July 2005, Post of the Month

Name: hitchy
Forum: Education and Creation/Evolution
Thread: Why are Haeckel's drawings being taught in school?
Post #: 226In response to a challenge, hitchy gives several examples of introductory biology text books in common use that correctly discuss how embryology supports common descent.Edited by Adminnemooseus, : 14 years later, discover that link does not work correctly, fix.

Name: holmes
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Terrorism in London
Post #: 279I have always been troubled by the phrase "to agree to disagree", but I could never explain exactly what bothered me. Holmes in this post gives a good explanation of when it is appropriate to agree to disagree, namely, two people can agree to disagree when there is agreement on the relevant facts to the discussion, but that the facts are insufficient to determine what conclusion may be drawn.Man, holmes, you are good!

Name: sidelined
Forum: Is It Science?
Thread: All Evolutionary scientists have been Evolutionary Indoctrinated
Post #: 48A nice post making a very good point. How can we trust that the scientists are telling us the truth? The answer is that if you have reason to distrust them, then educate yourself enough so you have the expertise to evaluate their claims. Very nice point.