From: Dr Sebby (drsebby@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 16:33:02 MST
....i have to correct this one right away - i wasnt referring our species
timeline which IS very very recent indeed! i was alluding to the fact that
our lifespans on average, are very long in comparison to other
animals...60-100yrs.
drsebby.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Loki100l00@aol.com
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: The world keeps on spinning...
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:37:10 EST
In a message dated 2/23/2002 6:13:51 AM Central Standard Time,
drsebby@hotmail.com writes:
>snip<
> ...i can but revel in the soup of life and be happy that my species
> is a rather long-lived one
[Jake] Considerably less than half a million years old and much closer to
100,000 years old. Not very long lived at all at this point considering
vast
expanse of evolutionary time that exceeds it by some order between 10^4 and
10^5 times as long. In terms of longevity, as a species we aren't even
worth
mentioning, except for reasons of delusional vanity.
> other to deal with other
> competing and guilt free organisms in their quest for a home, expansion
and
> survival.
[Jake] A hopeful though still unproven position. I still place my bets on
the prokaryotes, or even the cockroaches in out-surviving us. If only I
could live long enough to collect on those bets.
if anyone tells me theyre a vegan or a vegetarian for 'moral' purposes, i
> 95% respect for that person/hypocrite. it's the very definition
> of ignorance....thecreatures that die for them dont even get an ounce of
> respect - very sad.
drsebby. eating chicken and steak as i write.
PETA: People for the Eating of Tasty Animals :D actually my mother gives
the PETA commandoes money!:) hahaha
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
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