November 5th, 2017
I feel like I'm running out of things to discover about Pluto so the content on this page sorta kinda stretches its connection to Pluto. In other words I've got a subject and I'm force fitting Pluto into it the best I can. The thoughts expressed on this page have exceptions, they are not absolutes these are concept generalizations. Anyone who wants to can easily find holes in some of these thoughts but the general ideas hold true.
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Pluto's skin has various shades of color. While these colors have been enhanced and altered to highlight subtle differences in the landscape, these variations in shades of color help demonstrate Pluto's diversity, complexity and beauty. We see grays, browns, reds, yellows and whites. Our planet too, has multiple shades of colors as do its inhabitants. These variations of colors tell various stories with differing backgrounds and histories. Its these variations that help paint a colorful history of diversity yet also one of simple singularity. A while back I was pondering a concept and mentioned to some coworkers that I had been working on a thought for a couple weeks. They all started laughing and joking about anyone taking days or weeks to develop a thought which demonstrates to me just how little they apply themselves to the process of thinking. |
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Ignoring their jokes, I began asking some questions and the banter turned into quiet, ponderous looking faces as they began to listen and think.
I asked,
What actually separates us as humans?
How did we get black, brown, red, yellow or white skinned people?
Why are some races more naturally aggressive than others?
Why do some races look down on others?
Why do we have a propensity for war?
Is there any species driven benefit to war?
They weren't laughing now.
I asked,
What actually separates us as humans?
How did we get black, brown, red, yellow or white skinned people?
Why are some races more naturally aggressive than others?
Why do some races look down on others?
Why do we have a propensity for war?
Is there any species driven benefit to war?
They weren't laughing now.
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In the room there were three white Anglo Saxon type (EuroAmerican) people, one yellow/brown skinned Cambodian, one black African American and me with my confused freckled skin so it seemed like a good time to posit my idea.
I explained, I haven't fully worked it out in my mind but here's the general idea. Noticing the change of mood, I stopped and asked, should I continue, does this seem like something to talk about? No, go ahead, one person responded. I had placed the bait, set the hook, time to reel them in. |
I proceeded to say, I've never heard this theory expressed before and was curious as to why not, since it seems to be somewhat intuitive and obvious once presented. I'm generalizing here as there are more factors at play than just one but the common denominator to answer these questions is sunlight angle, in essence sunlight intensity.
Sunlight intensity is dependent on factors like latitude, location, mountains, elevation, terrain, foliage, cloudiness and moisture. As an example, at low latitudes (equatorial zone) there is a lot of sunlight creating deserts on some continents but rain forests on others. While other factors come into play, the common denominator is sunlight intensity. Let me explain why I say that.
Sunlight intensity is dependent on factors like latitude, location, mountains, elevation, terrain, foliage, cloudiness and moisture. As an example, at low latitudes (equatorial zone) there is a lot of sunlight creating deserts on some continents but rain forests on others. While other factors come into play, the common denominator is sunlight intensity. Let me explain why I say that.
Latitude Angle
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Between zero and 20° latitude (equator) is where the greatest intensity of sunlight is experienced on Earth. The melanin in our skin protects us from sunlight UV radiation damage. The more we are exposed to sunlight, the more melanin required to protect us, else we die from skin cancer as evolution naturally weeds out those whose skin can't take the heat and we are left with those who can.
The more melanin, the darker the skin. Hence black people are more abundant and naturally exist at zero to 20° latitude. Within this zone is where we find Africa's Great Rift Valley (mankind's birth place). People in this zone have dark to black skin, dark eyes and thick black nappy hair. |
Albino African with red hair
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Between 20° to 40° latitude the sun strikes Earth at a slight angle glancing off a little more than the zero to 20° zone. Within this zone we find what we refer to as brown skinned people in places like Spain, Italy and Mexico with little tree cover. These people mostly have brown skin, brown eyes and thick brown straight or sometimes curly hair. |
Italian
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Also contained within this zone between 30° to 40° is another zone where the Native American people thrived which are sometimes called red skinned.
Native Americans had plenty of sunlight and tree cover providing them with conditions of intense sunlight intermixed with shade. They typically have reddish brown skin, brown eyes and straight black hair.
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Native American
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Between 40° to 50° latitude we encounter Asian people. The angle of the sun hitting the Earth is more obtuse in this zone and human skin requires less protection so the melanin is reduced giving this group lighter skin. People in this zone are sometimes referred to as yellow skinned and have brown straight hair with brown eyes. From 45 to 50 degrees in Mongolia the people are typically light to brown skinned with dark straight hair and dark eyes. |
Asian
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Between 50° to 60° latitude we find Europeans in places like Britain, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. There is little sunlight to damage the skin so the melanin is practically non existent and these people are often referred to as white with blue eyes and blond thin straight hair but they also may have black and red curly hair along with some green and brown eyes. |
European
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People with red hair typically have freckles and their hair is often curly suggesting somewhere in their lineage there was some merging of the brown and white skinned people.
People with freckles have skin that is confused. The skin's melanin is not evenly distributed so tanning occurs in spots called freckles their hair is often curly and somewhere between brown and blond i.e. red, their eyes are more often than not blue. Melanin affects skin, eye and hair color. In large part these are the factors used to distinguish one race from another. Race is a debatable subject as we are all of the Homo Sapien species but race is loosely defined by variations between groups which have shared physical and cultural traits. Melanin is the primary component in our bodies that create variations in physical traits. |
Red hair blue eyes and freckles
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The degree of sunlight a body receives dictates the level of melanin required for that body to thrive at that particular latitude. Lighter skin also absorbs more sunlight to allow the body to produce more vitamin D from less sunlight.
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Latitude Attitude
What is it that separates one race from another? Sunlight and the degree of our exposure to it. This can also separate a single race into classes and cause wars between races or even classes within a race. Why do people with light skin look down on people with dark skin? Typically those who work in the field harvesting food are exposed to more sunlight and are consequently darker. Farmers are considered peasants, uneducated, red necks (whites with sunburned necks from working in the sun), a lower class of society. |
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This attitude of derision toward farmers extends to working (class) people as well. Four to five thousand years ago in a place like ancient Egypt it would have been easy to delineate between farmer and upper class because of skin tone. As more and more people performed working jobs indoors, the skin tone became less of a tell and the financial status exhibited by cloths and jewelry became the message of class status and separation or one persons perceived superiority over another. |
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This attitude of separation is not just directed toward dark skinned farmers its an attitude expressed toward most if not all working class people. The real issue here is not so much about one race's superiority over another or one classes superiority over another but rather it is about an attitude of arrogance. Its about me thinking I have the right to subjugate or exploit you and steel from you.
It's summed up in this phrase.
What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.
It's summed up in this phrase.
What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.
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I speak from first hand experience about managers since I once was one. Sixty employees, 5 supervisors and 2 secretaries reported to me.
Infrequently, within the mind of a manager, there is an unspoken tune that creeps into the mind and it sounds something like this. I sit at a desk, I tell people what to do, I have arrived, I am above them, I am better than them, I am superior to them because they work and I don't. This attitude has no color boundary, its called arrogance and it exists in all skin tone shades. |
Wearing a different style of wardrobe, all spit and polished in suit and tie like a peacock, managers tend to see themselves as superior while workers are treated like children forced to wear their little dress uniforms or logo-ed shirts. You see, managers are above this level of contemptuous uniform dress they are superior. The rules apply to the little guy (worker) not the manager.
It's a funny thing, very often, I don't see Elon Musk the most brilliant, influential, culture changing, hard working man of our time dressed in a suit. Elon is a true maverick of our time and an example to the rest of us of how we should conduct ourselves.
The more someone works with their hands the less respect they tend to be given. The more educated of society are considered above the need to work, as if there's more innate value in their existence.
Without workers nothing gets done, nothing, and they should be valued for the service they provide to society but rarely are.
It's a funny thing, very often, I don't see Elon Musk the most brilliant, influential, culture changing, hard working man of our time dressed in a suit. Elon is a true maverick of our time and an example to the rest of us of how we should conduct ourselves.
The more someone works with their hands the less respect they tend to be given. The more educated of society are considered above the need to work, as if there's more innate value in their existence.
Without workers nothing gets done, nothing, and they should be valued for the service they provide to society but rarely are.
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What a shame it is that we elevate those who do little above those who provide for us all, what a shame.
Trash men, chefs, farmers, auto mechanics, technicians, plumbers, landscapers, where would we be without them? I come from a mixed family of preachers, teachers, politicians, shady salesmen, pilot, farmers, nurse, welder, pipe fitter, department store manager, slum lord, car rental agent, mechanic and technician, |
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I personally prefer those in my family who work with their hands over those who work with their mouth because those who work with their mouth tend to be much more arrogant, manipulative and dishonest. As a matter of fact, I have completely separated myself from the preacher, teacher, politician and salesmen as their arrogance and methods of manipulation absolutely disgust me. I find their attitudes intolerable.
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There is a phrase you've likely heard.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Yet those who can't, act like they are superior to those who can. Working class people tend to envy the non worker while the non worker tends to look down on the worker as if the sole distinction between groups is "I'm better than you". This delusion leads to separation, separation leads to strife, strife can lead to all out war. I found management to be an intolerable occupation. After five years I began saying no, and was fired. Actually, I quit when I started saying no, I quit letting other's turn me into a psychopath. To be an effective manager you must be a liar without a conscience these are the primary traits of a psychopath and are a necessity for management in America.
The most successful managers in our society need to have the ability to screw people over without any concern for their actions and they must lie to people as easily as breathing this is why the worst of society are promoted into positions of power where they make decisions that not only destroy lives but the planet. To better understand this psychopathic behavior study Kenneth Lay or Jeffrey Skilling of Enron, or the former NASDAQ Chairman Bernard Madoff or Halliburton Oil president and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. |
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Lets take a look at a modern day psychopath.
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Dick Cheney shot his friend Harry Whittington in the face with a shotgun, Harry survived and apologized to Dick for being shot.
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Alex Jones conducts an experiment with the spread pattern from a shotgun blast from various distances.
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Whatever the reason behind the shooting, Harry understood Dick's message which was something like this "I started a war in Iraq where over five hundred thousand people have been killed, you don't think I can't kill you and get away with it?" Harry clearly understood Dick's message and apologized for getting in the way of his shotgun's buckshot. Imagine how terrified of Dick, Harry must have been for him to apologize to Dick.
Dick Cheney is an absolute psychopath (an ideal American manager), Harry knew it and feared for his life.
Dick Cheney is an absolute psychopath (an ideal American manager), Harry knew it and feared for his life.
War what is it good for?
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Dick Cheney ex-president of Halliburton Oil and VP of the US wanted Iraqi oil for Halliburton Oil so false information was distributed suggesting Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
This allowed the US to initiate an illegal war implanting through no bid contract's Halliburton into Iraq. This lead to them generating profit by supplying food and services at 1.8 billion dollars in unsupported cost for services like doing one bag of laundry for a hundred dollars by Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) a Halliburton subsidiary which over charged the US government and tax payers for services not rendered. |
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This US imposed war fostered by Dick Cheney and the lie of weapons of mass destruction was initiated more to steel resources and money from American's than it was initiated to steel from the Iraqis.
This Iraq war cost the US more than a trillion dollars. Most wars take place for control of resources like land, access to waterways, food, money, theft or metals (copper, iron, silver or gold) but there is something else behind the driving force of war. |
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Contempt
Philanthropist billionaires look down on millionaires as playboys, millionaire's look down on middle class thousandaires as not having arrived, thousandaire's look down on poverty stricken hundredaires as being lazy with an attitude of "Work harder, I did", hundredaire's look down on the homeless tenaires saying "Get a job". Each step up the financial class ladder the less empathy we tend to possess for those in pain and suffering to the point of all out contempt. Contempt of others leads to justification of their destruction and control. |
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I'm not simply talking about prejudicial attitudes driven by race, skin tone, social status or financial wealth, I'm talking about sunlight energy as the impetus behind aggression.
Sounds pretty strange to say that sunlight energy could be the impetus of war but consider this.
As a 10 year old child, I lived deep in Mexico for one and a half years. I primarily learned about two things.
Sounds pretty strange to say that sunlight energy could be the impetus of war but consider this.
As a 10 year old child, I lived deep in Mexico for one and a half years. I primarily learned about two things.
Poverty and Siesta
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Anyone reading this, has a computer and, doesn't truly understand real poverty.
If you are able to dig around in a trash can (bin) and find something to eat you don't know real poverty. My class mates in Mexico lived in adobe homes with no glass windows or front door, they cooked in fire pits outside the house, the floor was dirt. It was a cultural shock for me as a child to see what I saw in Mexico. I thought they were poor because they were lazy. I thought they were lazy because everything stopped mid day every day for siesta. |
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Siesta (rest)
Another misconception by most is the concept of siesta.
In America siesta is basically considered an afternoon nap or time to rest. In Mexico everything shuts down and closes at siesta. I had to walk home from school at noon and return at 3 pm for siesta. Buses stopped. Businesses closed. Schools closed. Everything stops because its so frickin hot. People from northern latitudes don't understand this because they don't experience this oppressive heat. The Sun literally drains your energy and sucks the life out of you. Migrating northward toward higher global latitudes out of the extreme heat (sunlight) zone, culturally and historically, people did not have a need to siesta instead choosing to work through the day. This extended work period, allowed for more productivity, more creativity, more energy, more time to make money, more time to innovate. |
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Moving north to the opposite extreme of the sunlight spectrum, why do you suppose violent fighting raiders like Vikings at 50 to 60 degrees latitude came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark or Mongols from 45 to 50 degrees latitude were such aggressive invaders of people to their south?
Less sunlight equals more pent up energy to burn.
I know, I know.
Wars are fought all over the planet. I'm talking about a generalized idea here not an absolute.
As a general pattern, people in hotter areas need to rest in the middle of the day while those in cooler areas do not.
This opens the door for more productive hours in more temperate areas and all out aggression in cold areas. More time to smelt metals, make knifes, swords, armor, guns, cannons. It gives you several months in the winter to plan, plot and strategize with a cool spring and summer to kill, ravage and steal.
Less sunlight equals more pent up energy to burn.
I know, I know.
Wars are fought all over the planet. I'm talking about a generalized idea here not an absolute.
As a general pattern, people in hotter areas need to rest in the middle of the day while those in cooler areas do not.
This opens the door for more productive hours in more temperate areas and all out aggression in cold areas. More time to smelt metals, make knifes, swords, armor, guns, cannons. It gives you several months in the winter to plan, plot and strategize with a cool spring and summer to kill, ravage and steal.
Generally speaking the conquest of lands and people through war tend to occur laterally or south of the attackers home base.
- Egypt is one exception to this general rule most of their conquests were northern and east. 1500 BCE to 50 BCE
- Alexander the Great conquered lands mostly east and south. 336 BCE to 323 BCE
- Rome is split pretty evenly between north and south conquests' with more territory taken in the south. 50 BCE to 410 CE
- The more northward Rome pressed the less successful they were they couldn't beat the Germanic Tribes or the Scots and their first territories to fall were from the north in fact Rome was sacked in 410 by Visigoths aka Goths or Germanic tribes from the north.
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- Germany WWII invaded mostly laterally and to the south 1939 CE to 1945 CE
- Hitler's quest northward into cold snowy Russia brought them to a stand still and eventually led to their thinning of resources and ultimate failure.
- Japan in WWII conquered lands mostly east and south. 1939 CE to 1945 CE
- Japan moved laterally through China and south into Malaysia and the Philippines, they were headed to Australia but surrendered to the US before they could attack.
These maps help show the story.
A person could easily conclude that most of these warriors started in the north and migrating south is the only logical direction to conquer lands but then you could just as easily ask why didn't warriors start from the south and successfully conquer lands northward.
It's as if people from northern latitudes have more pent up aggression than those to their south.
The more sunlight a person's skin is exposed to the more natural vitamin D is produced in their bodies and the more chill they become they experience less hypertension. They have a higher libido and tend to be more sexually satisfied.
Less sunlight or low vitamin D levels lead to hypertension and high blood pressure, low libido, lower testosterone, mood swings. lower levels of dopamine and serotonin causing depression and anxiety. Add to this months in winter darkness, short days, longer nights, cabin fever and you've got the recipe to shape some very angry, aggressive, hostile men. Fighting northward into cold wet climates is far more difficult than migrating and fighting southward into more temperate warmer climates.
It's as if people from northern latitudes have more pent up aggression than those to their south.
The more sunlight a person's skin is exposed to the more natural vitamin D is produced in their bodies and the more chill they become they experience less hypertension. They have a higher libido and tend to be more sexually satisfied.
Less sunlight or low vitamin D levels lead to hypertension and high blood pressure, low libido, lower testosterone, mood swings. lower levels of dopamine and serotonin causing depression and anxiety. Add to this months in winter darkness, short days, longer nights, cabin fever and you've got the recipe to shape some very angry, aggressive, hostile men. Fighting northward into cold wet climates is far more difficult than migrating and fighting southward into more temperate warmer climates.
Predators vs Prey
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Life is a competition for survival. As predators develop advantages, prey respond by developing defenses commensurate with the need to survive.
One example is nearly all predators have eyes in the front of their head so they can focus on their chase of the prey. Nearly all prey animals have their eyes on the side of their head with nearly 360 degrees of visibility giving them a greater chance of seeing and escaping the predator. |
Leopard eyes credit Greg du Toit
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Notice anything wrong with the eyes of the deer on the right?
This demonstrates just how odd looking a prey animal is when the eyes face forward.
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Herbivores eat herbs and are prey animals. All the teeth in their mouths' are molars. If you look at a Horse or Cow's front teeth you can see they are molars just like their back teeth. Their teeth can only crush and grind fibrous plants and grains. Herbivores have very large long intestines as nutrients are difficult to extract from fibrous grasses so the material needs to be processed slowly. Cows actually have four stomachs and chew their cud. That means they regurgitate what they ate then chew and chew and chew to grind it down to digestible portions.
Carnivores eat meat and are predators, all their teeth tend to be incisors that slide past each other when their jaw closes. Incisors are made to rip and tear meat not grind grain. If you have a dog or cat look at their back upper and lower teeth, you will notice while they are large, they slide past each other as incisors do this is because they are carnivores. Dogs were once wolves which are carnivores but they've been domesticated such that they are now considered omnivores simply because they can tolerate some of the plant foods we've force fed them but their teeth tell the real story. Carnivores have short intestines compared to herbivores as meat is broken down quickly releasing its energy for digestion.
Omnivores eat both meat and grain they have molars in the back and incisors in the front. We are Omnivores, our eyes are in the front of our head, our teeth allow us to eat meat and grain, our intestines are short, we are predators. Thanks to our intelligence and ability to make fire we can precook meats and grains which is a form of predigestion making it easier for our bodies to extract more nutrients out of our food. In fact as I pointed out on the previous page, fire is sunlight stored in wood released to produce heat and light. Sunlight through fire has altered our internal digestion process as well as our brains, skin, hair eyes and temperament.
Carnivores eat meat and are predators, all their teeth tend to be incisors that slide past each other when their jaw closes. Incisors are made to rip and tear meat not grind grain. If you have a dog or cat look at their back upper and lower teeth, you will notice while they are large, they slide past each other as incisors do this is because they are carnivores. Dogs were once wolves which are carnivores but they've been domesticated such that they are now considered omnivores simply because they can tolerate some of the plant foods we've force fed them but their teeth tell the real story. Carnivores have short intestines compared to herbivores as meat is broken down quickly releasing its energy for digestion.
Omnivores eat both meat and grain they have molars in the back and incisors in the front. We are Omnivores, our eyes are in the front of our head, our teeth allow us to eat meat and grain, our intestines are short, we are predators. Thanks to our intelligence and ability to make fire we can precook meats and grains which is a form of predigestion making it easier for our bodies to extract more nutrients out of our food. In fact as I pointed out on the previous page, fire is sunlight stored in wood released to produce heat and light. Sunlight through fire has altered our internal digestion process as well as our brains, skin, hair eyes and temperament.
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Most carnivores can eat some pretty nasty meats without adverse side effects.
Animals like Comodo dragons or alligators can digest just about anything. Things that would kill us become a pleasant snack for them. Sunlight released as fire from wood has caused our digestive processes along with our brain to radically alter. By cooking meat we kill bacteria that might kill us making our digestive system weak compared to other animals. |
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Just found this Ted Talk video that basically presents much of this info from Dr. Michael Medler, if I didn't know better, I'd think I watched this video then created this and the previous page.
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In the Ted Talk video Dr. Medler displays this image reflecting a rough time frame for some human trait developments.
The Hairlessness one is followed by a question mark as it should be. I have heard a couple theories as to how we went from hairy ape to hairless but they always left me feeling like they missed the mark. One theory suggests we spent a lot of time as monkeys swimming in lagoons or shallow oceans so we began to lose our hair similar to how dolphins or whales lost theirs. |
Lacking a reasonable explanation or theory as to what lead to our hairlessness, I chose to come up with my own.
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The female of all species decide what mate she will choose. The female decides what is or is not attractive and what type of genes will get passed along to subsequent generations. Surveys of women have been conducted and it holds true that women prefer men with hairy faces and smooth bodies. Amoungst groups of monkeys there is a pecking order and female's tend to be at the bottom of that pecking order. |
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Monkeys spend a lot of time grooming and picking insects off each other and the ones that do the most picking are the ones at the lower end of the pecking order.
If you were an early version of a bipedal female ape with a growing brain getting smarter and smarter and you saw a rising leader in the group that had less body hair requiring less bug picking you might be more attracted to that particular monkey. Less body hair means less time required for picking and eating bugs, onto bigger and better things like cooking, carving and tool making. Less nit or gnat picking more together time. |
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Just like we humans have selectively bred a multitude of dogs away from their wolf ancestors, women have selectively bred our species into what we are today.
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I am not a proponent of war but what are some of the results of war, besides the obvious (destructive) down side?
War is competition, competition for dominance, resources, wealth, power, control and fame.
Competition is a race whether its a race for survival, a race in sport, an arms race or an industrial innovation race to beat the competitor and sunlight is at the heart of the success rate for the winners of this race.
What is needed is competition without destruction to keep the race alive as well as the people involved with it.
Sport is the ultimate expression of competition for the sake of personal performance elevation not the competitor's destruction.
What's needed is more fair and balanced competition in innovation.
What's needed is more entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.
You don't have to destroy your competition to succeed.
Competition is essential for growth and innovation, destroying your competitor is not.
War is competition, competition for dominance, resources, wealth, power, control and fame.
- The Romans were ruthless killers but built aqueducts, bridges, large architectural structures and most important roads. In their time "All roads led to Rome". Rome also pushed forward the production large quantities of iron and steel weapons.
- Genghis Khan was a ruthless killer but unified all of Eurasia building a politically controlled and safe road called the silk road which led the way for communication and commerce from Northeast Asia into Muslim Southwest Asia and Christian Europe, thus expanding the horizons of all three cultural areas. Which allowed Marco Polo to learn about Chinese gun powder. Which led to further innovation in technology.
- Hitler was a ruthless killer and built the Audubon for rapid troop deployment, a revolutionary road for its time. Dwight D Eisenhower was the allies Supreme Commander during WWII and he marveled at the Audubon. Upon his return and subsequent election as president, he created the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. The entire US Interstate system exists because Eisenhower saw the benefit of a highway system like the Audubon. Hitler through Werner Von Braun developed the V2 missile which lead directly to the US space program.
- Once Russia and the US entered into a "Cold" war, competition was on to see who would take control of space. Russia beat the US to space and orbiting the planet which drove the US to dedicate itself to beating them to the Moon. The US went from not having a space program to landing on the Moon in 11 years because of this competition to control space. Russia collapsed and we haven't been back to the moon in 50 years.
Competition is a race whether its a race for survival, a race in sport, an arms race or an industrial innovation race to beat the competitor and sunlight is at the heart of the success rate for the winners of this race.
What is needed is competition without destruction to keep the race alive as well as the people involved with it.
Sport is the ultimate expression of competition for the sake of personal performance elevation not the competitor's destruction.
What's needed is more fair and balanced competition in innovation.
What's needed is more entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.
You don't have to destroy your competition to succeed.
Competition is essential for growth and innovation, destroying your competitor is not.
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Can't we all just get along?
Nope! Not as long as there are those who think they are better than someone else. Not as long as the wealthy few seek to impose their destructive will on the many. Get up stand up don't give up your rights Get up stand up don't give up the fight. |
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Here's a simple fact, battles, fights and sports are never won by defense alone, at some point offense must be employed.
Regardless of who starts it, once you are in a fight, to not employ offense is to invite defeat.
Climate change is a battle all races are in whether we like it or not, not to fight is to invite global self destruction and defeat.
Sunlight (solar cells) is the answer to this fossil fuel problem, fight for it.
Get up stand up fight for sunlight.
For the first time in history we are at a point where sunlight can unite our races not divide them.
Isn't it time for us to fight for each other and unite around sunlight?
Regardless of who starts it, once you are in a fight, to not employ offense is to invite defeat.
Climate change is a battle all races are in whether we like it or not, not to fight is to invite global self destruction and defeat.
Sunlight (solar cells) is the answer to this fossil fuel problem, fight for it.
Get up stand up fight for sunlight.
For the first time in history we are at a point where sunlight can unite our races not divide them.
Isn't it time for us to fight for each other and unite around sunlight?
Your Best Defense ---- Offense!
There is an experiment performed on frogs that goes something like this. Set a pot of water to boiling and drop the frog in and it will immediately jump out saving its life. However, if you place a frog in a nice cool pot of water then slowly raise the heat until the water is boiling the frog will not jump out saving its life. Slowly increasing the amount of discomfort will cause the frog to become apathetic to the danger it faces.
We are the same way but our water of increasing danger is the mainstream media information paraded in front of us daily as we watch TV. Consistently sitting in front the television exposed slowly to ever increasingly uncomfortable scenarios and doing nothing about it teaches you that you are helpless to change things around you so eventually you accept that you are powerless to change your world. The truth, however, is that you are not powerless, you are not helpless, you can effect change.
We are the same way but our water of increasing danger is the mainstream media information paraded in front of us daily as we watch TV. Consistently sitting in front the television exposed slowly to ever increasingly uncomfortable scenarios and doing nothing about it teaches you that you are helpless to change things around you so eventually you accept that you are powerless to change your world. The truth, however, is that you are not powerless, you are not helpless, you can effect change.
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How do you fight for sunlight?
With your money. Money is what large corporate special interest groups understand Spend your money on things that support the Earth. Study to understand whose pulling the wool over your eyes. Find a farmers market that sells locally grown foods. Educate yourself, its free, it just takes time and effort. Reduce your consumption of electricity. Learn about vampire electronics. Replace your incandescent light bulbs with LED light bulbs. Turn off the lights in unused rooms. When you leave a room at work turn the lights off. Use ceiling fans more than air conditioners. |
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Turn off your computer monitor when not in use.
If you have an old refrigerator in your garage or basement, unplug it. Use a power strip to completely turn off multiple vampire electronic devices with one quick easy switch. Understand how your use of electricity converts directly into coal fired polluting power plants. Vote for Senators who fight for the climate and against those who don't (who's my senator?) Don't support companies like GM, Exxon, Halliburton, Monsanto, British Petroleum, Firestone Tire, ALCOA or Dupont. If you have a fireplace, buy a wood burning stove insert and save 30% on taxes. Support businesses like Elon's Tesla Car Company and Solar City. Read and compare the EnergyGuide electric usage on appliances before you buy. |
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Buy Energy Star efficient devices.
Drive less. If you can afford it, buy solar panels. At Christmas gift LED light bulbs (it saves the recipient money for 25 years) All these ideas boil down to one thing. Care enough about our planet to take some personal action. Don't bury your head in the sand and act like your actions don't matter. We the people are many, small actions by many people add up to large results. |
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"Fight against climate change" = "Mission Impossible"
They also tend to mock the efforts I've suggested, as if taking these actions is meaningless or too meager to help in any way. Being a pessimists is easy, it requires no effort. Being an optimist, however, requires personal effort. |
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Make no mistake things are bad, we are, in many ways like a plague on this planet and we really need to change our own personal actions before we destroy the environment which provides us with life.
Money talks, spend yours like the planet and your life depend on it.
Money talks, spend yours like the planet and your life depend on it.
