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Marvin_the_Martian
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13 Oct 2015, 1:43 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Marvin is no match for Bugs Bunny.


GASP!

PHEW! PHEW! PHEW! Sizzling rays of energy filled the air as Martin the Martian began firing his death ray in all directions.

Mighty edifices crumbled ... a mountain was leveled ... a once towering forest was transformed into an ash filled smoking waste land.

All was still as Marvin, the mighty destroyer of worlds and scourge of the galaxy glared about, muttering to himself in angry satisfaction.



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13 Oct 2015, 2:24 pm

Microbiology & epigenetics appears much like machinery from an outside perspective. I think individuality gets exchanged at face-level, whereas all the same basic machinery can be found in your little toe.


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14 Oct 2015, 10:00 am

No, nobody is truly an individual---people can be readily divided with a big sword or a guillotine, for example.


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14 Oct 2015, 11:19 am

Oh my, then they may need group therapy!


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14 Oct 2015, 11:32 am

No Human has the same genes as another one. There are too many variables for two people to live exactly the same life. Therefore it takes 1 different thing to split an entirely new branch from the trunk (imagine the person as a tree).



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14 Oct 2015, 3:52 pm

Genetics are unique (aside from rare cases-- i.e. twins), but that does not endow them with individuality. There are two processes at play with humans, there's the genetic component and then there's the social component. While the individual genetics may be unique, that uniqueness is forced to comply to the demands of the social hierarchy. That's why people seem to lack individuality, there are only so many behaviors that are allowed and accepted by the social hierarchy, therefore everyone appears the same because their behaviors are the same.



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15 Oct 2015, 3:31 pm

Some of these comments are interesting.

Some are funny :)


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15 Oct 2015, 7:39 pm