Darwin's Great Blunder—and Why It Was Good for the World

discovermagazine ^ | October 27, 2009 | Bruno Maddox

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[DannyTN]

"places where you would be safer lighting a Marlboro off a burning American flag than being caught with a copy of On the Origin of Species—you’re going to find it quite a hike."

ROFLMAO Nobody ever accused Darwinists of a lack of imagination. LOL What a victim complex!!!

[Natural Law]

The article is, to use the one overly cleaver 19th century word not used by the author, poppycock.

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[VR-21]

I’ve always wanted to be a Grand Fromage.

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[VR-21]

Wow, that is ‘Grand.’

[stormer]

Speaking of Scottish geology, here's my current read, a biography of James Hutton. As an inspiration for Lyell and in turn Darwin, he is an under appreciated giant in the history of science. The book also provides a good deal of information on the events leading up to the Scottish Enlightenment and the unification of England and Scotland. The man also was one of the original party animals, apparently spending a not insignificant amount of time getting drunk with luminaries such as Ben Franklin, Adam Smith, James Watt, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, and David Hume. Makes my friends seem rather, shall we say, pedestrian?

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Dear Friend:
The photo is priceless; except that the gentleman is holding up the wrong digit!! ;oD

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[stormer]

Poppycock? Not so fast...

“...we don’t want to find ourselves 200 years from now still defending the obviousness of natural selection from those poor souls who would rather not grasp it...”

[Daffynition]

Be kind. Rewind.

[dr_lew]

... poppycock.

Welllll, here is a superview of the view from Bohuntine Hill ( bottom right ) eastward, showing the "roads" across the valley and the presumed col leading to the east.

Following it in Google Earth, it seems to lead up into the highlands, so would not be a drainage route.

Is this the basis of your asservation?

[stormer]

Those interested in Agassi may also want to explore the life of another personal hero, J Harlan Bretz.

A mand ahead of his time, but unlike Wegener, not so far ahead he died before he could say "I told you so".

[stormer]

Along with being a mand ahead of his time, he was also a man ahead of his time.

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