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06 May 04 - 07:55 AM (#1179313) Subject: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) I was once set this is an essay title. It is getting increasingly difficult to justify our species name. Perhaps it should be changed... |
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06 May 04 - 08:07 AM (#1179322) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Jim McCallan How about the anagram of it: Poison Shame? (Oh dear, that sounds terrible...) Jim |
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06 May 04 - 08:43 AM (#1179348) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: GUEST,Sooz (at work) We are terrible (on the whole!) |
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06 May 04 - 08:45 AM (#1179351) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: el ted gas mark 6, 20minutes a pound. Oh, sorry, wrong thread! |
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06 May 04 - 08:50 AM (#1179357) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: mooman I do do not have the wisdom, knowledge or sagacity to answer this question.... Peace moo |
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06 May 04 - 08:52 AM (#1179363) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: mack/misophist For the most part, no. |
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06 May 04 - 10:33 AM (#1179453) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Amos The problem is that he is sapiens in his better half, but seems unable to transcend the lizard-brained homo reactivus whoch makes sapient conduct hard to come by in some. But I would be cautious about making such sweeping generalizations about the whole species, even though I just did so! :>) A |
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06 May 04 - 01:22 PM (#1179485) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: pdq ...pedant alert... The first letter of a specific name is in small case. Repeat, it is not capitalized. |
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06 May 04 - 01:29 PM (#1179490) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Amos PDQ: In this case, literary license rules, I would think. And it actually fair use of Title case. A |
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06 May 04 - 01:52 PM (#1179514) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Sooz I was waiting for someone to notice that pdq. You are quite correct! I could claim it as literary license or a deliberate error to test all you pedants, but, to be truthful, I didn't notice I'd done it until I'd clicked the submit button. As a part-time pedant myself I will consider my wrists well and truly slapped. |
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06 May 04 - 02:02 PM (#1179525) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: McGrath of Harlow I rather prefer Homo Ludens as a name for our species. |
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06 May 04 - 02:24 PM (#1179551) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Don Firth Homo sapians donotes potential. So far, the species in general has made it only as far as Homo sap. Don Firth |
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06 May 04 - 02:40 PM (#1179568) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy but the arrogance of 'homo sapiens sapiens' is just too much. In this case I think it's ironic, like calling a short person stretch, or a slim person tubby. we call ourselves sapiens because we are really 'homo obtusus stultus' |
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06 May 04 - 03:11 PM (#1179588) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: GUEST,Oryx Perhaps we should be named "Mimatuta morgoth" which is in fact the name for a Paleocene mammal (Van Valen, 1978). The name was inspired by JRR Tolkien and means "dark enemy of the world.". During my more pessimistic moments I think that there isn't a single problem on Earth that can't be cured by reducing the size of the world's population. Through HIV, AIDS, and soon global warming, we seem to be achieving this without even trying. It is just a shame that we have to take the rest of the world with us. Further reading (compulsory if you are a human being on the planet Earth): "The Origins of Virtue" by Matt Ridley for hope(?) and "Oryx and Crake" by Margeret Attwood" for no hope. |
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06 May 04 - 03:35 PM (#1179612) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy read Oryx and Crake and though there is much to despair of in it drawn largely from non-fiction science sources, the downfall described seemed finally to hinge on the pathology of one character. makes me a little skittish about an addle-pated, religious fanatic having his finger on the nuclear trigger. not that Cheney is any more reassuring. conservatives tend to be so convinced they are right, liberals tend to give another opinion a fair hearing at least, a generalisation, but a reason to support liberal causes more conservatively! |
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06 May 04 - 08:32 PM (#1179876) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Cluin No wonder nothing gets done anymore.... |
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06 May 04 - 10:38 PM (#1179954) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Bill D Homo has only BEEN 'sapiens' for maybe 35,000 years...a mere twig on the family tree. Many of the current branches are still eating roots and grubs in the jungle and debating territory & power with spears and magic. Our 'civilized' ways are merely complex varitations on the theme, with some glimmerings of that potential Don Firth mentions. I will never understand why we are so surprised when we look up and note that old habits and hormones are so near the surface in so many individuals! OLD JOKE: "Science has finally found the 'missing link' between primitive ape-like creatures and civilized man............us." |
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07 May 04 - 06:19 AM (#1180137) Subject: RE: BS: Is Homo Sapiens? From: Strollin' Johnny Who is this Sapiens guy? Never heard of him, and his sexual orientation's his own affair. Johnny :0) |