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(...) I understand that NASA is taking applications for rocket scientists again... he can probably save himself the cost of a stamp there. (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) I was thinking that when my appendix explodes, I want him in the OR. I sometimes have this little list going on in my mind--"There's dumb (which I seem to fall into sometimes...), and then there's *really* dumb...." like a bad MAD comic. If (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) The (URL) Darwin Awards> would suggest we are safe. Scott A (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
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(...) Since I'm still slummin in .debate for now, I figure I just can't ignore this little nugget. Care to discuss why you give the advantage to nurture? I mean, if I were to adopt a monkey for instance, I'd tend to say "advantage nature". Which (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) Sure, if we have parents raise a racoon, I favour nature as well... That said, you raise a racoon in a house with humans, that racoon would behave substantially different as an adult than a racoon raised by other racoons "out in the woods". So (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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Just going thru this in my mind-- Nature is basically the 'building blocks' you are given at birth--hair colour, sex, height--and yes, nature changes your appearance as you row older, but, if I understand genetics properly, that change is pretty (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) First of all, George W. Bush already has parents, so there's no need to adopt him. Secondly, the "nature vs. nurture" argument generally involves comparisons between individuals very similar to each other except regarding a specific range of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) Hi-O! I never pegged you as a cheapshot artist, Dave! Will you be here all weekend;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
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(...) Ahhhh but you're only looking at the point of impact as defining the arrow, but in fact its probably more physical things about the arrow that define it. And these are unlikely to change much no matter how they're influenced in their flight. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) Two shows a night, plus a matinee on Sunday. Don't forget to tip your server. Dave! (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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