Displaying 2,821 To 2,850 Of 3,373 Comments Hi Javaz, and thanks for the great comments. Kiba or KQ would probably be the guys to ask about human tails. Certainly it is a part of our lineage, but I’m not sure how far along our branch of the Tree of Life you have to go, so I don’t think any “humans”, just human ancestors, had tails. Still, I think there are some cases of babies being born with little stubby ones. Interesting about the old statues, though….maybe they found them attractive? » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 17, 2010 @ 5:33 pm Or, in Latin, “Cogito, Ergo Loony-us!” » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 17, 2010 @ 1:53 am hee hee. Welcome to the Planet! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 17, 2010 @ 1:31 am Sure, I get that (and very nice to see you again, Kiba!) Still, if the mechanism that drove creativity and intellect in humans was, as Franken PC puts it, nothing other than females of the species discerning other features than “physical prowess and potential for violence”, then there are lots of candidates, such as eagles, bears, killer whales, etc. for similar advancements. As with pandas’ thumbs and bats’ wings, nature has frequently found alternate methods of replicating certain survival enhancing traits….except the one WE possess. So, Franken PC’s notion doesn’t quite come together for me, although if it’s true, it’s true; like you said, nature throws everything out there and see what lands and what goes plop. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 17, 2010 @ 1:00 am Hey, how come it didn’t happen with bears then? They don’t have any predators and have lots of free time. How come no bear Rembrandts and Shakespeares? How come they never got any higher than Glenn Beck, intellect-wise? » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 11:08 pm Math Rock. Waddle they think of next? » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 10:49 pm What an extraordinarily pleasant experience that was! Musically, it reminded me of Yes’ “Close to the Edge” and Mannheim Steamroller, music I haven’t listened to in many years. And the metaphysical lecture at the end is something I’ve often thought about, that this type of weird reality we are in is consciousness “taking things to the limit”. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 10:17 pm fascinating commentary, e-cat! The muser in the center of the picture is none other than Rene Descartes. As for the brain and how it functions, I have had similar observations. One time I noticed myself being aware of maybe five or six things simultaneously. I was walking down a street, so had to be alert so as to not fall down. I was thinking about what I had to do that day. At the same time, the lyrics of a pop song were repeating in my head. Then, I began to think how odd it was that I could hold so many frames of consciousness simultaneously – ANOTHER layer of thinking! We really do have an odd relationship with ourselves, mind AND body! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 9:16 pm I think the chimps would go nuts by looking over at the bonobos and seeing all the spicy sexual scenarios playing out there. You’d have a chimp version of Morissey penning songs like “How Soon is Now?” » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 7:16 pm He wrote “The Celestine Prophecy” and “The Tenth Insight”, which popularized these ideas. They are rather clunky as novels, but they do a great job of presenting complex ideas in a simple, easy to remember form. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:25 pm Great, insightful, comments as always, KQ. We are so so so alike, and yet we focus on the tiniest of differences. As an artist, one has to be very careful to put the eyes in the right place, because people can quickly spot the face looking “off” when either of the eyes are even a couple millimeters away from the nose than it should be. From the time we are infants, reading those subtle differences has been crucial to our development. Which is fine, except when we use those minute differences as excuses for hating or asserting power over others, which our species is all too wont to do. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:22 pm So we’re just wingless bower birds, I guess? » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:16 pm May your animal body enjoy your nap immensely! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:13 pm Those are brilliant ideas! Exactly, the Western paradigm seems to insist upon us as outsiders or accidents. I’m drawn to people like Watts and Ken Wilber, and James Redfield who draw their wisdom from eastern philosophy and place it within the Western vernacular. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:12 pm Merci! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:05 pm That’s a great question. It’s more of a symbiosis. Something has to “kick in”, either an image or a concept. Then things seem to fall into place. For example, pugs. They are such great critters that it is a treat to draw them, so that means they wind up in the essay as well. And I like to draw on already existing artwork for inspiration. So it’s a very synthetic process, and a little different each time. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:04 pm Wow, the lizard man may be taking these ideas a little TOO far! I think I’ll just keep drawing my weird pictures, with apologies to Rene Descartes, of course. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:01 pm That’s cute! But I never did that with my own daughter. I think it would have put to much pressure on me to be magical in OTHER ways I couldn’t have lived up to. “C’mon dad, make an ice cream cone appear! You can do it!” » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 4:56 pm Wow, that is a fascinating observation. By the time we get around to RoboCop and Terminator, the human body ends up being replaced by robotics. It makes one long for the days of The Six Million Dollar Man, who today would probably cost six HUNDRED million dollars! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 4:53 pm Ha, Gary Larson, my favorite philosopher! Thanks for the great comments, Cher. As for elephants’ trunks, it is probably my all time favorite evolutionary feature! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 4:50 pm That’s right! I always get those confused. “Alien” was directed by The Ridler, Batman’s nemesis. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 7:08 pm hee hee, EVERYBODY knows that Dredd Scott directed “Alien”! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 6:52 pm So, God, do you mean some of the OTHER things they put in the textbooks aren’t true, either? Our first president, Ronald Reagan, DIDN’T chop down the cherry tree because a bunch of commies were hiding up there? » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 16, 2010 @ 5:50 pm A Coalition of Church and State – Part 2 Much appreciated, bito. It’s the thought that counts. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 15, 2010 @ 8:38 pm I’m not interested in the material possessions, but I’ll sign up for immaterial trifles! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 15, 2010 @ 8:12 pm ha ha! That’s a good point! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 15, 2010 @ 6:50 pm The thing that is so frustrating is how immune to critique they are, as you say. Their pastors are there to admonish the faithful that the devil can be very ingenious when it comes to deceiving them. If something sounds logical and irrefutable, BUT is at odds with what they believe, that’s their chance to say, “Get thee away from me, ye satan!” and go back to the comforts of their absurdities. Quite a firewall their leaders have placed around them. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 15, 2010 @ 6:20 pm Gibbs Says Healthcare “Will Be the Law of the Land” by Next Week As you write, the president is “all in” on this. Midterm elections are now less than half a year away, and what happens with this legislation is going to seriously impact their outcome. » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 14, 2010 @ 5:04 pm This is an outrage! Ronald Reagan didn’t cross the Delaware to defeat FDR’s Germany in order for our children to grow up without a proper education!! I’m going to write an angry letter to President Limbaugh to complain! » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 13, 2010 @ 9:19 pm SOME POLITCAL LIMERICKS.. SOME BAD… SOME WORSE ;) A recent post of BlueStateMan’s » Posted By whatsthatsound On March 12, 2010 @ 4:40 amComments Posted By whatsthatsound
Not that my creativity has caused me to live all that “happily ever after”, though. On the whole, I think I would have preferred to have been born as a bonobo!
I just don’t know who to believe any more!
Maybe they get a separate heaven, with Rolls Royces and yachts and Rolex watches and all the stuff they spend their money HERE on!
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Will surely have plentiful fans
but with limericks so copious
it seems to me obvious
he’s got way too much time on his hands!
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