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I'd like to go down and try to see what we (or others ) have dropped into the ocean over the eons. We've found a couple interesting things in the shallow end of the pool.

The Antikythera mechanism or the Analytical Engine?

the former as it is the most mysterious, i'd like to see it totally as it was, including its inventor explaining it in utter detail.

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I feel the same. We have a bunch of speculation, but no answers.

Sasquatch or Yeti?

later is easier to spell.

6, or one-half dozen of the other?

Let's not overly complicate it, 6.

Gematria or algebra?

I am better at mystically numerological things than logically arithmetical things.


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I've been trained in the algebra, but the more I think about it the more it seems like just another form of magic that gets applied in sane ways in some places and insane ones in others. Even the I Ching seems to have an internal logic, it's just where it connects to outside reality that's the problem.

The Prisoner's Dilemma or the Tragedy of the Commons?

they seem more alike than different, the latter one seems the macro version of the former. flip of the coin for the former, less widespread nastiness, localized lackadaisical morals.

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I would agree about the similarity. I tend to think we have a slightly more idealistic orientation towards the latter though, whereas the former has succumbed entirely to a mathematical solution built on fearful assumptions and shortsightedness.

A wind age or a wolf age?

I am not up to speed regarding those things so I will guess at the wind age.
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Wolf age, just to be different.

Metric or imperial?

Still more comfortable with feet, inches, pounds, ounces and miles, even after half a century of metrication in this country.

Custard Creams or Bourbons?

Custard Creams

I'll go with bourbons.

Caramel deLites (Samoas) or Peanut Butter Sandwiches (Do-si-dos)?

peanut butter sticks to the roof of my mouth but caramel sticks 'tween my teeth, so I think i'll go with the PB.

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Samoas



Peanut Butter or Chocolate?