zapatos

I'm still a bit confused by your question. Did you expect to find "a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle" somewhere inside something like a liver? Can you give an example where a wheel might have developed? I also don't see why you might expect to find wheels in animal organs developed through Evolution, simply because they are designed by humans for specific applications.

I heard the caucus doesn't want concessions from McCarthy. They just don't like him and don't want him as speaker. Simple as that.

No description of consciousness I've ever seen could be applied atoms. If you are not sure how to "define and describe consciousness", I don't see how you can then say 'if it is in humans then it is also in... atoms". That is like saying "I don't know what the properties of rubber are, but if it is in golf balls then it must be in baseballs."

Interestingly, today the second in line is Democratic Senator Patty Murray. As president pro tem she would normally be third in line, just behind the speaker of the house, but since there is no speaker of the house...

The job has some real power. Appointing members to committees for example.

No, that is not what makes a theory.

Welcome! I love trees too but don't hug them. Love birds too but I do get to hug them a bit as I have chickens and ducks, and some of them like being picked up and petted. Hope you enjoy it here.

Har! 😁

I seem to remember reading on this forum something along the lines of "people may disagree on the timing of events, but they always agree which events took place". Your statement above seems at odds with what I remember reading. That is, only one person sees the particle falling through the horizon. Did I miss something, or perhaps I misremembered what I read?

That may be the issue we are having here. They are not the same at all. The first point of yours I mentioned basically says it is unlikely to occur ("unlikely coincidence"). It is also unlikely I'll win the lottery. It's a one in a million chance. The second point of yours I mentioned basically says it didn't occur ("the idea is absurd"). The idea that I am the person who won the lottery is not absurd at all. People just like me win the lottery all the time.

On a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the greatest contribution: Joe is a solid 1 for the first 80 years of his life, and at the age of 81 reaches his greatest contribution to the total well-being of all beings. At 82 his contribution diminishes and a sniper picks him off on the way to the park. Jan reaches greatest contribution at the age of 20 with a score of 100. Best score of anyone ever! Ages from 21 to 99 would have only seen a contribution score of 99 for the 78 years before her natural death, a healthy contribution to mankind for sure, but since she hit her greatest contribution at age 21, Off with her head, to hell with her last 78 years.

So... Let's say my newborn baby has chronic issues and will be a drain on the well-being rating of all beings for her entire life. Will you be willing to be the person who kills her?

Well, that is your argument NOW. After your original argument... ...was shown to be ridiculous. It is easy to present yourself as being 'right and reasonable' if you move the goalposts at a later date.

I had an early morning class Freshman year of college. I remember walking to class with the wind blowing in my face. By the time I got there I had little balls of ice on my eyelashes. Don't know the temperature that day but it was my weirdest experience with the cold.

Yes, I've noticed some of what you had to say on the topic...

Again, you are letting your emotional response to the topic interfere with your understanding of what is going on here. No one is plotting genocide, and to suggest otherwise shows you are not able to participate in this discussion. I do however wish to thank your for your pity. That's very thoughtful of you. 🥰

It is hard to do science, or even function day to day, if you let your emotions interfere with your thought process to such an extent that it makes it hard to think.

Imagine you're ten, you have a fever, and you have to live out in the open for a week in Arica in the hot and dry season, covered in hair and no way to cool off. How do you think you would do? We all have imaginations. Unfortunately they don't really mean anything unless we've got some evidence to back it up.

Is rain really that deadly?

Any number of ways I would imagine. Perhaps when they were losing hair the elements were not harsh enough to make having hair a significant advantage. Perhaps a loss of hair eliminated a significant cause of death due to vermin. Perhaps the loss of hair was a byproduct of a genetic change that enhanced survival to an extent that outweighed hair loss. Perhaps hyperthermia death outweighed hypothermia death. I don't think we can just pick one without evidence simply because it sounds good us.

The laws are not there to change human biology. They are there in an attempt to protect children from predators. Similarly there are laws against children drinking alcohol, working in coal mines, and buying guns even though their human biology allows them to do so.

Saying "I consent" doesn't mean much if you are not capable of understanding what consent is. That is why it doesn't matter if you consent or not when you are judged to be too young to consent.

In the US: Drinking age: 21 Age of consent: Per the federal government it is 18. Unless the older person is 21, then the age of consent is seventeen. But if the older person is 20 then the age of consent is 16. This progression goes down to an age of consent of 12 if the older person is 16. Unless you are in California where two people who are 17 do not have the right to consent. This changes by state. In France a 15 year old can consent to sex with an 80 year old. In New Zealand you'd have to be 16. Marriage age: 18. Unless you are in Nebraska then it is 19. Or Mississippi where it is 21. Unless you have parental consent, then it is younger. Voting age: Varies by country from 16 to 21. Retirement age (with benefits): Between the ages of 62 and 70. Running for political office: In the states it varies from 18 to 30. For president you must be 35. As you can see, the age at which you can do any of those things depends on where you live. There is no standard age of minority or majority. And even in locations where there is a standard age of minority and majority, the right to drink, fornicate, marry, vote and run for office do not all follow those standard ages. Even though one is considered an adult wrt fornicating, you may still have to be older to drink, marry, vote and run for office. In the US you are generally considered an adult at 18, but you still can't buy a beer, run for certain offices, or maybe even marry without your parents approving. That and the fact that anyone impacted by it probably doesn't even know it is happening, and can't do anything about it if they do know.

Same here! Hence the story about the lion headed trashcan. 😁

Sure, I can see that. But then neither is hearing someone say "good point" (IMO). If they want to let you know they like your post they can tell you in a comment. That's pretty common practice here.