A poster's statement raises a question for me about the evolution of science and

[JohnOfSheffield]

No!... No!... No!...
That malarkey is for peace mongering women wanting dingle berries!!!

One day while sitting by the communal fire place this young kids hears Moonbeam utter:
Moonbeam: O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in Brooklyn
That do no work to-day!

Hank the one armed Muslim gnome: What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Moonbeam? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from Brooklyn.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Moonbeam, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Hank the one armed Muslim gnome, JoS and Darwin,
Hayabusa and Harvey, TLC and Kylebisme-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in Brooklyn now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Rise you 'days' and with me come to Agincourt... er... Afghanistan...

I'm impressed, my quote was from twelfth night, nothing i wrote myself.

Afghanistan isn't the place to be, for anyone at all really... not even for me for much longer.

 

[LunarRay]

I'm impressed, my quote was from twelfth night, nothing i wrote myself.

Afghanistan isn't the place to be, for anyone at all really... not even for me for much longer.

Ah... the noble cause becons with clarity of purpose and belief! Upon the soil of your bewilderment and confused it must be, is found the understanding your boots provide!... Look not at your purpose, though find the nature of peace and love brought home to never again hope and love... but always loved they shall be... the hero and their country!
LunarSpere


BTW, Shakespere got it wrong... Harry and his cousin and brothers all... are everywhere even today!
Harry did order the termination of prisoners... hardly a moment to be emulated today... or ever.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

For anyone interested in futurology, this is an interesting website:

http://humanknowledge.net/Thoughts.html#Futurology

That and the rest of the website which covers other diverse topics.

- wolf

Thank you for the reminder that no matter what humans, or whatever any intelligent life, do through technological/biological/scientific advances, it will all end in the last black hole evaporating leaving nothing.

 

[woolfe9999]

Thank you for the reminder that no matter what humans, or whatever any intelligent life, do through technological/biological/scientific advances, it will all end in the last black hole evaporating leaving nothing.

True, but not for "billyuns and billyuns" of years.

- wolf

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

True, but not for "billyuns and billyuns" of years.

- wolf

True, but it makes me care less about "advancing humanity" or any of that stuff

 

[Darwin333]

Fair enough, though I would point out that 150 years ago, no one could "imagine" what technology would do for humanity. We are in a state of massive prosperity at this stage in human history, particularly the industrialized world, compared to where we were in the 19th century and earlier. The average person in an industrialized society today lives the life of what would have been a wealthy person in 1850. No matter what people try to claim, this has little to do with capitalism, socialism, welfare capitalism, liberalism, conservatism, or libertarianism. It has everything to do with technology improving productivity and the quality of people's lives, and doing do so in a major way in a relatively short period of time. I wouldn't hesitate to "imagine" away too much of what technology could accomplish. I wouldn't necessarily imagine away the doomsday scenarios either. I just tend to not think about it, because it really doesn't do any good.

- wolf

I wonder where we would be if the dark ages had never happened?