Comments on: The Origin of Species and My Amazon Wish List http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/ The Thinking Man's Glamour Model Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sachiko http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1583 Sachiko Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:27:36 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1583 <a href='#comment-1582' rel="nofollow">@Woody</a> - Actually, JohnFourtyTwo suggested exactly that too, and bought me the entire <em>Babylon 5</em> series! Thanks to my wonderful fans, I think I'll have enough DVDs to last me until next Christmas. :-) @Woody – Actually, JohnFourtyTwo suggested exactly that too, and bought me the entire Babylon 5 series! Thanks to my wonderful fans, I think I’ll have enough DVDs to last me until next Christmas. :-)

]]> By: Woody http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1582 Woody Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:00:24 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1582 If you really like DS9, you might like to take a look at the BABYLON 5 TV series. If you really like DS9, you might like to take a look at the BABYLON 5 TV series.

]]> By: Sachiko http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1581 Sachiko Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:12:05 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1581 <a href='#comment-1576' rel="nofollow">@Woody</a> - That's what most people seem to think, but from what I've seen so far, I just don't find the characters very believable - they just seem so emotionless and well-behaved. I was introduced to Trek by <em>Voyager</em>, and I find the characters there a lot more believable and interesting. And from what I've seen so far, the characters in <em>Deep Space Nine</em> seem to be very believable and interesting too. Still, I've only watched a little bit of each, so I'm open to the possibility that my initial impression is incorrect, so I'll give the second TNG series a go. It'll be a while before I can watch them all though! <a href='#comment-1577' rel="nofollow">@Curt Russell</a> - Yes, it would be nice. :-) @Woody – That’s what most people seem to think, but from what I’ve seen so far, I just don’t find the characters very believable – they just seem so emotionless and well-behaved. I was introduced to Trek by Voyager, and I find the characters there a lot more believable and interesting. And from what I’ve seen so far, the characters in Deep Space Nine seem to be very believable and interesting too.

Still, I’ve only watched a little bit of each, so I’m open to the possibility that my initial impression is incorrect, so I’ll give the second TNG series a go. It’ll be a while before I can watch them all though!

@Curt Russell – Yes, it would be nice. :-)

]]> By: Curt Russell http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1577 Curt Russell Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:49:52 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1577 on celebrating Christmas, either religiouslt or secularly I'll paraphrase Douglas Adams about the teachings of Jesus in The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy... Wouldn't it be great if we just nice to each other? No matter what your beliefs, think of how much better things would be if we were just "nice to each other". Anyhow, Merry Whatever You Celebrate. on celebrating Christmas, either religiouslt or secularly I’ll paraphrase Douglas Adams about the teachings of Jesus in The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy… Wouldn’t it be great if we just nice to each other? No matter what your beliefs, think of how much better things would be if we were just “nice to each other”. Anyhow, Merry Whatever You Celebrate.

]]> By: Woody http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1576 Woody Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1576 <a href='#comment-1561' rel="nofollow">@Sachiko</a> - The Next Generation is, in my opinion, the best of all the TREK series. It just took some time for people to accept it over TOS. Deep Space Nine was okay, I guess, but not something I cared about after a couple years. @Sachiko –
The Next Generation is, in my opinion, the best of all the TREK series. It just took some time for people to accept it over TOS.

Deep Space Nine was okay, I guess, but not something I cared about after a couple years.

]]> By: Sachiko http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1574 Sachiko Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:33:12 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1574 <a href='#comment-1573' rel="nofollow">@alcove6409</a> - That's a very interesting idea, but I think the real reason is actually very mundane - everything on my original wish list has already been purchased, except for a few Star Trek DVDs. :-) @alcove6409 – That’s a very interesting idea, but I think the real reason is actually very mundane – everything on my original wish list has already been purchased, except for a few Star Trek DVDs. :-)

]]> By: alcove6409 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1573 alcove6409 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:22:25 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1573 Sachiko, maybe I've just lost track of what's going on, but it seems that your updated wish list is for some reason transformed, in character, from the original. Has some life-changing event befallen here, or has some influencial "special interest" stepped in? It's just fine, though -- and one need not reply if such seemed to be disharmony. As for the original wish list, I was quite edified to find that most of it was also of burning interest to me, and it prompted me to plan an Amazon shopping cart for myself. In retrospect, Darwin has indeed been a sometimes nebulous, but commanding influence over this blog and its various issues for some time now. I can't logically scope out exact causes, but I cannot help but feel that some aspect of recent Darwin controversies has somehow contributed to this change in priorites for your wish list. Star Trek is an attempt to refine and expand our view of humanity's place and purpose in the universe; it may have significantly influenced the masses in recent years. Perhaps Darwin, in his own way, was actually reaching for the stars as he codified his humble, yet remarkably thorough, imaginative, and awesomely vast collections of observations of terrestrial nature in relatively few now-mouldering pages. And now, at this special moment in time, humanity sits at a cognitive position-of-opportunity in which its aggregate bulk equals (or somewhat exceeds) the entire mass of all other animal species and groups lving upon Earth, and in which the number of living individuals equals (more or less) the entire sum of human individuals that have lived before upon earth during all of humans' presently perceived ("official") historical record. Darwin worked from a Malthusian and relatively elitist-influenced literary environment, and in most ways might have felt that the present experience of humanity would have to be a very unstable and fleeting moment in the course of Nature's manifested deliberations. Yet, could there now be some lasting advantages accruing to humanity in such a time, that might even long benefit other life forms under its stewardship, if only a fleeting moment befell, that crucial words and ideas could get around a little bit faster? With that considered, I might suggest that indeed there is a very special connection between Darwin's works and the new wish list. Sachiko, maybe I’ve just lost track of what’s going on, but it seems that your updated wish list is for some reason transformed, in character, from the original. Has some life-changing event befallen here, or has some influencial “special interest” stepped in? It’s just fine, though — and one need not reply if such seemed to be disharmony. As for the original wish list, I was quite edified to find that most of it was also of burning interest to me, and it prompted me to plan an Amazon shopping cart for myself. In retrospect, Darwin has indeed been a sometimes nebulous, but commanding influence over this blog and its various issues for some time now. I can’t logically scope out exact causes, but I cannot help but feel that some aspect of recent Darwin controversies has somehow contributed to this change in priorites for your wish list. Star Trek is an attempt to refine and expand our view of humanity’s place and purpose in the universe; it may have significantly influenced the masses in recent years. Perhaps Darwin, in his own way, was actually reaching for the stars as he codified his humble, yet remarkably thorough, imaginative, and awesomely vast collections of observations of terrestrial nature in relatively few now-mouldering pages. And now, at this special moment in time, humanity sits at a cognitive position-of-opportunity in which its aggregate bulk equals (or somewhat exceeds) the entire mass of all other animal species and groups lving upon Earth, and in which the number of living individuals equals (more or less) the entire sum of human individuals that have lived before upon earth during all of humans’ presently perceived (“official”) historical record. Darwin worked from a Malthusian and relatively elitist-influenced literary environment, and in most ways might have felt that the present experience of humanity would have to be a very unstable and fleeting moment in the course of Nature’s manifested deliberations. Yet, could there now be some lasting advantages accruing to humanity in such a time, that might even long benefit other life forms under its stewardship, if only a fleeting moment befell, that crucial words and ideas could get around a little bit faster? With that considered, I might suggest that indeed there is a very special connection between Darwin’s works and the new wish list.

]]> By: Sachiko http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1566 Sachiko Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:24:39 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1566 <blockquote><a href='#comment-1565' rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By Mark Crawford</a><br/>By the way--Charles Darwin is on record as believing in God!</blockquote> For my thoughts on this, <a href="http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2008/08/agnostic-extremists/" rel="nofollow">see here</a>.

Originally Posted By Mark Crawford
By the way–Charles Darwin is on record as believing in God!

For my thoughts on this, see here.

]]> By: Mark Crawford http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1565 Mark Crawford Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:15:06 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1565 By the way--Charles Darwin is on record as believing in God! By the way–Charles Darwin is on record as believing in God!

]]> By: Sachiko http://www.sachikospace.com/english/2009/11/the-origin-of-species-and-my-amazon-wish-list/#comment-1564 Sachiko Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:22:21 +0000 http://www.sachikospace.com/english/?p=269#comment-1564 <a href='#comment-1562' rel="nofollow">@wheeler92196</a> - Thankyou very much Michael! <a href='#comment-1563' rel="nofollow">@Mark Crawford</a> - Yes I am. I had a couple of David Attenborough documentaries on my original list, and I bought Cosmos myself previously. But I haven't gotten around to watching them yet! :-) @wheeler92196 – Thankyou very much Michael!

@Mark Crawford – Yes I am. I had a couple of David Attenborough documentaries on my original list, and I bought Cosmos myself previously. But I haven’t gotten around to watching them yet! :-)

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