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AstroMike
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Message 1 of 11 (27659)
12-22-2002 4:35 PM


http://www.christianstudycenter.com/...vsevo/ev5-poplies.htm
I don't think so, despite what this says.

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derwood
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Message 2 of 11 (27667)
12-22-2002 5:14 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by AstroMike
12-22-2002 4:35 PM


I don't think so, either.
The address of your link says it all....

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forgiven
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Message 3 of 11 (27683)
12-22-2002 7:31 PM


why don't you think so? i don't *know* but i'd like to hear some arguments against it

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joz
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Message 4 of 11 (27709)
12-23-2002 1:54 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by forgiven
12-22-2002 7:31 PM


quote:
Originally posted by forgiven:
why don't you think so? i don't *know* but i'd like to hear some arguments against it
Have you read it yet F'given?
You're a pretty smart guy see if you can`t work out where it is so wrong that it isn`t even funny....

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mark24
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Message 5 of 11 (27714)
12-23-2002 4:12 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by forgiven
12-22-2002 7:31 PM


Do the calculation with a bacteria that has a generation time of 2 hours, see how long it takes its siblings to cover the earth. They haven't, though, why?
Mark
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zipzip
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Message 6 of 11 (27719)
12-23-2002 5:27 AM
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12-23-2002 4:12 AM


in layman's terms,
1) they can run out of chow
2) not enough room to relieve themselves
3) don't like crowds

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joz
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Message 7 of 11 (27723)
12-23-2002 8:56 AM
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12-23-2002 5:27 AM


quote:
Originally posted by zipzip:
in layman's terms,
1) they can run out of chow
2) not enough room to relieve themselves
3) don't like crowds

I was thinking more in terms of taking only one date and population and extrapolating back, also assuming that the time it takes to double the population is constant seems to me to be a gross error, I would imagine that the human population stayed pretty constant up untill the advent of agriculture (apart from probably taking a hit during the ice ages)....
Also to use population data for the isrealites no matter how (/if) faithfully recorded raises issues of its own, didn`t the Isrealites at some points subjugate/exterminate neighbouring tribes and take the young women as concubines? wonder what that did to the rate of population growth compared to the whole world population....
Thats not all by a long shot but its proobably enough for now...

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TechnoCore
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Message 8 of 11 (27871)
12-25-2002 10:04 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by joz
12-23-2002 8:56 AM


http://www.christianstudycenter.com/...vsevo/ev5-poplies.htm
Must be one of the dumbest text's i've ever read.
[This message has been edited by TechnoCore, 12-25-2002]

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Dr_Tazimus_maximus
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Message 9 of 11 (27894)
12-26-2002 9:08 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by forgiven
12-22-2002 7:31 PM


The main problem (other than a lack of ANY support for the 1600 year doubling time) is an assumption of a constant rate. Any outside influence which causes a deviation of this supposed rate will trash the result. Here is one, the Black Plague in Europe in the 1300's. Historical documentation demonstrates that roughly 33 % of the overall population of Europe died in the plague (cause by the bacteria Y. pestis for the curious). No numbers exist that I know of for the death rates as the plague swept out of its eastern origins prior to visiting Europe. The same objections hold true for famine, war and other events which depress the doubling time. I am also not sure that these bozos even factored in death! Not only is the basic assumption flawed but it is quite poorly written.
Here is what I mean by poorly written, concerning problems with the way that they present the math. They say that the population doubles every 1612 years and was roughly 2x10^9 in 1920, so that means that in ~the year 300 the population was 1 billion, in 1300 BC the population was 0.5 billion, ect. going back to 6400 years ago well that means the world had a population of 0.125 x 10^9 at the time of Ada;, in other words the way that they represent the written statements to describe the math is done in a piss poor fashion. They do mention 2^nth but they are still not doing the calculations properly because what they are trying to determine is log growth of a population, as was mentioned earlier with bacteria. Truly a sad site.
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joz
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Message 10 of 11 (27900)
12-26-2002 10:00 AM
Reply to: Message 9 by Dr_Tazimus_maximus
12-26-2002 9:08 AM


quote:
Originally posted by Dr_Tazimus_maximus:
Truly a sad site.
From said sad site....
...According to Dr. Kent Hovind, former high school science teacher now minister,
Well what did you expect Dr T?

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Mozambu
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Message 11 of 11 (28430)
01-05-2003 1:22 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by AstroMike
12-22-2002 4:35 PM


quote:
Originally posted by AstroMike:
http://www.christianstudycenter.com/...vsevo/ev5-poplies.htm
I don't think so, despite what this says.

Mathematics can't disprove evolution, but it doesn't help the idea of a casual evolution through natural selection. I'm starting a quarrel about this in my post "Blind Evolution".

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