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MehGerbil wrote: I do find fundamentalist scientists to be a bit exhausting at times.
I know Richard Dawkins isn't the most popular person with either side, but I do think he summed it up quite well:
Richard Dawkins:
Maybe scientists are fundamentalist when it comes to defining in some abstract way what is meant by "truth". But so is everybody else. I am no more fundamentalist when I say evolution is true than when I say it is true that New Zealand is in the southern hemisphere. We believe in evolution because the evidence supports it, and we would abandon it overnight if new evidence arose to dispute it. No real fundamentalist would ever say anything like that.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yes, Richard is a fundamentalist.
He's also a very poor scientist if he doesn't understand the difference between the truth claim about New Zealand (observable, repeatable, falsifiable) and the evolution of man from an ape (not observed, not repeatable, not falsifiable).
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MehGerbil wrote: the evolution of man from an ape (not observed, not repeatable, not falsifiable).
And again, not claimed. Nobody has ever claimed that humans evolved from apes, with the possible exception of drunken students with a very poor grasp of evolution.
The fact is that we have observed evolution in other animals, albeit over a short time-frame. To assume that humans are somehow special and not subject to this same process is rather arrogant.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: The fact is that we have observed evolution in other animals, albeit over a short time-frame. To assume that humans are somehow special and not subject to this same process is rather arrogant.
I'd agree.
I don't know anyone who believes humans don't change over time.
If I meet someone like that, I'll give you a call and we can mock them together.
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MehGerbil wrote: You cannot show me the evolution of man from apes - it cannot be repeated.
Obviously not given that is not it went anyways.
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If we all want to pretend that refutes the actual point I'm game.
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"Organisation the German will perform before midnight but is not fancied to succeed."(8)
Quite easy.
BTW Yesterday's answer was PIMPERNEL
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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UNDERDOG?
Organisation: UN
"the" German: DER
Perform: DO
Sorry, can't make the last bit fit.
Not Fancied to succeed: UNDERDOG
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I see it now! Thanks.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Well Done (with the final assistance of Prerak)
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Thanks! I managed most of the heavy lifting unassisted but I couldn't quite get it onto the top shelf.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Operation "Thong" has commenced.
Which movie.
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Air on the G String
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I think Miss USA pageant is bollocks.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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Blues brothers
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Thong 2: The Dark Lace
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Damn you have the perfect signature - CBadger
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Carry on... Girls
speramus in juniperus
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Wow, just googled Thong - did not know that Thong was the English word. In French, it is called a "string", which is pretty accurate IMO
Anyway, I ended up on the wikipedia article, and they have a very good example picture[^] - slightely NSFW (I know, the warning gives it away).
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Flip-flops in the plane.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Agent 007 in Her Majesty's sexy service?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience Greg King ----- I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin, Actress
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The Orchethtra?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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