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skipper wrote a new post, I am a refugee 9 months, 1 week ago
Mariner cannot be found today so his wife graciously submitted one of her insightful essays. We get tied up in numbers and policies, growing insensitive to the fact that these refugees are individuals in the midst […]
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skipper wrote a new post, About the Gen Zs 9 months, 1 week ago
The Gen Z generation is comprised of children born between 1997 and 2012 or today aged 13 to 28. A number of polls and an associated study have been performed by Walton Family Foundation focused primarily on […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Oh, to be a gardener 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner hasn’t been a “dig your fingers in the dirt” gardener for two years. He has been too busy. Nor has he planted vegetables or engaged in the sport of keeping ahead of weeds – and rabbits for that matter. He […]
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skipper commented on the post, Why mariner dislikes smartphones 9 months, 2 weeks ago
You mentioned ‘cell phone’ and alluded to the phone as a tool for communication. I have no difficulty with that use and, in fact, own one. You must admit, however, that computers are taking over human interactions that are used by humans to define human reality. It is this invasion into specie behavior that is unstoppable and will send Homo into…[Read more]
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skipper wrote a new post, Why mariner dislikes smartphones 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner apologizes to readers, family and friends who have heard enough castigation by alter ego Amos against smartphones and associated displacement of human interaction. But he has been challenged (frequently) […]
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You mentioned ‘cell phone’ and alluded to the phone as a tool for communication. I have no difficulty with that use and, in fact, own one. You must admit, however, that computers are taking over human interactions that are used by humans to define human reality. It is this invasion into specie behavior that is unstoppable and will send Homo into decline.
Computer-driven chromosomes already have been successful in laboratories.
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skipper wrote a new post, We all need new top down awareness 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Especially the world’s governments but that’s another story.
Even more important is that you, me and every individual around the globe must stop living by the daily ethics of life that may have been true forty […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Old folks are like annuals. 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The advantage of living in Nosey Mole’s tunnels is that it is quiet. The environment is stable and unchanging. Just as once in a while Nosey pokes his head above ground to check on things, so to has mariner. But […]
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This is a good overview of life as we have lived it. I would add a final sentence to read: “They cannot see the coming spring.” I have to believe there will be a coming spring. We are the compost on which new life will flourish!
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skipper wrote a new post, As the world turns 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Remember that soap opera? Well, the world is turning for sure. There are only two issues in this post: The liberties of a plutocracy and the cash model of a dictatorship. First, liberties of a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Take a vacation 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mariner and his wife have just returned from a ‘dash in, visit, dash out’ vacation plan. We don’t recommend it. The pleasures of visiting with family and friends is diminished while packing, unpacking, repacking […]
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We are happy you made the trip. I’m sure it will make you appreciate your current surroundings even more. Your visits are time well spent and are always welcome.
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skipper commented on the post, Before Zoro there was Zoroaster 9 months, 4 weeks ago
No, I didn’t know about India. In Kyrgyzstan 3% still follow Zoroastrian beliefs.
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skipper wrote a new post, Before Zoro there was Zoroaster 10 months ago
Attracted to rediscovering ancient Kyrgyzstan religions by a friend mariner visited while vacationing, he discovered that Judaism and Christianity didn’t invent anything – they copied ritual and theology from […]
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No, I didn’t know about India. In Kyrgyzstan 3% still follow Zoroastrian beliefs.
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Is all this to say that there is always something before? Atman is Brahman
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skipper wrote a new post, Everything is true 10 months, 1 week ago
Without television news to occupy his time, mariner uses that time to explore other subjects like paleontology and ancient cultural histories, Then there is quantum mechanics. He was drawn to this subject because […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's our turn 10 months, 3 weeks ago
One of the subjects mariner has focused on during the TV news blackout is anthropology, especially the evolution of various species of humanoids and when the major integrations occurred. A clear example is the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, AI's vision of society is a panopticon 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Atlantic Magazine published an article about AI’s perspective on the shape and function of society: it will perform in the manner of a panopticon.
The panopticon is a design of institutional building with […]
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skipper commented on the post, Same-o, Same-o 10 months, 3 weeks ago
An interesting observation. perhaps most citizens own more than one suit, two ties and three bill caps.
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skipper wrote a new post, Same-o, Same-o 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Hello Readers –
The reason all the honkies are getting behind Trump and his non-white deportation program (citizen or not) and the idea of paying only honky women $5,000 to have a honky baby is because for […]
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Ah, “narcissistic emperors”. I understand that’s what separates us from the early Romans–we’ve come a long way! I also get that you are saying we haven’t.
Playfully, I’ve had some solace wondering what will happen when the MAGAites realize their Emperor has no clothes.
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An interesting observation. perhaps most citizens own more than one suit, two ties and three bill caps.
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skipper wrote a new post, Mother Earth ups the ante 11 months ago
Mariner has harangued his readers about the Armageddon consisting of excessive population, disappearing natural resources, global warming and uncontrolled AI. But Mother Earth has just started to get […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Phew! Lent is over 11 months ago
It’s Easter! Now we can get back to our jelly beans, Hershey bars, donuts, ice cream and wine! Jesus thanks you for your effort and wonders why he ever decided to rise again.
Don’t blame yourself for failing to […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The abstract world of physics 11 months, 1 week ago
In recent studies a lot of core theories are being modified especially in cosmology where scientists ponder things like dark matter, whether the Universe will expand or contract at the end. Nuclear physics has had […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Junk University 11 months, 1 week ago
That’s mariner’s affectionate name for YouTube. He has a masters in paleontology and two masters in gardening and property management. It is true as well that YouTube has an endless universe of entertainment and […]
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