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Hello
January 13, 2018 at 10:59 pm
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Hello everyone,
Having had a quick look around there are some interesting conversations going on. I'm looking forward to joining in.
I have a strange sense of humour and I find its best to take things people say with a pinch of salt. So please forgive me because I will use humour and salt.
cor
"We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. We cooperate effectively with strangers because we believe in things like gods, nations, money and human rights. Yet none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money and no human rights—except in the common imagination of human beings. You can never convince a chimpanzee to give you a banana by promising him that after he dies, he will get limitless bananas in chimpanzee Heaven. Only Sapiens can believe such stories. This is why we rule the world, and chimpanzees are locked up in zoos and research laboratories."
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RE: Hello
January 13, 2018 at 11:26 pm
Arf Arf Bark Welcome Woof.
Garlic?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Hello
January 13, 2018 at 11:40 pm
Welcome. Salt is good, I like to use pepper.
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RE: Hello
January 14, 2018 at 12:42 am
Welcome
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RE: Hello
January 14, 2018 at 1:30 am
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(January 13, 2018 at 11:06 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: Hello Conspiracy!
Humor and salty are welcome here.
Is your signature from Sapiens? I read it last year, a very good book.
-Teresa
It is from Sapiens. I'm halfway through Homo Deus at the moment.
cor
(January 13, 2018 at 11:22 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Welcome, Conspiracy.
Dive right into a thread, man! We can always use a new perspective.
I've had a go. Should be fun...
(January 13, 2018 at 11:26 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Arf Arf Bark Welcome Woof.
Garlic?
Bread?
(January 13, 2018 at 11:40 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Welcome. Salt is good, I like to use pepper.
Pepper works too.
(January 14, 2018 at 12:42 am)J a c k Wrote: Welcome
Thank you
"We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. We cooperate effectively with strangers because we believe in things like gods, nations, money and human rights. Yet none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money and no human rights—except in the common imagination of human beings. You can never convince a chimpanzee to give you a banana by promising him that after he dies, he will get limitless bananas in chimpanzee Heaven. Only Sapiens can believe such stories. This is why we rule the world, and chimpanzees are locked up in zoos and research laboratories."
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RE: Hello
January 14, 2018 at 1:38 am
(January 14, 2018 at 1:33 am)Minimalist Wrote: Quote: humour
You spelled Humor wrong. You must be a Brit.
Or perhaps you spelled it right?
Whatever.
Greetings.
Oh, you.
I am a brit.
I like my humour like my colour.
"We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. We cooperate effectively with strangers because we believe in things like gods, nations, money and human rights. Yet none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another. There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money and no human rights—except in the common imagination of human beings. You can never convince a chimpanzee to give you a banana by promising him that after he dies, he will get limitless bananas in chimpanzee Heaven. Only Sapiens can believe such stories. This is why we rule the world, and chimpanzees are locked up in zoos and research laboratories."
Yuval Noah Harari