Keanumoreira Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) You know what, I'm going to do the mature thing here and close this topic down. A. That's being more mature than at least one "adult" here. I may be young, but for what I lack in wisdom, I make up for in creativity. Limitations hold us back, and if you want to stick to every little piece of Rationalism, then be my guest. As a Rationalist myself, I thank you for holding back progress by just that much just because you can't learn to look at what is audacious. Knowledge isn't concrete, it is always changing. If you refuse to peel back what you know, and address what may be possible, then that is your loss. B. Thank you Kevin for your defense, but I don't want this to get more out of hand than it already is. I appreciate your assistance, and at least one person here doesn't criticize those who are only curious. Edited January 5, 2012 by Keanumoreira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 To reiterate: "What I am saying is no, that is the stupidest thing anyone has ever heard of."Partially this. Your body constantly cycles in new cells to replace dead ones. Even if there was some trace information outside of DNA/RNA in your cells at birth, those cells would nearly all have been on their umpteenth copy by the time you were 3 years old and able to even voice that information. And regardless what information it is, the more it is copied the more it becomes corrupted. Nevermind the fact that new cells are made from parts of foreign cells that your body breaks down and digests (including the proteins that make up your DNA). If there is any sort of latent memory, it would only have a use in the first few moments of a life as a means of adapting to a human environment. And even that is questionable since a baby is still conscious and has been shown to learn and recognize sounds while it is still in the womb. That, and my parents weren't very smart scholastically, their parents weren't much better, and the rest of the world isn't much different. And compared to future generations, we're likely drooling blithering idiots. Sure, there are other measures of intelligence or knowledge, but the thing about knowledge is that it is easy to pass on socially and young kids are a sponge for pretty much everything they see, hear, ect. so there would be no way to really measure anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVampireDante Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Closed by request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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