Revelation 4:11
Constantly searching for objectivity in the evolution debate...
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Posted on 04/18/2006 4:19:25 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
I was getting ready to make that exact point but, you worded it much better than I would have.
I hate to break it to you, but the debate among the scientific community over whether or not evolution occurred ended a long time ago. The only debate that persists is with people who understand the theory (i.e. trained scientists) trying to convince people who lack a full education on the subject (i.e. the general public) as to the extent of the evidence that actually does exist, and how the theory actually does work.
But we all know the debate is still very much alive ... but that arrogance! I would be surprised if any of you were capable of learning anything.
What's more arrogant - scientists who actually dedicate endless hours throughout their lives to a subject reaching a well-informed consensus, or a layperson that thinks they can overturn a well-founded scientific theory by a few musings and web-surfing on their lunch break? I have confidence in well-established theories and the endless hours of work and expertise put in by trained professionals. This is quite a different thing than arrogance. I wouldn't tell a trained auto mechanic that they're doing their job wrong; I don't know why so many people are arrogant enough to do so with the work of scientists.
I might recommend that you might consider that theories are considered well-established for good reason, and that you might more thoroughly understand the science before weighing in a negative opinion against it.
IDers merely make their claims without ever receiving the complex signal.
Good point. If we get an inter-galactic message along the lines of, say,
Greetings, Earthlings! We have unlimited free beer for you here on our home planet of Xergflubberbex!
then I think we should probably ignore it.
Greetings, Earthlings! We have unlimited free beer for you here on our home planet of Xergflubberbex!
then I think we should probably ignore it.
Absolutely. Everyone knows that, lacking the yeast required for fermentation, the most the Xergflubberbexians could offer would be non-alcoholic "beer". Hardly worth traversing inter-stellar distances.
I rest my case.
But maybe they have something a little more, um..."tasty"?
You wouldn't make a very good lawyer.
AND YOU KEEP THOSE HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER.
Do you know some that do? How many are biologists? How many of those are named Steve?
Maybe Xenu will answer. He has as good a chance as any other space being.
True -- but when you consider what the likely penalty for DUI in a near-light-speed craft must be, it's probably best to stick with something like O'Doul's in any event.
But would we be able to understand it?
Seriously, there was a case in the UK some years back, whereby HM Customs impounded and destroyed a shipment of imported videos deemed to be pornographic. What the videos depicted was hours upon hours of nothing more than bare female feet--sizzling hot stuff if you're foot-fetishist, and about as boring as a Labour Party Conference if you're not.
C-Span might be XXX rated on Alpha Centauri, for all we know.
But their ad says they are here to serve us...
...unless accompanied by a "Designated Warper", in which case, (relative) bottoms up!
Thanks for the ping!
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