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Ben and I watched a really interesting program on The Science Channel the other day...yeah, I don't know why we were watching the Science Channel, either, especially when, like, Rock of Love is on, but that's besides the point.
So the basic premise of this program was exploring the perception of time.
a) For example, does time actually slow down ( Read more... )
"It is just highly unlikely and close to impossible." The really interesting thing about this is that the definition of 'time' itself would actually fail if it were proven that it could go backwards. At least in the sense that we define it in terms of three dimensions. If one considers multiple dimensions, then of course time could go in any which way that is not the way our time goes. But on this plane of existence, as far as science can tell, time cannot be stopped or reversed. Einstein's work tells us that time would "bend" in some way or another as an object approaches the speed of light. But Einstein was a fucking cokehead.
Pot is entirely different from booze. And the medical understanding of pot has changed in some very small (but very nuanced and important) ways over the last few years. It was "common knowledge" that smoking pot contributed to cancer (not) and that it was habit forming (it isn't). And again, I'm not talking about being so stoned that I forget where I'm driving. That's when I reach for the blow in the glove compartment!
I think the flaw in your logic wasn't that rats don't have thoughts, but it's ludicrous to say that rats would have personalities or feelings in any way similar to the way humans do. Their brains are vastly smaller and less complex. It's evolved enough to learn that if it pushes a pedal, it gets treats. So I'll give you that they're about as smart as the average Wal-Mart shopper, or the average Republican President currently occupying the White House and named George W. Bush.
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