Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Jon Zingale
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Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread thompnickson2
Nobody ever aborted a baby with down’s syndrome. What they aborted, if they aborted anything, is a baby which, if carried to term would be highly likely to display downs syndrome. I know I am being pedantic, but ’t's just the sort of confusion that the “genfur” idea leads one into. n

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread thompnickson2
Glen, I haven't understood this thread since the beginning. n Nick Thompson thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of ? glen Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 8:00 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee G

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread David Eric Smith
Aha! This is why Iceland has the highest per-capita fraction of published authors in the world. I had assumed it was the weather…. > On Sep 10, 2021, at 2:17 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > That can be screened as well with a large population-wide survey such has > been done in the UK or Icela

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread ⛧ glen
Heh, yes. I'm also reading about "Hume's Law". Maybe that's what confused me? On September 9, 2021 5:03:16 PM PDT, Frank Wimberly wrote: >Did you read the article about aborting babies with Down Syndrome? > >--- >Frank C. Wimberly >140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >Santa Fe, NM 87505 > >505 670-9918 >Santa F

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Frank Wimberly
Did you read the article about aborting babies with Down Syndrome? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 6:00 PM ⛧ glen wrote: > Apples can be red. ... Wait what? What were we talking about? "I have no > idea what's goin' o

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread ⛧ glen
Apples can be red. ... Wait what? What were we talking about? "I have no idea what's goin' on." On September 9, 2021 4:54:42 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels wrote: >Puppies are adorable. > >From: Friam On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly >Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:33 PM >To: The Friday Morning Applie

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
Puppies are adorable. From: Friam On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 4:33 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur Down's babies are adorable. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 San

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Frank Wimberly
Down's babies are adorable. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 3:32 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > Or they are reprogramming their people to be smarter! > (Actually, deCODE is owned by Amgen now.) > > Selection is already oc

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
Or they are reprogramming their people to be smarter! (Actually, deCODE is owned by Amgen now.) Selection is already occurring, so it isn't as if this is some sci-fi thing. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/the-last-children-of-down-syndrome/616928/ -Original Message- F

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
That can be screened as well with a large population-wide survey such has been done in the UK or Iceland. Of course, it is unlikely that complex behaviors will be governed by isolated mutations, so the task is to look for highly predictive motifs (e.g. regular expressions). -Original Mess

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread uǝlƃ ☤ $
Ha! Now you're trolling. The answer is: "because the sites that generate reading ability (or whatever) *also* generate other 'abilities'", with "abilities" in scare quotes because many abilities are considered bad ... like the ability of a pimply faced white dude to shoot up a church or blow up

Re: [FRIAM] Amtrak & driverless trains

2021-09-09 Thread Prof David West
Commercial airlines are 95% pilot-less. Even take-off and landing. Exceptions for weather, some specific airports, and emergencies. Davew On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, at 3:28 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > Jochen - > > Yes, Amtrak is the primary passenger rail in the US. I believe there are > myriad local

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
So find the sites that correspond to reading ability, or whatever, and WRITE them. -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$ Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 9:51 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur I was alerted to this article this morning: Can Progres

Re: [FRIAM] gen'fur

2021-09-09 Thread uǝlƃ ☤ $
I was alerted to this article this morning: Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressives-be-convinced-that-genetics-matters It should delight those amongst us who rant about the "woke". 8^D But it dovetails nicely with the fr