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Crakka · Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 1853 Location: The Wild West

One of many great examples! Enjoy, have a giggle and spread around to family & friends 8)

Watch the video - George Carlin on Global Warming

(Title is a little elusive as it's mainly not about global warming at all but there's a host of links to other snippets there to enjoy)

steve clougher · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:21 pm Post Subject:

George has a valid point
Within our lifetime, though, I wonder if it would be true to say that the spread of humanity has diminished the overall biomass of the planet measurably?
If I had to guess, I'd say we have cut it to a half or a quarter, over one century.
And another thing, if the overall vital energy is down by a few hundred percent, what about the overall capacity for the deployment of intelligence?
Some whales have brains the size of a small car.
They have simple locomotive requirements, know some pretty boring songs, and make love once a year maybe. What is all that brainpower for?
Fish in general are not as silly as they look.
The oceanic biomass is certainly way, way down on a century ago, especially in the tuna, pelagic schools and bigger species like swordfish.
How many marlin does it take to equal one human with it's head full of advertising, Disney delights and numbers of dollars? About half a moderately intelligent anchovy, is my guess.

steve clougher · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:42 pm Post Subject:

http://carta.anthropogeny.org/moca/topics/von-economo-spindle-cells
This is the best I can find, giving some idea (not much, but some) of the equivalence in complexity of the brains of humans, whales, apes and elephants.
Hopefully we'll know much more when the Japanese whalers publish all that good scientific work they have been doing down in the Southern Ocean

steve clougher · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:03 pm Post Subject:

Captain Paul Watson has a humourous take on this
http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/the-intelligent-whale.html
( on close examination, my statement about a brain the size of a small car turns out to be somewhat hyperbolic)

Crakka · Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 1853 Location: The Wild West

Thank you steve for the best & MOST TRUTHFUL quote seen here in a long time -

...intelligence cannot be placed into categories defined by humans.

This is most certainly a clearly defining statement and should be at the core of your thoughts when dealing with people who "think" they lead other people in this overly pigeonholed world. While I'm no Watson fanboy either, and the whole Green "Movement" (not some of the core principles) needs to treated with suspicion due to all kinds of manipulation, he's naturally correct on that page 8)

Deano · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 741

Least Watson puts in the effort, who else will go into bat for the poor whales, i cant stand that they hunt them in the birthing area, pure evil to me.

steve clougher · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:44 am Post Subject:

Yeah, the whole seashepherd thing must have an entire choir of guardian angels. I wish our governments would back them more.

steve clougher · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:22 am Post Subject:

A week ago we met a trio of young Argentinians, cycling Tasmania.
I was surprised to hear them saying they had made a big mistake, taking the blame for being hijacked by the bank. This guy throws a bit of light on the subject.
http://www.asalbuchi.com.ar/category/english/