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To: nickcarraway

“We use a computer to fit a range of models that tell us how rapidly these words evolve,” said Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading.

Evolve? Aren’t intelligently designed?


2 posted on 02/26/2009 4:54:14 PM PST by Bertha Fanation
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To: Bertha Fanation

bttt


3 posted on 02/26/2009 4:54:44 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Bertha Fanation
Language is, of course, intelligently designed ~ by humans.

At the same time it changes. These guys want you to accept the idea that "evolve" and "change" mean exactly the same thing ~ which they don't.

6 posted on 02/26/2009 4:57:03 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Bertha Fanation

No, it changes by natural selection. When was the last time you heard someone refer to something as groovy or gnarly? Words come and go and change as needed. Witness the number of nouns that have become verbs as well.


24 posted on 02/26/2009 5:47:58 PM PST by muir_redwoods (The president is an ass)
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