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Topic: December, 2003, Posts of the Month
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zephyr
Member (Idle past 4576 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: 04-22-2003
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Message 31 of 42 (74679)
12-22-2003 2:33 PM
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Reply to: Message 30 by NosyNed 12-22-2003 12:17 PM
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Re: DT on Testing ID
I second the vote for DT's pair of posts. Great writing, man.
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Amlodhi
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Message 32 of 42 (74691)
12-22-2003 4:29 PM
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Reply to: Message 30 by NosyNed 12-22-2003 12:17 PM
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Re: DT on Testing ID
Name: DarwinsTerrier Forum: Evolution Topic: Evidence for Evolution: Top Ten Reasons Post: Posts 25 and 26 I am also compelled to support NosyNed's nomination of DT's posts #25 and #26. Not only were they well written and (for me) very instructive, but also, the quote . . .
quote: Oh dear. Your grasp of this seems to lack opposable thumbs.
. . .was alone worth the price of admission. Namaste' Amlodhi [This message has been edited by Amlodhi, 12-22-2003]
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Darwin's Terrier
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Message 33 of 42 (74809)
12-23-2003 4:30 AM
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Reply to: Message 32 by Amlodhi 12-22-2003 4:29 PM
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Re: DT on Testing ID
Gosh... Thanks chaps! Just so you know, though, these posts haven't appeared ex nihilo and de novo ... they have evolved! I keep having to say the same things -- one way or another, one example or another -- to each creationist who raises ID, and I'm now getting sick of re-writing the ideas each time! (It's mostly been over at the IIDB, so you are the beneficiaries (if you can call it that) of considerable cumulative selection of mutations... I must do these up properly and get them on my website, to save time if nothing else! So, if any of you have any comments / amendments on these posts, please do email me with them . Cheers folks, DT PS Oh yeah, and for the sake of honesty (lest I be found out ), the 'lacks opposable thumbs' line isn't mine, but it's been filed away for so long in my mind that I can't remember where it originated. Sorry! [This message has been edited by Darwinsterrier, 12-23-2003]
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NosyNed
Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: 04-04-2003
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Re: DT on Testing ID
the 'lacks opposable thumbs' line isn't mine It's MINE now and I'm starting to forget the source already.
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001 Member Rating: 10.0
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Message 35 of 42 (74899)
12-23-2003 3:54 PM
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2 more from Bill
Bill, who's become our resident geology heavyweight, strikes again with a double punch. Name: Bill Birkeland Forum: Geology and the Great Flood Thread: glaciers and the flood Post #: 34 With lots of links concerning things glacial. Name: Bill Birkeland Forum: Geology and the Great Flood Thread: Pre-flood physics? Post #: 61 Off of the primary topic there, but the side topic of "Ocean Basin Geology" has probably gathered more discussion than the original topic. Again, lots of links, this time concerning ocean basin geology. Moose
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MrHambre
Member (Idle past 1419 days) Posts: 1495 From: Framingham, MA, USA Joined: 06-23-2003
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Message 36 of 42 (75504)
12-28-2003 8:48 PM
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Name: Light Forum: Evolution Thread: Evidence for Evolution: Top Ten Reasons Post #: 41 Let there be Light, baby. ------------------ The dark nursery of evolution is very dark indeed. Brad McFall [This message has been edited by MrHambre, 12-28-2003]
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JIM
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Message 37 of 42 (75624)
12-29-2003 2:57 PM
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Name: Rrhain Forum: Faith and Belief Thread: Amazing people of amazing faith, who believe so very much! Post #: 15 The actual number of times you have to shuffle a deck, in order to get absolute randomness is 7 times! [This message has been edited by JIM, 12-29-2003]
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Rrhain
Member Posts: 6351 From: San Diego, CA, USA Joined: 05-03-2003
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Message 38 of 42 (75627)
12-29-2003 3:16 PM
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Reply to: Message 37 by JIM 12-29-2003 2:57 PM
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JIM nominates me:
quote: The actual number of times you have to shuffle a deck, in order to get absolute randomness is 7 times!
That depends on how you shuffle it. Perfect riffle shuffles, alas, impose a secondary order upon the deck. If you know how the deck started off and you execute perfect riffle shuffles, you will know the exact order of the deck. If I recall correctly, if you execute 8 perfect riffle shuffles, you restore the original order of the deck. And thanks. ------------------ Rrhain WWJD? JWRTFM! [This message has been edited by Rrhain, 12-29-2003]
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NosyNed
Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: 04-04-2003
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Message 39 of 42 (75638)
12-29-2003 3:51 PM
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Another Homerun by Bill
Name: Bill Berkeland Forum: Geology and the Great Flood Topic: Walt Brown's Super Tectonic's Post: Post 16 I asked "What clams?" and Bill answers in great detail. Thank you. Just like Pismo Beach, no damm clams! ------------------ Common sense isn't
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001 Member Rating: 10.0
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Message 40 of 42 (75653)
12-29-2003 4:52 PM
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Name: Edge Forum: Is It Science? Thread: The best scientific method Post #: 6 Stephen Fretwell (aka Stephen ben Yeshua) said:
quote: But, evolutionary biologists do not seem to be interested, as they ought to be, in the objective, Bayesian, plausibility of the God as creator idea. They thus neglect all three of the standards I was taught made one a true scientist.
Edge replied:
quote: Did it ever occur to you that perhaps they considered the plausible alternative and then rejected it long ago for lack of evidence? It seems to me that you are committing an error common to YECs in that they think history began with them.
There's an old and/or a new topic somewhere in this one. Moose
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Quetzal
Member (Idle past 5898 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: 01-09-2002
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Message 41 of 42 (76107)
01-01-2004 7:17 AM
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Name: Mike_the_wiz Forum: Is It Science? Thread: An Example of Science - for Quetzal Post: #1 Although this should probably be in January POM, Moose apparently hasn't recovered from the New Years Eve festivities enough to initiate it. Thank you Mike! An excellent opening post and a potentially very interesting thread.
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Message 42 of 42 (76112)
01-01-2004 8:16 AM
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Reply to: Message 41 by Quetzal 01-01-2004 7:17 AM
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Wow, Cheers Quetzal, I thought you might like the topic, but didn't think i'd get a post of the month. - My first nomination I think!
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