Intelligence in the Internet age

[ronjor]

It's a question older than the Parthenon: Do new innovations and technologies make us more intelligent?

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[Primrose]

Yes..but when it gets to the point you are codependent on all that technology..it is time to go back to nature. :P ;D

[ronjor]

Speaking of co-dependent-- :D

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Averre

[Primrose]

-{ Quote: "Speaking of co-dependent-- :D

To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Averre" }-


There is not time to be dish functional when your co-dependent does not even wash the silverware and your remote control is just a code pendent without the batteries.. ;D

How do you like them apples ? 8)

[yogishree]

-{ Quote: "....but when it gets to the point you are codependent on all that technology..it is time to go back to nature. :P ;D" }-

Such is the cyclical nature of life - every thesis carries its own anti-thesis with it .

This is true for all spheres of life in all its facets . Equilibrium does not come in shifting from one to the other but in separating oneself from both.

[Primrose]

-{ Quote: "Such is the cyclical nature of life - every thesis carries its own anti-thesis with it .

This is true for all spheres of life in all its facets . Equilibrium does not come in shifting from one to the other but in separating oneself from both." }-


The cyclical nature of life carries it's own weight we call gravity. This is true in my sphere of life with just one faucet. Equilibrium does come when shifting from one leg to the other while separating oneself from both the thesis and the anti-thesis.

;)

[yogishree]

-{ Quote: "The cyclical nature of life carries it's own weight we call gravity. This is true in my sphere of life with just one faucet. Equilibrium does come when shifting from one leg to the other while separating oneself from both the thesis and the anti-thesis.

;)" }-

Well illustrated and very well balanced.

[Primrose]

-{ Quote: "Well illustrated and very well balanced." }-


It comes from years of...

[beetlejuice]

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Well, not if your a lawyer------- ::)

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
______________________________

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
___________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on
dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was
doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check
for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when
you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
practicing law

[Peaches4U]

??? ???

[big ed]

-{ Quote: "It's a question older than the Parthenon: Do new innovations and technologies make us more intelligent?
" }-

Only if they can survive Primmy's test of irrevelancy! Few do!!

Pondering in Pomerania, Piddly ed