > >>> food competitor species, especially during the dry season. Might
> > >>> this
> > >>> have involved 'troops" being mobilized over relatively long
> > >>> distances? Sure. And might this activity in and of itself have
> > >>> benefited from endurant running? Sure. But does this have anything
> > >>> whatsoever to do with hominids evading predators and/or going on
> > >>> excursions into treeless habitat to compete with dedicated predators?
> > >>> Absolutely not, because if that was the case we would expect them to
> > >>> maintain their "fast twitch" musculature so that they could stay
> > >>> competitive.
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> > >>> Jim McGinn (AKA Claudius Denk)
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http://www.solvingtornadoes.org
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> > > Do you have any dispute with my scenario that isn't just, uh . . .
> > > semantic?
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> > Do you have any scenario that is not based on sheer ignorance and
> > arrogance?
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> > So far this week you have claimed expertise in genealogy (when that is
> > irrelevant to the issues involved, and probably isn't what you meant);
> > and, as above, claimed that endurantism has something to do with
> > endurance running.
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> > IOW you have a queer knack for showing flat ignorance about simple
> > things, while asking us to accept that you are some sort of polymath in
> > those same things.
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> > When you show such ignorance and sloppiness about such simple things, it
> > begins to look to honest eyes like you aren't really up to taking part
> > in discussions with the grownups.
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> > But hell, keep it up. It's a hoot to read, and makes it worth getting up
> > in the morning to see what new howlers you'll present to us in the new day.
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> > Perhaps you could explain what fast-twitch muscle fibers have to do with
> > 'endurantism'? Or endurance activities?
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> > This should be fun!
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> Jeez, Tom. You're so serious.
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> Speaking of serious, tornadoes really are no joke. Hundreds of people
> are killed every year. Husbands, wives, little boys and girls. At
> best they have ten minutes warning, and then . . . And for every
> person killed theres 10 to 20 more that are injured.
>
> We really do need your help, Tom. (If making phone calls isn't your
> thing we can work out something else.)
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> You saw the website. People live their whole lives in the hope of
> being part of something like this.
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> Honestly though, Tom. I think you're going to find this rewarding on
> many different levels. Just think, you'll be able to tell your
> grandkids that in your spare time you save lives. And you'll be able
> to tell them that with a straight face.
>
>
http://www.solvingtornadoes.org
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> Jim McGinn (AKA Claudius Denk)
> Ya gotta be twisted to deal with twisters
Wow. Just wow.