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26 Apr 2010, 11:27 pm

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everyone bow

to the jellyfish
http://blogs.currentprotocols.com/2010/ ... jellyfish/


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26 Apr 2010, 11:56 pm

Bows to computerlove.

You know, we wouldnt call you jellyfish if you just lost some weight. Oh and did something about that fish smell. :P


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27 Apr 2010, 1:20 am

Sounds kind of like the bell-jar in the Department of Mysteries in the Harry Potter Series. [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Bell_jar]

Then again, is an infinite life worth living if you do not know you are living it?



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27 Apr 2010, 2:04 am

pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
Sounds kind of like the bell-jar in the Department of Mysteries in the Harry Potter Series. [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Bell_jar]

Then again, is an infinite life worth living if you do not know you are living it?


It wouldnt feel infinite, now would it?


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27 Apr 2010, 2:45 pm

A jellyfish doesn't have a brain or nervous system. It could as easily 'know' infinity as 'feel' infinity.



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28 Apr 2010, 1:10 am

pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
A jellyfish doesn't have a brain or nervous system. It could as easily 'know' infinity as 'feel' infinity.


Actually, that's only half true. Jellyfish and other cnidarians don't have brains, but they do have simple nervous systems (which are basically decentralized nerve nets).



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28 Apr 2010, 1:35 am

andrew_w wrote:
pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
A jellyfish doesn't have a brain or nervous system. It could as easily 'know' infinity as 'feel' infinity.


Actually, that's only half true. Jellyfish and other cnidarians don't have brains, but they do have simple nervous systems (which are basically decentralized nerve nets).


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish feel infinity?



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28 Apr 2010, 2:36 am

pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
andrew_w wrote:
pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
A jellyfish doesn't have a brain or nervous system. It could as easily 'know' infinity as 'feel' infinity.


Actually, that's only half true. Jellyfish and other cnidarians don't have brains, but they do have simple nervous systems (which are basically decentralized nerve nets).


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish feel infinity?


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish know infinity?


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28 Apr 2010, 8:41 am

Fuzzy wrote:
pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
andrew_w wrote:
pyzzazzyZyzzyva wrote:
A jellyfish doesn't have a brain or nervous system. It could as easily 'know' infinity as 'feel' infinity.


Actually, that's only half true. Jellyfish and other cnidarians don't have brains, but they do have simple nervous systems (which are basically decentralized nerve nets).


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish feel infinity?


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish know infinity?


What combination of stimuli would make a jellyfish know infinity?


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28 Apr 2010, 10:24 am

Unless I am much mistaken, this thread is not a jellyfish.