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  Morphs law

  by _Morpheus in

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  regarding morphs laws and its simple expression: its a direct parallel to godwins law on internet debates.

  goodwins law states:.

  as an online discussion grows longer, the greater the probability of a comparison involving hitler approaches.

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  cofty

  This exact same idea was in use for a while as Cofty's Law 6 years ago.

  The difference is I didn't propose it or try to name it after myself.
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

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  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  If Jesus is real and in an invisible Heaven, he is invisible, thus, making an invisible return acceptable

  An invisible return is an oxymoron.

  Jesus said 'I am with you always until the end of the age'. So what did it mean to return exactly?
  
  
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  I sent off my application to study Palaeobiology (MSc) at Bristol uni and ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  ... they've accepted me!

  finance is already sorted - they're waiting for me to give them my new student number so that they can start paying me.

  just need to formally accept bristol's offer and sort out accommodation.. accommodation should be ok - i've been told priority is given to new students, plus i'm enrolling onto a program for a real degree as a postgraduate - i won't be studying gender studies or some crap like that.

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  Outstanding!

  Good luck and please share the interesting stuff.
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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  'Darwin's Dangerous Idea'

  Exposing your mind to evidence and following it wherever it leads is worth more than all the empty promises of paradise and everlasting life.
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  Intellectual Diversity > Cultural, Ethnic & Linguistic Diversity

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  yeah, this thread's title is self-explanatory and self-evident: intellectual diversity is greater than all other types of diversity combined.. when i was a uni student i noticed posters that were put up all over my uni.

  they said embrace diversity, with the context clearly being cultural and racial.. obviously there's nothing wrong with people coming from different backgrounds and i said this to my colleagues.. but what's better than all that is intellectual diversity.

  i said to my colleagues that, as uni students, we should discuss and evaluate diversity rather than blindly embrace it.. i wish i'd have added that intellectual diversity trumps all other kinds..

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  I have a feeling that people's intellectual abilities and intellectual progress are mainly affected by their environment - Phizzy

  The evidence from twin studies show that our intellectual capacity is predominately nature rather than nurture.

  Of course it almost goes without saying that a genetically gifted child needs the opportunity to realise their potential.

  For details see 'The Blank Slate' by Pinker and 'Nature Via Nurture' by Matt Ridley.

  LUHE - I agree. I assume you didn't so much mean diversity in intellectual ability but in opinions and perspectives? Jonathan Haidt has written about this. He started a project called the Heterodox Academy to encourage diversity among university academics.
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  Creation, evolution, ???

  by Freedom rocks in

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  was on the bus today and got into a discussion somehow with the driver and ok be ood his work colleagues about whether there's life in other planets, evolution and creation.

  the driver believes there must be other life out there, i agree with him that life can't be unique to this planet out of the billions that exist.

  his colleague who i think might be a jw by his attitude and reasoning skills thinks we're the only planet with life on it and it was made perfect and exact purposely for humans.

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  Dino Blood Redux..

  I will explain the 'Tree of Life' issues tomorrow.
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  Creation, evolution, ???

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
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  was on the bus today and got into a discussion somehow with the driver and ok be ood his work colleagues about whether there's life in other planets, evolution and creation.

  the driver believes there must be other life out there, i agree with him that life can't be unique to this planet out of the billions that exist.

  his colleague who i think might be a jw by his attitude and reasoning skills thinks we're the only planet with life on it and it was made perfect and exact purposely for humans.

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  Perry I checked out your list above. Not one of them supports the point you are trying to make.

  I'm busy decorating at home but if I get time in the next few days I will go through them.

  It is so annoying when ignorant creationists do violence to science they don't begin to understand to try to support their superstitions. Why are Jesus' biggest fans so fucking dishonest?
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  Creation, evolution, ???

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was on the bus today and got into a discussion somehow with the driver and ok be ood his work colleagues about whether there's life in other planets, evolution and creation.

  the driver believes there must be other life out there, i agree with him that life can't be unique to this planet out of the billions that exist.

  his colleague who i think might be a jw by his attitude and reasoning skills thinks we're the only planet with life on it and it was made perfect and exact purposely for humans.

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  cofty

  Evolution is a fact as certain as the knowledge that the earth is not flat.

  There are absolutely no assumptions necessary. It is not even a controversy any more. Actual scientists simply ignore the wilful ignorance of creationists, there is nothing more to be said about their superstitious nonsense.

  Perry admits that he has never read a book that presents the scientific evidence for evolution in his entire life. This is absolutely typical of biblical creationists. He has posted dozens of times insulting and misrepresenting the rational side of the debate but never once has he attempted to actually refute the evidence.

  Perry you are a primate. So are your parents. We have the fossils, we win. Get over it.

  Edited to add - Is the best you can do to quote Richard Lewontin, the ideologically driven communist, 'Radical Science' disciple? FFS!
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

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  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Hooby - From the OP, 'The number of possible amino acid sequences that would result in a functional Cytochrome C protein molecule has been calculated to be a billion times larger than all the atoms in the known universe'

  If you actually want to understand more about the evolution of the electron transport chain, read 'The Vital Question' by Nick Lane. It answers your question very specifically.
  

  This thread is about the differences in amino acid and nucleotide sequences in living things and how this provides evidence of common descent.
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  Creation, evolution, ???

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  was on the bus today and got into a discussion somehow with the driver and ok be ood his work colleagues about whether there's life in other planets, evolution and creation.

  the driver believes there must be other life out there, i agree with him that life can't be unique to this planet out of the billions that exist.

  his colleague who i think might be a jw by his attitude and reasoning skills thinks we're the only planet with life on it and it was made perfect and exact purposely for humans.

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  Applauding evolution research is not a monopoly of atheists. It should not be presented as such

  I constantly remind creationists that the vast majority of christians have no problem accommodating the fact of evolution. It is only the cult of evangelical christianity and Islam that reject it.