On May 26, 2:18 pm, Father Haskell <
fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 25, 2:03 pm, "Alex W." <
ing...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> > On Sat, 25 May 2013 09:18:51 -0700 (PDT), His Higness the
> > Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
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> > > On May 24, 7:14 pm, Father Haskell <
fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> On May 24, 6:42 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
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> > >> Philosopher" <
comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>> On May 24, 5:34 pm, Father Haskell <
fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > >>> > On May 24, 5:26 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
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> > >>> > Philosopher" <
comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >>> > > On May 24, 5:01 pm, Father Haskell <
fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > >>> > > > On May 24, 4:49 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
> > >>> > > > Reason cockroaches can survive decapitation is
> > >>> > > > insects' nervous systems are distributed rather
> > >>> > > > than centralized. Removing the head only removes
> > >>> > > > inhibition and pertinent sensory input. The bug
> > >>> > > > itself couldn't give a shit less, because it never
> > >>> > > > gave a shit to begin with. So, go ahead and yank
> > >>> > > > the wings off helpless flies with impunity and glee,
> > >>> > > > as many as your twisted psyche desires. There's
> > >>> > > > absolutely no karma lost whatsoever.
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> > >>> > > So you could crucify a roach like Jesus, stick needles into it, and it
> > >>> > > would be like nothing. Long live the roach!
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> > >>> > I can't see how being permanently glued to a sticky trap
> > >>> > would be any more "humane," regardless of how their
> > >>> > neurons are wired, in the roaches' *or* jesus' case.
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> > >>> As a pedestrian/cyclist I feel a lot of solidarity for the roach. The
> > >>> Christians show no compassion though. I could almost say they enjoy
> > >>> seeing me run.
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> > >> They predated the dinosaurs and they'll outlive us.
> > >> It's their planet, and we're their guests.
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> > > And they are humble in their ways. It's not like they claim they have
> > > a god that made them to his image.
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> > Not as far as we know, anyhow.
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> > However, if and when they ever attain enough intelligence
> > and a capacity for abstract thought, I am reasonably certain
> > that they too will end up inventing deities of their own.
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> It's entirely possible to build a computer using roaches
> as logic arrays.
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The challenge now is to build a robot that goes to church without
input from a central command (aka Government).