Comments on: Dinosaurs with laser-beams http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gordo http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-118979 gordo Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:52:50 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-118979 this is to jim and the old cartoon is called dion raiders it was awesome this is to jim and the old cartoon is called dion raiders

it was awesome

]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-111333 saurabh Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:33:24 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-111333 That cartoon is called "<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaucers rel="nofollow">Dinosaucers</a>". That cartoon is called “Dinosaucers“.

]]> By: Jim http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-109421 Jim Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:04:33 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-109421 What if we've gotten the whole evolution process backward, and actually animals on Earth are far more evolved than us, they seem a lot happier than people? Perhaps becoming less intelligent is the way forward? My question though, what is the name of that old cartoon with all the dinosaurs with laser beams and, robot arms and shiz, and people were fighting lizard men or...something?? Cos it was freakin' sweet. What if we’ve gotten the whole evolution process backward, and actually animals on Earth are far more evolved than us, they seem a lot happier than people? Perhaps becoming less intelligent is the way forward?

My question though, what is the name of that old cartoon with all the dinosaurs with laser beams and, robot arms and shiz, and people were fighting lizard men or…something?? Cos it was freakin’ sweet.

]]> By: hibiscus http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6671 hibiscus Tue, 01 May 2007 06:43:43 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6671 or that could be an appealing oversimplification. hehe. or that could be an appealing oversimplification. hehe.

]]> By: hibiscus http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6670 hibiscus Tue, 01 May 2007 06:42:32 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6670 yeah i would say we're good architects and cosmologists who make for dangerous neighbors because we're slutty about choosing systems with which to harmonize. even if it's the most destructive artificial system imaginable, if it's comprehensible, flattering, and well-stocked with opportunities for advancement, we're right in there. we have a hard time distinguishing our cheat sheets from reality. yeah i would say we’re good architects and cosmologists who make for dangerous neighbors because we’re slutty about choosing systems with which to harmonize. even if it’s the most destructive artificial system imaginable, if it’s comprehensible, flattering, and well-stocked with opportunities for advancement, we’re right in there. we have a hard time distinguishing our cheat sheets from reality.

]]> By: hedgehog http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6370 hedgehog Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:53:14 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6370 And for a special treat, we had sex with them then we ate them, thereby proving that we were smarter. I am unconvinced that today's industrial humans are all that smart. Our system rewards some very stupid, destructive, even self-destructive behavior. We have developed this system and we stick with it not out of smarts but out of fear. The soldier kicks in the door cause he's scared of his superior officer. The Iraqi lets the soldier kick in his door because he's scared of the bullet. I pay for the bullet because I'm scared of the IRS, the cops, the courts. The IRS agent comes to arrest a war tax resister because she's scared for her job. No one really thinks about the big picture, we're a bunch of cowering cavemen, acting out of what in the end is a fear of living on the streets in a society where the streets are sewers for the worst of human behavior. Smart. And for a special treat, we had sex with them then we ate them, thereby proving that we were smarter.

I am unconvinced that today’s industrial humans are all that smart. Our system rewards some very stupid, destructive, even self-destructive behavior. We have developed this system and we stick with it not out of smarts but out of fear. The soldier kicks in the door cause he’s scared of his superior officer. The Iraqi lets the soldier kick in his door because he’s scared of the bullet. I pay for the bullet because I’m scared of the IRS, the cops, the courts. The IRS agent comes to arrest a war tax resister because she’s scared for her job. No one really thinks about the big picture, we’re a bunch of cowering cavemen, acting out of what in the end is a fear of living on the streets in a society where the streets are sewers for the worst of human behavior. Smart.

]]> By: BigSister http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6213 BigSister Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:34:15 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6213 Well, we either ate them, or we had sex with them. Well, we either ate them, or we had sex with them.

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6212 Saheli Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:07:23 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6212 Well, I mean, don't a lot of people think the Neanderthals weren't too dumb, had art and culture, and we still ate them or something? Well, I mean, don’t a lot of people think the Neanderthals weren’t too dumb, had art and culture, and we still ate them or something?

]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6208 saurabh Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:56:53 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6208 I'm not suggesting we had space-faring, Dinosaucers-style dudes roaming around, just that they might have proceeded to, say, a pastoral fishing society and persisted that way for a long time (just as humans did) before vanishing (just as... um... well, hopefully not). Aram's question is a good one. It seems unlikely that anyone in the next 100 million years would be able to miss our influence on the planet - the signatures would be pretty clear, and at least some sorts of artifacts would presumably survive intact. My sofa is Scotch-guarded, for example. But dial us back about two or three thousand years and I'm not so sure. What would survive? Roads? Pyramids? Pottery? Is it inevitable that intelligent creatures proceed into industrial civilization? It certainly took us a long damn time, and we've been smart for quite a while. I’m not suggesting we had space-faring, Dinosaucers-style dudes roaming around, just that they might have proceeded to, say, a pastoral fishing society and persisted that way for a long time (just as humans did) before vanishing (just as… um… well, hopefully not). Aram’s question is a good one. It seems unlikely that anyone in the next 100 million years would be able to miss our influence on the planet – the signatures would be pretty clear, and at least some sorts of artifacts would presumably survive intact. My sofa is Scotch-guarded, for example. But dial us back about two or three thousand years and I’m not so sure. What would survive? Roads? Pyramids? Pottery? Is it inevitable that intelligent creatures proceed into industrial civilization? It certainly took us a long damn time, and we’ve been smart for quite a while.

]]> By: BigSister http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-6207 BigSister Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:54:51 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/04/dinosaurs-with-laser-beams/#comment-6207 Or, what if they can see us, and are hiding out of a sense of self-preservation? Or, what if they can see us, and are hiding out of a sense of self-preservation?

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