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It is said that we share 95% of our genes with chimps. The remaining 5% is code for each of our unique faces and familial characteristics, and ALL the differences we have with chimps. How many code for racial differences in the 5%? There are only 35,000 genes in the genome. Do the maths. What releva...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLVv56YGXQ You don't have to watch this clip but I would, it would add context, but let me get straight to the point, do you think in a modern world where boundaries are becoming blurred, the idea of race makes any sense at all. Now I am not talking about in medicin...

Some may say we can always do better (or worse). Speaking for the US, I think where we exceed would be our technology and our freedom. I already know that some will disagree. But an underlying question is how do we gauge how well we are doing? Standard of living? How many people want to move into h...

Are vicarious experiences as valid as authentic ones that you have experienced yourself. Everyone has stories that relate to their lives, some have been lived directly, some are experiences of others and those stories are part of ones life. Vicarious experiences are equally authentic as non-vicario...

If materialism, naturalism, and scientism are true, then you would be delusional to find meaning in your life (as stated by materialism, naturalism, and scientism which state that life is just a bunch of meaningless atoms and particles). There are things in science that do have objective meaning. F...

Where I live at, it'll be coming up for a vote to register your camera/camcorder with the police. This means giving all sorts of information about the setup. E.g. the owner's name, how many cameras are involved, where are the cameras pointed at, specifically what areas are covered (e.g. which porti...

Infinite quantities cannot be divided logically. If you divide an infinite quantity in two, you get two infinite quantities, and if you divide them infinitely you get an infinite number of infinite quantities. This is, of course absurd. Thus the idea of ANY infinite thing is absurd. Because you coul...

I cannot understand verbs and nouns clearly, so I created my own way to understand them. I use sentence structure and use the words as to relate to every sentence equally. Thoughts? paul You might like to know the spelling of grammar. Your second sentence does not make sense. What do you mean? Gram...

The foetal development theory as used in the theory of Natural Selection was always a side theory. Natural Selection is not dependant on this and never was. It's just an interesting side line, which supports the idea of evolution. Afterall - if you were a god, why would you bother to mimic part of t...