Pictures I like

[greg]

Disposable men? An interesting theory.

It's not a theory, though, it's reality... one man can save humanity if there is a bunch of women around, but it would be a million times harder if there were only one woman and a bunch of men. That concept extends throughout everything.

We have 2 female ancestors compared to every one male ancestors. In warfare, often women are kept alive for obvious reasons, and men are killed, for obvious reasons (or used for slave labor). Yet here we are, 7 billion people.

So there really isn't much of a need to "roll the dice" when it comes to women, but since things are always changing, it might be more necessary to take genetic risks for men, because less men are needed than women to continue the species. If it didn't experiment as much with men, then the risk is that they will all be using the same strategy which may end up failing with a change of environment, so then the species dies out.

[dissily Mordentroge]

It's not a theory, though, it's reality... one man can save humanity if there is a bunch of women around, but it would be a million times harder if there were only one woman and a bunch of men. That concept extends throughout everything.

We have 2 female ancestors compared to every one male ancestors. In warfare, often women are kept alive for obvious reasons, and men are killed, for obvious reasons (or used for slave labor). Yet here we are, 7 billion people.

So there really isn't much of a need to "roll the dice" when it comes to women, but since things are always changing, it might be more necessary to take genetic risks for men, because less men are needed than women to continue the species. If it didn't experiment as much with men, then the risk is that they will all be using the same strategy which may end up failing with a change of environment, so then the species dies out.

This should be on another thread so I'll be brief. My assertion is the survival value of male brutality (courage?) armed as it now is could easily see our species rendered extinct.

[dissily Mordentroge]

I've always been fascinated by Andrew Wyeth's work.
Mostly for the strangely mysterious atmosphere he creates .
His 'Black Hunter' of 1938 however is an exception with atypical vibrant colour for
him. A play on words?
His 'Pentacost' on the other hand in his usual bleached palette is both atmospheric and
mysterious leaving me wondering what exactly he's trying to say, as he often does.

[Ratliff]

Off topic . but in what sense is autism a disability?

It is hard to believe you mean this seriously. It has become common for people with very mild forms of autism or with self-diagnosed autism to describe it as "just another way of seeing the world," etc. They may very well perceive it this way. In its severe manifestations autism may manifest itself as complete or near complete failure to develop language (receptive and/or expressive) failure to develop empathic and social skills. Severe autism is often accompanied by sensory processing disorders, apraxia, inability to regulate emotions, inability to maintain attention, and other complications. Autistic children may experience severe regressions where all the skills they developed in the first years of life disappear. Severe autism almost certainly involves physical abnormality of brain structures or chemistry. Individuals with severe autism often cannot find employment or live independently and are often classified as completely disabled and eligible for disability benefits in the U.S.

You might get consider reading a book called "The Reason I Jump" by Naoki Higashida, a young man with autism.

[dissily Mordentroge]

It is hard to believe you mean this seriously. It has become common for people with very mild forms of autism or with self-diagnosed autism to describe it as "just another way of seeing the world," etc. They may very well perceive it this way. In its severe manifestations autism may manifest itself as complete or near complete failure to develop language (receptive and/or expressive) failure to develop empathic and social skills. Severe autism is often accompanied by sensory processing disorders, apraxia, inability to regulate emotions, inability to maintain attention, and other complications. Autistic children may experience severe regressions where all the skills they developed in the first years of life disappear. Severe autism almost certainly involves physical abnormality of brain structures or chemistry. Individuals with severe autism often cannot find employment or live independently and are often classified as completely disabled and eligible for disability benefits in the U.S.

You might get consider reading a book called "The Reason I Jump" by Naoki Higashida, a young man with autism.

I understand severe autism as I live near a facility catering to those with the condition. My question was directed at what I see as an absurdly wide scope over which this diagnosis is applied. If you read back the description I gave of my friend who's diagnosed as autistic you should be able to understand this is a highly skilled and efficiently functioning individual whom I can assure you does not experience his 'condition' as a disability. My young cousin is a severe autistic and is triggered by events I cannot begin to understand. He has an obsession with counting the lampposts on the road to his day school. The electricity authority removed one and the resultant miscount induced a servere trauma which lasted for weeks. So yes, I understand how autism can be profoundly disabling it's just that I cannot understand the diagnosis being ascribed to highly functioning individuals who ( as my ' autistic friend does) views those of us described as 'normal' as disadvantaged.

[Ratliff]

I certainly agree with you that the current "spectrum" which seems to range from mild social awkwardness to complete inability to function is absurd. Perhaps the thread that holds it together is deficit or deficits in the function of the prefrontal cortex.

[dissily Mordentroge]

I certainly agree with you that the current "spectrum" which seems to range from mild social awkwardness to complete inability to function is absurd. Perhaps the thread that holds it together is deficit or deficits in the function of the prefrontal cortex.

This thread is supposed to concern 'Pictures I like' so I'll just make one last comment.  I find myself wondering if medical research is learning anything about the causes of deficits in the funtion of the prefrontal cortex?

[dissily Mordentroge]

I wish there was a thread- 'Pictures I dislike'. Maybe I'll start one if anyone's interested? This would not however be intended to cover 'Pictures I don't understand' or 'Pictures that do nothing for me' etc.
We all have different reasons for disliking certain imagery, my main objections centre around aspects of Christian theology evident in images such as Grunwewald's 'Isenheim Alterpiece'.
In using a title such as 'Pictures I dislike' I'm not intending to draw attention to bad technique rather than the subject matter and the story being told or ideas being pushed etc.

[Florestan]

I'm just happy evolution somehow allowed me to exist as gay.

You know, of all the people here who are gay you are the only one who trumpets the fact and misses no opportunity, no matter how off topic, to do so. That's quite strange, honestly. Are you sure you have really come to terms with your homosexuality?

[dissily Mordentroge]

You know, of all the people here who are gay you are the only one who trumpets the fact and misses no opportunity, no matter how off topic, to do so. That's quite strange, honestly. Are you sure you have really come to terms with your homosexuality?

Have you come to terms with mine?

[Florestan]

Have you come to terms with mine?

I couldn't care less about it.

[Ratliff]

This thread is supposed to concern 'Pictures I like' so I'll just make one last comment.  I find myself wondering if medical research is learning anything about the causes of deficits in the funtion of the prefrontal cortex?

Some diseases are categorized by the cause, others are categorized by the system affected. You will have similar symptoms if you have diabetes caused by inability to produce insulin, insensitivity to insulin, or some other issue with sugar regulation. It appears that autism is associated with the failure of certain system to function or develop. There are presumably thousands of genes and environmental factors at play, which could be involved.

Now, to get back on topic



I detest cats, by the way.

[Ken B]

I wish there was a thread- 'Pictures I dislike'. Maybe I'll start one if anyone's interested? This would not however be intended to cover 'Pictures I don't understand' or 'Pictures that do nothing for me' etc.
We all have different reasons for disliking certain imagery, my main objections centre around aspects of Christian theology evident in images such as Grunwewald's 'Isenheim Alterpiece'.
In using a title such as 'Pictures I dislike' I'm not intending to draw attention to bad technique rather than the subject matter and the story being told or ideas being pushed etc.

1 yes start the thread
2 why do I think you will sneer at Christianity but never Islam in the thread?

[Mirror Image]

Since I missed Britten's centenary, I designed some photos to mark the occasion which I thought looked good:

[Mirror Image]

A few more:

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Wait wait wait is this Marlon Brando in his prime time or is it me?

[steve ridgway]

Wait wait wait is this Marlon Brando in his prime time or is it me?

Cool .

[greg]

Relevant to a previous conversation between me and dissily. 


(if the image actually displays, that is)

[Mirror Image]

Relevant to a previous conversation between me and dissily. 


(if the image actually displays, that is)

The image doesn't display. Why don't you just attach it as a file?

[greg]

The image doesn't display. Why don't you just attach it as a file?

Ok thanks for letting me know. I can't tell since sometimes images don't load on here for mobile.

Attached.