09-16-2011, 11:34 PM
I used to figure 97% of people were mostly nuts and 3% were mostly sane. I was right in the middle so I was about half nuts.
Now I figure 97% of people are 75% nuts and 3% are 50% nuts. I guess this makes me more nuts than not.
...nevermind.
I love to observe nature and natural processes looking for answers to complex questions and looking fpor things that no one understands. Like how can a yew tree that's sending out pollen do it except through the shaking caused by wind. A strong wind might dislodge no pollen while a lighter breeze later causes a large amount to be emitted. Can the tree communicate with other yews and launch only under ideal conditions? Is it enjoying it? (it appears to to be sometimes). I had a two week discussion about why there's less snow around the bases of trees than elsewhere last winter. We identified about a dozen causes and probably got all the biggies. The biggest might be just that there's a little hill around trees pushed up by their root systems so that the snow isn't as deep by the tree's trunk.
I'm normally not able to answer the questions but I like to ask them. People seem to think they're smart and do need to be reminded they aren't. So many strange things are being discovered now days and many people just prefer not to think about them. From cosmology to zoology we really don't know much of anything at all.
Now I figure 97% of people are 75% nuts and 3% are 50% nuts. I guess this makes me more nuts than not.
...nevermind.
I love to observe nature and natural processes looking for answers to complex questions and looking fpor things that no one understands. Like how can a yew tree that's sending out pollen do it except through the shaking caused by wind. A strong wind might dislodge no pollen while a lighter breeze later causes a large amount to be emitted. Can the tree communicate with other yews and launch only under ideal conditions? Is it enjoying it? (it appears to to be sometimes). I had a two week discussion about why there's less snow around the bases of trees than elsewhere last winter. We identified about a dozen causes and probably got all the biggies. The biggest might be just that there's a little hill around trees pushed up by their root systems so that the snow isn't as deep by the tree's trunk.
I'm normally not able to answer the questions but I like to ask them. People seem to think they're smart and do need to be reminded they aren't. So many strange things are being discovered now days and many people just prefer not to think about them. From cosmology to zoology we really don't know much of anything at all.