[extropy-chat] A sad day

[Russell Wallace]

On 10/11/05, Robert J. Bradbury <bradbury at aeiveos.com> wrote:
>
> As the advance detection of an earthquake would have
> clear survival advantages I would not find it at all
> unreasonable to have evolved and been incorporated.


Would it? How would an earthquake harm a pigeon on the ground? It doesn't
normally harm humans on the ground (at least not enough to exert significant
selection pressure); it's being in a brick/stone/concrete building that
kills you.

- Russell
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