[MD] Able to change well.

[Magnus Berg]

Ade

You forgot to comment on Marsha's humor. I describe a process that took 
hundreds of millions of years. Not even humanity would stand a chance to 
notice it, much less one human. Then Marsha points out that we have to 
avoid prejudice towards a common human timeframe.

Hilarious, IMO.

	Magnus






On 2010-08-28 13:34, schoadabyool at talktalk.net wrote:
> Greetings Adrian and Magnus,
>
> I'd also like to mention something that I heard from Dennett or Dawkins about
> having a prejudice towards change in a timeframe that is readily
> experienced by humans.  Change may happen at speeds too fast for humans
> to experience, or too slow for humans to experience.  What might seem
> as not changing may just be a case of change too slow for us too experience.
>
> Just something to consider.
>
> Marsha
>
> @ Hello Marsha.
> This is interesting. We have evolved to notice only a narrow range of change.
> I watched a programme which used high speed cameras to show changes we would not usually see.
> It showed there can be tiny eels which live in vinegar.
> It looks like you get more fish than you bargained for on your fish and chips.
>
>
> Thanks
> Ade
>
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