Evolution of the Brain?

WE as a species may not survive our own ****, but life will.

Go ahead, crack another joke.

Go ahead, crack another joke.

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Go ahead, crack another joke.

Olivier5 wrote:

WE as a species may not survive our own ****, but life will.

This is what scares me... we seem to lack any comprehensive view on what we are to nature or what nature is to us.

Go ahead, crack another joke.

jerlands wrote:

Olivier5 wrote:

WE as a species may not survive our own ****, but life will.

This is what scares me... we seem to lack any comprehensive view on what we are to nature or what nature is to us.

We are a small part of nature, but growing beyond what's sustainable. We're in for some severe course correction. My guess is that at some point during the 21th century, climate change will have a strong negative impact on cereal production for a few years in a row, depleting world reserves enough for prices to shoot way up. Then hell breaks lose.

We are a small part of nature,

We are a small part of nature,

The heart of a certain Shamy-Thoth (if my hieratic serves) is weighted by Anubis... Book of the Dead?

Indeed, these are cursive hieroglyphs, which is a different script than hieratic. Still, near the man standing under the scale in front of Anubis, whose heart is being weighted (and therefore, the guy whose death is depicted/celebrated), there is a word that reads 'Shamy-Thoth'. If my interpretation is correct, that would be the dead guy's name.

We know a little more than the guys who wrote this papirus. What do you think it means anyway? I could perhaps find the whole page's translation somewhere.

Indeed, these are cursive hieroglyphs, which is a different script than hieratic. Still, near the man standing under the scale in front of Anubis, whose heart is being weighted (and therefore, the guy whose death is depicted/celebrated), there is a word that reads 'Shamy-Thoth'. If my interpretation is correct, that would be the dead guy's name.

We know a little more than the guys who wrote this papirus. What do you think it means anyway? I could perhaps find the whole page's translation somewhere.

It means that after you die, your soul gets weighted against the feather of truth or rightfulness (symbol of maat). If your soul is weighted down by too many misdeeds, you fail the test. It's a tough test, a feather being light.

It means that after you die, your soul gets weighted against the feather of truth or rightfulness (symbol of maat). If your soul is weighted down by too many misdeeds, you fail the test. It's a tough test, a feather being light.

Those who destroy the lie promote Ma'at;
those who promote the good will erase the evil.
As fullness casts out appetite,
as clothes cover the nude and
as heaven clears up after a storm