tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post9174492044009655894..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: How to Tell Your Friends from the ZombiesGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66908193310793375352014-04-18T08:22:41.041-07:002014-04-18T08:22:41.041-07:00Great post. And Krugman. Ha!Great post. And Krugman. Ha!mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64984800613769352992014-04-17T19:19:46.911-07:002014-04-17T19:19:46.911-07:00So rare to get a Clean Kill. Must savor.So rare to get a Clean Kill. Must savor.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33367852255023646652014-04-17T19:15:20.495-07:002014-04-17T19:15:20.495-07:00Beautiful. I almost feel like I should be smoking ...Beautiful. I almost feel like I should be smoking a cigarette after that.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44321096037280833852014-04-17T18:54:05.803-07:002014-04-17T18:54:05.803-07:00Krugman abused. Excellent.Krugman <a href="http://minx.cc/?post=348615" rel="nofollow">abused</a>. Excellent.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30022240058982709582014-04-17T15:08:57.152-07:002014-04-17T15:08:57.152-07:00We won't rest until there is equal mortality f...We won't rest until there is equal mortality for all! USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2451217117452411062014-04-17T11:36:16.615-07:002014-04-17T11:36:16.615-07:00What's with all this useless beauty? Indeed, w...<i>What's with all this useless beauty? Indeed, what's with all this useless truth? And Life. More generally, could Absurdity be the ultimate ground and source of all this life, love, logoi, and laughter?</i><br /><br />The other day, as I was picking up after the dog, I discovered a <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/56543/bgimage" rel="nofollow">scarab beetle</a> making use of the available resources. I find it to be yet more proof that god has quite a sense of humor: nature's janitor, cloaked in some of the most beautiful finery to be found in the animal kingdom, awkwardly trying to move a ball of poop around my backyard. <br /><br />Rick, that part got me to thinking as well: what a mystery that anything so tiny and compartmentalized as a strand of DNA hiding within the core of a single cell could dictate <i>anything</i> outside of the scope of that single cell, much less something so significant as the color of the hair on a person's head! If the Darwinists are right, the genes know a lot more than they let on...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19531784669375836712014-04-17T10:14:14.201-07:002014-04-17T10:14:14.201-07:00Marvelous post.
One thing:
"Consider DNA, fo...Marvelous post.<br /><br />One thing:<br />"Consider DNA, for example, through which a gene, or combination of genes, stands for -- one might even say "symbolizes" -- this or that trait."<br /><br />Berlinski may disagree with me as he says DNA is not LIKE a code, but IS a code.<br />I think it is <i>at least</i> a code, but that there is much much more going on there (or not there) than calling it a code suggests. The "symbol", like mathematics, is what we bring to the mystery. The fact that the system is reliably predictable is beneficial to us; and "intelligibility" is meant to be communicated, no doubt.<br />But I think saying it is a code makes closed (in a way) what is an open system; and I think what we know so far about DNA is equivalent to merely touching "the hem of His garment".<br /><br />I don't think they're selfish genes, but they're definitely up to something.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com