It's said that if monkeys hack long enough on a typewriter, than they will inexorably end up writing something that makes sense.
Let's see if this is also true for scientists...



Tuesday, 30 July 2013

A lapidary inquest into the meaning of the word 'humane'

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>Lapland sounds nice! - are you going to the Swedish or Finish Lapland?

- It's Finish Lapland. Is this more lapidary?

>Nope, they are about 'equal' in status. Anyway, they are occupied territories where the natives (the 'lap'-people) have been displaced and abused by the governments in Helsinki and Stockholm... Not to make you feel bad about your holiday destination :-).

- As a German, it is somehow mildly reassuring that other nations did also do a bit of unnecessary intra-species violence.
As a scientist, I'd say this proves once more the point that the selection within the human race is not done by intelligence, but by violence. Which explains a lot about our planet's current state.

As a human, I'd say that's one more proof for the fact that the current meaning of the word 'humane' is wrong and should be replaced by 'unnecessary intra-species violence with medium to extreme brutality'.

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