shropshire 0 #1 August 25, 2011 I saw a great discussion about evolution on the tellie the other night and the guy used a computer program which hundreds of people drawing over a previous persons line of a computer . It was such a good and simple explanation of evolution it's worth showing here, I reckon ... Evolution of a line (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lost_n_confuzd 0 #2 August 25, 2011 The final overlay looks like a penis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #3 August 25, 2011 Quote The final overlay looks like a penis Well, that's half of what it takes for evolution to happen. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 August 25, 2011 "Amazon’s Mechanical Turk" Would that be you? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 August 25, 2011 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guidosorrentini 0 #6 August 25, 2011 Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning But I think the fast-forward display was kind of cool, and with the use of psychotropic drugs would certainly make a lot more sense than to the avarage, non-intoxicated individual Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #7 August 25, 2011 Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #8 August 25, 2011 Quote Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process. Au contraire - according to the Jefferson Airplane, I, personally, am the crown of creation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #9 August 25, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process. Au contraire - according to the Jefferson Airplane, I, personally, am the crown of creation. Slick.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #10 August 25, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process. Au contraire - according to the Jefferson Airplane, I, personally, am the crown of creation. Slick. nice of you to grace us with an answer (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 August 25, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process. Au contraire - according to the Jefferson Airplane, I, personally, am the crown of creation. Slick. nice of you to grace us with an answer You're Balin-cing on a mighty thin line there, Tone... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #12 August 26, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Many contributors to the line-tracing project were not particularly perturbed whether or not they followed the line drawn, which renders the whole effort somewhat devoid of meaning DNA doesn't much care either. Evolution doesn't have a goal, it's just a process. Au contraire - according to the Jefferson Airplane, I, personally, am the crown of creation. Slick. nice of you to grace us with an answer You're Balin-cing on a mighty thin line there, Tone... (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #13 August 26, 2011 Quote evolution on the tellie Ya, looked like an excercise by a bunch of telletubbies drunk on tubby custard... Perhaps they should've paid more than 2 cents per line, maybe they would've tried harder... The second line ruined it for me. It's like they just said fuck this cheap ass study than zipped a quick line as laziliy as possible then farted. You could've got better results from a special ed excersize... Hell, you'd get better results for 500 drunks using this as some new type of sobriety test. This is how they explain evolution? ...classic!I'm fucking sold...Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 August 26, 2011 better than 'some mythical old guy with a beard' did it all. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #15 August 26, 2011 Quote better than 'some mythical old guy with a beard' did it all. Then tell me, sir shrop? Who do the people tracing the lines represent? It's not like they traced themselves.Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #16 August 26, 2011 Tis a model to try to explain how variations occur during copying that's all nothing mystical about it. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #17 August 26, 2011 QuoteTis a model to try to explain how variations occur during copying that's all nothing mystical about it. Ya well, I prefer books over an etch-a-sketch. I viewed that demonstration as a mockery.Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #18 August 26, 2011 QuoteQuoteTis a model to try to explain how variations occur during copying that's all nothing mystical about it. Ya well, I prefer books over an etch-a-sketch. I viewed that demonstration as a mockery. well you 'may' have the right of it or maybe not - who can say? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #19 August 26, 2011 We saw some idiots purpose screwing with the test. Kinda like what certain compounds, radiations and mad scientists do with DNA. It reminds me of the Tell A Secret game played as young kids. Whisper something to one person and it gets repeated around the circle until the last person tells the secret out loud. It was never the same as what started. But it was fun watching the squiggles appear....brought flashba.....er, memories. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #20 August 26, 2011 Quote We saw some idiots purpose screwing with the test. Kinda like what certain compounds, radiations and mad scientists do with DNA. It reminds me of the Tell A Secret game played as young kids. Whisper something to one person and it gets repeated around the circle until the last person tells the secret out loud. It was never the same as what started. But it was fun watching the squiggles appear....brought flashba.....er, memories. Like the old joke ...... "Send re-enforcement, we're going to advance" -> "Send 3 & 4 pence, we're going to a dance" (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belgian_Draft 0 #21 August 26, 2011 QuoteQuoteTis a model to try to explain how variations occur during copying that's all nothing mystical about it. Ya well, I prefer books over an etch-a-sketch. I viewed that demonstration as a mockery. Don't you mean "book" (singular), and a fairly "sketchy" one at that?HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #22 August 26, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Tis a model to try to explain how variations occur during copying that's all nothing mystical about it. Ya well, I prefer books over an etch-a-sketch. I viewed that demonstration as a mockery. Don't you mean "book" (singular), and a fairly "sketchy" one at that? It's a wierd book, no doubt - kind of like a reverse 'Who Dunit' .... You can see what the ending is but NO ONE has a clue about the beginning (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
