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Thread ID: 62844	2005-10-21 07:45:00	Pause for thought.	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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398126	2005-10-21 07:45:00	Parmenides spake thus. What is, always was, because you can't get being from non-being—you can't get something out of nothing. What is cannot come from what is not. The world, reality, is uncreated—it is eternal. (Equally, you can't get nothing from something. Reality is indestructible.) Now, if you can't get that which is out of that which is not, it follows that change isn’t real. If you confront an oak tree—that which is—you can't say it came from an acorn, because the acorn isn't there—it is that which is not. And you can't get what is from what isn't! Food for thought,don't you think?	Cicero (40)
398127	2005-10-21 07:52:00	But even pigs know that acorns come from oak trees, great tucker for them in autumn.	Terry Porritt (14)
398128	2005-10-21 08:15:00	Methinks Cicero, that you should avoid those strange looking Mushr00ms that you had for tea tonight. They appear to be somewhat mind altering?	godfather (25)
398129	2005-10-21 08:36:00	Drugs do a real good job of changing reality ... And an acorn and an oak tree are merely different forms of the same organism. I wish change wasn't real, but a dying hard drive today has convinced me that a stupid #$#!# laptop won't be eternal for long.	gibler (49)
398130	2005-10-21 09:03:00	Cicero...aka...Creighton???	bartsdadhomer (80)
398131	2005-10-21 10:00:00	Err.....yes Tom, of course, its all now so obvious. Tip toeing through the tulips is an ethereal experience, but can I suggest that you just ignore those cute little mushrooms. Take GFs advice, leave the fungi alone. :D	Winston001 (3612)
398132	2005-10-21 11:34:00	Is it quarks that appear out of nowhere and have no size? It's one of those thingys anyway, which puts paid to, "you can't get nothing from something". Back to the old drawing board, which can be especially fun if you like drawing long things :thumbs:	Murray P (44)
398133	2005-10-21 17:18:00	Quarks.....I studied quantum physics but could never get my head around those things appearing and disappearing like a game of hide'n seek. Head starts to hurt just trying to remember... :nerd:	Nyuuji (5460)
398134	2005-10-21 18:33:00	Did you notice,that when a concept can't be understood,how we like to digress into the likes of mushrooms and Quarks. For myself when I read the likes of Parmenides,all I get is a headache. :D	Cicero (40)
398135	2005-10-21 18:48:00	Did you notice,that when a concept can't be understood,how we like to digress into the likes of mushrooms and Quarks. For myself when I read the likes of Parmenides,all I get is a headache. :D It is really quite simple Cic, at the heart of Parmenides is the philosophy of denying change and motion. This is manifestly untrue, as witness the changes wrought by Rogernomics. But as I said even the pigs knew the falsity of his philosophy: "The Spanish Jamon Iberico (Iberian ham) is the name which is given exclusively to hams from the Iberian pig breed. The Iberian pig is the last pig breed in Europe living in the open, typically under the oak trees growing in the Spanish mountains in Andalusia and Extremadura. . Its origin goes back to the ancient Mediterranean wild boar. It is said that the micro climate of these hills is ideal for the oak trees which provide the acorns on which the pigs feed. The keyword of the secret of its taste is acorns. During the 'montanera', the period during which the pigs reside in the mountains, their favourite food is acorns from the oak trees. When the pigs are exclusively fed with acorns, the ham will be labeled 'de bellota' (the best). If they have been fed with a mixture of acorns and other food, the ham will be labeled 'recebo'. The pigs are killed as from 12 months but their weight may never exceed 180 kg at the moment of their killing." ( www.llantarbien.com ) Edit: acorns are well know as the food for thought :rolleyes:	Terry Porritt (14)
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