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Slippery

slippery

1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. (Cowley)

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. (Dryden)

4. Liable to slip; not standing firm.

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. The slippery state of kings.

6. Uncertain in effect.

7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Slippery elm.

(Science: botany) An American tree (ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); so called on the Pacific coast.

See: slipper.


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What Makes a Human?

According to my encyclopedia, a human is a bipedal primate. Is an amputee human? It becomes a slippery slope, fast.

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by mith
Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:04 pm
 
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Human Treatment of Intelligent Life

You can't use the intelligence test because intelligence is not a defining characteristic of humans(slippery slope for mentally retarded people).

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by mith
Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:56 pm
 
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altruism and evolution

Avoid social darwinism stuff (human altruism) because that can get slippery. Look for case studies involving simple organisms. "Slippery?" Why avoid evolution when dealing with societies just because Darwin, Hitler and E.O.Wilson got it all wrong? ...

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by charles brough
Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:58 am
 
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altruism and evolution

... work, that's all. QFT. As to the original question: research kin-selection. Avoid social darwinism stuff (human altruism) because that can get slippery. Look for case studies involving simple organisms.

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by AstusAleator
Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:28 pm
 
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