tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post1792239746966159562..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Fish Dreamingzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-34726089966085657122013-02-02T04:39:29.739+01:002013-02-02T04:39:29.739+01:00Furious agreement, as they say, from me.Furious agreement, as they say, from me.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-70148079727928359642013-02-02T00:45:18.910+01:002013-02-02T00:45:18.910+01:00With the earth's magnetic field being reasonab...With the earth's magnetic field being reasonably constant over a long enough period, evolution gives advantage to creatures [fish, birds, mammals…] which have for whatever reason been able to benefit by it. I daresay that sometimes miniscule advantage at one time is enough to see the disappearance of a species and the dominance of another. Not to mention our butterflies in Beijing.<br /><br />The cardboard fish had quite a magnetic advantage when we were kids because we also had them, and I'm sure many others did too. Whether it's now been lost in toy evolution to 'smarter' toys I'm not sure, but I imagine so.<br /><br />I'm certain that unless physical destruction to the brain occurs, we forget nothing, ever. The more useless things just get pushed to the darker recesses of the increasingly cluttered attic we store it all in. Those need a trigger, and they may reappear in memory, sometimes disconcertingly, at any time. Very likely it was the radio in this case. <br /><br />I agree that the 'problem' is recall, and I'm rapidly finding it's a growing one; not just because of age in my case. But that's part of another story.<br /><br />Even so, it's all part of a great mystery, and we can revel in that. I've seen the scientific explanations for the evolution of life, but to me it's still the most wonderful and beautiful mystery of all.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.com