Message #4240

[19Merlin69]

I love Merlin's analogies.  I usually have to read them a few times, but eventually I get the gist (I think).

I think I am a proponent of where he is going to end up, or close to it - for some time, at least, I've been thinking of the roles and compositions of comets (etc.), and have noted the coincidences of mass extinction / 'evolutionary leaps.'  the coincidences lets one view "punctuated equilibrium" in a whole new light. :-)

I'll let Merlin spell his position out, but my analogy is titled "Life is Cake," and as to evolution, you have to break a few eggs once in a while.

Alright - I get the point (I think) my analogies don't help much...  In my head, they make even better sense of what (in my head) makes perfect sense [to me].  I wish I was better at communicating that which is in my head - without the use of "interaction" and a whiteboard.  I tell you, I'm a force to be reckoned with when I have those two items.