All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.

It's been fun. Thanks a lot.

Bill (not the refrigerant one)

"broger...@gmail.com" <brogers31751@gmail.com> writes:

>
> It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
>

Why do you consider google groups essential to participate?

Perhaps talk.origins could become a mailing list reflected onto the
newsgroup, like for example linux.debian.user ?

broger...@gmail.com <brogers31751@gmail.com> wrote:
> All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls
> the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of
> informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas
> from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James
> into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray
> Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of
> ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more
> bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to
> be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of
> production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.
>
> It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
>
> Bill (not the refrigerant one)
>
To you, Daggett, Burkhard, and others getting raptured in the GG apocalypse
soon:

https://youtu.be/DtoCw2iOTSc?si=sDIRhhMLcBU4EVeT

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On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7:38:17 AM UTC-5, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> broger...@gmail.com <broger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls
> > the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of
> > informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas
> > from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James
> > into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray
> > Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of
> > ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more
> > bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to
> > be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of
> > production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.
> >
> > It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Bill (not the refrigerant one)
> >
> To you, Daggett, Burkhard, and others getting raptured in the GG apocalypse
> soon:
>
> https://youtu.be/DtoCw2iOTSc?si=sDIRhhMLcBU4EVeT

https://youtu.be/_JjJzMBGUwo

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:11:13 -0800 (PST), the following
appeared in talk.origins, posted by "broger...@gmail.com"
<brogers31751@gmail.com>:

>All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.
>
>It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
>
>Bill (not the refrigerant one)
>
Sorry to see you go; you've been a voice of sanity here.
Enjoy whatever comes next. :-)
>
--

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov

On 2/21/24 4:11 AM, broger...@gmail.com wrote:
> All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.
>
> It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
>
> Bill (not the refrigerant one)
>
You certainly have the free will to quit TO if you want, but I hope you
won't. If you do, I'd suggest you look in to see what's going on
sometime after the GG asteroid strike. If it has any interest for you,
it's easy to jump back in.

On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 11:13:17 PM UTC+11, broger...@gmail.com wrote:
> All things come to an end, and I will turn into a pumpkin when GG pulls the plug. Thanks for lots of interesting conversations. Plenty of informative conversations with the sane, and some very entertaining ideas from the less sane - e.g. the idea that God allowed the Epistle of James into the Bible only to serve an an example of what heresy is (Ray Martinez), "calm, global-like flooding," (Pagano), an endless supply of ways to hide dualist assumptions in yes or no questions about ever more bizarre robot scenarios (someone), even a guy who considers socialism to be not an economic system in which the State owns the means of production, but a failure to properly define subjectivity.
>
> It's been fun. Thanks a lot.
>
> Bill (not the refrigerant one)

Thanks for the dance, Bill. Your engagement and pushback has sharpened and modified my own thinking (as has the commentary of others here, though in the trenches this may not often be apparent). Wishing you well (and hopeful you'll come to accept your t.o dependency and sign up for a GG alternative)