tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post3542034247760731530..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Ricketts and Blue Green AlgaeCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-19613394964604993262009-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:002009-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:00Moggs- I think it's important not to lose sight of...Moggs- I think it's important not to lose sight of the reality. We so often look at life from our perspective. Which is valid, in a sense, except we lose sight of our position within it.<BR/><BR/>My argument is that we have to see life not just in Clade terms, which, when applicable, I'm all in favour of. As I think it's clear, I have no qualms about describing us as simply another species of Ape.<BR/><BR/>But we need to still acknowledge the grades, where grades exist.<BR/><BR/>And we are on the third grade of life. A composite of composites.<BR/><BR/>And my own belief is that why mankind marks such a radical departure from the rest of life- which will stay on the third grade- is that what we are doing is exactly the same as when the first Eukaryotes formed multicellular beings.<BR/><BR/>Human history IS part of the evolutionary processes. I believe we are evolving a collective intelligence- and we're using the rudimentary foundations of it's neural network right now.<BR/><BR/>Vicarious Rising- :)<BR/><BR/>I live, yes.<BR/><BR/>My old home has been quarantined :(<BR/><BR/>There are people wondering around there still, it seems, but we've regrouped in exile...<BR/><BR/>The googlebots think I'm a spambot, apparently.<BR/><BR/>Sweet Cheeks- I actually enjoy writing posts like this. Not many people like reading them, mind, but they're the ones I enjoy writing.<BR/><BR/>I actually find it a far more elegant and edifying view of life than the idea that God stuck as here as we are.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it wonderful to look back and see how far we've come? from humble beginings?<BR/><BR/>We live in a very meritocratic, democratic universe. The American dream universe.<BR/><BR/>Even a Bacterium can, if it strives hard enough, conquer space.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-18676427335584627502009-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:002009-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:00I really liked this post. :)...or be a Crushed.....I really liked this post. :)<BR/><BR/>...or be a Crushed...<BR/>LOL at Moggs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-84597636831542467412009-03-04T13:57:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:57:00.000-08:00Hey! He lives!Ok, I haven't actually read your pos...Hey! He lives!<BR/><BR/>Ok, I haven't actually read your post yet, but I was glad to see your comment on my blog after unsuccessfully trying to access your old blog home. I popped right over to say hello.<BR/><BR/>Hello.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354890444410748967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-49823099922584884232009-03-03T23:30:00.000-08:002009-03-03T23:30:00.000-08:00Some good points you make. Our cells are actually ...Some good points you make. Our cells are actually a sort of mutually co-operative mixture. <BR/><BR/>Those cells the co-operate in turn to be a dog or a cat... or a Crushed.<BR/><BR/>Maybe in the right environment you could have "life" made out of interacting magnetic fields? or gravity fields?Moggs Tigerpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06050823844924656462noreply@blogger.com