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anbuend
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30 Apr 2008, 11:22 pm

slowmutant wrote:
The square does not occur anywhere in the natural world. Which other shapes are decidedly human in origin?


Aren't humans part of the natural world?

Even leaving aside humans though, let's see...

Various crystalline structures (like salt), plant stems (like mint), snake markings, etc. That's just off the top of my head.


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30 Apr 2008, 11:34 pm

Rotation as a motion is considered to be an entirely manmade concept. Although technically nature went right ahead and did that too. the flagella on bacteria rotates, as does a microscopic organelle used in the respiration cycle.

Fret not. Humans still hold the patent on Nuclear weaponry. Unless you include a star. Dammit. Although you have to admit, the concept of an animal which detonates in a small nuclear blast as a self defence mechanism is pretty funny.


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