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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:01 PM Original message |
The end of the debate: Evolution is real |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I dindt realize that there ever was a "debate" on the issue |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. There isn't. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. you have to have "faith" that it's wrong, rd |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. You mean... |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. My usual response to those who deny evolution: |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Oh, they've got an answer for that I'm sure. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. that would indeed be their answer. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How convenient. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Do you know how they explain new species that are found all the time? n/t |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. oooh, I don't know...maybe... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. You are correct |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Magic? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hehe.... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. It is my understanding that |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Evolution is inherent in the way DNA works |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. And that argument doesn't work |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. umm only the bible is the true science. must be true, my mom said so nt |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's still a theory. (Read before commenting.) |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The laws in biology are not as immutable and fundamental |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. gravity is also a theory. A "theory" in science simply means that the details |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. *Bad* example :-) |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Listening to know-nothings talk about science always makes my face hurt. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. How was I a know-nothing, Doctor Clayton Forrester? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. comparing theory and law is comparing apples and oranges |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Yes, the concept that a true theory must be falsifiable, to me, is the key in this debate: |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. "creation science" is not a theory |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. No, science doesn't draw a hard line between theory and law at all. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. You're wrong. Science does NOT draw a hard line between Theory and Law. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. The answer to those who deny evolution is: "you're a fucking idiot." |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. I thought this was over in the late 19th century - I guess I massed the |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Like Bill Hicks said |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, but they're still yeast cells. They haven't turned into elephants. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Yes, as if evolutionary theory proposes that there's but a single step in the process from |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. So, does that mean that we're the end of the evolutionary line? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. No it implies there is no end of the line. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Actually, homo sapiens are diversifying in their evolution. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Which also fits right into the egoistic young-earth crap: |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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cpompilo (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. I cannot wait for the Age of Superstition to be over |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Funny how the religionists miss the mystery and awe of revealed science, |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Aw, dang! |
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