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Artificial Life Experiments Show How Complex Functions Can Evolve
NSF ^ | May 8, 2003 | Staff

Posted on 05/08/2003 10:11:06 AM PDT by Nebullis

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To: longshadow
Ooook! Ooook! Message received. Moving to "condition orange."
1,941 posted on 05/25/2003 10:04:27 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: Junior; longshadow; balrog666; general_re; Aric2000; Lurking Libertarian; Dimensio; VadeRetro; ...
Gentlemen: I have found the motherlode of creationist thinking, employed to its logical conclusion:
THE MOON: A Propaganda Hoax .
1,942 posted on 05/25/2003 2:37:33 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: VadeRetro; PatrickHenry
... "coming dark ages " ... "Holy Warriors" ? ? ?

VR ...

It isn't the stupid mistakes. It's the way Holy Warriors--locked as they are in the never-ending struggle against a vast conspiracy of evil, dumb people-- never, never, never eat the crow when it's warm. They never eat it at all. They ignore, or they imagine that they escape under a barrage of distraction. The inability to concede the painfully obvious is the joke, and it's a great one. It's a guy dancing around naked pretending he's got the greatest set of new clothes ever. The whole public pathology has fascinated me for years, but it's starting to get old.

mr ...

There is a sub-set of lunatic loons who appear to wish the ... end of American society (( link )) --- as we (( once -- 1st )) know it. Like the Nazis and the communists in Weimar Germany, they have a great deal in common as potential destroyers of the social fabric.

I have engaged in several debates in the last few days, and I admire FreeRepublic as a forum for the free expression of ideas, but the overwhelming presence of this bunch of loons is very off-putting.

Lenin is supposed to have said that capitalists would sell him the rope by which they were to be hung. The “anarcho-loons” on this forum would not bother to sell the rope but provide it as a public service.

401 posted on 05/06/2003 5:54 PM PDT by moneyrunner (I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed to its idolatries a patient knee.)

fC ...

“anarcho-loons” on this forum ... we have statist loons (( same thing )) too!

1,943 posted on 05/25/2003 2:48:05 PM PDT by f.Christian (( apocalypsis, from Gr. apokalypsis, from apokalyptein to uncover, from apo- + kalyptein to cover))
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To: PatrickHenry
Nice page! Change "Moon" to "eviloootion" and it would be indistinguishable from any Creationist website!
1,944 posted on 05/25/2003 3:23:36 PM PDT by balrog666 (When in doubt, tell the truth. - Mark Twain)
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A placemarker
1,945 posted on 05/25/2003 3:38:49 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
OOps forgot
1,946 posted on 05/25/2003 3:40:00 PM PDT by AndrewC ([clack][clack])
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To: Junior
Two years ago,

When asked to back up your statements you just repeat the slime. There are numerous posts here by me, not a single one of which have been refuted. All we see is slimes and excuses. Since you refuse to backup your statements and continue the sliming the only reasonable conclusion to be gathered from your statement and those of your fellow thugs of evolution is that you are LYING. So backup your statements, show the refutations or be proven to be a sliming liar.

1,947 posted on 05/26/2003 8:52:07 AM PDT by gore3000
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To: PatrickHenry
THE MOON: A Propaganda Hoax .

More slimes at opponents. That is all you do on these threads. What a pitiful life you lead.

1,948 posted on 05/26/2003 8:53:32 AM PDT by gore3000
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To: PatrickHenry
Behold, how I am an nnocent victim of the thread-destroying blue stalker:.

Behold the hypocrite who starts a food fight and then says 'who me?'. My post was in response to your attack and I will say it again - my statements were (and still are) absolutely true and your conduct on this thread verifies it. You have yet to make a single post which is not insulting or just plain spam.

1,949 posted on 05/26/2003 9:00:09 AM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
You think we haven't "refuted" your arguments in the past?  You think you haven't shown yourself to be a complete ignoramus when it comes to these threads?  We'll repost the most celebrated exchange you've partaken in where you not only proved yourself a complete moron, you continued to defend your position long after you knew it was indefensible.

The entire exchange:

With you evos, the proof is always somewhere else where no one can see it. All you slimers can do is lie about people you can never discuss the facts. Let's see you show an 'out of context quote' from me. I do not cut anything off from the quotes and I almost always post a link to the whole article. You are just a sliming liar. You cannot refute my evidence so all you can do is attack the messenger.

You want proof? Fine. For all the world to see:

283 posted on 4/5/02 12:06 PM Eastern by Junior:

472 posted on 4/6/02 1:26 AM Eastern by gore3000:

[This was followed by a list of corrections, orbit data, expanations of the relationship of circles to ellipses, and so on, by a slew of different posters, the specifics of which are available by clicking on the "472" link above and following the thread. It eventually culminated with this "retraction."]

531 posted on 4/6/02 11:39 AM Eastern by gore3000:

[However, it was not too long before the following was posted.]

671 posted on 7/10/02 8:30 AM Eastern by gore3000:

At your request, these are the facts. For all the world to see. Based on these facts one is led to the seemingly obvious conlusion that you are engaging in mischaracterization, misquoting, and dishonesty bordering on pathological. This is your opportunity to discuss the facts, and offer an alternate theory, additional information, or some other rational explanation for your behavior. You have the floor.

424 posted on 10/21/2002 11:38 AM CDT by Condorman
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1,950 posted on 05/26/2003 9:00:20 AM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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What a pitiful life you lead.
1,948 posted on 05/26/2003 11:53 AM EDT by gore3000
Once more, I am an innocent victim of the thread-destroying blue stalker.
1,951 posted on 05/26/2003 9:01:07 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: PatrickHenry
blue-stalker placemarker Message from Darwin Central HQ follows, 1229 Darwin Central Time: TO ALL FIELD AGENTS: GO TO THREATCON PLAID GO TO THREATCON PLAID. A second stalker has been detected. Reset Secret Decoder Ring to: TWIN JESTER, authenticator: THORAZINE! CONTINUE TO MONITOR SECOND STALKER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Message Ends. EOT

.

1,952 posted on 05/26/2003 9:36:42 AM PDT by longshadow
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To: Junior
Well wildly elliptical or not, something Mars-sized is theorized to have caused the Moon. Was its orbit circular? If not where did it come from? If it was why did it hit the earth and where are the pieces? Note: Physicist does not accept the currently accepted version of the Moon's formation. Is he an idiot?
1,953 posted on 05/26/2003 10:03:15 AM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
Of course he's not an idiot. The collision theory of the Moon's formation is not set in stone. I happen to subscribe to it, but the minute something better comes along I'll change my position. Ain't science grand?
1,954 posted on 05/26/2003 11:22:24 AM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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To: Junior
I happen to subscribe to it, but the minute something better comes along I'll change my position.

Well, then what about the "visitors" orbit?

1,955 posted on 05/26/2003 1:34:52 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
Bring the lizard dudes on!
1,956 posted on 05/26/2003 2:18:19 PM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
Patrick answered this charge yesterday

Well, if he was answering me he should have directed it to me. No wonder I missed his cowardly response (it seems he is not man enough to ever respond directly to questions).

Well let's see Patrick's tremendous contributions to this thread: Post# 1045 a link to Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ - not a discussion but a link-o-lies from TalkOrigins. Pure garbage which he is ashamed to post anything from in here.
Posts# 1120, 1123, and 1137 are all about the advantage or disadvantage of being green, in which he contradicts himself 2-3 times.
More important though, it has been more than 700 posts in this thread since he said anything which was not a placemarker or an insult. As I have said, he is not here to discuss anything. He is here to insult.

1,957 posted on 05/26/2003 3:03:43 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: Junior
Aaah, the liar of evolution has to go back a year to blame me for his own imbecility in claiming that the orbits of the planets were not elliptical. Well bud, that does not even have anything to do with evolution and it was you that was the fool not I.

Further, I have made numerous arguments here about evolution, right here on this thread which no one has refuted and have never been refuted. So your statement that the arguments I have made here had been refuted 'numerous times' is just one more of your lies, your numerous lies. Here are some statements from this very thread that have not been refuted:

1. Post# 1934 about the simulation in this article failing three test for veracity.

2.Post# 1804 "Only intelligent designers can assemble matter in ways which have nothing to do with naturally known forces. "

3. Post# 1685 "you do need a large group to mutate together in a sexual species in order for evolution to work. This makes punk-eek totally impossible and Darwinian evolution ludicrous at best."

4. Post# 1604 "IF EVOLUTION IS SCIENCE, WHY CANNOT THEY PROVE IT FROM REAL LIFE? WHY MUST THEY GO FOR PROOF TO PHONY, CONCOCTED 'SIMULATAIONS'? SCIENCE IS ABOUT REAL LIFE, NOT ABOUT COMPUTER GAMES."

5. Post# 1558 about the impossibility of abiogenesis (life from non-life) - the impossibility of the self-assembly of half a million pieces of DNA, the DNA/RNA symbolism, and the chicken-egg problem of DNA needing an organism and an organism needing DNA.

You will note that a couple of the above refer specifically to the present article ON THIS THREAD so your statement in Post# 1937 that "Two years ago, when your statements were fresh, they were refuted out of hand a half-dozen times or so. " was a complete and deliberate lie, and you knew it when you made it.

Bye liar.

1,958 posted on 05/26/2003 3:27:34 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Pity Patrick Placemarker.
(a continuous pity party and everyone is invited!)

Who is this party for? Why it’s for Patrick – it fits Patrick.
It’s not for anyone else but Patrick!

It’s just a PLACEMARKER… My hypocrisy only goes so far… But Patrick’s – Man! He’s a mutant!
It must be a mutant gene – just like the religion mutant gene…
The difference is – Patrick actually has all the answers!
Isn’t it amazing that one man has figured out all the answers for mankind and is reluctant too share this revelation with us all… He knows that science cannot hold all the answers.
The answers must come from Patrick because upon who else could he base this great wisdom.
Patrick isn’t God is he?

Placemarker!

LOL!

1,959 posted on 05/26/2003 4:04:07 PM PDT by Heartlander (Oh why, oh why, do people pick on The Patrick! – Boo–Hoo!)
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To: gore3000
Dear boy, your words speak for themselves.
1,960 posted on 05/26/2003 4:04:52 PM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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