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| Like men and women, these twin views were once one in the poetic sciences of ear divining, which appears to have traveled with alchemy from the Indian subcontinent to the ancient Greeks around the 4th century BCE. The practice eventually morphed into the blind fatalism of phrenology and the cold science of ear-based identification systems{{an|2}}around the beginning of the 20th Century in London and Brussels. | Like men and women, these twin views were once one in the poetic sciences of ear divining, which appears to have traveled with alchemy from the Indian subcontinent to the ancient Greeks around the 4th century BCE. The practice eventually morphed into the blind fatalism of phrenology and the cold science of ear-based identification systems{{an|2}}around the beginning of the 20th Century in London and Brussels. | ||
| - | The schism was retained, indeed amplified, as ear identification was quickly replaced by fingerprinting (and eventually, DNA sampling), while phrenology evolved into a host of predictive practices (e.g., racial profiling). This split is really only an echo of the contrary philosophies “shared” today by the American peoples, where a fundamentalist president who “shapes reality” to fit his believes presides over scientists who explore the heavens with Martian rovers. | + | The schism was retained, indeed amplified, as ear identification was quickly replaced by fingerprinting (and eventually, DNA sampling), while phrenology evolved into a host of predictive practices (e.g., racial profiling). This split is really only an echo of the contrary philosophies “shared” today by the American peoples, where a fundamentalist president who “shapes reality” to fit his beliefs presides over scientists who explore the heavens with Martian rovers. |
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ear snd. 1. Cartiliginous head appendage that gathers sound; sometimes found attached to the backs of mice. 2. Fourth sign on the O'Donnely Zodiac Placemats. 3. Headphones.
Usage"There is a bone in your ear which does not belong there!"
"Well that would be the time I lay naked on a gurney in agony as the orderlies stuffed a snack cake into my ear... my left ear to be precise."
“Pass me an ear of corn.”
ExtrapolationOn the Uniqueness of Ears No two ears are alike1 -- an astounding fact considering the 10 billion-plus human ears that have graced the Earth. The big question, as always, is why? For some, this is glimpse of the unseen hand of the Maker, shaping each person from the clay anew; for others, this is evidence of the grand random chaos in the universe, a bit of trivia, purposed as we grant it. Like men and women, these twin views were once one in the poetic sciences of ear divining, which appears to have traveled with alchemy from the Indian subcontinent to the ancient Greeks around the 4th century BCE. The practice eventually morphed into the blind fatalism of phrenology and the cold science of ear-based identification systems2 around the beginning of the 20th Century in London and Brussels. The schism was retained, indeed amplified, as ear identification was quickly replaced by fingerprinting (and eventually, DNA sampling), while phrenology evolved into a host of predictive practices (e.g., racial profiling). This split is really only an echo of the contrary philosophies “shared” today by the American peoples, where a fundamentalist president who “shapes reality” to fit his beliefs presides over scientists who explore the heavens with Martian rovers.
Ear Incidents in AA Lore
See AlsoNotesNote 1: “The ear is, for each human being, so different that the precise description, with all its characteristic features, would already be enough to ascertain the identification” (Professor Niceforo, Die Kriminalpolizei und ihre Hilfswissenschaften). Not even your own ears are identical. Ears are, in fact, the most reliable distinguishing identifier between identical twins, chimps and apes. Note 2: Ear investigators continue to prosecute criminals on the basis of ear prints, which are particularly suited for identification due to:
Mr. Cor van der Lugt (http://www.crimeandclues.com/earprint.htm) has presented an excellent discussion and proposal concerning the role of ear identification in the field of criminology. Ironically, unattached and unclaimed ears turn up world wide on a regular basis, and most large police forces now host a substancial collection of ears and unsolved ear mysteries. Note 3: Amateur AA historian Steven Adkins defended Payne, pointing out that the “sicko perv” claims were “childish and unsubstantiated. Besides, we all have our own crosses to bear. And remember, to err is human, to ear, divine.” |
 Steven Vogeler's Fun Facts ® Ears N' Stuff You can't smoke in your ear-hole. Anywhere else will do. People who fix ears are called otologists. People who fuck ears are called pencil dicks.
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