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Old 11-29-2018, 02:59 PM   #4246
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Re: Sebby is 100% full of shit

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We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.
That was the other quote I was going to use, but the us vs. them seemed more on point.
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Old 11-29-2018, 05:01 PM   #4247
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Old 11-29-2018, 06:29 PM   #4248
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I need to re-read. It's probably been 20 years. Flower's posts are like Vogon poetry.
Unrelated. I went Hitchhiker's Guide.

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Old 11-29-2018, 07:16 PM   #4249
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We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.
On another Sci Fi note, I am tempted to object to a previously answered question "Shaka, When the Walls Fell."
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As far as we can tell from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose. Our actions are not part of some divine cosmic plan, and if planet earth were to blow up tomorrow morning, the universe would probably keep going about its business as usual. As far as we can tell at this point, human subjectivity would not be missed. Hence any meaning that people inscribe to their lives is just a delusion.
Someone has been reading Sapiens, or have a beer with Less.

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Old 11-29-2018, 09:56 PM   #4251
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Unrelated. I went Hitchhiker's Guide.

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Um, so did I.
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Old 11-29-2018, 11:04 PM   #4252
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That was the other quote I was going to use, but the us vs. them seemed more on point.
Dude! No. All the newbers fixing to post and you show that behind the curtain the two “most original” posters find their crap with google searches? Why not just ask RT to kill the board tomorrow?
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We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us.
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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As far as we can tell from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose. Our actions are not part of some divine cosmic plan, and if planet earth were to blow up tomorrow morning, the universe would probably keep going about its business as usual. As far as we can tell at this point, human subjectivity would not be missed. Hence any meaning that people inscribe to their lives is just a delusion.
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“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
I wanted to put this very quote on the back of our wedding programs but was shot down.
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/us/ho...SZerQXp1qyzEOk if your loner kid suddenly buys a goalie mask please contact authorities.
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I wanted to put this very quote on the back of our wedding programs but was shot down.
Hedonism is the ultimate pragmatism.
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Old 11-30-2018, 09:29 PM   #4258
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I wanted to put this very quote on the back of our wedding programs but was shot down.
If you actually believed it, you'd have found a way to get it on the programs.
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If you actually believed it, you'd have found a way to get it on the programs.
If he actually believed it, he wouldn't have cared.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:09 PM   #4260
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If you actually believed it, you'd have found a way to get it on the programs.
Belief has nothing do with it. It *is,* regardless of what he thinks about it.
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