08-07-2011, 10:36 PM
Mark Stapleton Wrote:Greg Burnham Wrote:[How do you figure, that: "it doesn't follow..." -- Unless you are willing to toss out the idea of evolution completely, then we are natural to the planet.
I said it doesn't necessarily follow. Nice omission.
I think we are an amalgum of an indigenous species and an alien one. I think alien genes are in us.
Mankind's rapid dominance of the planet doesn't seem logical or normal. Just my opinion.
My apologies. I didn't intentionally misquote you. So, it necessarily follows that IF WE EVOLVED from the planet (even with alien cross-breeding), then we are natural to it, no?
The universe obviously allowed us to become natives of this place, right? I was BORN here! I don't feel the need to justify my existence here, nor do I feel the need to make excuses for our learning curve in discovering how to survive here.
I just think that accepted paradigms that were first introduced in an age predating modern science need to be re-evaluated and rejected if they fail to solve problems. Malthusianism FAILS.
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monk
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monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)