RE: The Statler Waldorf Balcony
October 20, 2010 at 9:03 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2010 at 9:03 am by orogenicman.)
Quote:So how do you think he defines birds? Since his knowledge of basic biology appears to be rather lacking.
Obviously his own knowledge of basic biology is rather lacking as well despite his alleged degree in biochemistry.
(October 20, 2010 at 3:20 am)Chuck Wrote:(October 20, 2010 at 2:17 am)orogenicman Wrote: Actually, I believe that Genesis was written during the Bronze age, but I see your point. I would add that using his logic, as light takes just 12,022 years to traverse Creation, the Biblically Correct Universe is a mere 1.7375 Trillion Cubic Light-years in volume, leaving the stars just billions of miles apart. No one will be Left Behind with Interstellar Travel a Done Deal!
I doubt Genesis was written down before the more civilized parts of the Mediterranean world was already 4-5 centuries into the iron age. Iron age in Eastern Mediterranean started in Anatolia in 13th century BC.
Extrapolating what further absurdities follows from the original absurdity is useless for enlightening one who would use high decibel white noise to defend original absurdity. Invincible ignorance can not be enlightened. White noise can not be reasoned with.
I stand corrected.
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"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero