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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 03 2008,06:38   

The $64,000 question, posed to DaveScot:

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Gerry Rzeppa
05/03/2008
12:45 am

And you claim that those three children and three grandchildren, given the same “proper training”, will be equally heroic when the time comes?

The $64,000 answer:

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DaveScot
05/03/2008
12:54 am
Gerry

I’ve had all I can stand from you. You’re out of here...

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Frost122585
05/03/2008
3:37 am

I have to admit Dave, with all due respect, I think Gerry has a point. You can’t chalk up stories like that just to training. That sounds more like a Darwinian reductionist attitude to me.


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DaveScot
05/03/2008
4:02 am

Frost

When YOU have gone through the training, get back to me. Otherwise yours, like Gerry’s, is a voice of ignorance. But that’s not why I banned him. I banned him for trying to drag my children and grandchildren through the polluted waters of his so-called mind.

ETA:

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PannenbergOmega
05/03/2008
7:49 am

I can’t believe Gerry has been banned. Jeesh.

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- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Bob O'H



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(Permalink) Posted: May 08 2008,08:41   

(I'm just filling in for RB, as he seems to be taking a well-deserved break).

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psychodelict

05/07/2008

4:59 am

Tard Alert!

[Comment deleted]

The question was about scientists. The deleted list was various televangelists.

psychodelict is no longer with us ~ud admin

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 08 2008,19:51   

Quote (Bob O'H @ May 08 2008,09:41)
(I'm just filling in for RB, as he seems to be taking a well-deserved break).

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psychodelict

05/07/2008

4:59 am

Tard Alert!

[Comment deleted]

The question was about scientists. The deleted list was various televangelists.

psychodelict is no longer with us ~ud admin

Hmm... I wonder.

Could be that was exactly the post intended by Psychodelict - announcing his/her own bannination. The post Psychodelict was created to post. The only post by that author anywhere on UD. The phrase "ud admin" has only appeared once previously at UD. The loudspeaker in the ceiling wasn't even on.

A disposable, one-use puppet.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Lou FCD



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(Permalink) Posted: May 08 2008,20:11   

Did anyone catch the deleted list?

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Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

   
olegt



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(Permalink) Posted: May 10 2008,07:53   

Sarfati gets the boot.

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Jonathan Sarfati
05/10/2008
12:32 am
DaveScot:

“All I want to say to the bible quotes you provide is I can easily give counter examples for all of them. You can quotemine the bible to support whatever you want.”

More likely, your understanding of basic historical-grammatical hermeneutics is on a par with that LePage moron in his recent New Scientist diatribe against creation, ID and the Bible.


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DaveScot
05/10/2008
2:24 am
jonathan safarti

I don’t care for your tone in that last comment. Goodbye.

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DLH
05/10/2008
7:17 am
DaveScott at 83
I found jonathan safarti to provide some of the more substantive links and comments on this blog. What’s the “beef”?

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 10 2008,09:19   

Now THAT is some proper Nixplanatory formating. Very important in this fallen age.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Richardthughes



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,10:45   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 10 2008,09:19)
Now THAT is some proper Nixplanatory formating. Very important in this fallen age.

Bill - Given your incredible success with the Nixplanitory filter, The evil atheist overlords have ask me to offer you:

PROJECT 404: Threads that are no more

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"Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield
"You magnificent bastard! " : Louis
"ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard
"I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932
"...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

  
Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,19:45   

Quote (Richardthughes @ May 12 2008,11:45)
Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 10 2008,09:19)
Now THAT is some proper Nixplanatory formating. Very important in this fallen age.

Bill - Given your incredible success with the Nixplanitory filter, The evil atheist overlords have ask me to offer you:

PROJECT 404: Threads that are no more

I ACCEPT.

What did I just accept?

404s will be harder to track - no mere perusal of fossils embedded in the tard pits will do. Google caches can't be relied upon. Routine snapshots of UD will be needed to recover the text of 404'd threads for posteriority.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
blipey



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,19:52   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 08 2008,19:51)
Quote (Bob O'H @ May 08 2008,09:41)
(I'm just filling in for RB, as he seems to be taking a well-deserved break).

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psychodelict

05/07/2008

4:59 am

Tard Alert!

[Comment deleted]

The question was about scientists. The deleted list was various televangelists.

psychodelict is no longer with us ~ud admin

Hmm... I wonder.

Could be that was exactly the post intended by Psychodelict - announcing his/her own bannination. The post Psychodelict was created to post. The only post by that author anywhere on UD. The phrase "ud admin" has only appeared once previously at UD. The loudspeaker in the ceiling wasn't even on.

A disposable, one-use puppet.

My puppet Dog_of_War was banned by "ud admin", but alas, the thread was destroyed.

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And scientists rarely test theories. -Gary Gaulin

   
Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,19:56   

Quote (blipey @ May 12 2008,20:52)
My puppet Dog_of_War was banned by "ud admin", but alas, the thread was destroyed.

Its sort of a multiverse scenario - universes within which Dog_of_War lives on, and UD universe, in which he never was.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Erasmus, FCD



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,20:30   

i always figured dog of war was J-Dog.  thanks for the heads up blipey, you were just clowning around.

what if you really really knew who the cast of characters was over there.  would you still read?

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You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK

Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG

the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat

I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

  
ERV



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,21:10   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 12 2008,19:45)
Quote (Richardthughes @ May 12 2008,11:45)
Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 10 2008,09:19)
Now THAT is some proper Nixplanatory formating. Very important in this fallen age.

Bill - Given your incredible success with the Nixplanitory filter, The evil atheist overlords have ask me to offer you:

PROJECT 404: Threads that are no more

I ACCEPT.

What did I just accept?

404s will be harder to track - no mere perusal of fossils embedded in the tard pits will do. Google caches can't be relied upon. Routine snapshots of UD will be needed to recover the text of 404'd threads for posteriority.

I has a hint for you, brave elf prince:
After 'The Adventure of the Disappearing ERV', I found that Yahoo cache is superior to that of Google.

Thats also how I found Marks recent 'letter from Iowa'.

  
blipey



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(Permalink) Posted: May 12 2008,23:05   

Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ May 12 2008,20:30)
i always figured dog of war was J-Dog.  thanks for the heads up blipey, you were just clowning around.

what if you really really knew who the cast of characters was over there.  would you still read?

Yes and no, as with most things.

I would probably read less more often.  IOW, I would read more for technical interest, sort of like I direct a show.  However, I would probably not do what I do now: read it slavishly for a few days and then get to a point where I don't read it at all for a couple of weeks.

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And scientists rarely test theories. -Gary Gaulin

   
olegt



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,06:54   

Search engine caches won't help with 404ed threads.  As a rule, these threads are killed quickly before google or yahoo can catch them.  I don't see any simple solution short of mirroring UD offline.

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Richardthughes



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,09:03   

No-one said is was going to be easy. That's why the atheist-overlords picked Bill. He may activate any sleeper agents on this board. Bills clearance has been upped to triple O status. (Bob only has one...)

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"You magnificent bastard! " : Louis
"ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard
"I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932
"...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

  
Bob O'H



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,11:54   

Does Wes still keep BUUD operating?  That should capture most of the 404s.

I don't like the idea of being a triple O.  It makes me sound like a model railway.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,16:18   

Quote (Bob O'H @ May 13 2008,12:54)
Does Wes still keep BUUD operating?  That should capture most of the 404s.

No. Dembski and company's need to coverup their embarrassments was so great they threatened to sue us if we preserved their words. They demanded the right to Expel themselves, in other words.

   
Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,16:28   

The Spatula Brain notwithstanding, somnambulant psychic projection in the service of the Queen will NOT be tolerated at UD. It's not scientific.

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Patrick
05/13/2008
8:50 am

I think immature comments like those from dreamwalker007 should just be ignored. In any case, he’s now banned.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Mr_Christopher



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2008,16:33   

For what it is worth many accounts get silenced instead of banned.  I have had two accounts where instead of banning me they took away my ability to post anything.  I am still logged in and I can type in the comments box but when I hit "submit" (or whatever it is) the comments never show up.  So although I have not been formally banned, I can no longer post there.  I wonder how many under the radar "bans" like this happen on a daily basis.

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2008,08:28   

The loudspeaker in the ceiling declaims; Freemind gets hatchet and block:

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freemind
05/17/2008
11:39 pm

Frost:
My point was simply that it would be absolutely possible for me to obtain a PhD in Geography without gaining any knowledge that would make me any more qualified to talk about Quantum or string theory than the average man in the street. In essence, my qualification is worthless in such a context. So the headline might as well be 31,000 random members of the public don’t believe climate change will be harmful...

I sincerely hope you have somewhere else to comment because you’re no longer welcome here. -ds

The discussion, now headless, runs 'round the barnyard:

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Frost122585
05/18/2008
2:33 am

Freemind said...

You act as if I didn’t understand your point but I spoke directly to it....

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Frost122585
05/18/2008
2:41 am

I also don’t have time to respond to all of your nonsensical statements above. I find your views completely redundant of the stupefying mainstream media and public at large. I wish we didn’t have your “balance” here at this site UD. I prefer 100% clear thinking to a perceived fair and balanced 50% clear thinking 50% liberal propaganda....

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Frost122585
05/18/2008
2:50 am

Also there is no consensus on global warming because it isn’t happening! It got colder last year (though the pro global warmign crowed tried to deny it) and it is projected to trend significantly colder for the next 10 to 15 years....

ht: Bob O'H

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
carlsonjok



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2008,08:37   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 18 2008,08:28)

The discussion, now headless, runs 'round the barnyard:

In the interest of accuracy, when I quoted freemind earlier, he/she had not yet been banned. Frostie was commenting in the interim time between freemind's comment and Dave's swing of the banning stick.

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2008,09:45   

Quote (carlsonjok @ May 18 2008,09:37)
Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 18 2008,08:28)

The discussion, now headless, runs 'round the barnyard:

In the interest of accuracy, when I quoted freemind earlier, he/she had not yet been banned. Frostie was commenting in the interim time between freemind's comment and Dave's swing of the banning stick.

Yet another problem with the loudspeaker. Can't see when the blow falls.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
dogdidit



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2008,10:43   

The Banninator kicks the cadaver:

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DaveScot
05/18/2008
10:19 am
freemind

I realize you’re banned but thought I’d use your own logic against you.

According to your logic only a PhD botanist should be considered an expert on whether the effects of higher CO2 concentrations are good or bad for agriculture. Obviously you and I are incapable of reading about the relationship between CO2 and plant growth. Well, obviously YOU are incapable, in any case.

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2008,10:59   

'Round the barnyard he runs.

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"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,15:12   

Leo should've lit a fart:

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leo
05/22/2008
11:02 am

BarryA,

I’m shocked. Rightous anger when the inaccuracy (or shall I say outright lie) of a post is pointed out! From you! Instead of noting that it was wrong, you continue to genuflect.

The fact is, when one wants to be taken seriously, one has to act seriously.

[Leo: I’m afraid you don’t have the right sense of humor for this forum. Goodbye. –WmAD]

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
Albatrossity2



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,15:35   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 22 2008,15:12)
Leo should've lit a fart:

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leo
05/22/2008
11:02 am

BarryA,

I’m shocked. Rightous anger when the inaccuracy (or shall I say outright lie) of a post is pointed out! From you! Instead of noting that it was wrong, you continue to genuflect.

The fact is, when one wants to be taken seriously, one has to act seriously.

[Leo: I’m afraid you don’t have the right sense of humor for this forum. Goodbye. –WmAD]

And, in keeping with their well-known spirit of fair play, the UDenizens continue to "argue" with leo, despite knowing full well that he will not be able to point out their errors again.

Here, here, here, and here.

The "right sense of humor" is apparently that of a playground bully; WmAD's revenge for all those wedgies he endured as a child.



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Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind
Has been obligated from the beginning
To create an ordered universe
As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.
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dogdidit



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,16:46   

Quote (Albatrossity2 @ May 22 2008,15:35)
And, in keeping with their well-known spirit of fair play, the UDenizens continue to "argue" with leo, despite knowing full well that he will not be able to point out their errors again.

Relativistic effects. As RBill explained, they wrote their posts before leo was banned, but back-modification by the loudspeaker makes it appear they are deliberately speaking to a ghost. It's unintentionally funny - imagine actors on a stage, ignoring the cops who have swept in to haul away one of their troupe, and continuing to speak lines to him (and pausing for the responses he is no longer able to make) with nary a pause.

It's a fine form of farcical theater. As RBill puts it:

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 18 2008,08:28)
The discussion, now headless, runs 'round the barnyard:

Sums it up perfectly for me.

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,17:06   

Quote (dogdidit @ May 22 2008,17:46)
 
Quote (Albatrossity2 @ May 22 2008,15:35)
And, in keeping with their well-known spirit of fair play, the UDenizens continue to "argue" with leo, despite knowing full well that he will not be able to point out their errors again.

Relativistic effects. As RBill explained, they wrote their posts before leo was banned, but back-modification by the loudspeaker makes it appear they are deliberately speaking to a ghost. It's unintentionally funny - imagine actors on a stage, ignoring the cops who have swept in to haul away one of their troupe, and continuing to speak lines to him (and pausing for the responses he is no longer able to make) with nary a pause.

That would be Carlson's insight.

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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.

"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
dogdidit



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,17:21   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 22 2008,17:06)
   
Quote (dogdidit @ May 22 2008,17:46)
       
Quote (Albatrossity2 @ May 22 2008,15:35)
And, in keeping with their well-known spirit of fair play, the UDenizens continue to "argue" with leo, despite knowing full well that he will not be able to point out their errors again.

Relativistic effects. As RBill explained, they wrote their posts before leo was banned, but back-modification by the loudspeaker makes it appear they are deliberately speaking to a ghost. It's unintentionally funny - imagine actors on a stage, ignoring the cops who have swept in to haul away one of their troupe, and continuing to speak lines to him (and pausing for the responses he is no longer able to make) with nary a pause.

That would be Carlson's insight.

Oops! Thanks. Didn't look far enough up-stack... ???

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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 22 2008,20:53   

WAD operationalizes nixplanation:

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William Dembski
05/22/2008
7:55 pm

Cue: I’m not following this thread too closely, but to say that methodological naturalism is an essential ingredient of the scientific method betrays a gross ignorance of the history and philosophy of science. Indeed, it’s not even fair to say that there is one scientific method. Percy Bridgman put it this way: “the scientific method, insofar as it is a method, is doing one’s damndest with one’s mind, no holds barred.” In any case, you’re out of here.

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"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace

"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington

  
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