XPost: alt.philosophy.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism   
   From: julianlzb87@gmail.com   
      
   On 14/09/2016 15:48, Tang Huyen wrote:   
   > On 9/13/2016 8:42 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >   
   >> The 1 in a million coincidences get noticed.  The other 9999999 misses   
   >> aren't noticed.   
   >   
   > The random mutations that guide evolution   
   > roughly work on the same principle, that the   
   > 1 in a million mutations get noticed, and   
   > that the other 9999999 misses aren't noticed.   
   > Mother Nature notices that 1 in a million   
   > mutations offers some better chance at   
   > survival and even blossoming, and that the   
   > other 9999999 don't, or even can drive the   
   > species to the ground. Sometimes success   
   > can go wild and drive the species to the   
   > ground, like the armour plates of dinosaurs,   
   > or just the mere size of the whole animals, as   
   > some dinosaurs in South America rise to   
   > seven stories high and are essentially eating   
   > machines. Scientists (and not even scientists,   
   > but mere mortals) wonder how they can have   
   > sex.   
   >   
   > Mental culture and religion essentially work   
   > on the same principle, too, as 1 in a million   
   > strivers hit the jackpot, so to speak, and   
   > successfully start a trend in mental culture   
   > or a religion, like in Buddhism, Daoism,   
   > Jewish mythology, etc. Ditto for political   
   > leaders, like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler,   
   > Gandhi, Trump, etc. whilst the other   
   > 9999999 don't get any traction and instead   
   > drop into the dust bin of history.   
   >   
   > It's a brutal world.   
      
   Same with artists/writers/musicians.   
      
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