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Message 3 of 37 (496350)
01-27-2009 9:06 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by Modulous
01-27-2009 8:35 PM


I was able to make edits to it, but the length *is* a problem. It's too long for an opening post. If you trim it down to something under 800 words or so then I'll promote it. Hold the original version aside, you'll be able to feed in the rest of it during discussion.
As you noted, maintaining the focus on the interwoven web of justifications for high confidence rather than on the details of the individual justifications will be important.
If you can't edit it then make a copy of it for yourself and let me know, the I'll delete the contents for you so you can add a new version. I'm using Chrome these days, other browsers only when checking browser compatibility.
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Message 5 of 37 (496360)
01-27-2009 9:33 PM
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01-27-2009 9:23 PM


Either way I'm going to get some sleep.
I sure hope so - I couldn't believe the time on your previous post, and this one is even more ridiculous. Hope you don't have to get up early for work tomorrow.
It's looks and reads fine the way it is, I see no need to be a stickler for 800 words. I'll promote it now.

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01-27-2009 9:34 PM


Thread moved here from the Proposed New Topics forum.

  
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Message 13 of 37 (496419)
01-28-2009 7:01 AM
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01-27-2009 10:20 PM


Hi Bertot,
Yet another unnecessary post!
I'm going to assume you were just having a bad spell last night. Please do not post in this hit-and-run manner here or in any other thread, nor in any other manner not intended to contribute productively to discussion.
I know that for you it is one against many in some threads, but it is the nature of irrational positions to attract a lot of attention. I know you don't agree you're being irrational, but if not then it is very hard to tell, probably because your very long posts work against you. I suggest shortening your posts to focus strongly on a core point or two, resolving one before advancing to the next.

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Message 19 of 37 (496438)
01-28-2009 9:49 AM
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01-28-2009 9:44 AM


The nature of reality is not the topic of this thread, which presupposes the standard definition of science and accepts reality as a given.
Please propose a new topic for what you want to discuss over at [forum=-25].

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Message 25 of 37 (496469)
01-28-2009 12:13 PM
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01-28-2009 11:25 AM


Re: 24 hours agobot
Hi AdminNosy,
I think you might have mistaken the post from Annafan to be from Aqobot, so I'm going to reverse the suspension. You can reinstate it if I haven't sized this up correctly.

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Message 33 of 37 (496730)
01-30-2009 7:42 AM
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01-30-2009 5:59 AM


Hi Agobot,
In Message 19 I pointed out to you that the nature of reality is not the topic of this thread and requested that you propose a topic for that discussion over at [forum=-25]. You also keep bringing up the nature of reality over at So Just How is ID's Supernatural-based Science Supposed to Work? (SUM. MESSAGES ONLY), so since this seems like something you're truly interested in discussing, proposing a new topic for it seems like a good idea for you.
But you have to stop bringing up off-topic issues in threads, it'll only get you in trouble with moderators. We have 11 science forums and 6 religious forums, most of the forums have plenty of open threads, you should have no trouble finding threads for what you want to discuss, and you can always propose new threads.
EvC Forum makes it a primary goal to keep threads on-topic because topic diversion is one of the main causes of unproductive threads. Staying on-topic is in the Forum Guidelines that you agreed to follow when you joined.
In Message 20 AdminNosy requested that you stop posting to this thread, so since you've ignored a moderator request I have to suspend you now for 24 hours.

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