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Not quite, no. The genetic modification is random, and the mods which are improvements (adaptions) tend to lead to reproductive success. The 'selection' is statistical.

Yeah, that sentence was for Venus.

This is the thread that I was looking for. Skipping may well be the ultimate bipedal locomotion. It is a shame that it's embarrasingly silly, but I guess that's really everyone else's problem. Let's just call them jealous.

In fact, it's done every day.

Hemp is the perfect plant for the job.
Thanks for the segue.

Submission fails to note that they want pictures of the same locations as the original project. That does take a lot of fun out of the comments already posted, though, so, please, carry on.

Well said, though I would also agree with AC saying "if sheep watch dumb stuff, they get dumber, if sheep watch educational stuff they get smarter," without bringing legislation in to it. Most of our entertainment is not brain food, but there is, I gather, a peer pressure effect, wherein the water-cooler conversation tends to be about stupid crap, and some people end up watching the stupid crap just to fit in. Looking at it from another angle, stupid crap dominates the social networks. Everyone loves to gossip about celebrity bullshit, but anything relevant to the real world is treated as toxic, like people are afraid to engage their brain on anything of substance.

TL:DR - Parents, educators, and peers ought to step up and demand more.

Much cheaper, much simpler, more flexible... Brilliant!

Flightgear has the Cub. The sim is free. The plane is free. The terrain is free, and based on the real world. I don't know which of those other planes are included, but I will say that the Wright Flyer is a bit of a challenge.

Fortunately, at least two companies publish man pages for about every make and model that you can think of. You may not know how right now, but you are capable of following the directions and getting it done in one afternoon. Dumb is saying "I can't", instead of "show me how."

Don't know where it's from, but the song "You can't con an honest John" by The Streets suggests a dog and a pub.
"As I have come to realize, running the beats is just getting people's confidence.
This scam only works 'cos that man thinks he's working this scam"

Half of the article focuses on this, so the summary is fair.

I think that the point of that sentence was that people suck at multitasking. If my attention is focused on making my notes match what I see, then I'm not really listening, and if I have poor eyesight or am trying too hard to keep my copy legible, then I'm SOL.

Are you suggesting that we try and treat each other like human beings?
That's so crazy, it just might work!
Sorry, I'm just struggling for a way to say: "THIS!"
Now is ours, now.
Let's take good care of it.

Not to mention that the people visiting these "no clue" sites also have connections to the clueless. I can use social network A to inform my friends about a thing, and they can use network B to inform their friends, and some of us might even gripe about these things over morning coffee in the real world. The speed of information has made the planet a whole lot smaller, and being pessimistic about any one facet in particular is missing the forest for the trees.