Rekordy padli -27,5°C
spyros |
23-01-2006 |
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Dnes v noci bola v blízkosti Chaty Felícia nameraná neuveriteľná teplota -27,5°C.
Gruppo Masino-Bregaglia-Disgrazia
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23-01-2006 |
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tagy: Netriedené| Photoblog Mondays
Gruppo Masino-Bregaglia-Disgrazia.
Mountains in Western Alps (Bergell mountains in Switzerland) over the Val Masino in northern Italy with beautiful peaks Pizzo Cengalo (3367m) and Pizzo Gemelli (3259m).
05-Aug-2005 10:36:53 by FUJIFILM FinePix S7000 1/210s f/4.00 at 7.80mm (4:3 equivalent) and iso100.
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ManHimself in the Slovak Paradise National Park
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18-01-2006 |
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tagy: Netriedené| Slovensko| Slovenský Raj
„To corner the market in infamy (as well as in refining capacity) might seem a harsh fate for a company that was not particularly malevolent by the exacting standards of its time, and really quite laudable in an historical perspective..“
Monkeys and apes manage this to a certain extent. They seem to have a limited “theory of mind“ – ability to work out what others are thinking – which is an obvious prerequisite for the would-be simian politician. They also engage in behavior which, to the cynical human zoologist, looks suspiciously like lying.
And it is here that the question of language enters the equation. Truly Machiavellian manipulation is impossible without it.
Conversation – or gossip – certainly does seem to have the same bond-forming role as grooming. ManHimself sees the 150-strong group size of Homo sapiens as both a consequence and a cause of verbal grooming, with large groups stimulating the emergence of language, and language then permitting the emergence of larger groups still.
But language would also promote collaborative activities such as trade and the construction of sophisticated artifacts by allowing specialization and division of labor.
Changes in culture alter and complicate the environment. Natural selection causes evolutionary changes that give people the means to exploit their new, more complex circumstances. And so on. ManHimself believes this process has driven the capacity for abstract thought that accounts for much of what is referred to as intelligence. He sees it building up gradually in early hominids, and taking off spectacularly in Homo sapiens.
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