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Should We Just Call Dog Breeds a Different Species?
Jamie found an amusing bit this morning on Scientific American where the author proposes that dog breeds are different species. Now some of you might recoil when you hear this suggestion, but if you read the article to see why he makes this suggestion I suspect you'll crack a smile and appreciate the elegance of the solution.
Whenever someone tells me they have a dog, I ask them what make it is. Try it, the reaction is brilliant.
Summation 2
1) Creationists claim the science doesn't provide thorough enough proof of evolution
2) Evolutionary biologists should fudge their results to re-define something as being proof
3) ???
4) Profit
Something makes me think this scheme would just give creationists a big stick labelled "evolutionists fudge their results; it's all a load of cobblers" to beat the biologists with.
If a Slashdot reader has evolved to the point where he has no sense of humour whatsoever and is therefore incapable of mating with female humans, does that make said Slashdot reader a new species?
Something to ponder tonight.
People replying to my sig annoy me. That's why I change it all the time.
Yeah, but will you smell her butt?
Wait, don't answer that.
He's looking for a date, apparently.
I suppose you could build some sort of multi-feline interferometer, and interpret the varying frequency of their mewing according to their individual proximity to objects.
Assuming you're reasonably confident not to be bumping into the ceiling or falling down holes, "how many cats can lead blind people" would be 3. 2 would lead to blind spots, 4 or more would provide redundant overlap.
Yeah, but will you smell her butt?
Wait, don't answer that.
Smell it? I'd lick it!
Hence the don't answer that.
I used to fuck anything that moved, but then I thought, "Why limit myself?" Movement is overrated.
Some people here would fuck anything that moves. What's your point?
Actually, I consider mobility to be a deal breaker. It makes it easier for them to get away.
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
Well, he's come to the right place.
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage