Posted on 08/02/2004 3:58:04 PM PDT by Renfield
Does anyone remember the recurring character that Martin Short (the guy who does "Glick") played on SNL, where he wore little round nerd glasses and nervously chain smoked cigarettes while being interviewed? His routine was always the same: nervously looking around, sweating alot, and saying "Who said that? I never said that. That's not true."
He should have been called "Mr. Denial" -- as he essentially denied everything he was asked about, thus rendering rational dialogue impossible.
I think they got tired of being corrected, picked up their toys and went home lol
Yeah, threads like this mess with my head. I absolutely hate them, but can't stop reading/posting. WTF is wrong with me?!
I don't know. I've never heard of that fable. Is he?
He's your guy. Didn't you check up on him? Try The Lancet for 2003. Do you agree with him that SARS is extraterrestrial?
The Creationists continually claim that "hydraulic sorting" explains the fossil layers. (Note that they need to add incorrect physics to their incorrect geology to support their incorrect biology.) Layers such as silt-salt-silt-salt-silt-salt.... cannot happen from a single flood.
Sure, god is theoretically all-powerful. However, to explain evolution, he would have needed to give man knowledge of biology, chemistry, genetics etc. He didn't do that, for reasons that are his own. He left all these things for us to determine on our own.
This discussion is, of course, assuming that the existence or non-existence of the Christian god is in any way relevant to the TOE. It isn't, but you already knew that.
You are clearly addicted to reading the irrational ravings of madmen, especially when posted in the form of sentence fragments. The more fragmented the posting, the more you are drawn to it, like a moth to a flame.
Alas, there is no known cure.
;-)
Duly noted!
For the same reason I watch Cops- for the shirtless, drunken morons.
It's been awhile since someone has claimed that imaginary numbers don't "really" exist. There's an article in the May 2004 American Math Monthly about experiments in teaching mathematics. It shows the (vast) extent of mathematical misunderstanding and makes suggestions for teaching improvement. One main point is that students often don't understand that mathemtatical definitions are stipulative rather than lexical. They give a technical definition rather than determine how people use words.
Creationists are unwilling to accept a scientist's definition; rather, they project their own usage onto the scientific usage of words. ("Theory" is the most commonly mis-used term by Creationists.)
Creationists are unwilling to accept a scientist's definition; rather, they project their own usage onto the scientific usage of words. ("Theory" is the most commonly mis-used term by Creationists.)
It seems to me that the problem is endemic to people not well educated in technical topics (meaning science and mathematics.) Lacking a background in those topics, they aren't even aware that it is necessary to formulate more precise definitions in a technical field in order that we understand what is meant. The loose definitions of everyday English are far too imprecise, and lead to ambiguity.
It should not be a surprise that by projecting the lay meanings (or even their own, made-up meanings) onto the scientific usage, the anti-Evolutionary/anti-science Luddite Collective introduces into the discussion the very ambiguities that science and Mathematics eschews. It should be no surprise, because ambiguity is the favorite hiding place for the anti-Evo/anti-science warriors, as it affords them most powerful epistemological weapon in their intellectual armamentarium: the fallacy of equivocation, and the ability to render muddy that which would otherwise be clear.
Quite to the contrary, they (creationists) tend to stress the scientific method.
How can you simultaneously take both of these positions?? Do you realize that they are completely contradictory!! Have you been taking logic lessons from John Kerry?
Please do yourself a favor and read about the scientific method. I promise God will look at you with kindness for putting one of his greatest gifts (your brain) to good use. Here's a link to get you started.
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