Re: A sentence can't start with 'But'

Michael Nitabach wrote:

> Purl Gurl wrote:
> > Michael Nitabach wrote:
> >> Purl Gurl wrote:
> >> > R H Draney wrote:
> >> >> Purl Gurl wrote:
> >> >> >R H Draney wrote:

> > Genetically determined! This suggests other primates are not
> > genetically engineered with an ability to walk. King Kong is an
> > elaborate ruse!

> It suggests nothing of the kind. Other primates--in fact, all
> quadrupeds--are genetically programmed to walk. Human beings no more
> need to be taught to walk than do lizards, and for exactly the same
> reason.

You are not paying attention. I dropped a lot hints you are confusing
genetic attributes with non-cognitive instincts and cognitive instincts.

You should pay attention to polite hints. This is a method of alerting
others, "You are screwing up" without publicly humiliating you.

Genetic makeup causes you to become hungry. Instinct leads you to eat.

Walking is not a widespread activity amongst primates, save for humans.
Amongst the "lower" primates, walking is a side-effect ability of physical
configuration determined by genetic mapping. Primates, other than humans,
do not exhibit biped locomotion as a primary instinct.

A human baby, ignoring survival needs, will eventually stand and walk,
not a result of instinct but rather a result of having no choice. Humans
are designed for biped locomotion through physical configuration.

This is why we humans invented knee pads.

Again, you are confusing genetic attributes with these mysterious
cognitive traits we label instincts, which we have yet to understand.

On your thoughts a child will teach himself how to speak, how to read,
how to write, on his own, well, there is no polite way to state this.

In a testosterone laden voice, "Your thoughts are pure mule manure; WRONG!"

In an estrogen laden voice, "My opinion is you are confusing some basic concepts."


Do consider treating others with common courtesy lest you be thought
a knuckle dragging Neandertal barely able to stand and walk.


Purl Gurl
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