tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post8458637210188190477..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Toast of the week - pragmatic DarwinismMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-18882789737476691152013-05-30T12:10:18.540+01:002013-05-30T12:10:18.540+01:00Very true, JH; there's a pleasing symmetry in ...Very true, JH; there's a pleasing symmetry in this particular manifestation, given our distant ancestral connection with the oceans.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-23700097849635637952013-05-30T07:07:58.285+01:002013-05-30T07:07:58.285+01:00as landlubbers seek ever more ingenious ways of re...as landlubbers seek ever more ingenious ways of removing themselves from the gene pool <br /><br />Mind you, it's a wonderful self-actualizing process nature provides.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-78928433043696814692013-05-29T14:33:39.487+01:002013-05-29T14:33:39.487+01:00WY, it would be interesting to know how many of th...WY, it would be interesting to know how many of those parents drive their children to school because they don't think they are safe walking there.<br /><br />In gloomier moments, I'm inclined to agree with Stanford's Professor Crabtree that we are past our best as a species: "the need for intelligence was reduced as we began to live in supportive societies that made up for lapses of judgment or failures of comprehension."<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9672790/Civilisation-is-making-humanity-less-intelligent-study-claims.htmlMacheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-3150542024928919932013-05-29T12:59:01.868+01:002013-05-29T12:59:01.868+01:00Whenever there's an offshore wind you get chil...Whenever there's an offshore wind you get children blown out to sea on these inflatable things you can buy in toyshops.<br /><br />If it's an easterly you can count on it: "Any vessel in the vicinity of Ardrossan, this is Clyde Coastguard..." etc etc.<br /><br />It must be terrifying for the children but you do think maybe the parents would eventually get wise. Sadly it seems they don't.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-24925113350194304552013-05-29T10:59:47.831+01:002013-05-29T10:59:47.831+01:00Julia, by coincidence, 'refreshing' was th...Julia, by coincidence, 'refreshing' was the first word that sprang to mind when I read the story, though it didn't make it into the final version.<br /><br />Thank goodness at least one person out there still recognizes the notion of individual responsibility; I only hope she isn't subsequently hauled over the coals by some progressive line manager.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-14769407070852959272013-05-28T19:20:24.891+01:002013-05-28T19:20:24.891+01:00"Well said: Madam, your very good health!&quo...<i>"Well said: Madam, your very good health!"</i><br /><br />Oh, seconded! How refreshing! JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com