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  Re: Ok, show me where I have lied? Or apologise.
 
(...) Yeah! Who let that woman in here in the first place? Dave! (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Ok, show me where I have lied? Or apologise.
 
(...) Hey guys! Did'ja happen to notice the makeup of the participants of Lugnet, and in particular those who regularly post to .debate? Gosh, it looks to me as though the demographics are quite similar to those of the LP, age and concomitant (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Future of Humanity (was: lotsa stuff)
 
(...) However, many species manage to survive (& flourish) without cleverness, simply be breeding a lot. My point to Scott was I don't think right & wrong have any relevance to evolution - local populations may evolve in ways which are advantageous (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: 14 posts by Scott just now
 
(...) Come on, Lar, to ban either of you would be to throw out the baby with the bathwater. We all know it bothers Scott that you made a comment about his making fourteen posts at once, snide or not, just as we know it bothers you that he called the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Future of Humanity (was: lotsa stuff)
 
(...) Optimization for local conditions can be suboptimal for global. I would hold that humanity's chief survival weapon is cleverness. Anything that selects against cleverness/intelligence/drive (the cited example, for instance) is bad for (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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