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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:26 PM Original message |
A question of life, the universe, and everything, if the answer really isn't 42. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Both. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know the answer, but you sound like the perfect person to go to these exhibits: |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. the electrochemical signals that originate in the brain are part of the biological system |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Here's what I'm driving at: |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. i think they answered many of these questions when they mapped the human genome |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I have a theory... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. well if biology ceases to have explanatory power as an actual science |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Hey - aren't you trained scientifically? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. i'm trained to discuss the nature of science |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well, okay. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 03:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. at a social science conference. One presenter said there were two |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's some good stuff yer smokin' tonight |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Sorry for the magic carpet ride. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. To the center of your mind. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. perception? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But the mite is comprised of little chemicals... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. and yet... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I can because the chemicals comprising the mite are dense enough... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. oh? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Are my chemical compounds anywhere near your chemical compounds... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. can't think right now lol |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You are Inchworm. I'm sure you have plenty to play with. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. I like pizza. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I like pizza, too. Especially one with olives. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. They're also the only good part of a martini. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Yummmm! |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. Yeah, that about sums it up for me |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. When in doubt, mention pizza. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think this thread is a manifestation of chemistry |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No... well, yes, I do THINK... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. but if a chemical manifestation takes place in the forest, |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Because even if the chemicals are en masse, they are still chemicals... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. what are the chemicals pretending to be? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. They could be... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. do living things function at a biological level |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Actually I don't agree, because... |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. If you have a 48" square piece of material, say 6061, what is the diameter |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. The answer is always 42. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Sorry, not this time. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ptah, my highest level of mathematics was... |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. The answer better not be 24, either. n/t |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. No, it's closer to 27" |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I'm actually much more interested in how I find the answer. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. . |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. i think they are the same, just on a different level |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm getting worried |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Indeed I do... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. ok |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I've always had a crush on the character Arthur Dent... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I'm diggin the therapist |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
49. That's the definition of biology. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. Been to Starbucks this morning, have you? |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. We are both and neither |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. Bio-electrical. Duh. What do you think we are? |
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