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@Greyparrot
Though I suppose that wind and sunshine are reasonably renewable in the long term.
Whereas fossil fuels are not.
And any sort of energy production will inevitably raise environmental concerns.
It's a human problem, as it always is of course.
This is a truism.
Remove the data processing device and there's nothing to worry.
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@Greyparrot
Assuming that the Universe is a closed system.
And assuming that the purpose of everything is is not to unclose the system.
Which I suppose is to assume that everything is purposeless.
Science changes it's mind regularly.
And has a few trillion years left in which to regularly do so.
Some might even suggest that space and time have infinite potential.
And therefore everything is closed but infinitely open, and infinitely potent.
No one understands everything GP.
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@FLRW
Hmmmmm.
Is increasing intelligence a necessity?
If not, a reversal or stagnation is unimportant.
If so, I would suggest that it is likely that fewer and fewer will possess the capability to increase.
We are already a society of mostly users, rather than developers.
And then there is the inevitability of AI, probably.
Alternative Intelligence, let's say.
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@FishChaser
What is the purpose of knowledge?
Everything or none.
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@Greyparrot
Science says, it doesn't know yet.
That's assuming, that it will be worked out eventually.
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@TheUnderdog
So who owns it?
Who lends it?
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@Greyparrot
Everything that occurs with a universe at any given moment is naturally occurring.
Ultimately everything is either renewable or not.
Was this universe renewed from the previous one?
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@Stephen
Reinterpreting history and the thoughts of 50 million anonymous persons is easy.
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@Tradesecret
People were people, are people Trade.
Christian is just a largely ignored label.
Applying the label doesn't change human behaviour overnight.
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@IlDiavolo
We are endowed with fight or flight data, to which we might add some form of conceptual ideology.
Though history tells us, that over the centuries since the time of Jesus, Christians have never been particularly keen on the turn the other cheek option.
So I would suggest that innate survival systems still take precedence over conceptual add-ons.
Though, what specifically is a Christian?
Do you mean someone unwittingly baptised, who never attends church, and has never read the bible.
Or some devout fundamentalist bible basher.
Of course, it might be suggested that the former is just as likely to be a more passive character than the latter.
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@TheUnderdog
For sure, as a part of a system of global control.
So as you haven't answered my previous question concerning the lender.
Answer me this...Who will call in the debt or seize U.S. assets?
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@Greyparrot
But, have you ever tried not to think?
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@ebuc
What about time?
Is EMRadiation (charged photos) universally omni-present.
Did you mean Photons?
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@Mall
That would be like saying that any concept held by a majority, influences State.
Which I suppose it does.
To a variable degree.
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@TheUnderdog
You've changed the subject
I thought you were referring to National debt.
Who does the USA owe 33 trillion?
Because every Nation bar two, has a national debt.
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@Stephen
Have faith.
In the Met Office.
Sunny later, and tomorrow.
With exhausting temp's of 14 degrees.
Best get the barbie out.
Not the blond pink one.
Have fun.
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@TheUnderdog
The way things work is,
That stuff has a corresponding value.
If it didn't,
Then debt wouldn't occur.
But that isn't how things work.
And people like to have stuff.
Debt is make believe,
And occurs because,
We make believe that it does.
There is another option,
But that would necessitate human cooperation.
Can you imagine that.
Best move to Liechtenstein or Niue,
If debt troubles you.
33 Trillion,
Now who did you borrow that from?
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@7000series
So I just need to think more when I buy things.
You just need to think more about that statement.
If you don't actually need it, then don't buy it.
Homer Simpson would probably buy, and think it simultaneously.
D'oh.
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Lemming.
Wylted.
Misc:
If you have a random thought post it here.
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@Greyparrot
All internal monologues are internal and monologues.
But have you ever tried to not think?
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@ebuc
Maybe other life isn't quite so intellectually advanced as it is on Planet Earth.
Sci Fi always likes to suggest that we are the universal retards.
And how far into the universe can SETI actually search?
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@Stephen
Chocolate Egg weekend rapidly approaching.
Hope that all is well in North Worcs.
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@7000series
Don't let the Ratman hassle you.
He's nothing like his avatar.
He's a squidgy teddy bear.
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@Greyparrot
Have you ever tried to not think?
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@Best.Korea
Sometimes humans do crazy stuff.
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@Best.Korea
Nor me.
"The best of intentions" aren't always welcomed, or acted upon positively by a potential recipient.
So perhaps it's best not to try too hard.
Sort of a Takeitorleaveitist.
Ist is a brilliant suffix.
Sort of an Istism.
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@Tradesecret
It's always nice to receive a thumbs up.
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@ebuc
Yep.
I should read up on the subject.
Fermi asked in 1950, where is everybody?
How many other Fermi's perhaps asked the same question?
Though I'm firmly of the opinion that there either is or isn't life elsewhere.
I expect that you would agree.
Ha Ha.
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@Mall
Well.
Church is as Church does.
And State is as State does.
I would suggest that globally, the influence that Church has on State, is variable.
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@7000series
If you like.
You choose.
Art is rife with input and output variables.
Functions occur.
If not, they don't.
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@baggins
Good answer.
Though One might suggest that they weren't made as such, but evolved as such.
For reasons unknown,
Or for no reason at all.
Of course they could have been made as such,
But for no specific reason,
Other than something to do on a wet afternoon.
Or...............
Something else.
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@TheUnderdog
@WyIted
Shit happens.
But not to realists.
Stuff happens to realists.
But some of the stuff that happens to realists,
Is shit.
For clarification,
Check with GODDO,
If you can locate it.
If not,
You will have to draw your own conclusions.
N.B.
Two or more,
Individual sets of conclusions,
Will not necessarily match.
What's a realist?
Hmmmmmmmm.
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@Tradesecret
Yep, I would agree that sexual satisfaction is short lived.
Until the next time.
As designed by a creator.
Or an inevitability relative to evolved physiology.
For some reason or not.
And for sure, sequences of events occur because they are sequences of events.
If they didn't, neither you nor I, would be either up-to-date or out-dated.
You state the obvious dear Trade.
And so for that matter, we are in agreement.
And sort of up-to-date.
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@Mall
Belief and religion.
Yep, two words that can mean a variety of things.
In so much as my ignorance relative to Universal necessity or unnecessity, is the basis of my uncertain ideology.
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@baggins
As far as we are able to know.
The real one occurs.
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@ebuc
Certainly.
Earth based intelligence evolves, and I assume, will spread outwards.
Other intelligence sources might exist elsewhere.
Long way to go.
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@Mall
In terms of universal and material progress on this planet in this solar system, it's probably the way forwards.
To assume that humanity is the be all and end all of universal and material progress, is a tad presumptuous.
We are a very small part of said process, in a very small corner of a very big universe.
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@RationalMadman
What is the real GOD?
Universal evolution and duration I suppose.
Not much choice, other than to get on with this nanosecond of existence.
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@Mall
Women bruise easier.
And in the main, men hit harder.
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@Tradesecret
Yep, sex is a lot to do with fluid transfer.
As Kinsey would probably say.
And also a lot to do with recreational satisfaction.
Also known as procreational satisfaction.
Why all the angst when a quick wan* will suffice.
What it is to be an up to date human hey Trade.
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@Best.Korea
If a GOD is omni-brilliant, it therefore sees no problem with G and P.
And you, a mere mortal, are evil for assuming that GOD is incorrect.
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@IlDiavolo
Yep.
Good stuff.
I think that species evolution is all about genetic selection, and is a process that will inevitably involve human manipulation.
Though the jury is still out on the aliens.
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@n8nrgim
Hypothetically, hypotheticals can be good bad or indifferent, or anything in between.
There are currently no standards, other than hypothetical ones.
But I'm not sure that scepticism requires a standard other than itself.
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@Benjamin
22. Solar energy.
Try existing without it.
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@Benjamin
The hard right and the liberal left.
Same old Same old, as it was 2000 or so years ago.
Didn't do J any good, because they nailed him to a post.
2000 or so years later and what J might have said is largely forgotten.
And I doubt that J was anything more than a charismatic liberal lefty.
Son of a loose woman and a charismatic lothario named Ged.
Obviously they mistook the E for an O.
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@IlDiavolo
Or did she just die in a car accident, whilst being pursued by the paparazzi.
Not that I'm particularly interested.
Material evolution and consequently social evolution relative to the evolution of the intellectual species, is such that all is potentially available to all..
Though what is actually achievable for the individual, depends upon the capability of the individual.
My suggestion is, to find a niche that suits ones capabilities and be content.
I certainly do not feel that I am being taken advantage of.
Though to be fair, British society isn't Russian society.
Do you think that the "greedy people" are ever content?
Maintaining wealth and power does not necessarily foster peace of mind.
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@FishChaser
Love.
What does that mean?
I would suggest that love is a misrepresentation of internal chemistry.
The reality of the human condition is that it overthinks reality.
Such is the inevitability of the intellectual species, I suppose.
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@FishChaser
Short, fat, old, ugly male millionaire: Babe magnet.
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@IlDiavolo
Someone didn't like him.
You call it deep state, which is what I might refer to as establishment.
A sort of evolution of time established social hierarchy.
You either run with it, or worry about it.
I expect we will have another documentary soon about the death of Princess Diana.
Serves a purpose I suppose.
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