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Still turtles all the way down, but a more modern version.

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I know a few ppl who seem to have been made with less than the normal complement of neural matter. Or perhaps a few connections are loose or missing. Seems like QC could be improved a bit.
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pakarinen wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:32 pm I know a few ppl who seem to have been made with less than the normal complement of neural matter. Or perhaps a few connections are loose or missing. Seems like QC could be improved a bit.
I offer in supporting evidence, Avi Loeb, the Panda thumb, etc.
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notFritzArgelander wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:49 pm
pakarinen wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:32 pm I know a few ppl who seem to have been made with less than the normal complement of neural matter. Or perhaps a few connections are loose or missing. Seems like QC could be improved a bit.
I offer in supporting evidence, Avi Loeb, the Panda thumb, etc.
I hadn't been aware of the curiosity of how panda "thumbs" developed.
See (among others): https://faculty.washington.edu/lynnhank/Gould.pdf
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AntennaGuy wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:29 am
notFritzArgelander wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:49 pm
pakarinen wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:32 pm I know a few ppl who seem to have been made with less than the normal complement of neural matter. Or perhaps a few connections are loose or missing. Seems like QC could be improved a bit.
I offer in supporting evidence, Avi Loeb, the Panda thumb, etc.
I hadn't been aware of the curiosity of how panda "thumbs" developed.
See (among others): https://faculty.washington.edu/lynnhank/Gould.pdf
Glad to help. The evolution of the panda thumb is an interesting counterexample to intelligent design.
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notFritzArgelander wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:00 am ...Glad to help. The evolution of the panda thumb is an interesting counterexample to intelligent design.
Yes. But then, there is (arguably) no shortage of evidence of not-particularly-competent design! Maybe the advanced alien beings who designed our universe are these folks. It would explain a lot. :)
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OK folks, I think I've figured this out. It has been asserted that in light of the subtle and sophisticated mathematics that describes the known (so far) laws of the universe, God is clearly a mathematician of the highest rank. And... that's the problem! Have you ever seen what happens when a brilliant theorist tries to do engineering? Heh.
:doh:
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AntennaGuy wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:45 pm OK folks, I think I've figured this out. It has been asserted that in light of the subtle and sophisticated mathematics that describes the known (so far) laws of the universe, God is clearly a mathematician of the highest rank. And... that's the problem! Have you ever seen what happens when a brilliant theorist tries to do engineering? Heh.
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