Re: Friday Five May 9
Now we will never know if the doctor was right... D [email protected]> wrote:
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Elon will get us to Mars. Have faith. Besides that, we could also imprint our personalities into a quantum computer and launch the whole virtual world into the void like Voyager... D
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
I was just starting to get going when I turned 60 - and have been more active in many ways than I was in my 50s.? Of course losing 160 lb helped a great deal - the doctor and I talked about that
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 9
They've gotten good at keeping people alive past the old expiry dates. In fact, it seems to be an important part of the plan to make people live forever, in memory circuits. But first, they'll kill
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 9
*"Fairly so - I am going to my 58th High School reunion this year - the sponsor told me she didn't think enough people would survive to 60 to have a reunion."* I am 66. I remember in my 20's thinking
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
// 5. Were you surprised at the new Pope? I was hoping a candidate from one of the three unrepresented continents would be named - but was amazed than an American was chosen // It may have been
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 9
1.? Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena? I see it as more of a cultural than genetic.? Melanesian Pacific Islanders and a lot of Subcontinental Indians are darker skinned than the average
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 9
*1. Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena?* Everything we define or discuss is a mental phenomenon. A symbol, a story. The word race is a symbol that can, by definition, reflect either cultural,
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Thanks - I was hjaving rouble posting to extra recipients. Marvin ? ? ? 1.? Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena? 2.? Will the war between Pakistan and India go nuclear? 3.? Are
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 9
Race is an artificial construct based on culture. There are no subspecies of homo sapiens. Unlikely Not for the United States. A recession is looking more likely as the current administration keeps
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a1thighmaster
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Friday Five May 9
1.? Is race a genetic or cultural phenomena? 2.? Will the war between Pakistan and India go nuclear? 3.? Are you?optimistic about the remainder of tis year? 4.? Should Alcatraz be reopened as a
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a1thighmaster
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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 9
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 2
I haven't heard of any in the last two weeks - but news coverage is very flaky.? The situation I was speaking of is with regard to previous actions - not future ones.? Though enforcement of laws and
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 2
Marvin, I remember the Kent State protests in 1970. I lived in Ohio, so I was a lot closer to them than you were. The May 4 Massacre was a tragedy that didn't need to happen. Gunfire just wasn't
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a1thighmaster
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Re: Friday Five May 2
1.? Did the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the US for mineral resources surprise you? A little, but not a lot. ? 2.? Do you support students on college campuses disrupting classes
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 2
A little, but not a lot. Who says they're disrupting classes? Loss of their visas doesn't have to be the only alternative. It's possible given the likely effects of the tariff war. Well, it's a
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a1thighmaster
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Re: Friday Five May 2
1.? Did the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the US for mineral resources surprise you? Not really - lately nothing surprises me. 2.? Do you support students on college campuses
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five May 2
*1. Did the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the US for mineral resources surprise you?* Yes. I thought Ukraine was going to dawdle forever. I know they are in existential mode, but since
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five May 2
1. Did the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the US for mineral resources surprise you? No, it was in the cards and is only symbolic anyway. 2. Do you support students on college campuses
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Ed Lomas
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Re: Friday Five May 2
1.? Did the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the US for mineral resources surprise you? 2.? Do you support students on college campuses disrupting classes protesting for political causes?
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mrvnchpmn
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