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Tell us about the dinosaurs
RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 10, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:There are no reputable scientists who support an Old Earth." There I just did it.

Yes...and made an even bigger ass out of yourself in the process!

He's a poe. He has to be. There is no fucking way anyone is that willfully ignorant.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 10, 2010 at 3:30 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(November 3, 2010 at 6:41 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Seriously? So since all software uses binary code then all computers must have evolved from a common ancestor?

Cough..Collossus....Cough

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer


The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. They used vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) to perform the calculations.

Cough...computers don't evolve by natural means they are created by men....cough


(November 10, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:There are no reputable scientists who support an Old Earth." There I just did it.

Yes...and made an even bigger ass out of yourself in the process!


The Assertion makes another assertion...surprise.


(November 10, 2010 at 5:05 pm)Jaysyn Wrote:
(November 10, 2010 at 3:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:There are no reputable scientists who support an Old Earth." There I just did it.

Yes...and made an even bigger ass out of yourself in the process!

He's a poe. He has to be. There is no fucking way anyone is that willfully ignorant.

Obviously you either did not read my post, or you did not understand it. I will make it moer simple for you. Defining "reputable" as someone who agrees with you, and then using that to make a point is invalid logic. To prove this point, I played this game back on you. You caught the bad logic when I did it, however you fail to catch it when you guys do it....not surprising but rather sad.

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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- 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
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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
Fuck, that's hard to read.
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Anything posted by jesus freaks is hard to read. In the case of creationists its damn near impossible.



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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 10, 2010 at 5:05 pm)Jaysyn Wrote: He's a poe. He has to be. There is no fucking way anyone is that willfully ignorant.

You obviously have never met my mother-in-law. Big Grin
A finite number of monkeys with a finite number of typewriters and a finite amount of time could eventually reproduce 4chan.
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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
Quote:Note: For those who would complain about this format, my apologies in advance. These responses are getting very unwieldy and I simply don't have the time or the patience to go through them and do it any other way. Sorry.

I wouldn't have the patience to acknowledge his posts. Indefatigable ignorance can't be enlightened.

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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 10, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Welsh cake Wrote:
(November 10, 2010 at 3:30 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(November 3, 2010 at 6:41 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Seriously? So since all software uses binary code then all computers must have evolved from a common ancestor?

Cough..Collossus....Cough

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer


The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. They used vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) to perform the calculations.
I would argue that Charles Babbage's Difference engine precedes that by far. You haven't lived if you haven't seen this awesome machine in operation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine

I did know about that machine, but at the time it was a dead end.
Colossus however led direct;ly to the computers we see today.
(November 10, 2010 at 6:41 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:
(November 10, 2010 at 3:30 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(November 3, 2010 at 6:41 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Seriously? So since all software uses binary code then all computers must have evolved from a common ancestor?

Cough..Collossus....Cough

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer


The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to help read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. They used vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) to perform the calculations.

Cough...computers don't evolve by natural means they are created by men....cough

I see an atempt to 'shoehorn in' intelligent design into this as a counter argument to evolution.

I'm tempted not to rise to the bait, but here goes anyway.

That mens designs and creations change over time is down to scientific improvements and market forces. Two very well understood concepts.

Plants,animals and fungus change overtime due to the very well understood concept of evolution.

What is needed to drive change is a mechanism and in both cases mechanisms exist.






You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 11, 2010 at 12:01 am)Minimalist Wrote: Anything posted by jesus freaks is hard to read. In the case of creationists its damn near impossible.

Yes, we do use a lot of big words. I have tried my best to dumb things down for you but apparently it has not worked. If you are still confused and find my arguments "impossible" to understand then you can always ask for clarification and I will explain things to you. Does that help?

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RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
(November 12, 2010 at 3:11 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:
(November 11, 2010 at 12:01 am)Minimalist Wrote: Anything posted by jesus freaks is hard to read. In the case of creationists its damn near impossible.

Yes, we do use a lot of big words. I have tried my best to dumb things down for you but apparently it has not worked. If you are still confused and find my arguments "impossible" to understand then you can always ask for clarification and I will explain things to you. Does that help?

Here's a big word for you:

Oxymoron = creation science

Good day
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- 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
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