Paramecium also display intelligent behavior. They avoid predators, they learn to navigate mazes and escape from traps, and they hunt for food. Penrose and Hameroff theorize that microtubules in the cells are the mechanism for quantum computation, so the cell is actually conscious. We don't know what it's thinking or feeling, but we probably couldn't relate to it anyway. If a single celled organi
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on the backs of slaves.
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The banality of evil.
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The theory may be nonsense but he was a scholar. Allegro was the world's leading authority on the dead sea scrolls before his career went down in flames after publishing his book.
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Science isn't one guy working in his basement. It's lots of people cross-checking each other's work over a period of many years. It's a wee bit more reliable than looking into a hat. Carbon is just one isotope used for dating. There are different ones for different amounts of time. Multiple methods are cross-correlated, so it's not a shot in the dark. One can always arm-chair-quarterback ag
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Execution drug shortage? Talk to any veterinarian. Why not bring back public hangings while we're at it? I can just imagine the conservatives muttering among themselves: "Yeah, why not?"
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The recent thread about Judaism reminded me of the drug-based origin of religion. From the ayahuasca use of Moses (http://www.samwoolfe.com/2013/07/is-judaism-based-on-use-of-ayahuasca.html) to Joseph's use of datura (http://www.i4m.com/think/history/holy-ghost.htm) to the invention of Christ by an ancient mushroom cult (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jesus-Christ-Was-a-Magic-Mushroom/26816082988
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What do you make of John Allegro's take on the Dead Sea Scrolls being the product of a mystical sect in which Christ was a magic mushroom?
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"logical evidence-supported arguments..." Well then, it certainly won't hurt to investigate those arguments. I think the younger generation will see through this, so it will "hasten the work" of people coming to their senses.
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It's a little ironic that Joseph walked with a limp because we'll all be walking with a "Mormon limp" for the rest of our lives. It really is amazing to see what the church has built out of pure BS. And funny. How firm a foundation. Yeah, it dried out in the sun. There's this elaborate structure of perception based on pure imagination. Pure imagination is okay, but when you pass it o
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Total reactionaries, Dude. People are entitled to decide what it means to be human. This is Utah's way.
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The most interesting part of the article is at the end. The LHC is finally coming on line at full power in the spring. That's not just a big deal for Sheldon Cooper types. It's really big for all of us because there are TOEs out there that stand to merge spirituality and science in a transformative way. The way that reality is understood could be in for the biggest breakthrough since really th
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Maybe more like Orwellian. He sees himself as TSCC's primary defender with his great legal mind. Unfortunately, his client is guilty as sin so it's a tough job. It's like Jesus defending the woman caught in adultery, but in that case he wasn't making any pretense that the woman wasn't a whore. He just appealed to people's sense of mercy. That might work for Oaks too, rather than being a Koriho
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There's an upside to all of this. Once you learn that your biggest beliefs are bullshit, you start wondering what else is bullshit. Most nevermos don't even get that far. It's hard, but you will know in a way that few do what freedom really feels like.
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Of course I forgive you. Big hug, bro. Why do you think you need to be forgiven for being human? You don't need it from us. You don't need it from God. The reason is that you're not a child anymore. You just need to accept yourself for who you are. Who you are matters. I mean the you you, not the Mormon you. You do care, don't you? The truth matters. Why not dig a little?
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What's messy about your prophet turning out to be a low down dirty dog?
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Henry's a U of U guy? He just moved up a notch. Too bad he wasted his talents on TSCC.
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I was thinking maybe a big cow pie with flowers growing out of it and birds flying above it. But it also needs something risque. Any ideas?
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It only gets better the further away you get. You'll have more appreciation for things that are real because of your exercise in unreality.
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From the letter it looks more like TSCC is on trial. John is rubbing the truth in their face to make a point. I wonder if TSCC is seeing a pattern. Sh!t that used to fly is now coming back down and hitting them in the face.
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The House of Commons atmosphere here sometimes makes us forget how beautiful and fantastic existence really is. This transcendental stuff is the reality behind existence. Just because Mormonism co-opts and twists it for selfish ends doesn't mean it's not there. Scientists have proven that as few as 1000 people meditating in unison can consistently reduce war and crime. That's the power of the min
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Not much. I'd say about a third would outright deny it even if the leadership came clean. Another third would go on as if nothing has really changed. Maybe the last third would drop off, but those would be the fence sitters anyway. I think setting the record straight would be a great way to clean house. It might even produce a surge of new converts from the intense PR. After all, an organizati
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Toxic disconnect with reality. You aren't really you. You're a Mormon. But that's good, because if you screw up you can ask God for forgiveness and that makes it all better. Like kissing a boo boo. Of course, asking God to forgive you for being an asshole doesn't solve the problem of you being an asshole. There lies the rub.
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Of course. Who do you think told them to build a mall?
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Thanks to the Internet, the standards for what's provocative have changed considerably. I think revealing too much is pedestrian. If guys want to see it all, they can pull it up on any web browser. Find something sexy that makes you feel like a woman when you wear it. The more important thing is to break your mind out of the patriarchy. Anyone with a lick of sense knows God has to be a woman.
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Short answer (30 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1uOqRb0HU Love what you do and love being. Creativity is a cycle of doing and being. Take time to do and take time to be. It doesn't work if it's all one way or the other. Amit Goswami explains the creative process (in a very upbeat way) in this 6-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu53_pa-9Bk I've found that my post-Mo
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It's like a remark I once heard about a processed meat product: "Somehow I don't think this chicken ever said 'Cluck cluck'".
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Mormons are the only Christians who think they're Jews, so there's bound to be some of that. The other card is the apocalyptic doom card. Somehow that one always works in times of rapid social change.
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It seems you have two questions: why are there so many, and why do think it's okay? It's actually pretty simple. 1. Sexual repression usually results in the repressed sexuality coming out as some kind of perversion. If you let nature run its course, there will be some fireworks while things get sorted out, but at least you don't cause a lifetime of perversion. 2. Mormonism teaches its memb
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Our sock puppet of Christ is the only authentic sock puppet because he says things that only the true Christ would say. Therefore we must be true Christians.
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