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  1. Jon

    Grammar - for the pedantic

    The irony is with me. But please note that this is a grammar thread, not spelling. :ROFLMAO:
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    Should my mobile phone outlive me?

    I'm with the Doc now on keeping threads on topic!
  3. Jon

    Kill one to save a thousand

    Yet if someone attacks you and you don't defend yourself, it could be a bloodbath. So inaction by pacifism could lead to the slaughter of millions of Jews. Wait, that happened!
  4. Jon

    Who am I?

    That is a simpler answer. It is not you, but a clone. Your life experiences differ the instant after you are cloned.
  5. Jon

    Naked Mole Rats don't age

    Is that because they were born bald and so we can't tell they have aged?
  6. Jon

    Who am I?

    If I am me, is me the collection of cells within my body? If someone comes along and gouges out lots of my cells, am I less me now? I mean if those cells were me, they have taken part of me, so I am 'me - 1'. Is that right? If not, can someone come along and take all my cells bar one. I've...
  7. Jon

    Should my mobile phone outlive me?

    Is it right that my mobile phone has the capacity to outlast me? Leave both of us in the same room together for 1,000 years and see what is left. Is this argument alone worth the moral claim to an eternal life? Or is your Samsung S9 deserved of its immortal place, despite lots of bugs and lack...
  8. Jon

    Grammar - for the pedantic

    Consider the preponderance of writers in this forum, I think it is rather appropriate for there to be a thread on grammar! My English teacher would be proud! Are there factors for debate between writers, when it comes to grammar? Or has the tongue loosened somewhat, with the advent of text...
  9. Jon

    Welcome to the Uni-Seller: books of the future

    Or let the grammer Nazi's decide.
  10. Jon

    Kill one to save a thousand

    Is the reverse true for those who are anti-war? Save one while a thousand are killed?
  11. Jon

    Welcome to the Uni-Seller: books of the future

    Let the public decide what books deserve merit, not the gatekeepers!
  12. Jon

    My father was a silicon chip snowman

    Your words slice at my stats.
  13. Jon

    Naked Mole Rats don't age

    NMR...National Milk Records? I just Googled it and that is what it came up with! But I just got it!! lol How do you know NMR's age? https://www.livescience.com/61568-naked-mole-rats-no-aging.html
  14. Jon

    My father was a silicon chip snowman

    Actually Bee, not quite so! 2 to the power of 99 = 633825300114114700748351602688. It means 2 x 2 x 2....99 times, doubling up each time.
  15. Jon

    Justice, at the flip of a switch

    Justice is the application of the law, devoid of bias. At least that is what it should be. Yet endemic to what it is to be human, is irrationality. We are not machines. Just take the case of Hillary Clinton being let off the hook for email violations, amongst other things. Then consider Donald...
  16. Jon

    Kill one to save a thousand

    Is that moral?
  17. Jon

    Welcome to the Uni-Seller: books of the future

    Bestseller books are a thing of the past. Welcome to the brave new world of the uni-seller: a book custom-created for you by an AI that knows you inside out. It factors in all your likes/dislikes and inclinations. It spews out verbal garbage that it neither understands nor even tries to...
  18. Jon

    Naked Mole Rats don't age

    When I talk about the potential of human immortality, I am usually greeted by a combination look of 'poor deluded soul' and 'how naive'. After all, we are complex biological machines that inevitably mutate and decay over time. Some may quote the law of thermodynamics, where in a closed system we...
  19. Jon

    My father was a silicon chip snowman

    How about this book title: My great great great....great^99 grandfather was a primordial soup.
  20. Jon

    My father was a silicon chip snowman

    I like that book title Bee. Clever!
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