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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 20:44:38 GMT
lower ____ of...
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 19, 2024 20:50:11 GMT
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 19, 2024 20:50:33 GMT
Nevermind, didn't see the last post.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 20:54:36 GMT
Not that "lower [insert important word] ____" would be an even more common way to word it. The phrase "[word] ____" itself is common, especially in certain types of speculative fiction. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 20:56:21 GMT
*Note Some typos are benign, others can be catastrophic. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 21:58:08 GMT
Update: thanks to our new plugin, we can now copy a formatted post, click the "Reply" button at the top of the quick reply box, switch to Preview mode (the editing mode were you can see e.g. bolded characters as they would appear if you posted something, as opposed to BBCode tags; if you haven't fiddled with your settings, I think that's the default mode?), paste the post, and voilà!
It would be more convenient if we could do it in the quick reply box directly (if only because then the latest guesses would be conveniently closely located), but as far as I know it's not possible.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 21:59:32 GMT
I have a friend who’s an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say “look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree. Then he says “I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing,” and I think that he’s kind of nutty. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is… I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it’s not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there’s also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the ____ (two syllables, Latinate) in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the ____(same word as above, but singular). It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower ____(one syllable; one-word hint: life)? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 19, 2024 22:00:51 GMT
lower forms
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 22:01:50 GMT
I have a friend who’s an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say “look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree. Then he says “I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing,” and I think that he’s kind of nutty. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is… I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it’s not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there’s also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the ____ (two syllables, Latinate) in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the ____(same word as above, but singular). It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 22:17:35 GMT
Update: thanks to our new plugin, we can now copy a formatted post, click the "Reply" button at the top of the quick reply box, switch to Preview mode (the editing mode were you can see e.g. bolded characters as they would appear if you posted something, as opposed to BBCode tags; if you haven't fiddled with your settings, I think that's the default mode?), paste the post, and voilà! It would be more convenient if we could do it in the quick reply box directly (if only because then the latest guesses would be conveniently closely located), but as far as I know it's not possible. Addition: when I prepare a passage for this game, I copy a string of underscores, then double click a word I want to blank, and paste the underscores. Maybe others do it manually by typing the underscores, but hear me out: if you copied a string underscores surrounded by boldface BBCode tags, namely: [b]_____[/b]then, when the player pasted your post into the Preview mode, double-clicking a blank and typing a word would automatically bold it. It could render the whole process a bit smoother. Just my suggestion. |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 19, 2024 22:20:34 GMT
If someone fills in the last blanks in my absence, they can take my turn.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 19, 2024 23:27:22 GMT
The fact that the ____ (two syllables, Latinate) in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the ____( same word as above, but singular). It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? What could be appeal to one's aesthetic sense in a flower? |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 8:31:34 GMT
colors
color
But it would make more sense to me if it were saying something about the insects' aesthetic sense (ability to perceive beauty) rather than just their eyesight (ability to perceive colors)... Also, the plural "colors" would sound more natural than the singular in the second blank. However, I have no better idea.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 20, 2024 9:44:04 GMT
I have a friend who’s an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say “look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree. Then he says “I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing,” and I think that he’s kind of nutty. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is… I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it’s not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimeter; there’s also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes. The fact that the colors in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the color. It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don’t understand how it subtracts.
But it would make more sense to me if it were saying something about the insects' aesthetic sense (ability to perceive beauty) rather than just their eyesight (ability to perceive colors)... Also, the plural "colors" would sound more natural than the singular in the second blank. However, I have no better idea. I thought the same on both counts, but this is unscripted speech (it comes from an interview he -- American physicist Richard Feynman -- gave) which might explain the slightly sloppy wording. Although about the "color" thing, it's not the first time I've thought his English was a little weird, even though he's a native speaker. |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 20, 2024 11:09:43 GMT
O how many are the things which thou hast made! They are hidden from the face, O thou One God, like _______ there is _______ _______. Thou didst _______ the _______ by thy heart (or will), thou alone _______: men and women, _______, _______ of _______ _______ that are upon the _______, and that _______ upon _______, all the creatures that are in the _______ and that _______ with their _______, [and] the _______ of Syria and Kesh (Nubia), and the _______ of _______. Thou settest every _______ in his _______. Thou _______ their _______ _______, every man having the portion allotted to him, [thou] dost compute the _______ of his _______. Their tongues are _______ in speech, their characteristics (or forms), and likewise their _______ [in colour], giving distinguishing marks to the dwellers in foreign lands.
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