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Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2015,13:45   

Quote (JohnW @ May 13 2015,00:03)
I don't accept the old canard that "there's no such thing as a stupid question."  Here's StephenB to illustrate:
 
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Does a person with a million concepts weigh more than a person will a thousand concepts all other things being equal? If not, why not?

Since all physical things are extended in space, does that mean that the concept of a large physical thing, such as a galaxy, takes up more room in the head than the concept of a smaller physical thing, such as a horse? If not, why not?

No it's true. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Only stupid people.

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2015,13:48   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 13 2015,13:45)
Quote (JohnW @ May 13 2015,00:03)
I don't accept the old canard that "there's no such thing as a stupid question."  Here's StephenB to illustrate:
   
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Does a person with a million concepts weigh more than a person will a thousand concepts all other things being equal? If not, why not?

Since all physical things are extended in space, does that mean that the concept of a large physical thing, such as a galaxy, takes up more room in the head than the concept of a smaller physical thing, such as a horse? If not, why not?

No it's true. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Only stupid people.

It does suggest a reason to question the existence of a material mind. At least in their case.

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Amadan



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2015,13:53   



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"People are always looking for natural selection to generate random mutations" - Densye  4-4-2011
JoeG BTW dumbass- some variations help ensure reproductive fitness so they cannot be random wrt it.

   
timothya



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(Permalink) Posted: May 13 2015,15:21   

Shroud of Turin!

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,09:56   

My imagination, or has rhere been a decline of opposition posts at UD?

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Occam's Aftershave



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,10:14   

Quote (midwifetoad @ May 14 2015,09:56)
My imagination, or has there been a decline of opposition posts at UD?

My imagination, or has there been a decline of opposition posters at UD?

FIFY.

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"CO2 can't re-emit any trapped heat unless all the molecules point the right way"
"All the evidence supports Creation baraminology"
"If it required a mind, planning and design, it isn't materialistic."
"Jews and Christians are Muslims."

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JohnW



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,10:56   

Quote (midwifetoad @ May 14 2015,07:56)
My imagination, or has rhere been a decline of opposition posts at UD?

At least some of the regulars (Mark Frank and Lizzie for sure, probably others) have bailed after the Aurelio Smith shenanigans.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,13:03   

if that robert byers quote wasn't real, nobody'd believe you if you said he'd said it.

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,13:05   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 13 2015,14:45)
Quote (JohnW @ May 13 2015,00:03)
I don't accept the old canard that "there's no such thing as a stupid question."  Here's StephenB to illustrate:
   
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Does a person with a million concepts weigh more than a person will a thousand concepts all other things being equal? If not, why not?

Since all physical things are extended in space, does that mean that the concept of a large physical thing, such as a galaxy, takes up more room in the head than the concept of a smaller physical thing, such as a horse? If not, why not?

No it's true. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Only stupid people.

How do stupid people never manage to ask stupid questions?

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,13:47   

man, that takes way too many consonant-type mouth movements to say.

   
OgreMkV



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,14:56   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 13 2015,13:45)
Quote (JohnW @ May 13 2015,00:03)
I don't accept the old canard that "there's no such thing as a stupid question."  Here's StephenB to illustrate:
   
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Does a person with a million concepts weigh more than a person will a thousand concepts all other things being equal? If not, why not?

Since all physical things are extended in space, does that mean that the concept of a large physical thing, such as a galaxy, takes up more room in the head than the concept of a smaller physical thing, such as a horse? If not, why not?

No it's true. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Only stupid people.

There are stupid questions.

"Is this going to be on a test?"

"Are you OK?" to a person with a sucking chest wound (all chest wounds suck).

"Dude, where's my car?"

For example...

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J-Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: May 14 2015,16:08   

Quote (OgreMkV @ May 14 2015,14:56)
Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 13 2015,13:45)
Quote (JohnW @ May 13 2015,00:03)
I don't accept the old canard that "there's no such thing as a stupid question."  Here's StephenB to illustrate:
   
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Does a person with a million concepts weigh more than a person will a thousand concepts all other things being equal? If not, why not?

Since all physical things are extended in space, does that mean that the concept of a large physical thing, such as a galaxy, takes up more room in the head than the concept of a smaller physical thing, such as a horse? If not, why not?

No it's true. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

Only stupid people.

There are stupid questions.

"Is this going to be on a test?"

"Are you OK?" to a person with a sucking chest wound (all chest wounds suck).

"Dude, where's my car?"

For example...

Further example:

Is Dembski ever gonna pay off losing his ID Is Mainstream Bet with that bottle of Single-malt scotch?

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KevinB



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(Permalink) Posted: May 15 2015,06:51   

Quote (J-Dog @ May 14 2015,16:08)
Is Dembski ever gonna pay off losing his ID Is Mainstream Bet with that bottle of Single-malt scotch?

Perhaps he's pleading the 18th Amendment.

  
Reciprocating Bill



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2015,18:06   

Jim Smith:
 
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Puberty seems to cause sexual thoughts.

You just wait.

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CeilingCat



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(Permalink) Posted: May 18 2015,19:41   

Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ May 18 2015,18:06)
Jim Smith:
   
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Puberty seems to cause sexual thoughts.

You just wait.

At least that's what he's been told.

  
Occam's Aftershave



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,09:33   

This is good.  Larry Moran is now engaging the IDiots at UD.  Banny is being his usual insulting self, Mung is doing his usual evasive asshat routine.  None of them will commit to Moran's simple question "Does ID accept common descent of humans and chimps."

ETA:  linky

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"CO2 can't re-emit any trapped heat unless all the molecules point the right way"
"All the evidence supports Creation baraminology"
"If it required a mind, planning and design, it isn't materialistic."
"Jews and Christians are Muslims."

- Joke "Sharon" Gallien, world's dumbest YEC.

  
OgreMkV



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,10:11   

Quote (Occam's Aftershave @ May 19 2015,09:33)
This is good.  Larry Moran is now engaging the IDiots at UD.  Banny is being his usual insulting self, Mung is doing his usual evasive asshat routine.  None of them will commit to Moran's simple question "Does ID accept common descent of humans and chimps."

ETA:  linky

That's pretty fun. Moran is good at putting them down.

Asking them to disagree or agree among themselves is funny. I think we've all been saying that for years.

I note that my old buddy Rex made a post too. How funny.

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,11:16   

he's got two good posts up at sandwalk

this is what ID Creationist Apologetics look like

another view of junk DNA from an IDC

Edited by stevestory on May 19 2015,12:16

   
KevinB



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,11:39   

Quote (Occam's Aftershave @ May 19 2015,09:33)
This is good.  Larry Moran is now engaging the IDiots at UD.  Banny is being his usual insulting self, Mung is doing his usual evasive asshat routine.  None of them will commit to Moran's simple question "Does ID accept common descent of humans and chimps."

ETA:  linky

Having responded "yes" to vjtorley demanding a straight yes-or-no answer, he was immediately accused of being "smarmy".....

  
Occam's Aftershave



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,11:50   

Quote (OgreMkV @ May 19 2015,10:11)
   
Quote (Occam's Aftershave @ May 19 2015,09:33)
This is good.  Larry Moran is now engaging the IDiots at UD.  Banny is being his usual insulting self, Mung is doing his usual evasive asshat routine.  None of them will commit to Moran's simple question "Does ID accept common descent of humans and chimps."

ETA:  linky

That's pretty fun. Moran is good at putting them down.

Asking them to disagree or agree among themselves is funny. I think we've all been saying that for years.

I note that my old buddy Rex made a post too. How funny.

Mung is doing his best Joe G impersonation:

"ID is about the design, not the Designer or the details!!"

:D  :D  :D

None of those asshats will commit to the slightest thing about ID.  Big tent, big confusion, big pile of BS.

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"CO2 can't re-emit any trapped heat unless all the molecules point the right way"
"All the evidence supports Creation baraminology"
"If it required a mind, planning and design, it isn't materialistic."
"Jews and Christians are Muslims."

- Joke "Sharon" Gallien, world's dumbest YEC.

  
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,13:03   

Quote (OgreMkV @ May 19 2015,11:11)
Quote (Occam's Aftershave @ May 19 2015,09:33)
This is good.  Larry Moran is now engaging the IDiots at UD.  Banny is being his usual insulting self, Mung is doing his usual evasive asshat routine.  None of them will commit to Moran's simple question "Does ID accept common descent of humans and chimps."

ETA:  linky

That's pretty fun. Moran is good at putting them down.

Asking them to disagree or agree among themselves is funny. I think we've all been saying that for years.

I note that my old buddy Rex made a post too. How funny.

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Larry MoranMay 16, 2015 at 5:06 am
bFast says,

Mr. Moran, there is nothing to the theory of “genetic drift” but random variation. That this the beginning and the end of the theory.

How can you spend so much time and effort criticising evolution when you clearly don’t understand it?

Only an IDiot would do that.

Why don’t you read an introductory textbook on evolution before you embarrass yourself any further?


i heart larry moran.

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,13:19   

read this whole thread, but save time and just read Jerry Moran's replies.

the difference between this thread and a jackie chan fight scene, is chan's opponents occasionally land blows on him.

   
Kattarina98



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,19:28   

Bully Bannington in a violent fit of science envy:
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Such as Larry Moran. He shows up and presents himself as the pure light of intellect in which we poor benighted rubes can bask as the shackles of our ignorance fall from our hands.

Go on, Bully, ban him, why don't you.

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fnxtr



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,20:27   

As if. They voluntarily moved to Shackleton and they ain't leavin' no-now.

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CeilingCat



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(Permalink) Posted: May 19 2015,23:27   

Dense shows her reading skills:  
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Creationists sequence e coli genome


First line of paper referenced:  
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Draft Genome Sequence of Citrobacter rodentium


They're all tiny round things.

Link: http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelli....-genome

  
Acartia_Bogart



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(Permalink) Posted: May 20 2015,10:49   

Gordon (KairosFocus) Mullings:
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As it turns out, I have taught the UK/Caribbean equivalent of a critical thinking etc course, the A Level General Studies/Paper.

I almost peed myself laughing.

  
midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: May 20 2015,11:50   

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jerry May 20, 2015 at 7:43 am
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What’s the connection to the US election cycle?


The left’s only chance of winning is to obscure the bad results of their past policies and to somehow get out the black vote in elections. If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, In 2016 there will not be a black man running for president so it is somehow necessary to find ways to get them to vote.

That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. I expect to see much more of it in the next 18 months.


http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwini....laptrap

Edited by midwifetoad on May 20 2015,11:51

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stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 20 2015,12:50   

Quote (midwifetoad @ May 20 2015,12:50)
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jerry May 20, 2015 at 7:43 am
 
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What’s the connection to the US election cycle?


The left’s only chance of winning is to obscure the bad results of their past policies and to somehow get out the black vote in elections. If the blacks did not vote in the US, the Democrats would win almost no elections, In 2016 there will not be a black man running for president so it is somehow necessary to find ways to get them to vote.

That is one of the reasons why inner city explosions of rioting are exploited and in some places encouraged. I expect to see much more of it in the next 18 months.


http://www.uncommondescent.com/darwini....laptrap

reminds me of the national review guy who said 'obama's policies aren't really as popular as polls suggest, because black people Overwhelmingly support them, skewing the results'

   
JohnW



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(Permalink) Posted: May 20 2015,14:32   

All science so far!

That whole thread is... interesting, even by UD's exalted standards.
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Progressive-ism has always been the philosophy that smart people know better. And what do we get as a result of this, riots which the smart people will blame on anything but themselves.

It is these people who constantly bring up evolution in questions with Republican political candidates.

"Where were you during the Darwin riots of '15, Grandma?"

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(Permalink) Posted: May 20 2015,15:01   

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All science so far!

That whole thread is... interesting, even by UD's exalted standards.
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Progressive-ism has always been the philosophy that smart people know better. And what do we get as a result of this, riots which the smart people will blame on anything but themselves.

It is these people who constantly bring up evolution in questions with Republican political candidates.

"Where were you during the Darwin riots of '15, Grandma?"

"We've been attacked by the educated, intelligent segment of the culture."

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Evolution is not about laws but about randomness on happanchance.--Robert Byers, at PT

  
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