mc5 - AVMA Take 2

[CdM] Connected with philosophy - I'm sure you could find a philosopher who would say so, but my answer is NO

Is it a human invention/construct?

[Iroul] Human construct - NO (not this time)

CdM

Do I get some sort of prize for having the only question so far that has been answered with something other than 'NO'?

Is it something that applies to most humans?

A scientific law?

Inkspot

Could the animal be a cow?

[CdM] - NO
[Rosie] - Applies to most humans - YES
[Raak] scientific law - NO
[Inks] Could the animal be a cow - NO (Actually, I don't know - I would assume not. In any case it wouldn't help you to guess if the answer were yes.)

Is this an absence of something?

[Iroul] an - NO

To do with the mind?

[Raak] To do with the mind - NO

Solitude?

Chalky

Is this a medical condition?

An undesirable characteristic?

[Raak] solitude - NO
[Chalky a medical condition - YES (applause)
[Rosie] An undesirable characteristic - 1)YES, 2)NO

Projoy

Is it a subjective characteristic?

[PJ] subjective - NO

Chalky

Do the symptoms of this condition manifest themselves externally?

[Chalky] external symptoms - YES

Are men and women equally likely to have this condition?

[Iroul] men & women equally - YES

A neurological syndrome named after a person?

[Irach] neurological syndrome named after a person? - NO and NO

Is it caused by an external pathogen, e.g. virus or bacterium

Kim

Is it a common complaint?

[irach] caused by an external pathogen - YES
[Kim] common complaint - YES (applause)

A cold?

I wonder why I thought of that one.

And The Common Cold it is. (or cobbod code, as I would have said 3 days ago) -
Over to Rab

I feel we've had too many abstracts, but the only things I can think of right now are ABSTRACT. So there we go.

(I've chosen only one of them!)

Abstraction?

Nope.

Further reading suggests a possible mineral component.

A stony silence?

Human construct?

[Rosie] No.
[CdM] I don't believe so (the existence of humans is not - as far as I know - conditional on its existence)

A physical phenomenon?

Yes

Could life exist without it?

I expect so.

An astronomical phenomenon?

Possibly, but I would suspect only indirectly.

The tides?

The aurora borealis?

[Rosie] It would be more than a suspicion if it were the tides!

[Irouléguy] No.

An astrological phenomenon?

Inkspot

To do with the weather?

[Raak] No.

[Inkspot] YES!

Inkspot

Is it a wind?

To do with global warming?

The atmosphere?

[Inkspot] Wind is involved.

[Raak] Maybe, not sure.

[irach] "The atmosphere" are not the words that appear on the card.

The ozone hole?

Le mistral?

Jet stream?

[Raak] No.

[Irouléguy] No.

[irach] No.

Does it involve high winds?

Tornado?

[Raak] Yes.

[irach] No.

A hurricane?

Cyclone/

[Raak] No.
[irach] No\