You laugh, but how many human genes have to be represented to make something a human? If you were to give a rat human-style brain matter, to make it more capable of learning language, be more self aware, are you then required to treat it like a human being? This is well trod ground in the world of science fiction, and it doesn't often go to happy places.

ha-ha.. watch as I kill EVERYTHING with just my basilisk.

nt = nice tunnels

Your argument seems to be "I lost my hammer so I stole another one"

Well, I lost my picture of a hammer so I photocopied a picture someone else has.

Either way, you've done the deed. If it's illegal, your justification doesn't make it less so. Doesn't mean there's no proof.

Is this the end of Zombie Shakespeare?

cooperation sometimes works if you have 2-4 people, but sooner or later an arbiter is needed. The question is how much power is given to that arbiter. The larger the society, the faster the rule of law becomes absolute.

Define "first".. apparently there have been wars for thousands of years.. it's the first one that anyone remembers..

I'm just itching to find out how the human race is separate from the clone people anymore.. if there are hybrids during each cycle, then the humans are going to be part hybrid, all of them, right?

My wife had to train me to stop saying "frak" in front of our kid. I grudgingly agreed that it was probably not a good thing for him to be repeating outside the home.

It's not stupid when the witness believes there was a gorilla present.

"But, I saw a gorilla in the room earlier" means it's reasonable to at least investigate the gorilla hypothesis.

"dontaskdottel"

Hope I didn't come across as quite that loony. I'll admit that I am a loon, but I'm always willing to challenge or have challenged my crazy thoughts.

Have not watched a single episode of that show. it's on my list to watch on dvd when i get around to it.

"welcome to the internet"

The article makes a great point, however. If we can see something with our eyes, feel it's presence, it should be detectable by equipment.

I would love to see someone do controlled EVP work. Isolate a site that has activity, build a soundproofing system around it to keep out noise, set up good recording equipment and try to get EVP to occur. Expensive, and not something likely to get funding anytime soon.

I remember when I was a kid, I shared a bedroom with my older brother.

I would hear him whispering in his sleep, it would go on for hours.

Then he went away on a school trip and I could still hear the whispering.

Touched by his noodly appendage..

Anything is possible, really. Gravity was established in science for a few centuries before Einstein rewrote the book on it. It could easily be rewritten again.