Without some sort of considerable intelligence, neither a potato plant NOR a potato seed could exist. I'll bet that statement really irritates you atheists. Hold on, I'm not pushing any religion here. The real problem is that our human brains are not developed enough to figure everything out.
This post was edited by B.H.Wilson at October 23, 2016 12:42 PM MDT
No they aren't, but human limits on understanding neither proves not disproves convenient notions of "some sort of considerable intelligence", for which there is no real evidence anyway.
Being a mathematical dunce, I had to look up the potatoe paradox on wiki. I even did my best to closely follow the numbers and algebra. I think it led me straight back to 16, when I felt dizzy with the notion that the numbers couldn't really represent anything in real life, when in fact they often can. So my first impulse was to think, would it be possible to make some fake potatoes to match the mathematical ones, weigh them, then put them "outside" overnight in just the right conditions for 1% of the water to evaporate, and then weigh them again and compare the results. I would wager a bet that the potatoes had not lost 50% of their weight. So if maths can lie, what does this say about the validity of logic in maths?
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at October 24, 2016 3:58 AM MDT
Looked it up. All kinds of paradoxes but none with the watermelon qualifier. All kinds of watermelon references but none with paradoxes. So here's my take. Some Greens are called 'watermelons," because they are green on the outside and red on the inside, especially in one faction at the top of the NSW group in Australia. Due to their influence, the NSW green policies have been watered down so that only 4% are purely environmental, while 48% have a slightly green emphasis and the rest are purely social and have nothing to do with anything green. They have become a potent force because they use manipulative tactics to undermine the policy of 100% consensus. The Deep Greens, including the founder of the party, have become very concerned at this hijacking of the original purpose of the party. The moves for reform have begun. The aim is to ensure that all policies are framed in such a way as to save the environment without compromising the needs of people and society. Most of it is technically possible. Problems: lack of time and the probability that the Greens will never achieve a majority in this country. Our watermelons are a political paradox.
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