[ExI] storms again

[Brent Allsop]

Oh, and remember that experiencing redness for even five minutes is easily
worth anything, even billions of years of struggling evolution before the
first animals could experience qualia.

We all just take qualia for granted, since we all experience it all day
every day.

DON"T DO THAT!

I'm just so depressed because I want to experience more qualia!!   What is
taking so long to discover new color qualities!?? ;)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4JBNDWhOA
(Oh, and I think of substituting "Mother Nature" for what the 'lord' has
done.)





On Mon, Sep 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [ExI] storms again
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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
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> *>>…** During a long black out I feel like I've gone back to the Stone
> Age and become unhappy, unreasonable and grouchy. You have never seen me
> during an extensive blackout. You would not like me during an extensive
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> *John K Clark*
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> *>…Life…is…goooooood…*
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> *As recently as our great grandparents’ early adulthood, a long blackout
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> *If your ancestors lived in Florida, their misery was compounded by huge
> omnipresent ravenous clouds of mosquitoes, and oh those needlenose bitches
> meant business.  They were out for blood, and they would get yours.*
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> *John how long has it been since you saw a cloud of mosquitoes?  Can you
> go outdoors and get no bites at all now?  I was down there about a year ago
> and got exactly one mosquito bite in an entire week, no deer flies
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> (where the heck did the biting flies go?  (note I am not complaining, just
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> *OK so you get all stone age grumpy when you go without electricity for a
> week or two, kinda like me when the internet goes down for a few minutes
> (ok so I am an addict (can’t help myself (I looooove information (the more
> the better (it’s freeeee (oh evolution, what a time to be living (if I were
> to write an epic novel about our times, it would start with: It was the
> best of times, it was the best of times.))))))*
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> *With all that, aaaaaalllll thaaaaat… how the hell can anyone be a grumpy
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