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When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'
(April 15, 2013 at 9:44 am)enrico Wrote: So in this way i am sure that you will find very hard to understand the meaning of going over the PHYSICAL REALTY.Angel

Ignoring the typo (too easy), I just want to point out that your comment was essentially a restatement of your earlier comment. And so I'll reiterate my point-- anyone can refer to things that are "beyond physical reality" and create and design whatever they wish. No one can disprove your fantasy, no one can detect it and you can shape and reshape it as you please, then wave off any dissenting opinion because it comes from "physical reality."

I think that we can more easily determine the issue by removing the word "physical" from that phrase. In which case, yes... I do find it difficult to understand the meaning of anything that is outside of reality.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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RE: When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?' - by Tonus - April 15, 2013 at 11:32 am

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