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defenderofthefaith
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Message 16 of 19 (53156)
09-01-2003 5:04 AM


Danke schoen Alex... mein Deutsch ist nicht ausgezeichnet, deshalb habe ich "Anschauung" vom Verb "anschauen" genommen. Sprachen sind seltsame Sachen.
Wie geht's in Oesterreich?

Brad McFall
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Message 17 of 19 (55131)
09-12-2003 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by helena
09-01-2003 4:25 AM


Re: modification
As, you know, I did not "offer" this I merely lifted some type from a book but what I can offer is that I dont mind my contribution historically being confined so far to what S. J. Gould admitted he had not thought-up by 1979 which I came accross in the process of if not "doing" set theory at least thinking rather rigoursly (ref: The Structure of Evolutionary Theory p. 1280-1281, "When I originally defined the the biological concept of spandrels (Gould and Lewontin 1979), with the pendentives of San Marco as my "holotype," I described only this gourp-not for any good or principled reason, but simply because I had not recognized the status of cross-level effects in a hieratchical theory of selection." I had thought this up during the winter of my senior year or at least what it denotes IN NATURE.
The point for Gould and not me is that eventually he came to feel of this "status" but as I met him in 1984? what I BSM, connote by it is likely that Gould had not had it thought by then as he had a hard time "eyeing" my raw veggie lunch. I "dove" into college at Cornell pretty much to REALLY determine the "Status" as Gould said about cross-level effects but I had not as Freshman clearly seperated out the levels with words - it was all just "biology" to me, which Richard Boyd haveing "validated" at the school my prior reading of "downward causation" I thought I was adjusting this "status" to that philosophy of biology. I am not this sure anymore after all that happened. I have no problem with you all struggling over whether to make me out as a freak or just a freeking biologist but when my Mother attempts to reach back to the pre-CU years to assert some problem THIS is while you find me objecting... So moving on.
As I came across Prigogine's dissipative structure mathmatics that permitted even a small gravitation change to potentially have large biological effects I realized that the "status" which might have been questionable when I was relating Kervran's concept of biological transmutations to it in high school was not an issue but rather that status accepted and given pay (in dimes?) for work in the Twitty Tradition thinking out some real levels by a terminological seperation of the causality in randomness BY chance was what I expected the biophysics when not the biophilosphy would remand.
Somehow the creation revival interposed here EVEN WHERE I was not looking for it such that Boyd evntually turned tail on me while I was supporting his instantiation on issue. He said I, was becoming "religous" on him, apparently becuase his wife whom I never met said so. This, not what Gould and I recovered is what makes c/e turn about.
I think that the new net tools may enable at least Gould's notion of this stuff from finding an encapusulation but becuase I am not wedded to probalism as Gould is/was it is not clear how this status being green will continue OUT of c/e. That it must is a given for me now. NOw is it for you? My guess is that Mendel USED Cantor's seperation in numbers. But tHAT has not this status.

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Message 18 of 19 (131268)
08-07-2004 5:23 AM


Brad started topics - updated list
http://EvC Forum: THE BIBLE CAN be more accurate than a c/e site -->EvC Forum: THE BIBLE CAN be more accurate than a c/e site
http://EvC Forum: Creationist Fruit by Strict Readings -->EvC Forum: Creationist Fruit by Strict Readings
http://EvC Forum: Relativity and the Problem of Space -->EvC Forum: Relativity and the Problem of Space
http://EvC Forum: Water under the Bridge -->EvC Forum: Water under the Bridge
http://EvC Forum: What is more faith than religion? -->EvC Forum: What is more faith than religion?
http://EvC Forum: Info TransFER DURING Evolution -->EvC Forum: Info TransFER DURING Evolution
http://EvC Forum: Evolutionary Synthesis -->EvC Forum: Evolutionary Synthesis
http://EvC Forum: My Understanding (hypothetically) -->EvC Forum: My Understanding (hypothetically)
http://EvC Forum: Genes=Logic Circuits? -->EvC Forum: Genes=Logic Circuits?
http://EvC Forum: Ampere and Plant PERversions -->EvC Forum: Ampere and Plant PERversions
http://EvC Forum: Faith and Aristotle's "Soul" -->EvC Forum: Faith and Aristotle's "Soul"
http://EvC Forum: yEC IT is. -->EvC Forum: yEC IT is.
http://EvC Forum: When is A culture no longer "a" scientific culture. -->EvC Forum: When is A culture no longer "a" scientific culture.
http://EvC Forum: does it matter which is or not when there is value commercially? -->EvC Forum: does it matter which is or not when there is value commercially?
http://EvC Forum: Food for NanoEco-Justice -->EvC Forum: Food for NanoEco-Justice
http://EvC Forum: Maxwell&Faradayup date -->EvC Forum: Maxwell&Faradayup date
http://EvC Forum: Farday's Vain Search -->EvC Forum: Farday's Vain Search
http://EvC Forum: Mitochondria -->EvC Forum: Mitochondria
http://EvC Forum: Life without the mite -->EvC Forum: Life without the mite
http://EvC Forum: Back&Genesis -->EvC Forum: Back&Genesis
http://EvC Forum: A rose is Anne's rosett a stone not a set and IS -->EvC Forum: A rose is Anne's rosett a stone not a set and IS
http://EvC Forum: Physiological Chem or a Sense of Biochem: You dEcIdE -->EvC Forum: Physiological Chem or a Sense of Biochem: You dEcIdE
http://EvC Forum: My unrestrained thought. -->EvC Forum: My unrestrained thought.
http://EvC Forum: IS IT TIME? -->EvC Forum: IS IT TIME?
http://EvC Forum: GP Gladyshev's paper (s)or mine? -->EvC Forum: GP Gladyshev's paper (s)or mine?
http://EvC Forum: The DEFENDER'S Study Bible -->EvC Forum: The DEFENDER'S Study Bible
http://EvC Forum: Francis Crick's "Molecules & Men"(preview) -->EvC Forum: Francis Crick's "Molecules & Men"(preview)
http://EvC Forum: THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY -->EvC Forum: THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
http://EvC Forum: The Mystery of the Aleph -->EvC Forum: The Mystery of the Aleph
http://EvC Forum: Gregor Mendel and Georg Cantor -->EvC Forum: Gregor Mendel and Georg Cantor
http://EvC Forum: Brad Answered another board -->EvC Forum: Brad Answered another board
http://EvC Forum: WeeklyPicture -->EvC Forum: WeeklyPicture
http://EvC Forum: posting problem -->EvC Forum: posting problem
http://EvC Forum: Community Interest in adding haptic feedback -->EvC Forum: Community Interest in adding haptic feedback
http://EvC Forum: Thread Reopen Requests -->EvC Forum: Thread Reopen Requests
http://EvC Forum: Can Has evolution been proven? be reopened?? -->EvC Forum: Can Has evolution been proven? be reopened??
Moose
{oops - meant to put this in the "Brad McFall" topic - Oh well}
This message has been edited by minnemooseus, 08-07-2004 04:25 AM

Tony650
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Message 19 of 19 (132002)
08-09-2004 4:44 PM


My question about Brad
First of all, I don't think Brad is a "fruitcake"...On the contrary, I think it likely that he is fairly intelligent. I think he just has a hard time conveying himself clearly in writing.
Actually I'd be interested to know if he talks the same as he writes; did anyone ever see the Simpsons episode where Homer got a subliminal vocabulary builder? "Forbearance is the watchword. That triumvirate of Twinkies merely overwhelmed my resolve."
That's one thing you have to give to Brad; he certainly has a vocabulary. Perhaps he's just a prodigy with a 700 IQ and can't speak in a way that we dumb mortals can understand.
Anyway my question...
He may have already answered this elsewhere on the forum but I can't be sure. I'm afraid I stopped reading his posts a long time ago (no offence, Brad ).
Anyway, I used to read his posts and I've long wondered whether or not English is Brad's first language. Does anybody know?

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