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alternative sol'n: bring on the Centrifugal Bumble Puppy parks; who needs actual progress as long as it's possible to sustain the illusion :-) (come to think of it, evaluating "progress" requires the ability to compare across longer timescales, so the goldfish* of the Brave New World need not even have the illusion, because they never reflect) * would an Edwardian complain that our recent discovery of "Goldfish with…
Oh no, the cavalry scared off Paul I think :( some times I can't even begin parsing what you mean :) it scares me a little, but also thrilling-- like very very abstract BDSM? Hope that's reciprocal :) Which means: I see value in your (rhetorical?) questions.. because .. I still sense deep unease? (Pardon the manic schizo) Like you always say, & I try to hold to heart: a problem worth its salt must bite back. You nibb…
Maybe if we're still he'll be curious enough to come back? One of the distractions of the world of atoms is that a fox near us had 3 kits a few months ago, and we often see them early morning/late evening. Now they're getting old enough to be scared off by humans, but when they were really small they would either be curious about us or (when multiple) ignore us because they were playing among themselves, so we managed to get within a few metres a few times...