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This is an old blog post from a website of mine that I recently deleted. The original date of this post is sometime during the year 2011. All of the images below are my own. But anyway, let's get on with it...
Who in the hell, first discovered fire?
A campfire encountering a blaze of glory...
It is a simple question, in a way, but cloudy at the same time. It is not clear who, what or when fire was first discovered, but there are many estimated conjectures out there…
First of all, let's clear up one commonly misphrased question. A lot of people, and even many an article has been written with the terms or subject line: “who invented fire?” You can’t invent something that happens naturally. Anyway… It’s a debatable matter and somewhat of a mystery, but some of the earliest evidence of fire usage dates back 1.5 to 1.9 million years ago, thereabouts. Scientific data suggest that it was used in Africa by the early humans, ‘Homo erectus’ – the hominid before our beloved race of today’s raging, rifely rampant Homo sapiens with radical rhetoric. But was it controlled way back then (1.9 +/- million years ago) or was it maintained from natural causes?
With Homo erectus often getting credit for being the original fire starters, it brings many questions, like I mentioned above, as to whether they made fire or if they found it and/or discovered it and simply preserved it. By ‘finding’ it, I mean to find it in natural form…as fire cannot be invented since it can also occur naturally. And by ‘preserving’ it, I’m implying that they could have transported hot embers from place to place, to re-start new fires – hey, some hunter-gatherers in the past, did this.
But, as the old story goes, it was some caveman rubbing sticks together…maybe clashing stones or rocks, seen a spark and got the idea about the relations between friction & heat; who in the hell knows? The point is, nobody really has a definite answer when it comes to how this mystery of scorching bliss started or how it came into use for light, heat sources, and for cooking methods; it just happened, I suppose…
Like I’ve said in the past, maybe some aliens, from long ago, came down in a spaceship and displayed some pyrotechnics, then provided some know-how on how to start a fire – for these primitive beings. When it comes to aliens or an “outer entity” being the origin of this self-made version of a flaming heat source for Earth’s inhabitants, it can be proven about as much as any other fire-starting theory. Lightning could have simply struck a tree around these primates, or maybe the mythical god “Zeus” dropped down and got pissed off at what he seen, shot some bolts of fury and left. Hmm, that sounds familiar, ha-ha! You tell me…
For more humorous suggestions, incorrect info, and fantasy data, etc., go here: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Fire [link is no longer active] But just remember, that last link was for entertainment purposes only, as they sure as hell aren’t correct…
Now, for the real reason and motive behind this post: Have you ever wanted to make a primitive ‘fire ring’ consisting of real riverbed rocks or creek rocks, placed in a circle? I don’t mean a modern fire pit with bricks & mortar, I mean one that even a caveman could have built, back in the day. I’ve done it and also have a couple pictures below to display. It is not that hard to do, albeit this does require a little effort. If you have the land space, simply clear out a circle, dig a small pit, add the rocks around it, and presto…let's make a fire.
I think most people enjoy the campfire scenes. But, after thinking about the history of it all, maybe we enjoy it in such a way that we don’t even consciously realize…sort of like we’re subconsciously getting back in touch with our primitive roots, perhaps? Either way, a toasty flame is always nice during the cold winter months. Some people like to roast food over it, but nearly all of us enjoy the view – as long as we are not inside or within the hellish inferno, LOL!
Caveman’s Fire Ring – Pre-ignition:
An encirclement of creek rocks, to bound the future fires...
Caveman says, “I want winter fire, now!”
It was a frigid day, so I started a furious fire amid the snow. Okay, I cheated; I used gasoline, ha-ha!
Image Credits: My own photos. Feel free to use or share these images as long as you provide a link back to this blog. Thanks!
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This will be a 2-part post. Please note, both of these are old articles that I wrote years ago on another website of mine. Since I recently deleted that website, I decided to move some of the content amid multiple blogs of mine. On this particular post, Part 1 was written back in 2012, and Part 2 was from early 2013.
Part 1: "Will Humans ever Colonize Outer Space?"
Original Post Date: 9-23-2012
Personally, I’m almost tired of hearing about space colonization, which just adds to the reasons why this latest “Curiosity Mission” featuring a big rover on planet Mars searching for microbial life and whatever else, interests me about as much as an article written about hemorrhoids.
Even as a small child, I remember reading and thinking about space stations being set up for humanoid advancement, but yet, after all this time, still no advancement has been made – even though billions of dollars are constantly being wasted on asinine research that is about as useful as finding a way to help a Bonobo scratch his/her genitalia in a more effective fashion. Sure, you can read about life on the ISS (Internation Space Station), but that is not what I mean by advancements. I'm talking about sustainable living conditions where you can grow enough food for a colony, provide your own oxygen, be energy independent, extract and mine for all of your water & resources and build from there.
This subject recently came to mind, when I was talking to some conspiracy theorist online that basically told me that we are not allowed to have manned spaceships in space (in certain areas) due to some type of alien law… WTF? Is that really the reason? Maybe the cost of building massive outer space colonies and the fact that we, HUMANS, are not biologically built for deep space travel are partly to blame – and that all the travelling required for the betterment of mankind is right here on Earth, for the time being. I mean seriously, the mind is a universe in itself, so why not use it!?
To make this a little more interesting, let's go ahead and bring up the fact that we, humanoids, might also have a problem procreating on a space station due to the cosmic radiation, so WE (as much as I hate to say it) better temporarily pull the plug on science fiction and figure this thing out for real, if we are serious about living in deep space. By the way, would constant exposure to the factors of outer space also turn our muscles into spaghetti? I actually made a comment on that cosmic spaghetti post a couple years ago, #20th comment under the name "perpendicularity" and it was funny that I found it still there today. [link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/19/a-trip-to-mars-could-reduce-astronauts-muscles-to-spaghetti/]
At any rate, do common folks really think these issues are easily overcome by simply hitting a button or flipping a switch? This ain’t cell phone technology, and your I-Pod can’t save you, as I’m talking about living in Outer Space, outside of Earth, for the rest of your pathetic lives…
Now, back to the procreation point:
Researchers at the agency’s Ames Research Centre in California found that without effective shielding on spacecraft, powerful proton particles would probably sterilize any female embryo conceived in deep space – in addition to the probability that male fertility was also likely to be negatively affected (due to a negative impact on the sperm count). Unless we advance to greater speeds, travel to distant planets is likely to take decades, centuries or longer, and this could make any mission to colonize other environments a non-starter. The scientists noted that space-shield technology is currently not sufficiently advanced enough to offer an ample amount of protection from this type of radiation.
Here’s a quote from this page (http://theweek.com/article/index/212267/why-humans-will-never-colonize-space), here: Why couldn’t humans colonize outer space?
“Because any child conceived and born in space is likely to be born sterile. Scientists at NASA say that the high levels of radiation in space would kill any female fetus’ lifetime supply of eggs, while males in the womb would likely become sterile. The child could also suffer “mental and physical defects” from exposure to harmful radiation.”
We need an atmosphere to protect us, is the bottom line. Sure, if we could somehow inhabit Mars and find a way to make it work, then yes, we could most likely procreate without the ill effects of damaging radiation, but I wouldn’t bet money on it! I’m totally an original series Star Trek fan, but unless we get some serious help from an alien race (one can only guess the motive), then it looks like it is going to take a little longer than expected!
---Side Note: If I was a conspiracy theorist, I’d be having a ball with this post and would fill the comment field full of interesting junk that is featured from today’s most popular reject websites…
Anyway, when it is all said and done, we let ourselves get ahead in thought before practicality, albeit I still favor imagination and intuition. …This is normal, but many of us shoot for the stars before we are able to properly hit the targets here on this planet (or is that called “shooting yourself in the foot?”). Even though the main question on this post is “Will humans ever colonize outer space?” – an even better question may concern the query as to whether or not we can co-exist with Mother Nature. Ha! What do you think? No, never? During the next 10 years? Anywhere from 10 to 40 years? Or perhaps you couldn’t care less about fully self-sufficient space stations or what we colonize, either way. Ha!
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Part 2: "Will the Colonization of Mars be possible for Humans?"
Original Post Date: 3-4-2013
This article will act as a sequel to the one I wrote a while back, entitled “Will Humans ever Colonize Outer Space?”
…Going by the current poll results from that page, after analyzing the data from the massive 15 votes it received, it seems that 40% of the people think that outer space colonization will be possible in 10 to 40 years via space stations. 33% says that they couldn’t care less about stupid space stations and are still thinking about procreating on Earth. 20% simply say “no” and 7% of those voters say that it will be less than 10 years from now, but hold on to your seats, as the votes are still pouring in… [The Poll is no longer available]
Wow! With this particular piece of data that I have recently collected, I am now ready to become an aspiring author and write a book that describes the possible birth defects of space babies, only to be followed up with a wonderful novel that entails cattle mutilations & cow abductions from UFOs and why the aliens are displeased with McDonald’s version of 100% beef burgers… Just think, I’ll be rich way before these Earth-bound humanoids get the space stations built… Hurrah!
At any less than insane rate, I am getting way off track here. This post is about planet Mars and the not-so-far-fetched idea of human colonization on the Red Planet.
I’m sure that many of you have heard about the project “Mars One.” If everything goes as planned, from the time I’m writing this, they say that certain humans from this planet will land on Mars 10 years from now, during 2023. For those of you that are not aware of this project, check out the short video, below: [Video is no longer available. Hmm... I wonder what happened? Ha!]
Of course, for these “Mars One” folks, it is a one-way trip; if you journey to Mars, you shall stay until you die. I know they will have plenty of volunteers sign up that meet the requirements to go, that is, if this project unfolds as predicted, but that is one boat I would never get on. Unless I knew for a fact that this planet was about to be blasted into mass extinction, (Where is the Hollow Earth Theory when you need it?) etc., I would not go. Anyway, that is what they are saying now, but if everything goes successfully and they can sustain life on the Red Planet, then you know dang well they could come back to Earth, no matter what they claim within their program.
Okay, whether or not we should be concentrating on doing this or not, let's focus on the “why” and what good could spawn from it and/or how it could help humanity. Personally, I’m not interested in hearing about that little rover thingy they got buzzing around Mars at the moment, especially since one of the main goals NASA is currently speaking about is how they are seeking out evidence for Martian microbial life from planet Mars. WTF? I would hope that all the ungodly amounts of money spent on NASA’s Mars rover “Curiosity,” was for a little more than dusting rocks, taking crappy images, and wandering around aimlessly while looking for signs of microbial life. It would at least make more sense if it was an extensive study to help safeguard future trips and provide us with better insight, if and/or when humans decide to try and land on Mars or even colonize the place, for that matter.
Now, back to the “why” part of the equation. First, I’ll provide a couple links that cover this subject somewhat elaborately, in case you need something else to peruse over before forming an opinion, but either way, you can always tell me why you think we should or shouldn’t try to colonize Mars in the future by utilizing the comment field below.
* http://www.nss.org/settlement/mars/zubrin-colonize.html [The Case for Colonizing Mars]
[Update: It appears that neither of those links exist anymore in the year 2022.]
The reason why the colonization of Mars by humans is something to take somewhat seriously, is firstly because of the surface conditions, such as the availability of frozen ground water. Even though the Moon, due to its close distance from Earth, has been proposed as the first location for human colonization, lunar gravity is only 16% that of Earth’s while the gravity from our Martian Red Planet is a more substantial 38%. There is more water present on Mars than the Moon, and Mars has a thin atmosphere. These factors give Mars a greater potential capacity to host organic life and human colonization than the moon, and definitely looks like a more productive, quicker option than the fantastical space stations we once dreamed about, at least for now…
There are loads of possibilities that come with the notion of colonizing Mars, including the mining of minerals & resources for easy transport back to Earth and the ability to have other means to produce food from another planet to help feed an overly populated one, such as Earth, if we continue to thrive without a massive population decline due to severe cataclysmic events, etc. (Feel free to read about the Terraforming of Mars, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars)
Plus, we would be even closer to the asteroid belt, so there should be lots of goodies to explore there, as well. On the downside, challenges such as low gravity, solar radiation and space weather, retaining atmosphere and water, etc., make the terraforming of Mars a little more difficult than slapping down a few positive remarks on paper and whatnot.
I suppose there is too much to cover on this subject for one post, so I’ll stop right here…
So, what do you think? Will it be possible for us crafty little humans to succeed in the colonization of Mars?
—End of Part 2: "Will the Colonization of Mars be possible for Humans?" (Date 3-4-2013)
Image Credits: perpendicularity.org/blog/ [link is no longer active]
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Please Note: This is an old post from a website of mine that I recently deleted, so I decided to transfer it here. I wrote this way back during the time period when the terms "polar shift" was a popular, semi-debatable thing, especially amongst the throngs of conspiracy theorists and the 2012 end-of-the-world specialists. Either way, I decided to make a parody and/or satire of this subject during those times. The original date of this post was April 3rd, 2012. Yep, that was nearly 10 years ago...
Hold on to your seat, folks; we are in for a new awakening!
I’m about to tell ya what the Mayans and ancient prophets never knew…
Pay no attention to the scientists, as they seem to become more clueless by the day.
If you fear that the end is coming, think not, as there is still hope, if we act fast!
No, I’m not charging you $19.95 for a secret pamphlet that reveals all the answers via all-knowing knowledge of nothingness, as what I’m about to tell you came from the greatest prophet known to man, which is a French Fry guy at McDonald’s that took a couple hits of LSD during the process! Yes, true awakening is at hand…
I keep hearing all of this talk about an upcoming Polar Shift at the end of 2012 and how the ultimate Doomsday is upon us…
Well, let me explain, and without you paying me anything, the true global secrets shall be revealed!
Put down your Big Macs and say “hold” on the super-sized French fries at your local fast-food joint, as that is part of the freakin’ problem!
Excessive amounts of lipids got you down? Well, Mother Nature feels the same way…
Ya see, dear mortals, the upcoming Polar Shift is not due to some cosmic event or from some gravitational misalignment by way of Planet X, Planet Nibiru, Eris or some other foreign celestial body of mass heading this way, it is simply because of the “weight displacement theory” of mankind.
As we should all know, obesity is a big problem in America and in a lot of other areas in the Northern Hemisphere, and things are about to turn on its side in due time!
The large mammals from the southern hemisphere like the Hippos, Elephants, Rhinoceroses, etc., have been acting as a counterbalance for thousands of years. …And now that the American diet has plagued not only America, of course, it has also spread to China, Europe, etc.
Well, you see, we got too much weight up here on the Northern Hemisphere, folks!
Even the mighty land mammals down south, are having a hard time balancing this thing out! Please, back away from the table, fellow gluts; put the fork down, and start eating less junk, folks, before we turn the deserts into the arctic tundra, and the jungle into barren land!
We have this globe-like thingy, an Earth, if ya will, that spins life around the sun at a constant rate. Mother Nature is awesome in all its glory, but has never been able to grow candy bars, pies, and cakes from the ground, for example. Humans constantly make these things SHE cannot, which pisses her off, so Mother Nature factors in the French Fry guy’s “polar shift via weight displacement theory” from a local McDonald’s, and she is thinking about making it happen. She says, “look, dear bitches, bastards and beloved heathens, along with the lovely gluts and flatulent f*cks, if ya keep eating what I don’t provide, I’m going to let this thing shift as it wants; it is your world and so be it.”
Well, ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. The reasons for the possible Polar Shift have been revealed!
You didn’t need to go to Bible college, study ancient history or have a science degree after all, just a little common sense about weight displacement and obesity… We got too much weight up here on the top half of the planet, so please treat those Elephants, Rhinos, and other large mammals down south, with a little extra care, eh? …As they are the only beings that are currently keeping the possible polar shift and erratic Earth wobble, somewhat in check. Cheers! LOL!
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This is an old article that I had written on another website of mine that I recently deleted. The original date of this post is sometime in September during the year 2012.
First of all, don’t get your panties in a wad, as this is not a doom & gloom post (although I’m way overdue for one of those) and I’m not saying that the asteroid named Apophis will strike Earth in 2029 or 2036.
However, it is an interesting topic, and I recently did a quick search over what people are saying about this subject along with various hypothetical ways to deflect an asteroid – in the event we ever have a big one coming our way. On a good note, as of today, there are no major impacts scheduled anytime soon, but things can change if ya know what I mean.
Many folks were chattering about a smaller asteroid (estimated to be around 150 feet across) called “2012 DA14,” that will give Earth an uncomfortably close shave on Feb. 15, 2013, albeit it will pose no threat to us, according to NASA scientists. Anyway, before we begin to ponder over hypothetical ways to deflect an asteroid, I will say that Apophis is one of the more talked about threats. I find it amusing that they named this lovely celestial body after an evil God in Egyptian mythology that represents darkness and chaos. Oh well, I suppose a threatening name is a good counter for something that is supposedly so harmless; ha!
This particular asteroid is estimated to be around 1,000 feet in diameter (plus or minus), which could definitely do some damage upon impact. Originally, it was said that a possible collision with Earth could occur during 2029, but later, it was thought to have a better chance during the year 2036. Hell yeah! That’s 7 extra years! Ha! Fear not, as the all-knowing super-beings from Wikipedia say that it is only a 1 in 250,000 chance that Apophis will drop the bottom out of Mother Earth. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis]
When Apophis passes by Earth in 2029, it will most likely change its orbit due to Earth’s gravity tugging on it (hence the image above), but this may make the odds go up for a 2036 impact, even though they seem slim at the moment. Only time will tell, as I’d be glad to know that mankind hasn’t blown the planet up by then – with or without an asteroid impact. If you’d like to read more about this particular subject, you can find articles about such things over at Space.com and Nasa.gov on their “Near Earth Object Program” page. You may also want to research the Palermo Scale values… The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale is used by astronomers to rate the potential hazard of impact of an NEO (near-earth object).
Okay, let's change subjects for now and head on into the hypothetical ways we could possibly deflect an asteroid. If the time comes, if we haven’t already destroyed the planet ourselves, when we have a large object heading toward Earth, I have wondered many times if we will have the technology and/or know-how to deflect it. If, if, if, I know… Too many IFs!
Anyway, the first thought that most likely enters many of our minds is probably: “Let's just blow the thing up like on the 1998 film “Armageddon,” although many astronomers and scientists will probably tell you that this is not the best option and how difficult it would be – especially if it wasn’t detected far enough away from us; it looks great on film, though!
Of course, I’d like for people to share their ideas on the many possible ways this daunting task could be performed, but I can’t depend on a comment field for answers to hypothetical situations, etc. I did happen to land on a page that shared several ideas and spoke about how scientists plan to deflect Earth-bound asteroids in the future, although nothing promising and noteworthy has spawned from this, as of yet. It is nice to know that at least the ESA (European Space Agency), NASA, SWF (Secure World Foundation) among many others, are at least thinking about it. The source was from Fox News, on this page: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/16/space-mission-aims-to-blast-asteroid-headed-for-earth/
Some of the wild ideas involved concerning asteroid deflection were: spreading a big white sheet over it, paint it white to increase the reflectivity (WTF?), use a satellite to dock a motor with a thruster on the asteroid (it would have to be really far away for this to work), use laser technology (sounds cool), a “mass projector” that would slowly chisel away at the surface, a massive spacecraft that could slowly pull an asteroid off path, along with other crazy ideas like the use of magnetic tractors and sails to utilize solar winds, of all things.
On second thought, after reading all of that, let's just blast the things. When the time comes, maybe we will be saying stuff like this: “Photon Torpedoes . . . Fire!”
---Update to the post “Hypothetical ways to deflect an Asteroid – Apophis 2029 or 2036?”
I recently read an update from NASA on a Yahoo! News page that said: “The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan. 10, 2013). The chances of an impact in 2036 are less than one in a million, they added.
Asteroid Apophis - which is the size of three and a half football fields - was discovered in June 2004 and gained infamy after a preliminary study suggested it had a 2.7 percent chance of hitting the Earth during its 2029 flyby. Subsequent observations ruled out an impact in 2029, but astronomers were closely studying Apophis’ return in 2036.
Now, new observations of asteroid Apophis recorded Wednesday (Jan.9, 2013) have revealed the space rock poses no real threat to the Earth in 2036, NASA officials said.”
Well, they killed all the doom & gloom chatter on this particular space rock, before it even got started; ha!
---Update #2: Well, it is now well into March, 2013, and we are hearing a lot of chatter about these flying rocks, of late. Yet another article on Yahoo! about such things, here: “Earth gets a rush of weekend asteroid visitors.” [Link is no longer active.]
Image Credits: perpendicularity.org/blog/ [link is no longer active]
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This is an old article from a website of mine that I recently deleted. I decided to re-publish it here. The original post date is: 7-11-2012
This post is being wrote for a few reasons. For one, when it comes to the origins of life – whether you are science-based or fueled by a faith-based religion – no matter how you slice it, theorize it, believe in it, etc., at some point, “magic” must have happened. Where did this life-creating “magic” come from? God?Space Monkeys?The land of something from nothingness? Blah, blah…
This subject came up a few days ago, when I was told that the “Theory of Evolution” was divided into two parts, and that since I kept bringing up the origin of life and how it doesn’t work with the theory of evolution, that I was talking about the “history” aspect and how there are many theories for that. Ha! Well, I suppose there is an excuse for everything…
Oh, on a side note: The reason why I bring up origins of life and how it doesn’t work with the theory of evolution, is simply because, in my opinion, they are confusing adaptation and acclimation with creation, which are two totally different things. I don’t need a theory to tell me I can adapt, but you better have a really good one to explain how I was created. Pretty simple, eh? Now, back to the topic at hand…
In less words, the Primordial Soup Theory often comes into play when all the other scientific theories are backed against the wall, with no more room for weak attempts of explanation, just to say “poof!” Sort of like the big bang theory from a singularity of nothing, says “bang!”
Anyway, before I get off subject here, the Primordial Soup theory, to me, often sounds more like primitive chili without beans... LOL!
In fact, I don’t like chili without beans. When I desire such things, I want it complete and packed full of flavor. Hmm, at the end of this short post, I think I will drop down my recipe ingredients for Chili, just to be relevant to my title; ha!
If you'd rather read about the history of this prebiotic broth and how the idea got concocted, you can always visit: Primordial Soup via the free Encyclopedia. I mean, one could just say that a bolt of lightning struck some random branch of amino acids that was aimlessly floating in a pond of cooled-down lava to create Earth's first forms of life and it would make about as much sense as some of the gobbledygook that I've read lately. However, I'm not going to waste a lot of time explaining this theory of life-spawning primitive soup, as you can read all about it under the title “Abiogenesis” (which is the lovely study of how biological life could miraculously arise from inorganic matter through awesome natural processes) on Wikipedia, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis
At any rate, within that particular page, there was a quick summary…
“Biochemist Robert Shapiro has summarized the “primordial soup” theory of Oparin and Haldane in its “mature form” as follows:
1. The early Earth had a chemically reducing atmosphere.
2. This atmosphere, exposed to energy in various forms, produced simple organic compounds (“monomers”).
3. These compounds accumulated in a “soup,” which may have been concentrated at various locations (shorelines, oceanic vents, etc.).
4. By further transformation, more complex organic polymers – and ultimately life – developed in the soup.
While steps 1-3 have been basically observed experimentally, step 4 has been criticized as simplistic – a stage of “then magic happens.”
See, even the word “magic” occurs on the Wiki page (at the time I'm writing this), just as I have been labelling such theories and notions about the origins of primitive life, for years.
If anybody has any opinions about this Primordial Soup stuff or if you simply have a favorite chili recipe to share (preferably with beans as opposed to without), feel free to do such, in the comment field below.
When I prepare my spicy 3 Bean Chili, I use the following ingredients: Tomato juice along with peeled whole tomatoes from a can, 2 lbs. of ground beef (marinated with Worcestershire sauce), 1 chili seasoning packet, a finely chopped small onion, numerous jalapeno slices, Louisiana hot sauce, seasoned salt, black pepper, kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, and a big, finely chopped green bell pepper; yummy!
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This is an old article that I originally wrote on a community writing site, then later moved it to my own personal website. Well, I've recently deleted that website, so now I'm re-publishing it here. The original post date is: 4-30-2012
Here of late, I have stumbled upon a lot of debate about the Theory of Evolution.
In the past, I’ve always accepted the fact that life evolves, adapts, and acclimates to its surroundings. I have never related the theory of evolution with religions or creationists, etc.
Actually, the concepts of evolution should have nothing to do with philosophic pondering or creation theories for that matter, but yet, nowadays it often seems to be lined up in direct opposition with such things.
It’s a different world out there today, and unlike what Darwin originally wrote, albeit he borrowed most of his theories from others and received way too much credit for this notion, a lot of people have somehow managed to turn the “theory of evolution” into a religion, it seems…
In my opinion, among many others including certain biologists with a sense of awareness beyond authoritative textbooks, Evolution is not a real science. True science would not base itself on assumption of progression with limited fossil evidence, for example. Yada-yada, I said limited, as I can hear the moans now…
Look, I’m not going deep into the animal kingdom on this one, unless the comments provoke it, because the main point of this article is about a question that no evolutionist can ever seem to answer.
You can’t conclude the reason for all the different forms of life without the evidence to do such, which this lovely theory simply can’t do, nor can it be absolutely proved and so on.
For one, you can’t perform live tests on fossil records, and what dead evidence you gather, only leads to educated guesses in hopes that there is no outside variables and factors, which we will cover in a moment.
There are so many holes in this theory of evolution, it isn’t even funny.
If you try to argue with an evolutionist (dang, they got titles, too...), they will simply say that you “don’t understand” what the science is. Does this sound familiar? If you argue with a creationist and their Bible, they may tell you that you “don’t understand” the word of God or the translations.
What is going on here?
Are the core components of spiritual belief and insight about half as right as science and evolutionists?
Whatever happened to intuition?
Definition of intuition: 1) quick and ready insight; 2) the power or faculty of knowing things without conscious reasoning
Can’t people put two and two together? Oh, that’s right, we have mathematicians out there that say 2 + 2 doesn’t equal 4! I’d love to see somebody rationally prove that one, although there really are people out there who play with integers long enough, that they create a fantasy of some sort and alter the reality of actuality.
Well, regardless of personal beliefs, mathematics or science and/or which side of the fence you are on, in my opinion, it takes more faith to believe that we spawned from a single-cell amoeba than from being a dividend of a divinity.
In my opinion, it takes more faith to believe that a so-called “Big Bang” came from a point of a minuscule singularity of “nothing” as opposed to believing that you came from “something.”
By the way, please define a “singularity” in a cosmic fashion…
I’m not getting into a theory of unity on this particular post, so please spare me from your ancient philosophy that we all end up holding each other in the end; yikes!
In fact, as interesting as it is, I’m not in the mood to hear about Quantum Entanglement either, at the moment, as this post is about the missing link between the Homo erectus and the Homo sapiens, and how this unexplained gap kills this theory of evolution, at least when humans are involved.
Oh, there are many complaints about the animal kingdom having missing links as well, but the more pertinent matter on this post, is about those little, crafty humanoids.
I’m not getting into the whales, giraffes, horses, dinosaurs, superbugs, and so on.
Hold up… Stop!
Watch this quick video that is under two minutes long:
Now, tell me you didn’t laugh at around the 16 or 17 second mark of that video?
What is wrong with that picture?
By looking at that chart of his, there is a great eye sore, to say the least…
These evolutionist people are, uh, serious...? Ha-ha!
I mean, holy crap!
You got a Bonobo lined up with a Chimp next to a Humanoid beside a Gorilla and an Orangutan…and this highly worshipped atheist is pointing at all five, while talking about the “great apes being cousins and relatives,” all while one (the Homo sapiens) is not even remotely freakin’ related!
Sarcasm: “Oh yeah, my cousins are chimps and bonobos with my distant homies being gorillas and orangutans.”
Yeah, that makes no sense whatsoever!
These overly educated morons make some of the most asinine preachers look intelligent!
Yeah, and a cow-like being decided to go swimming one day and eventually turned into a whale. WTF!
Anyway, I’m getting off track here … moving back into the subject of the “missing link,” where in the hell is it?
If you really want to read a genuine paper (Homo Erectus ‘to’ Modern man: Evolution or Human Variability?) about this matter, that ultimately comes to the conclusion of this: “After careful study of hundreds of scientific descriptions and photographs of scores of fossil humans, it is clear to me that all shades of intergrading exist between “ancient” erectus and modern humans, but the chronological patterns of appearance, even using the evolutionists’ own dating methods, do not match the predictions of the theory. In view of the clear-cut and unmistakable morphological gap between apes and humans, I believe that human fossil study provides strong circumstantial evidence in favor of the theistic view of origins.”
Although this page is not primarily concerned with the origins of Homo sapiens, just the missing link between the ape-like Homo erectus and the Homo sapiens that lead one to believe that “humans” seem to have come out of nowhere and just sort of magically appeared as if we were created by another race of beings or by some divinity of some sort, the Theory of Evolution is yet to explain, as noted above, the origins of Homo sapiens (modern man) and my original, seemingly simple question that is always avoided by evolutionists without proof or a sound theory.
It comes down to this, when it concerns our origin (and this is not a freakin’ “non sequitur”):
Did the Evolutionists’ single-cell amoeba do it?
Did the creationists’ God or Gods do it?
Did the aliens from another world do it?
Or did we all do it via a universal consciousness?
Until the day comes when Evolutionists can gracefully explain the missing link between Homo erectus and the Homo sapiens of today, they will never really hold any ground when it comes to real science, fact or actuality.
I know, I know, it would be nice & easy to say that we are all from the same species, race, etc., and that the extinct Homo erectus, Neanderthals, etc., are all close relatives to the same type of beings that roam the earth today and that we all evolved from a single-cell amoeba and got extra motivated from some mad race of trilobites (just threw that in there for fun), but that simply isn’t true.
I hate to say it, but the ancient alien theorists make better sense than the evolutionists when it concerns “human” evolution, and the religionists lie somewhere in between the two. Ah, the joys of life’s mysteries…
Humorous Quote: “Darwin is liked by evolutionists because he liberated science from the straitjacket of observation and opened the door to storytellers. This gave professional evolutionists job security so they can wander through biology labs as if they belong there.” — David Coppedge, Speaking of Science, Creation Matters, May/June 2003
Additional, Informative Link related to “Theory of Evolution: Where is the missing link between Homo sapiens & Homo erectus?,” here: “Debunking Evolution: Problems between the Theory and Reality; the False Science of Evolution” [https://www.newgeology.us/presentation32.html]
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Below, are the comments this post garnered from the previous website it was on:
Comments:
David Pugh says:
June 19, 2012 at 2:28 am
Wow! I can tell you really have a brain in that skull, excellent writing. Nice to see a good common sense. I was raised Christian but kind of set aside everything I was taught when I was 18 to find my own truth, so I looked at evolution and alien theories, other religions and Christianity. Evolution kept looking more like a joke every time I researched it, no answers only odd opinions on unreasonable claims based on no solid evidence. And it seemed to be pushed so hard that I started to feel like there was some agenda to it and they absolutely hated the idea that any religions bring to the table. Christianity and Islam made more sense. And I actually started to notice that all the bible stories I was told wasn’t exactly accurate, if you study Islam and the bible especially you start seeing very sci fi like stories, and you find a lot of them were removed by churches over the centuries because they were too “weird” maybe. But the more you keep looking the more you start to get freaked out about how much sense they really make, especially the bible and Hebrew texts. And then you get hit with something amazing, almost everything you can possibly think or have ever wondered about all falls into place and makes perfect sense, and then you start feeling so separate from everything else, you start seeing that 95 percent of people including Christians have absolutely no idea about what is going on and what has happened over the last millions of years. And that's where I am now. I continue to look deeper into ancient knowledge and my eyes continue to open wider every day. And it brings much peace as understanding always has for mankind.
Comment #2:
Thanks, David, for providing such an excellent comment. Enjoy your journey towards higher awareness; cheers!
Comment #3:
headlyvonnoggin says:
July 24, 2012 at 3:40 pm
The word ‘evolution’ in and of itself is a major source of confusion in these discussions in my opinion. I agree with evolution, depending on the definition we’re speaking of. For example, I agree that animal life on this planet did change and adapt throughout the ages, which the fossil record and DNA evidence both supports. However, if we’re talking about the idea of random mutations plus lots and lots of time resulted in life as we know it today, I’m not so on-board. Like the idea of legs evolving because this one fish with a bump mutation was more successful at moving around than this other, and therefore more likely to pass on this mutated bump, then future generations continued to do the same with other bump mutations that formed on the first bump being more advantageous and so on and so forth, then you have legs!!! Ludicrous.
The element that always seems to get left out is the driving force behind life in general. The will to live and procreate is what propels evolution. Those creatures had to be motivated to get food to feed their bodies to continue to live. They had to be motivated to procreate. Something had to drive them. Yet this drive is never mentioned. It’s just summed up as nothing more than instinct. That’s it.
As for human evolution, I don’t have an issue with the tie between humans and primates. To me, the near identical match DNA wise is a pretty clear indicator that we share similar roots. It’s just the mechanics of the theory of evolution that I don’t see adding up to the end result.
Personally, I see the creation of humans in Genesis 1 and Adam in Genesis 2 as two separate events. The creation of humans in Genesis 1 matches up incredibly well with the evolution of early humans. Each command given to humans by God can be seen, and become more prevalent, in each subsequent species of the homo genus; be fruitful, multiply, fill/subdue the earth, establish dominion in the animal kingdom.
Fully populating the earth and establishing ourselves as the only surviving species of the homo genus and the dominant species on the planet is what makes humans unique compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, outside of our minds of course. We’re the only species to do it. And these were direct commands. Homo habilis traveled long distances. So did homo heidelbergensis, neanderthalensis, and sapien. The latter species also became formidable foes for every other species of animal, including megafauna, who eventually got pushed out of existence.
It’s not the progression itself that I have an issue with as far as evolution goes. It’s what drove the process. It’s what pushed these creatures to the end result we know now. The theory of evolution puts way too much into the idea of how much can happen totally randomly as long as it spans millions and millions of years. This, in my mind, simply doesn’t fly.
Comment #4:
How about Homo floresiensis? LOL!
I have no problem with adaptation and acclimation, but I do when people confuse such things with creation. Perhaps you need to read my post about the Primordial Soup Theory.
No, I’m sorry, but I do not believe that my cousins are chimps and bonobos with my distant homies being gorillas and orangutans. I have a feeling, that something happened along the way. By the way, if you follow evolutionary beliefs of origin, we all used to be fish that got all monkey one day and eventually turned into the humans of today; what a load of steaming dung!
Comment #5:
Speaking of the main concept behind this article “Theory of Evolution: Where is the missing link between Homo erectus & Homo sapiens?,” it would probably be better if I wrote a separate piece about how the concept of speciation doesn’t make sense. When it comes to the theory of evolution, “speciation” and the “primordial soup theory” is what makes me go against it, due to the level of asininity involved. I mean, some of these people are nuts! Humans used to be fish? WTF? That Thanksgiving turkey you eat used to be a Raptor (informal name for a certain species in the Velociraptor genus of dinosaurs), etc. Get real!
Here are a few comments I have left on other posts, with the last 2 getting deleted:
1) Earth provides a life-giving substrate that has obviously been “played” with, numerous amounts of times throughout the timetables of history; albeit I’ll never believe in the silly speciation concepts of Evolution nor the magic from a Primordial Soup theory or the Dogma dung from organized religions, howbeit there is definitely a divine unity amid the madness, nonetheless…
2) The Cambrian Explosion is just a big mouthful that chokes on the theory of speciation, which leads to a Primordial Soup Theory of magic that many feel forced to believe… Have fun delving into Earth’s mysterious substrate… Have you ever heard of an eraser and the fact that, sometimes, things start over… Ya know, like from the drawing board… Ha!
3) Of course, everything adapts, evolves and acclimates to their surroundings over time, but the whole “speciation” concept is another matter. Regardless, birds will be birds, cats will be cats, etc. The Cambrian explosion sort of kills the speciation theory, to say the least. However, I have wrote on other websites about evolution, but never really focused on speciation, but I may do so in the future.
As many of us realize, this will ultimately lead us to a primordial soup debate [I’ve wrote about that elsewhere, as well], and then everything goes back to the drawing board for the ones who maintain such notions. I just can’t accept the theory of evolution’s version of creationism [speciation], but I do agree that everything adapts and changes due to its surroundings – within reason, of course.
If anybody has any fresh ideas, feel free to add additional comments below...
This is an old blog post from a website of mine that I recently deleted. The original post date is May 3rd, 2010. Yeah, that was nearly 12 years ago, but the concept still remains...
This is merely a thought-provoking post, as its intentions are to get more people to think outside of the box and to pry more individuals from tunnel-visions and narrow viewpoints.
A glimpse into the universe...
Time – The 4th Dimension?
We all know the first 3 dimensions: length, width, height. As you are free to move up, down, side to side, front to back in the first 3, but we are shackled down with no control, when it comes to time.
To all that has ever wondered before, whether fantasizing about time travel or trying to unravel the properties of eternity, does the 4th dimension, in the sense of time, really exist? It’s a question that when asked, only seems to perplex the ones with complex thoughts. Even though ‘time’ seems to control every facet of our life, many people don’t give it much thought. Our life starts pouring down like the sand from an unstoppable hourglass; hey, wait a minute; no, slow down. There is nothing we can do about it but roll with this mysterious wave of life.
On the flip side, there comes the notion of time travel. Travelling into the future or into the past, is either a rebellious theory of changing what already is or a curiosity to find out what will it be. Other than lots of unanswerable queries, it makes for great Sci-Fi flicks. Two excellent examples are H.G. Well’s “The Time Machine” and “Back to the Future” – directed by Robert Zemeckis. As many of us Science Fiction aficionados know, even Star Trek has integrated time warp into a few of their shows/movies. When many people try to picture a time travelling contraption, they often vision a nifty gadget with spinning saucers, a man-made spaceship, a UFO, a crazy techno-car with all types of sensors, and so on. But I’ve always had trouble considering the concepts of travelling back in time. I could see, if you were cruising in deep space, falling in a galactic wormhole that distorts the time-space continuum and you come out in the future somehow and somewhere, but never the other way around.
I look at time travelling into the past, as the invisible dimensions of your own mind, whether it is dreaming, mulling/pondering or reminiscing, you can go anywhere you desire – in that sense. Besides, if we had the ability to go back into time, us crafty little humans would have done found a way to screw it up and, most likely, would have caused a universal cataclysm and the universe would probably collapse on its own self and go boom…bang! …Hmm, that sounds familiar, ha!
Invisible Universe – The 5th Dimension?
Now, where do all these thoughts and memories go? Where does the soul go? Matter can never truly be destroyed, right? Is there a 5th dimension? If there is, we know it must be invisible for now. Is that where all this “dark matter” is at, that scientists often speak about? The universe consists mostly of this mysterious dark matter. Does it hold us intact or is it something else?
I know, I’m being rather inquisitive, but many of us are when it comes to the 5th dimension. In fact, I think a lot of people think about it and don’t even know it. Once you classify this as an invisible realm, it is only left to the imagination…until proof appears. Even religions think about the 5th dimension, they just label it in different ways; some even speak about an inferno, yikes!
I thought about some of these dimensional dilemmas as a child, when studying over the possibility of UFOs and Extraterrestrials. I later came to the conclusion that they could very well occupy the same space but be in another dimension. Not a different time…such as 4th dimensional concepts, but in a parallel universe. If so, it might explain the ‘here one second’ and ‘gone the next’ phenomenon that is often described in UFO reportings. It could be better described as a “blink” into another unknown. This could be a different form of travel; as opposed to time travel, it would be dimensional travel. On the other hand, I'm sure that a lot of the visitations from otherworldly life is actually from this current dimension, but just saying that it is not limited to such mundane planes of existence.
As far as extraterrestrial speculation, I think it is man’s own arrogance and ignorance to think we are alone in the cosmos. Which, there is nothing wrong with thinking the entire universe is yours, but it just shows your level of awareness. Hey, we all start out clueless and can only use deductive reasoning to hopefully become more aware.
On a positive note, just remember, we are all atomically connected to the universe.
When it comes to potential 4th & 5th Dimensions, Time Travel, Invisible & Parallel Universes, Dark Matter, Big Bang Theories or Extraterrestrial life:
Whether it is fact, fiction, fantasy, or science…one cannot help but wonder……
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The following text, located below, is from the original 'comment field' this post had on the website that I recently deleted.
Comment#1:
coldarc says:
March 18, 2011 at 6:46 pm
There is a dark dimension all around us. We don't see it but it there. for us who can see or sense their presence it's hard to believe they're not there. the dark dimension exists alongside ours. it's in another harmonic resonance realm but it is as real as ours. maybe it's the world of the devil lucifer but I don't know. it's a dimension worth investigation. the tool needed is of harmonic resonance viewscreen through an acoustic detector. such knowledge and technology does not yet exist, but will, I'm not to say for sure be invented in the future. this is all my say for now.
Comment#2:
Administrator says:
@Coldarc: Although it is interesting to think about, I wouldn’t go around stating that a 4th, 5th, or (as you say) a “dark dimension” exists for a fact. Hmm, you sound like you have been there or something… Hush now, the people wearing white jackets are coming to get us! Ha-ha! Just kidding… Anyway, rather than saying that such things exist for certain, keep speculation and the imagination right where it belongs, into the unknown… Let's just say, your mind can travel back in time, into the future, enter parallel universes along with multiple dimensions, but I’d keep my fantasy astral travel and outer body experiences that occurs within my own brain, at least for now, and release it into a more creative outlet that involves our current physical world. Cheers! Thanks for commenting…
Comment#3:
Divine Advanced Human Beings says:
May 13, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Traveling through other dimensions is the same as traveling in our own dimension. What divides spectrums of perception (or dimensions) is not time, but pressure. Time travel is impossible! It’s true that time does slow for a craft or person in motion, but this is strictly a mechanical function of pressure.
In order to travel to another dimension, one must be pressurized from the inside as well. Therefore, as a result of the pressure of other pressure spectrums of perception (or dimensions) that exists outside of our solar (3D) pressure spectrum boundary… it’s going to take an advanced technology of which our society or science has not yet discovered (but they will).
Comment#4:
Administrator says:
May 14, 2012 at 11:47 am
I would hardly call other dimensions a “perception,” as if it was that easy, we’d all be travelling through time and into other dimensions just by warping perceptions via drug abuse or by being deluded idiots with a false sense of euphoria; duh!
You just said time travel is impossible, but now you say that it is going to take an advanced technology to travel to another dimension in which you label as merely “perceptions.”
Lay off the drugs and quit contaminating other people’s blog posts with your inane baloney!
Besides, this post was about the 4th & 5th dimension, time travel and parallel universes, not pressurized mentalities due to drug-induced nirvana via capsules of hallucinogenics; get real!
Oh, thanks for stopping by and commenting; ha-ha!
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