Posted on 11/17/2004 11:06:41 AM PST by ElkGroveDan
can't imagine any human that could keep up with a wolf trotting along all day.
He only has to outrun OOG, his buddy.
Hey, how's things? We never finished our Peirceian discussion. Maybe some other time.
Isn't this "We can only observe things over an extended period of time," just too convenient an out?
If Christians were to pose (as some do) that you'll only know the truth of God over an extended period of time (beyond the limits of one's lifetime), anti-religionists would decry them as charlatans.
What makes my 'faith' any less 'faith' than your 'faith'?
Fast is as fast does. For long distance, there is not a land bound creature alive that can outrun a human being.
As a matter of fact, continental drift is being observed, at the rate of a few inches per year (or something like that).
An observable fact is different to a posited theory. Evolution is theory. Continental drift is fact.
This particular human was born to nap. I can point to all sorts of features I have that make me particularly well suited to it.
I don't know what I evolved from, but I'll consider that question in about 20 minutes.
Shalom.
What's truly amazing is that all of these things "evolved" without knowing what the final result was going to be...good runners. Larger disks wouldn't have been needed unless and until we were already running. Shorter forearms wouldn't have been needed unless and until we could balance upright.
We were designed to run.
I prefer a rifle.
> I prefer a rifle.
I prefer the Meat Department at the grocery store. Eh.
And it shows, on my ability to chase things down...
I think the reason we get along so well with dogs is because they are supremely tolerant of personal failings.
Shalom.
Thirteen marathons for me. Some of them were racewalking rather than running.
"well-defined buttocks"
Add another to the list for next Thursday.
> What makes my 'faith' any less 'faith' than your 'faith'?
"If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion."
I have yet to meet the cold Bud or sack of Lays that I can't run down if I really put my mind to it.
Shalom.
There is that, but I've not found elk at my local grocery stores.
Does that include the pronghorn antelope, with an ability to sustain 30 to 40 mph over long distances?
That's a big differential to make up for a human running at 8 to 10 mph max.
Mark Twain:
There's lies, Damn lies, and then there's statistics.
Figures? or it figures!
Perhaps you have greater faith in the human calculator than do I.
> It's been said that these characteristics are one of the reasons we get along so well with dogs. We're the same kind of hunters.
Well, back in the day, humans and wolves were very direct competitors (still are in many ways, but they don't compete well against rifles). We would have encountered each other a LOT, and likely saw each other as The Enemy. And one approach humans have always had with the enemy is to incorporate them into the tribe. We turned our worst foe into our best friend. I don't think there's a culture on the planet that has had dealings with wolves that does not have folktales about their version of The Big Bad Wolf.
Explaining cats, though...
I think we just found the first legitimate candidate for a Darwin Award who didn't have to self-destruct.
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