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John Templeton Foundation awards $2.8 million to examine origins of biological complexity
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| 02 January 2006
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Posted on 01/02/2006 4:14:37 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: Physicist
why are humans so hairless compared to other apesAll humans alive today are directly descended from one very small tribe that lived on the beaches between South Africa and Ethiopia from 200,000 ya to about 80,000 ya after which a few of them crossed into Yemen and quickly covered the beaches all the way to Indonesia before being nearly extincted by the Toba explosion about 74,000 ya. It was only after glacier melt about 50-60,000 ya that they began to multiply and move inland up rivers. Nearly all the differences between these modern humans and other apes and other extinct hominids is directly related to a survival life style based on traversing an average of 40 or more miles a day constantly running up and down long narrow beaches and swimming the frequent channels between the beaches. Hair anywhere but the top of the head and a little patch covering the pubic area would be a restrictive nuisance that was selected out.
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posted on
01/02/2006 1:48:44 PM PST
by
shuckmaster
(An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
To: PatrickHenry
The John Templeton Foundation gives out nearly $60 million per year "to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science" (according to their website), and none of it is going to the clowns who push ID. Perhaps this quote from the Dover decision will help explain why Templeton isn't interested in funding ID:
On cross-examination, Professor Behe admitted that: "There are no peer reviewed articles by anyone advocating for intelligent design supported by pertinent experiments or calculations which provide detailed rigorous accounts of how intelligent design of any biological system occurred"(22:22-23 (Behe)). Additionally, Professor Behe conceded that there are no peer-reviewed papers supporting his claims that complex molecular systems, like the bacterial flagellum, the blood-clotting cascade, and the immune system, were intelligently designed. (21:61-62 (complex molecular systems), 23:4-5 (immune system), and 22:124-25 (blood-clotting cascade) (Behe)). In that regard, there are no peer-reviewed articles supporting Professor Behe's argument that certain complex molecular structures are "irreducibly complex."17 (21:62, 22:124-25 (Behe)). In addition to failing to produce papers in peer-reviewed journals, ID also features no scientific research or testing. (28:114-15 (Fuller); 18:22-23, 105-06 (Behe)). After this searching and careful review of ID as espoused by its proponents, Case 4:04-cv-02688-JEJ Document 342 Filed 12/20/2005 Page 89 of 139
as elaborated upon in submissions to the Court, and as scrutinized over a six week trial, we find that ID is not science and cannot be adjudged a valid, accepted scientific theory as it has failed to publish in peer-reviewed journals, engage in research and testing, and gain acceptance in the scientific community.
[emphasis added]
No supporting peer-reviewed papers, and no research or testing. Sounds like a pretty good reason to be dubious about ID's claims to being scientific.
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posted on
01/02/2006 1:50:09 PM PST
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: CarolinaGuitarman
courtesy ping to #48.
;-)
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posted on
01/02/2006 1:55:03 PM PST
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: longshadow
O horrible man. And your new tagline is horrible too.
</creation mode>
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posted on
01/02/2006 1:56:05 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
To: PatrickHenry
And your new tagline is horrible too. Thanks for noticing....
;-)
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posted on
01/02/2006 1:58:16 PM PST
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: longshadow
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:01:00 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: RightWingAtheist
Mike Oldfield? Nope.
Hint: Think "Dark Side of the Moon".....
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:05:11 PM PST
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: longshadow
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:13:47 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: Right Wing Professor
Robwin Since Dec 26, 2005No further comment is necessary.
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:14:59 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: RightWingAtheist
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:15:03 PM PST
by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
To: PatrickHenry
They haven't figured out a good angle yet. Templeton has been influenced by what is probably burnable heresy. I wish that had been left out of his bio. ;)
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:15:10 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: RightWingAtheist
Dave Gilmour? The Grand Master at DarwinCentral is suitably impressed, and an appropriate entry has been made in your personal record at DC to reflect your accomplishment.
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:16:37 PM PST
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: MRMEAN
Thanks. Every time I get disillusioned when an FR thread gets run over by the creationuts, I just head over to that DUmpster to remind myself that stupidity crosses political lines.
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:21:08 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: shuckmaster
about 74,000 ya. It was only after glacier melt about 50-60,000 ya that they began to multiply and move inland up rivers. Nearly all the differences between these modern humans and other apes and other extinct hominids is directly related to a survival life style based on traversing an average of 40 or more miles a day constantly running up and down long narrow beaches and swimming the frequent channels between the beaches. Hair anywhere but the top of the head and a little patch covering the pubic area would be a restrictive nuisance that was selected out. So if we want to follow our evolutionary heritage, we should run/swim 40 miles a day...in the nude?
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:21:51 PM PST
by
MRMEAN
(Better living through nuclear explosives)
To: longshadow; CarolinaGuitarman
Appropriately enough, Gilmour also provided the guitar solo for this classic:
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:23:00 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: MRMEAN
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:23:26 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: RightWingAtheist
Robwin Since Dec 26, 2005Does Jim Robinson do post-Christmas returns? This one's defective.
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:23:29 PM PST
by
Right Wing Professor
(Liberals have hijacked science for long enough. Now it's our turn -- Tom Bethell)
To: Right Wing Professor
You'd think after the medved and G3K models petered out, we'd know enough not to purchase them anymore.
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:25:03 PM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
("Why thank you Mr.Obama, I'm proud to be a Darwinist!")
To: RightWingAtheist
Every time I get disillusioned when an FR thread gets run over by the creationuts, I just head over to that DUmpster to remind myself that stupidity crosses political lines.You've got to be a true optimist, when the observation that stupidity is ubiquitous cheers you up! :-)
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:25:11 PM PST
by
Right Wing Professor
(Liberals have hijacked science for long enough. Now it's our turn -- Tom Bethell)
To: PatrickHenry
The Templeton Foundation is the real thing, and the DI isn't Why do you say that?
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posted on
01/02/2006 2:25:30 PM PST
by
paulat
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