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It's a an amusing disconnect to watch. Joel Send a noteboard - 20/08/2011 12:25:00 AM
Of course, some argue that conflation is far from novel. ;)

It's become my standard method of pointing out the silliness that comes when people use 'space aliens' as stand-in as proxies for themselves, if only they had more power. When people do it with God, it's very recognizable. Folks who deplore the religious for doing it should learn to recognize when they're doing the same thing.

I've met lots of people who took one for granted while dismissing the other as implausible fantasy; I often wonder what the ratio is at any given time. :P
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If ever there was a reason to cut greenhouse gas emissions Camilla - 19/08/2011 10:14:00 AM 1089 Views
I've seen Start Trek, I know the real threat is you killing whales. snoopcester - 19/08/2011 10:34:08 AM 742 Views
I know Camilla - 19/08/2011 10:36:22 AM 680 Views
You make a fair point snoopcester - 19/08/2011 11:22:53 AM 716 Views
Re: You make a fair point Camilla - 19/08/2011 02:06:05 PM 639 Views
Re: You make a fair point snoopcester - 19/08/2011 02:10:43 PM 617 Views
It's the other other white meat. Joel - 19/08/2011 07:13:19 PM 689 Views
There's so much wrong with that Isaac - 19/08/2011 01:08:57 PM 723 Views
"They don't recycle; kill them all. " Joel - 19/08/2011 07:11:15 PM 695 Views
Very Space Hippy Isaac - 19/08/2011 10:39:10 PM 731 Views
It's still debatable whether we've abandoned the evolutionary ladder. Joel - 19/08/2011 11:16:58 PM 835 Views
You'll welcome to debate that with a biologist, it's not my specialty or interest Isaac - 20/08/2011 04:46:43 AM 785 Views
I've seen a lot of mainstream biologists suggest human evolution may be mostly mental now. Joel - 21/08/2011 11:32:48 AM 802 Views
Neither of us are biologists though and it's not really relveant anyway Isaac - 21/08/2011 01:21:06 PM 781 Views
I'm not ignoring it, just wondering why over half the planet ignores it and lives in misery. Joel - 21/08/2011 01:55:53 PM 755 Views
If you have occassion to spend time in those places you'll know why Isaac - 21/08/2011 02:38:44 PM 673 Views
How does literal mud huts as the norm respresent living standards rising "a lot". Joel - 22/08/2011 12:29:35 AM 850 Views
You seem to have cherry-picked what you wanted to hear out of my comments Isaac - 22/08/2011 01:07:10 AM 561 Views
"It's a stability thing, not a Western greed thing" seemed to encapsulate your comments. Joel - 22/08/2011 03:10:17 PM 695 Views
Only if you really cherry pick them Isaac - 23/08/2011 02:48:08 AM 709 Views
This seems to have descended into an insoluble partisan debate. Joel - 23/08/2011 07:43:07 PM 776 Views
You're the one who dragged it to that Isaac - 23/08/2011 08:10:03 PM 692 Views
Did I? Joel - 25/08/2011 10:18:29 PM 715 Views
*rudely butts in* Vodalus - 23/08/2011 04:38:33 AM 755 Views
American companies don't go to China SOLELY to screw the working class, no;that's largely incidental Joel - 25/08/2011 08:03:05 PM 834 Views
we should abdon the myth of the evolutionary ladder random thoughts - 20/08/2011 11:49:35 PM 604 Views
Probably; as discussed in Brams thread it should never be seen as predictive, let alone prophetic. Joel - 21/08/2011 11:55:09 AM 711 Views
Well, for this context I think the use is okay Isaac - 21/08/2011 11:59:19 AM 706 Views
That's an interesting point about the NEED for fossil fuels as a stepping stone to advanced culture. Joel - 21/08/2011 12:33:59 PM 787 Views
Not a need, just an edge Isaac - 21/08/2011 02:06:23 PM 600 Views
There's industrialization and then there's industrialization. Joel - 22/08/2011 12:53:35 AM 951 Views
If you were more familiar with engineering you'd not say something like that Isaac - 22/08/2011 01:53:33 AM 984 Views
I dispute that industrialization is primarily about non-agricultural production. Joel - 22/08/2011 03:10:19 PM 898 Views
Well you can argue that with a dictionary I suppose Isaac - 23/08/2011 03:50:52 AM 711 Views
I'm not above that, but the dictionary definitions I've found are disappointingly self-referential. Joel - 24/08/2011 02:25:21 AM 661 Views
That tends to be the case, it is a kinda vague term outside of specific context Isaac - 24/08/2011 09:12:19 AM 820 Views
Tends to moot that part of the debate though. Joel - 26/08/2011 12:31:21 AM 954 Views
Re: Tends to moot that part of the debate though. Isaac - 26/08/2011 05:52:59 PM 987 Views
Re: Tends to moot that part of the debate though. Joel - 28/08/2011 09:44:52 AM 847 Views
yes I was just jumping into the middle of the discussion. random thoughts - 22/08/2011 03:03:49 PM 642 Views
and we wonder why so many people ignore "scientist" random thoughts - 19/08/2011 01:17:38 PM 727 Views
Think it's better to ignore "reporters on a slow news day," to be honest *NM* beetnemesis - 19/08/2011 02:38:23 PM 275 Views
Or even acquire a sense of humour. *NM* Camilla - 19/08/2011 08:36:07 PM 309 Views
That was the City of Pearl series by Karen Traviss Aeryn - 19/08/2011 02:04:51 PM 710 Views
Re: That was the City of Pearl series by Karen Traviss Camilla - 19/08/2011 02:06:27 PM 663 Views
Hypothetical aliens are perfectly wise aerocontrols - 19/08/2011 06:24:13 PM 634 Views
You may be confusing aliens with God. Joel - 19/08/2011 07:08:01 PM 676 Views
Not confused aerocontrols - 19/08/2011 11:41:56 PM 685 Views
It's a an amusing disconnect to watch. Joel - 20/08/2011 12:25:00 AM 692 Views
Naturally. Camilla - 19/08/2011 08:36:28 PM 769 Views
So, basically, we're the poor white trash of the universe. Joel - 19/08/2011 07:06:23 PM 727 Views
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