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Author Topic:   January, 2005, Posts of the Month
Minnemooseus
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Message 2 of 32 (173741)
01-04-2005 11:12 AM


Jassns on freedom of speech in U.S.
Name: Jassns
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Paul Harvey's take on prayer in public/Xmas
Post #: 34
More good stuff elsewhere in the topic, but this one is the one I'll flag.
Also, most likely other POTM's, in various topics, are not getting their mention. Seems like would should be able to get at least one POTM per day out of this forum.
Moose

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Message 5 of 32 (174079)
01-05-2005 11:24 AM


Quetzal on scientific lingo; Also on evolution - fact and theory
Name: Quetzal
Forum: Biological Evolution II
Thread: Evolution is a basic, biological process
Post #: 99
The language of science is often confusing and/or unintelligible to non-scientists. This is not, as you implied, an attempt to obfuscate or blow smoke. The terminology used by scientists is a shorthand that is designed to facilitate communication between scientists in the same field.
Q also goes on to a truly fine presentation of what a theory is, and why evolution is both a fact and a theory.
Dare I say, a "Sylas Quality" posting?
Moose

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Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
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Message 14 of 32 (176259)
01-12-2005 12:56 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by Minnemooseus
01-05-2005 11:24 AM


Quetzal at "Evolution is a basic, biological process" again
Name: Quetzal (and others elsewhere in same topic)
Forum: Biological Evolution
Thread: Evolution is a basic, biological process
Post #: 227
My previous POTM nomination was also to Q, for message 99 in this same topic. All the "Biological Evolution II" stuff has now been moved to "Biological Evolution".
Actually, many others have also done very nice contributions to this topic. Someday I need to get back to reading all the messages.
Moose

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