On Jan 27, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
> Theories of relativity and the big bang are normal science too but
> pretty exciting.
>
> The discovery of bakelite is also normal science but less exciting,
> though more exciting than tupperware.
>
> Horizontal gene transfer is closer to the big bang than bakelite I
> think.
Since the Big Bang is just as ridiculous a myth as the Big Banger, I must insist that horizontal gene transfer is closer to bakelite, inasmuch as both are real.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos