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  Friday 13th - UK political-mageddon!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  far from uniting the british people, the election result on black friday will go down in history books as the day the brexit chasm got wider & deeper imo.

  whatever the result, thanks to the past 42 months of unprecedented political bitterness many people's attitudes will harden.

  there won't be many "good losers.".

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  I doubt if my local village hall will need security tomorrow. Probably be me and a farmer with his border collie.

  How long before Labour replace Jeremy with Jeremy in a skirt?
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  Punctuated equilibria

  by Doug Mason in

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  2. beliefs

  incorrect assumptions surrounding evolution and creation include:.

  life was inevitable.

  changes were improvements.

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  It's similar to the common misunderstanding about what 'survival of the fittest' means.

  Depending on the environment the 'fittest' specimens might not be the strongest but the ones most willing to cooperate.
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  Mathematical Challenges to Darwinism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=678&v=noj4phmt9oe&feature=emb_logo.

  these scientists all seem to agree that the traditional view darwinism cannot possibly be true.

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  Okay I'm dipping into the conversation by watching a few minutes here and there at random. Every time so far I find them saying things that are just plain wrong and that has been thoroughly debunked by actual scientists.

  I can see why someone who has never read a biology textbook in their life might be impressed but a high school student who paid attention in class could see through it

  Sea Breeze why not tell me the one argument from this conversation that you find most compelling and present it in your own words and I will accept the challenge of responding to it in defence of evolution.
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  Mathematical Challenges to Darwinism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=678&v=noj4phmt9oe&feature=emb_logo.

  these scientists all seem to agree that the traditional view darwinism cannot possibly be true.

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  So you agree there is nobody in the video who is qualified to debunk one of the most fundamental facts in all of science. Just a bunch of philosophers, artists and authors shooting the breeze.

  Actually you frame this thread as if it was about evolution but I bet most of the conversation is actually about abiogenesis.

  I posted a very detailed explanation of why their prognostications about the probability of evolution is much mistaken. Predictably you ignored every word of it. Mustn't let facts get in the way of religious dogma.
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  Scowled At By A JW

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  yesterday i got home from work and decided to buy a case of beer because, why not?

  it’s monday.

  the shop is conveniently round the corner from my place.

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  haha. I love watching reactions to a big friendly 'hello', especially when they respond before they realise who you are.

  It's that time of year now when I can start wishing them a merry christmas.
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  The Biotic Message, alternative to Evolution

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lecture by walter remine:.

  https://youtu.be/o2usdd_8eay.

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  Hooby?
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  Mathematical Challenges to Darwinism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=678&v=noj4phmt9oe&feature=emb_logo.

  these scientists all seem to agree that the traditional view darwinism cannot possibly be true.

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  I haven't watched it yet but I'm going to guess they waffle about the unlikeliness of a protein molecule. Am I right?

  Do they acknowledge redundancy? Did you know that 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 and all of those combinations would work equally well?

  Did you know that each of those amino acid sequences can be constructed by numerous different sequences of DNA bases? The "language" of DNA is made up of just 4 "letters" - A,C,G and T.

  Sequences of letters are read off in groups of 3 called codons.

  ACGGCCTCGAATGCCTTC would be read as ACG GCC TCG AAT GCC TTC

  If you do the maths you will see that there are 64 different codons or "words" that can be produced by this method.

  A codon is comparable to the instructions for making one amino acid. There are a collection of 20 amino acids that living things can choose from to assemble proteins. (Actually a 21st can be assembled from the "stop" codon)

  This is where the word redundancy comes in. There are 20 amino acids to be made but many more codons available.

  It turns out that codons are often not too fussy about the third letter. If you want to make the amino acid alanine for example the codons GCT, GCC, GCA, or GCG will all do equally well.

  Amino acids combine together like oddly shaped magnets that build a shape with various recesses and bumps. It is the physical shape of the molecule that does the work and it doesn't matter how you achieve that shape.

  Then bear in mind that a shape that is approximately right will also function - just not as efficiently as the perfect shape. That gives us many more ways to make a functioning protein molecule that can later be shaped by evolution.

  Imagine standing in a theatre in front of an audience of 10,000 people and saying something like 'how unlikely was is that every individual would end up here in your exact seat in this theatre on at precise moment?' It sounds impressive but actually it's nonsense. Any 10,000 individuals sat in any seat would still be an audience.

  There are so many fallacies in conversations among creationists who hide from informed criticism. I would be happy to go through the video and point out more of their errors but I suspect that just like Hooby you will fail to engage in the conversation.
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  Mathematical Challenges to Darwinism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=678&v=noj4phmt9oe&feature=emb_logo.

  these scientists all seem to agree that the traditional view darwinism cannot possibly be true.

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  These scientists all seem to agree...

  There are no scientists in that conversation. You might as well post a video of a hairdresser, a postman, a plumber and a gardener chatting about why gravity is bullshit.

  Stephen Meyer - philosopher
  David Gelernter - artist
  David Berlinski - author
  Peter Robinson - author
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  The Biotic Message, alternative to Evolution

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lecture by walter remine:.

  https://youtu.be/o2usdd_8eay.

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  I was going to watch your video Hooby and offer a series of responses to each of his points but if you can't be bothered to engage why would I?
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  The Biotic Message, alternative to Evolution

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lecture by walter remine:.

  https://youtu.be/o2usdd_8eay.

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  Hooby?