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Old August 4th 17, 03:48 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40803960

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Old August 4th 17, 04:58 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:48:22 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40803960


Worst part of it, we fight wars for energy resources to have light pollution among others, like drive cars to have global warming!
Is man kind stupid or what?
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Old August 4th 17, 06:47 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Friday, 4 August 2017 17:59:00 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Is man kind, stupid, or what?


"Kind?" Or kind of? It all depends on the comma! ;-)

Man suffers from assorted lunacies.
It seems to be hard wired into the genes.
Some will argue that altering the wiring holds great danger.
How can we be certain which balance of human traits is good, or bad, in the larger picture?

Will general emancipation, and the Internet, produce abrupt change without needing a full frontal lobotomy?
I believe the widespread publicity surrounding wrong and evil-doing may eventually save us from ourselves in the longer term.

The vast majority of human beings do not vote, or have no vote.
The candidates on offer are usually damned by self-praise.
The two party system is now so broken, in so many countries, that it can be never be resuscitated without brain death having occurred.

We are on an exponential ride into the near future but still besotted with our toys and tantrums.
The dangers are obvious but the buffers are rigged to explode on impact.
There is still no way to fix much that is wrong without it being called 'TREASON!'
By those largely responsible for it happening in the first place.
We got here by countless accidents of fate.
Each left lasting injuries and disfigurement of the victims and scarred the victors alike.

We are warriors with no real cause except survival and tawdry accumulation for a 'rainy day' which never comes.
Imprisoned, by circumstance, in the Third Class compartments, on THEIR careering Gravy Train.
With neither driver nor conductor to attend to the brakes.
There is no longer any guarantee of safety, nor even survival, by moving to the rear of the train.
It is already heavily overcrowded.
Packed to the overhead luggage space with yet another generation, without any real guidance or goals.

"More of the same!" They scream hoarsely in the First Class, Pullman carriages.
As they demand more filthy coals on the fire!
The fireman is exhausted and distracted.
By the offers of more gold for his services.
Unaware that the driver, has long gone. ;-)
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Old August 4th 17, 07:33 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 10:47:09 AM UTC-7, Chris.B wrote:
On Friday, 4 August 2017 17:59:00 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Is man kind, stupid, or what?


"Kind?" Or kind of? It all depends on the comma! ;-)

Man suffers from assorted lunacies.
It seems to be hard wired into the genes.
Some will argue that altering the wiring holds great danger.
How can we be certain which balance of human traits is good, or bad, in the larger picture?

Will general emancipation, and the Internet, produce abrupt change without needing a full frontal lobotomy?
I believe the widespread publicity surrounding wrong and evil-doing may eventually save us from ourselves in the longer term.

The vast majority of human beings do not vote, or have no vote.
The candidates on offer are usually damned by self-praise.
The two party system is now so broken, in so many countries, that it can be never be resuscitated without brain death having occurred.

We are on an exponential ride into the near future but still besotted with our toys and tantrums.
The dangers are obvious but the buffers are rigged to explode on impact.
There is still no way to fix much that is wrong without it being called 'TREASON!'
By those largely responsible for it happening in the first place.
We got here by countless accidents of fate.
Each left lasting injuries and disfigurement of the victims and scarred the victors alike.

We are warriors with no real cause except survival and tawdry accumulation for a 'rainy day' which never comes.
Imprisoned, by circumstance, in the Third Class compartments, on THEIR careering Gravy Train.
With neither driver nor conductor to attend to the brakes.
There is no longer any guarantee of safety, nor even survival, by moving to the rear of the train.
It is already heavily overcrowded.
Packed to the overhead luggage space with yet another generation, without any real guidance or goals.

"More of the same!" They scream hoarsely in the First Class, Pullman carriages.
As they demand more filthy coals on the fire!
The fireman is exhausted and distracted.
By the offers of more gold for his services.
Unaware that the driver, has long gone. ;-)


Yawn!
Have you been drinking?
That's why in the movie, Planet of the apes (old version) , apes cut the brain of humans, so can't talk and communicate!

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Old August 6th 17, 06:18 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Friday, 4 August 2017 20:33:10 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yawn!
Have you been drinking?
That's why in the movie, Planet of the apes (old version) , apes cut the brain of humans, so can't talk and communicate!


My sincere apologies.[Honestly] ))))))))
It must be difficult to follow my flowery analogues when English is not your first language.
For some reason I thought my simple 'matchstick figures' prose might amuse you.

It seems I'll have to use much shorter words and rather fewer of them.
Did "these apes" use more than one syllable?
How, then, did they learn to organize into a complex society?
How did teach each other to make complex clothes and uniforms?
Or to build and use complex weapons and ammunition involving metallurgy and precision engineering?

Did the film makers have a written script?
Or did they merely grunt at each other and wave their hands in the air?
In frustration at their inability to communicate complex needs and information.
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Old August 6th 17, 09:59 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 10:18:13 PM UTC-7, Chris.B wrote:
On Friday, 4 August 2017 20:33:10 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yawn!
Have you been drinking?
That's why in the movie, Planet of the apes (old version) , apes cut the brain of humans, so can't talk and communicate!


My sincere apologies.[Honestly] ))))))))
It must be difficult to follow my flowery analogues when English is not your first language.
For some reason I thought my simple 'matchstick figures' prose might amuse you.

It seems I'll have to use much shorter words and rather fewer of them.
Did "these apes" use more than one syllable?
How, then, did they learn to organize into a complex society?
How did teach each other to make complex clothes and uniforms?
Or to build and use complex weapons and ammunition involving metallurgy and precision engineering?

Did the film makers have a written script?
Or did they merely grunt at each other and wave their hands in the air?
In frustration at their inability to communicate complex needs and information.


Just to refresh your overstimulated, overgrown brain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuM3DjvYf0
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Old August 6th 17, 10:13 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 1:59:18 AM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 10:18:13 PM UTC-7, Chris.B wrote:
On Friday, 4 August 2017 20:33:10 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yawn!
Have you been drinking?
That's why in the movie, Planet of the apes (old version) , apes cut the brain of humans, so can't talk and communicate!


My sincere apologies.[Honestly] ))))))))
It must be difficult to follow my flowery analogues when English is not your first language.
For some reason I thought my simple 'matchstick figures' prose might amuse you.

It seems I'll have to use much shorter words and rather fewer of them.
Did "these apes" use more than one syllable?
How, then, did they learn to organize into a complex society?
How did teach each other to make complex clothes and uniforms?
Or to build and use complex weapons and ammunition involving metallurgy and precision engineering?

Did the film makers have a written script?
Or did they merely grunt at each other and wave their hands in the air?
In frustration at their inability to communicate complex needs and information.


Just to refresh your overstimulated, overgrown brain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuM3DjvYf0


Yes, humans destroyed much of the planet in the movie!
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Old August 6th 17, 10:25 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 1:59:18 AM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 10:18:13 PM UTC-7, Chris.B wrote:
On Friday, 4 August 2017 20:33:10 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yawn!
Have you been drinking?
That's why in the movie, Planet of the apes (old version) , apes cut the brain of humans, so can't talk and communicate!


My sincere apologies.[Honestly] ))))))))
It must be difficult to follow my flowery analogues when English is not your first language.
For some reason I thought my simple 'matchstick figures' prose might amuse you.

It seems I'll have to use much shorter words and rather fewer of them.
Did "these apes" use more than one syllable?
How, then, did they learn to organize into a complex society?
How did teach each other to make complex clothes and uniforms?
Or to build and use complex weapons and ammunition involving metallurgy and precision engineering?

Did the film makers have a written script?
Or did they merely grunt at each other and wave their hands in the air?
In frustration at their inability to communicate complex needs and information.


Just to refresh your overstimulated, overgrown brain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuM3DjvYf0


Hehe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0MN-0i4yW4#t=73.724472
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Old August 7th 17, 06:19 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sunday, 6 August 2017 11:13:08 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yes, humans destroyed much of the planet in the movie!


I hope it hasn't escaped you that we all come from the planet of the apes? ;-)

Horse ownership was the first step on the long road to obscene inequality, snobbery, laziness, obesity, gout, global warming, heart disease and slavery.

Not necessarily in that order. ;-))
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Old August 7th 17, 08:40 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sunday, August 6, 2017 at 10:19:50 PM UTC-7, Chris.B wrote:
On Sunday, 6 August 2017 11:13:08 UTC+2, StarDust wrote:

Yes, humans destroyed much of the planet in the movie!


I hope it hasn't escaped you that we all come from the planet of the apes? ;-)

Horse ownership was the first step on the long road to obscene inequality, snobbery, laziness, obesity, gout, global warming, heart disease and slavery.

Not necessarily in that order. ;-))


Yes!
https://mizuscafe.hu/wp-content/uplo...odusszeia3.jpg
http://www.movieparliament.com/uploa...25131_orig.jpg
 




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