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Human Devolution
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 11:55 am
(January 21, 2017 at 9:00 am)LastPoet Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 8:46 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: I have a degree in truthology and therefore am best placed to know what is real and what isn't.

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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 12:06 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 11:55 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 9:00 am)LastPoet Wrote: What is best in life?

Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper

Well hello fellow discworld fan.



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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 12:43 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 11:40 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 4:36 am)Pulse Wrote: Dear Stimbo, I have a science degree [...]

Following on to Crossless's questions -- forgive me, but I simply do not believe this claim, given your obvious difficulties with some basic principles of the field, and your obvious ignorance of answers you claim to be seeking but reject on the grounds that they don't comport with your worldview. Extremely unscientific.

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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 1:46 pm
I have a science degree, too. I made it myself with InDesign and printed it out on some very nice, thick paper. I framed it and hung it up above my toilet. Sound familiar?
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 3:09 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 11:55 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 9:00 am)LastPoet Wrote: What is best in life?

Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper

I'd add comfortable shoes . . .


Maybe good sex too.
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 3:18 pm
Lol, when someone says they have a science degree without clarifying what that degree is, you know they have a B.S. in English from a technical college.

Saying you have a "science degree" is pretty telling. I have a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, but I won't pretend that this makes me some sort of expert in cell biology or genetics. Some colleges (USNA being one of them) only deliver Bachelor's of Science. So you can get a science degree in History from a really good school. Doesn't mean you are qualified to talk about biology with any gravitas. Especially when you can't even be bothered to get basic definitions correct.
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 5:45 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 8:26 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Tell you what Pulse, have god show up and tell me how it was done. If it can do all of the miraculous design stuff you claim then it should be a snap for it to make a simple appearance. 

That's the only way I'll believe.

Same here.  I don't do religious faith; I need something more tangible before I can accept that something is real or even plausible.  If Pulse's god ever does show up here, I'll ask him to drop by your place as well.
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 6:37 pm
The thing is, Pulse is "devolving" into scientific minutia in very specific areas where science does not have the complete answer YET. Somebody else tried gravity. It's all "god of the gaps" and an act of the desperate. 

If god was a real thing they would not have to resort to these tactics. god would demonstrate itself for all to see. Unfortunately for them, god is a fantasy, and this is what they need to keep the fantasy delusion alive for them.  

Will the god of the gaps position ever end, probably not. Theists will just move on to the next unexplained phenomena and say "see, no explanation other than supernatural, therefore god". 

Remember a time when disease used to be caused by god? If I'm not mistaken I think the theists have moved on from that one. Wait, is god still causing AIDS?
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 7:13 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 3:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Lol, when someone says they have a science degree without clarifying what that degree is, you know they have a B.S. in English from a technical college.

Saying you have a "science degree" is pretty telling. I have a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, but I won't pretend that this makes me some sort of expert in cell biology or genetics. Some colleges (USNA being one of them) only deliver Bachelor's of Science. So you can get a science degree in History from a really good school. Doesn't mean you are qualified to talk about biology with any gravitas. Especially when you can't even be bothered to get basic definitions correct.

Well, you know that research made my Mr Dunning and Mr Kruger. It explains the OP clearly.
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RE: Human Devolution
January 21, 2017 at 9:20 pm
(January 21, 2017 at 3:09 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 11:55 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper

I'd add comfortable shoes . . .


Maybe good sex too.

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