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Thom Little (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:04 PM Original message |
'Evolution is theory' sticker on court docket |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Evolution is a fact |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. and ID/creation/whatever is religious mythology |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. There is no such fine distinction to these nutcases |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. A lot of DU'ers make same mistake, you know. Equating Evolution With |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. natural selection is at least a testable hypothesis |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I used to make the same mistake myself |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Impossible to prove with our available technology |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's been proven in the laboratory |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Evolution is a fact. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Micro and macro are the same |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Correct--There's no such thing as Macro-evoltuion |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. That's right. And we see micro happening all the time: |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. yup |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can they kick it out on the grounds that the stickers are factually wrong |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. A theory is not a conjecture. |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Relativity is just a theory... |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Evolution is a theory...... |
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Thom Little (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So why single it out? Obviously, for religious reasons. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, but I.D. isn't *even* a theory. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, it is a philosophical theory, just not a scientific theory. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Gravity is a theory. Who knows whether its real? Stupid ignorants! |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Actually so far... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I think you meant Newtonian. And nowadays there are many more |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yeah that was a typo... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. The funny part is- no one knows the reality of it all. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The problem is that evolution, both macro and micro, is used deeply by |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Reread my post. I edited it. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Well, I don't believe that both are correct. Science changes constantly |
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Hypatia82 (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Whole point of science is to know... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Scientific theory also forbids assertions that require MAGIC to make them |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I know what you mean. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Please see my post 24 for my thoughts on magic. I am not saying |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. What is magic? |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Ah! Scientists don't argue that magic ( not the performance kind anyway) |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. "I see no" |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I am not sure what exactly you are advocating. Are you saying |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I don't know |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Then you are advocating magic. The structure of the DNA molucle |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Religion is just a guess" |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. I don't know much about science, but I do know that the word "theory" |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. close |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Technically, nothing is 100% proved in science... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. I really hope this country doesn't revert to trying learn science |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. So the ID freaks |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. weeeeeelllllllll.... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. You know, in many ways, evolution is more sound than gravity |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Gravity is something we can apply with certainty. |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. "RELIGION is THEORY" |
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