Hi,
That was about the age I started making explosives. But I studied all I could find first, and built a bunker out of railroad ties and double layer 3/4" glass. And used simple, home made waldos. In retrospect, dangerous, but not stupid.
"A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe." -- wow, I got to use two RAH quotes in one day
. His genes are those of his parents. It is not him that we would be better off without, it is his genes. While much of this is in the spirit of jest, there is a strong underlying seriousness here. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins explains this concept quite well (and, incidently, turns Heinlein's quip into a genetic law 
).
The failure to prepare the young of the next generation is not a survival trait. The price is not paid by those who fail, but by their offspring. From the genetic viewpoint, it doesn't matter. It is not the individual, but the genes, that have to evolve.
--Pete
(05-14-2010, 02:56 AM)Concillian Wrote: I never did anything as dumb as pouring gas on someone and lighting them on fire when I was older than 13, but I made some pretty bad judgements <18.
That was about the age I started making explosives. But I studied all I could find first, and built a bunker out of railroad ties and double layer 3/4" glass. And used simple, home made waldos. In retrospect, dangerous, but not stupid.
Quote:I'm not saying there wasn't something very wrong, I just think that there's a good chance it's from the parental side and you should at least give the guy a chance to mature outside the influence of that before you hand out a death sentence.
"A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe." -- wow, I got to use two RAH quotes in one day
. His genes are those of his parents. It is not him that we would be better off without, it is his genes. While much of this is in the spirit of jest, there is a strong underlying seriousness here. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins explains this concept quite well (and, incidently, turns Heinlein's quip into a genetic law ).The failure to prepare the young of the next generation is not a survival trait. The price is not paid by those who fail, but by their offspring. From the genetic viewpoint, it doesn't matter. It is not the individual, but the genes, that have to evolve.
--Pete
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