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Author Topic:   natural selection is wrong
Mammuthus
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Message 70 of 276 (112373)
06-02-2004 10:46 AM
Reply to: Message 68 by Wounded King
06-02-2004 10:30 AM


When in doubt, spout gibberish, name drop authors you have never read, and insult everyone. It is a recipe similar to Hungarian goulasch except that it does not taste as good and takes less time to make (not to mention that it is calory free).

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Mammuthus
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Message 71 of 276 (112378)
06-02-2004 10:50 AM
Reply to: Message 69 by Dan Carroll
06-02-2004 10:38 AM


With Dan there are no comparisons
Dan and Mammuthus walk into a bar full of good looking women..of course they all are identical since
quote:
comparisons don't actually occur in nature
...Mammuthus says "I'm bailing since I have no chance against Greek God Stud Dan" even though Mammuthus and Dan are identical since
quote:
comparisons don't actually occur in nature
Dan slips Mammuthus 5 bucks and whispers his thanks that he got his line right.

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Mammuthus
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Message 77 of 276 (112389)
06-02-2004 11:34 AM
Reply to: Message 75 by Syamsu
06-02-2004 11:26 AM


Re: With Dan there are no comparisons
I will if you will

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Mammuthus
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Message 82 of 276 (112399)
06-02-2004 12:19 PM
Reply to: Message 79 by MrHambre
06-02-2004 11:55 AM


Re: With Dan there are no comparisons
quote:
See how easy this is?
It's even easier than that. We can simplfy the world by denying that there are any genetic or phenotypic differences among individuals of a species. Thus Dan and I are both Greek God Sex studs (and I want my 5 bucks back!). And since there are no differences among individuals, those that are sterile due to mutation reproduce at a rate of 1 and those that are are fertile reproduce at a rate of 1. And when you put a check next to each individual that reproduces, you can under no circumstances indicate to which individual the offspring belong. One might inadvertantly identify a trait that favors reproduction over other variants and then we would be stuck again in this comparison thingy that we must avoid lest reality intrude in our dillusional world.

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Mammuthus
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Message 111 of 276 (112756)
06-04-2004 11:17 AM
Reply to: Message 110 by Syamsu
06-04-2004 10:54 AM


quote:
I would like to ask a moderator to reject your post on account of avoidance of argumentation offered several times before. I think that is the only way this discussion can progress to a conclusion, with an impartial moderator arbritating points like that.
Why not ask Percy/Admin to allow you and Wounded King to start a thread in the "Great Debate" Forum? This would provide you with exactly what you are asking for. And even better for you, nobody but Wounded King and yourself would be allowed to post.

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Mammuthus
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Message 149 of 276 (114369)
06-11-2004 6:49 AM
Reply to: Message 136 by mark24
06-10-2004 5:36 AM


It could be worse...at least instead of calling all scientists nazi's, Sy now calls us all Newtonian

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Mammuthus
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Message 166 of 276 (115293)
06-15-2004 6:10 AM
Reply to: Message 164 by Wounded King
06-14-2004 2:02 PM


quote:
The point is that your 'individual theory' doesn't explain anything, it is simply looking whether one specific organism reproduces or not, you don't even seem interested in how many offspring it has in case it leads to invidious comparisons
It is the Syamsu wash-rinse-repeat strategy
wash: make an inane claim (evolution can be measured looking at a single individual)-rinse: provide no evidence, ignore all counter evidence, demand references and then not read them, quote out of context or misquote completely, whine like a smacked puppy that nobody takes you seriously-repeat: After a set number of posts, just start restating the same inane claims that were at the beginning of the thread.
You may want to consider WK that you are in a protracted argument with an internet troll who will not be bothered to clarify or support what he is saying because 1) he does not understand (and is not interested in) biology or genetics 2) seems to feel he somehow increases his importance by posting here..who knows, maybe EvC helps him with the ladies in Nganjuk.

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Mammuthus
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Message 237 of 276 (122581)
07-07-2004 6:00 AM
Reply to: Message 236 by Syamsu
07-07-2004 4:01 AM


quote:
You're welcome to contribute. Of course the rule is that you should have something new argument, or at least a new way of expressing the arguments.
Funny that you exclude yourself from this "rule"

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