ericmurphy
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| Quote (argystokes @ Dec. 22 2006,22:34) | | OA has the info for sure, but Joe G is indeed famous for getting himself fired after he threatened someone over the internet. I think he was booted off Telic Thoughts, and now spends his days dropping catchphrases on Uncommonly Dense. |
Fired, like, in reality? Like from his job? Or just banned? He got pretty personal with me, but I don't recall him ever threatening me.
One of my favorite arguments with Joe G was his claim that there was no evidence whales evolved from land animals, because there's no evidence evolution can even happen. (He claimed, somehow, at the same time, to not deny that macroevolution happens.)
I would say to him, Gee, Joe, there's a whole sequence of fossils demonstrating the evolution of land mammals, specifically from artiodactyls, and there's additional genetic evidence that allows us to determine which living mammals are most closely related to cetaceans. He would come back with, "where's your evidence that such a transformation is even possible?" I would present him with a bunch of string cites to scholarly papers setting forth the evidence for whale evolution from land mammals, and say, Joe, wouldn't you agree that the existence of aircraft is pretty strong evidence that heavier-than-air flight is possible? And he would come back with, "Where's your evidence that such a transformation is even possible?"
It got monotonous after a while.
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