tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post5570060599400800102..comments2024-03-28T17:58:25.581+13:00Comments on The Flaxen Saxon Chronicles: Early Greek PhilosophyFlaxen Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-31123109309033423712020-07-23T20:15:11.913+12:002020-07-23T20:15:11.913+12:00I did not mean to imply that Darwin was irrational...I did not mean to imply that Darwin was irrational. My view is that<br />evolution is about small changes over very long periods of time. I<br />seriously doubt the evolutionary charts I saw in grade school. True<br />man and ape are genetically related but my problem is with the linear<br />model. That would require a quantum leap. I do not even know if<br />Darwin himself sunscribed to the theory of linear progression, but<br />his fans sure do.<br /><br />My personal theory is that man and ape came from the same tree, but<br />not the same branch. This would explain the lack of a transitional<br />species (AKA the missing link.) We have scientists who are linking<br />2 million year old monkey skull fragments to human evolution.<br /><br />What if the the transitional species was much more recent? What if the<br />transition was Neanderthal or some other older stage of human evolution?<br /><br /><br />About the acients. They did lay the groundwork that needed to be built<br />on, like Newton's quote about standing on the shoulders of giants. <br />Religious opposition was a major factor in stalling scientific advancment.<br />It took Copernicus, Keppler, Kepler and Galileo to rid the world of the<br />Aristotal's earth centric view. Newton merely showed the world the<br />mechanics involved.<br /><br />Leonard Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-26253807941551768992020-07-22T14:51:37.790+12:002020-07-22T14:51:37.790+12:00Hey M, I wonder how many folks will get the refere...Hey M, I wonder how many folks will get the reference? I think a high % of my readership will muster the truth.Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-19396573236395181022020-07-22T12:53:48.257+12:002020-07-22T12:53:48.257+12:00Hi Leonard, as a practicing scientist I will have ...Hi Leonard, as a practicing scientist I will have to disagree on your thoughts that Darwinism is irrational. Indeed, it is a profound theory backed with a wealth of experimental evidence from a multitude of scientific disciplines. It explains so much in our biological world. Without it the practice of modern biology would be impossible. Furthermore, I have to disagree that the ancients had discovered the best 'ideas' Certainly the ancient Greeks gave us a baseline but also led knowledge astray which would constrain intellectual effort for the the next 18 hundred 18 hundred years. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-83410255458625195722020-07-22T10:02:28.379+12:002020-07-22T10:02:28.379+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-10427424400013654612020-07-22T09:52:45.282+12:002020-07-22T09:52:45.282+12:00No, Andrew Pearce has not posted here. Perhaps it ...No, Andrew Pearce has not posted here. Perhaps it is our old mate or someone using his calling card?Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-4823354547997098032020-07-22T09:09:08.033+12:002020-07-22T09:09:08.033+12:00Darwinism is an irrational concept?
The best news ...Darwinism is an irrational concept?<br />The best news I've heard in a mellinium.<br />Not a millennium, mind, but a mellinium.<br />Innit?Sterculian Rhetorichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471982606603075150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-28608228275063196452020-07-22T06:51:57.213+12:002020-07-22T06:51:57.213+12:00On topic, my thoughts about the ancient Greeks and...On topic, my thoughts about the ancient Greeks and Romans led me to believe<br />that these two cultures gave the world the greatest gift. They were true<br />thinkers in every sense of the word. Their contributions gave us the concept<br />of a Republican form of government. <br /><br />Aristotle did an expirement on gravity, but it was flawed. By dropping a<br />weighty mass at the same time as a sheet of paper, he concluded that heaiver<br />objects fall faster than light objects. Had he compensated for atmospheric<br />drag by crushing the paper into a tight ball, he could have beat Galileo <br />by nearly a mellinium.<br /><br />I am not a scientist, but this is my personal theory. The ancients had<br />already "thunk" up the best ideas. About 200 years ago, the moderns came<br />along and challenged the ancients with what I call inferior ideas, like <br />subjectivism, existentialism, etc. This even effected the arts. <br /><br />The Moderns gave us Darwinism, Eugenics, Marxism, and other irrational<br />concepts. Instead of standing on the shoulders of giants, they cut the <br />legs off the giants!<br /> <br />Leonard Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-39690099237109205612020-07-22T05:03:11.589+12:002020-07-22T05:03:11.589+12:00Flaxen, does the name Andrew Pearce mean anything ...Flaxen, does the name Andrew Pearce mean anything to you? Some dude<br />by that name used the magic words Disabled Toilet on another Blog I<br />frequent. It looks like the Patroller of the Gay Bath House has <br />followed me to another Blog. I told the Blogger via Email to keep<br />an eye on him.<br />Leonard Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-19316576187901497782020-07-18T14:55:15.550+12:002020-07-18T14:55:15.550+12:00No I haven't researched this fascinating area....No I haven't researched this fascinating area. But as you have mentioned it is well worth a look. Perhaps I can get a post out of it?Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-92010353184913211462020-07-17T02:10:33.417+12:002020-07-17T02:10:33.417+12:00In your research, did you find anything about magn...In your research, did you find anything about magnetic lodestones and static electricity? I'd imagine these ancient philosophers knew of their 'magical' effects, but perhaps without a clue as to their origins.<br />But sailors were employing lodestones when out of sight of land - I see them as similar to a modern car driver, who has not idea about how GPS functions but blindly relies on it.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.com