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Manipulation

Manipulation

1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind.

2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Origin: cf. F. Manipulation.


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Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion

COLIN LESLIE DEAN IS A MASTER OF THE MANIPULATION OF THE HUMAN MIND AS ARE YOU That's going way too far. You're giving him/her waaay too much credit. It's pretty clear that zero minds have been manipulated here - at least of those who post. ...

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by AstusAleator
Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:55 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
Replies: 29
Views: 885

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... EXPLANATION COLIN LESLIE DEAN IS A PHILOSPHER COLIN LESLIE DEAN HAS NO EXPLANATION, AND HAS NO EVIDENCE COLIN LESLIE DEAN IS A MASTER OF THE MANIPULATION OF THE HUMAN MIND AS ARE YOU COLIN LESLIE DEAN USES WORDS NOT EXPERIMENTS leave these forums u troll =youlosegameovergoodtrykthanksbye

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by telanerv
Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:55 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
Replies: 29
Views: 885

Re: Future Human Evolution

... and is, if anything, getting stronger. By simple extension of this principle, combined with a smattering of common sense, I predict that genetic manipulation of the human genome will increase human welfare. As we become even less natural, human health, longevity, and other positive factors will ...

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by skeptic
Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5601

Re: Future Human Evolution

... While the evolutionary trends suggested here are certainly plausible, I think that they will be overwhelmed with the effects of future genetic manipulation. Why should 'dumb' people become more common if the genes for intelligence become known and available for genetic manipulation? And the ...

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by skeptic
Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:50 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5601

New perspectives in theory of evolution

Any manipulation based upon numbers of species is useless - species are designations that someone has bothered to describe in a publication, not an accurate measure of how many species-level "types" there are. If anything, ...

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by Darby
Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: New perspectives in theory of evolution
Replies: 4
Views: 1531
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