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    What is a "moral"?

    But I think most people would take understanding of right and wrong in morality to imply that you should do what's right. So it would be good only. You put in my head the idea of a bad moral and I kind of like it. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good", and stuff. Even if that's not what you...
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    Who Else Misreads Titles?

    What she said: "Can I help you?" What I heard: "Will you have sex with me?"
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    99% Chimp DNA Similarity? Not!

    Thanks. I did see that and should have reworded my stuff but didn't. Let me rephrase that by saying "even if it were really only 70%...".
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    What is a "moral"?

    I believe it's self-sacrifice in order to make yourself feel good, mostly because you lack the means to do it in more practical ways.
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    99% Chimp DNA Similarity? Not!

    In many years of studying genetics and evolution, I was never once told that the similarity between our genomes is evidence for evolution. A paper might mention it, but I really don't think it's a big part of the argument. I'm not surprised to hear that the 99% similarity number is wrong...
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    How to go out to eat with small children

    About once a week since he was one (he's 5 1/2 now), my son and I would go out for a meal, just the two of us. It's a challenge, but it's worth it. Now, his table manners are very advanced, despite otherwise having a very rebellious nature to do a Satanic daddy proud. I want to leave some...
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    The Wicker Man (1973)

    I've seen them both, the original first. The second was ruined a little for me because I knew what was going to happen. Both of them entertained me. I like where Nicholas Cage is dressed as a bear and punches a lady in the face. But I also like the 1973 cop telling the classroom full of...
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    Hardcore Henry

    I just saw Hardcore Henry and I loved it. The story and delivery were a breath of fresh air. The whole thing is shot from a first person perspective and the main character can't talk, so doesn't have a single line except for a few hand gestures and a bit of writing on the wall in blood. I...
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    Evolution question

    I don't really know what you're trying to argue, but I didn't say anything that I care to argue about.
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    Why is the theory of evolution...still considered a theory?

    I think it's because only physicists bother making laws. You'll notice that there are no laws of biology. There were a few things that came close in the 50's and 60's, like how all life is based on DNA as the heritable material, and another on how all life is composed of cells, how DNA becomes...
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    Punk

    The best show I've ever been to was in San Francisco. It was a benefit for a local strippers union. Once in a while the music would stop for a striptease on stage. One member of the "security team" was an enormous bull mastiff dog. One band was called The Grannies. They were all young guys...
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    How do you prefer eating your fruit?

    I make ice cream out of it
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    The Open Secret to Moist & Tender Meat

    Does a marinade accomplish the same thing?
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    What are you eating?

    Creamy cauliflower curry with cashers and raisins. Home made north Indian takeaway style.
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    Come on. Somebody has got to try some finger lickin good cooking.

    I'm sure a food lab could figure out what those 11 herbs were if they really wanted to. You could look for signature compounds of individual herbs in a mass spectrometer. It would be pricey, but I think you could reduce cost with educated guesses. Like maybe pepper?
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    Healthy fastfood choices

    Is that pint of beer on the right drinking beer? Cannibalism is pretty taboo, but I gotta say that if I were a sentient beer, I would want to drink myself too.
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    Evolution question

    Know what, that I'm eating poison?
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    Evolution question

    That's my question. In every other case, an unpleasant sensation like that means you're eating poison. But peppers aren't.
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    Evolution question

    Overwhelming evidence says that any trait that requires an organism to build something that requires effort yet gives no benefit does go away given sufficient time. Speciation events have actually been timed based on the loss of unnecessary dna (see the work of Ken Wolfe for example). So, I...
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    Evolution question

    Why the heck did we evolve capsicum receptors in our buttholes? What possible selective advantage can that bring? Ouchie!
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