Carbon-based, as opposed to silicon base. But some DNA/RNA-like replicating machinery kicks in, anything is possible. And intelligence? Completely superfluous and un-necessary, and so I think it is rare.
- Howard Abrams
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Does the amount of words using "frowny vowels" make people who speak that language more frowny in general, or does a language have enough variation to cancel out the effect.
- Howard Abrams
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The idea is that 65 mya, active volcanoes may have heated the planet a little bit, which helped create algae blooms, and the toxic algae may have played havoc with the food chain. This sick planet was then hit by a big rock...
- Howard Abrams
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Amy Wallace is one of my heroes. I hope her rational and scientific "conversation" helps ease the apprehension of some parents. - http://www.npr.org/blogs...
A year before my kid's first pediatrician died, he mentioned that the reason why parent's are concerned about vaccines may be due to not witnessing the horrible deaths the vaccines have almost wiped out.
- Howard Abrams
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Why this matters is we need to know where statements like this can be placed given our separation of church and state. For on one hand, atheism is the opposite of religion, and therefore, there may not be a need to segregate it in the same way. Although I would tend to think that most Americans would place "atheism" as a religion, whereas most adherents wouldn't.
- Howard Abrams
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finds it amazing how albatross chicks decompose around brightly colored plastic... with color that doesn't even fade. - http://www.chrisjordan.com/current...
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else." USE MY BATHROOM?!?!
- Howard Abrams
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is getting tired of listening to the crazies. If you need to protect your ego, you can tell yourself you aren't one of them. - http://wondermark.com/556/
is stunned by the logic of "my belief system" must be shared by everyone since "my belief system" is so wonderful... to me. - http://www.npr.org/blogs...