I may have to Join The Hive! Probably the last of all my friends to do so, I'm sure.
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Frish
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Pro-Life...
"I was crying over someone else's child when I was out here over the years. That's what bothers me the most is I wasn't in the right spot," Abeyta said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/23/father-visits-wrong-grave-seven-years/16088925/
1. Who knew there was a "right" spot?
2. What bothers me the most is the wasted time of what little one has on the planet...I do understand grief, but, life goes on yeah.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Hi Bright's Central (Mynga and Paul, can you help please, thanks!)
Hi. It's Frish, still putting the I in Fresh!
I love the Morality Info-graphic.
To follow on from the prior, if Swine Flu were to jump the porcine=human divide, the Polynesians would be wiped out...that's an example of a societal norm (eating and reveling in pork) causing great societal disruption, depending on environmental factors...like disease.
As you (Mynga and Paul...Hey!) probably forgot, I was on the original group that was to produce such an item. So I know a little bit about the notion.
I think I can put the info-graphic into a larger context, we can discuss not only what we observe, but why it HAS to be this way!
Here's my brief thesis, it needs substantiation, but is quite common sense, so I know it is also true! (My BA in Anthro may finally be useful!).
Morality is an expression of our social primate heritage (as the infographic shows, probably our common ancestor with Chimps also expressed morality).
We are social animals, which implies several things.
We're capable of forming groups.
Groups imply leaders and followers.
More on that below.
Another way to say it and the infographic supports this notion:
The "golden rule" is built into our DNA!
That's how we can even form groups to begin with,
because we CAN recognize ourselves in others.
The graphic shows a 14 month old being altruistic, however, far younger children, even pre-verbal ones, know right from wrong!
Morality is the expression of our social primate past, it's what allows us to be social, and therefore societal NORMS can be judged moral or not, in cultural context.
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Here's an example of what I'm trying to convey...
Muslims are forbidden pork, Polynesians celebrate pork.
While each finds the other "heretical" or crazy, both are correct within their culture.
The larger viewpoint in this case is that pigs compete with people for food in the Middle East, they eat our grain.
So there is a very natural and rational reason for what would otherwise seem an apparently arbitrary religious doctrine.
In Polynesia, pigs eats tubers, which are plentiful, and although also human food, pork chops taste better, and, pigs can used used to transfer value in that culture, as they are.
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The cultural relativism is very much important, since NORMS (the way people in a culture actually act, instead of what's supposed to be moral, for example, perhaps we can find a Muslim with Trichinosis...) are what allow a society to evolve.
To follow on from the prior, if Swine Flu were to jump the porcine=human divide, the Polynesians would be wiped out...that's an example of a societal norm (eating and reveling in pork) causing great societal disruption, depending on environmental factors...like disease.
NORMS (how we act, the connection to morality) are therefore the Genes of Societal Evolution.
If those "genes" are expressed in an environment that isn't conducive, the degradation or extinction of society follows!
There is a further implication, relating to "leaders and followers".
There are, by definition, more followers than leaders.
If the leader provides good advice, and the NORMS practiced by that culture are successful, the leader and that 'platform' are used to produce the next generation of this society.
If the leader is unsuccessful (in ending the drought, for example), they are either replaced, or, the norms taught by that leader lead to disintegration of the society!
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Perhaps you could forward this to whomever is on the "committee" or to the listed experts, to see if we can put it in a larger context, which only shores up the conclusions.
Cheers, happy to discuss with whomever, and thanks for the chance to participate.
And Happy Autumnal Equinox, while we're at it!
Much love to all,
Frish
Fearless Leader, LA Brights
Monday, September 15, 2014
On the topic of Global Warming / Climate Change
Here's William's reaction to whatever article...
william
Does this mean that they have already included the SNOW that is falling in Colorado NOW? Does it also include the FACT that IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER THIS YEAR. the gw ship got stuck in 12 FEET od ICE and one rescue ship COULD NOT, REPEAT NOT get them out of the ICE.. It took TWO rescue ships to get their ship out of the RECORD ICE. I live in the south and the last TWO years have seen the summers being so cold that trout, COLD water fish, are being caught in AUGUST. Something that has NOT happened since the last ice age. I remember when we had CO2 fire extinguishers. We used to FREEZE BEER by hitting the cans with a 10 second burst. Important question: If the temperature is going up, does that mean I can plant my garden in Feb instead of March? Also doesn't that mean a LONGER growing season? Food prices should be dropping any day shouldn't they? AS a computer language teacher, I would love to see the TOP SECRET CODE they use for their projections. Seems like the gw group would want everybody to see just how smooth their code works. My next class would like to see it and maybe be willing to work for free to make the next changes.
Frishy
Does this mean that if we called it by the correct name "Human Caused Climate Chaos" you wouldn't be confused?
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Evidence of the human condition..Headlines from Yahoo 140902 7pm pst
Motorcyclist brags to cops he hit 185 mph in chase
Arizona man arrested for burning, urinating on Bible
Study links polar vortex chills to melting sea ice
California Faces New Water Shortages, and It's the Trees' Fault
Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown
Austrian SWAT team raids wrong apartment
Museum to display 6,500-year-old human skeleton
Brewer Releases 99-Pack of Beer
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
Human skull donated to Goodwill store in Texas
Texas parents sue day care center for duct taping child to nap mat
Zealous Atheists Demand Removal Of Cross From War Veterans Memorial
Woman impaled while texting and driving
Germany Has a Radioactive Wild Boar Problem—and It's Chernobyl's Fault
California boy, 7, hurt at firing range owned by his family
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