Comments | sspantsman: The thought of today.

sspantsman

The thought of today.

Sep 11, 2009 02:36

Perhaps it's because I now live in the Bible belt, but religion has been on my brain lately. I'm not really sure why. Let me bullet point a few of my key thoughts on religion to give you a little background ( Read more... )

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Humans typically use ten to fifteen percent of their brains ogrevi September 11 2009, 17:52:41 UTC

Actually, as I understand it, that's a misperception. We don't know what 80-90% of our brain is doing, but it's all doing something. I could be wrong about this, but I read an article recently that (if I remember correctly) debunks this as an urban legend based on a fifty-year-old misunderstanding of an article some neurologist wrote.

He is a jealous God ogrevi September 11 2009, 17:54:57 UTC

I'm with ya. I always found it hilarious that anyone would respect a god who felt threatened by an attempt to build a tower to heaven.

Re: He is a jealous God evlbludrgn September 18 2009, 17:42:31 UTC

"Oh shit, they're getting closer! Quick! Throw a smoke bomb or something!" *flaps hands nerviously*
XD

exoskeletons ftw rigelblue September 12 2009, 04:18:34 UTC

This, "imagine all world leaders instantly understanding the intentions of each other, their wants and wills, their personalities to a fault..." reminds me of the buggers.

If we all understood each other completely, global unity would be feasible. Less war (it could almost disappear completely if you extrapolate your "telepathy=godhood" idea & make religion moot), more bugger-like instantaneous cooperation. Somehow I can't see humans as ever needing a Hive Queen, though. We're more independently intelligent than that.
Though if we're all in each others' heads all the time...maybe we'd meld more into the hive mentality and NEED some sort of guiding figure.

I've been writing a lot of papers this week...I'm in a long-winded=profitable mode. Oops.

Re: exoskeletons ftw sspantsman September 12 2009, 05:18:46 UTC

Ah, see, even with the complete hive mentality, I don't see us needing a "Queen." Alternately, I think our general will would be towards (a) the ultimate betterment and livelihood of mankind, and (b) our goals as a species. Due to the intelligence of us as a species, and by the unification factor, we'd be working almost as a single unit with six billion bodies.