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To: orionblamblam

You're in your four walls, O. The weather is fine outside.

But, for the sake of good old-fashioned dialogue, here goes:

If there was a Big Bang, why were there elements that would allow for the BB in the first place?

If life evolved, why don't I have the speed of a cheetah, the wingspeed of a hummingbird, the eyesight of the eagle, and the power of a lion?

If we're supposed to be constantly advancing in all aspects of evolutionary speciation, why is our intellect the only thing humans possess that is superior to the animal kingdom?

Why is there such a question as why? Animals don't ask this.

These will just get us started, if you wish. It gets more ponderous from here.


104 posted on 11/17/2004 1:17:05 PM PST by ColoCdn (Truth never dies)
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To: ColoCdn

> You're in your four walls, O. The weather is fine outside.

Why do you think that? Got a direct line to the Great Old Gods? Maybe a hotline to Yog Sothoth? Is Cthulhu your pen-pal? Maybe getting weather reports from Outside by Azathoth his own self?

> If there was a Big Bang, why were there elements that would allow for the BB in the first place?

No idea.

> If life evolved, why don't I have the speed of a cheetah...

Because it would not be advantageous to. Everything costs; for a human to be as fast as a Cheetah they'd have to give up some other aspect.

> why is our intellect the only thing humans possess that is superior to the animal kingdom?

As I said... everything costs. And in the case of intellect, the costs of that were outweighed by the benefits. A lion could claw your ass in half in a millisecond. But you'd have to abandon your intellect to allow that to happen.

>Why is there such a question as why?

Because there are minds to ask it.

> Animals don't ask this.

Why do you think this? I have seen more than my share of mammals (cats, dogs and ferrets) that certainly seem to understand enough to wonder why. Sadly, it's generally wondering why the human they depend on is treating them so poorly.


109 posted on 11/17/2004 1:29:00 PM PST by orionblamblam
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To: ColoCdn
If life evolved, why don't I have the speed of a cheetah, the wingspeed of a hummingbird, the eyesight of the eagle, and the power of a lion? If we're supposed to be constantly advancing in all aspects of evolutionary speciation, why is our intellect the only thing humans possess that is superior to the animal kingdom?

Because even if you had the wingspeed of a hummingbird, it would provide no evolutionary advantage other than being able to swat the lion a few more times before it ate you!

151 posted on 11/17/2004 3:36:57 PM PST by WildTurkey
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