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Putting Anti-Evolution Candidates On the Spot
hmccabe writes "YouTube is currently taking submissions for their next debate, in which the Republican candidates will answer questions. This seems like a good opportunity to challenge those candidates who say they do not believe in evolution. But since I am not an expert in the subject, I would be interested in how you all feel the question should be presented. For my own part, I think it is important to present the overwhelming body of evidence on the subject as incontrovertible fact, much the same way DNA evidence is presented during a criminal trial, and ask why the candidate feels they can pick and choose what facts they believe in. Moreover, I am wary of coming across like Christopher Hitchins, so vitriolic the candidate will defend themselves rather than answer the question. Perhaps the most important aspect of posing the question is to inform the viewers who watch the debate that this is really not a matter of opinion, but of science. So my question is: 'Hey geneticists, have you considered addressing evolution in the YouTube debates? Can you do it in 30 seconds?'"
discuss.
There's a lot of stuff on there that makes me question whether or not people are evolving.
You could ask the candidate:
What model of Dinosaur did your ancestors prefer driving?
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
What if they reply, "time doesn't really exist, it's really just an illusion"?
Gov. Huckabee, our next President may need to make decisions involving controversial scientific areas including global warming, alternative energy sources, and stem cell research. Some Americans feel that your stand against evolution places you far outside the mainstream of currently accepted scientific thought. Would you say that the evolutionary theory for speciation as originally described by Charles Darwin is completely false, or could there be a way of reconciling that theory with your beliefs of intelligent design?
(I'll acknowledge defeat if this gets modded as funny)
ANd I was going to say:
Outlook, Notes, ccMail....
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If the average Slashdot reader had infinite power it would be all booze and hookers, right?
Yes, God may be a slob just like the rest of us (thanks St. Alanis), but thank God, He deigned to create us. Without that where would we be?
Q.E.D.
Sniff - why do I smell ozone? Did I just hear thunder?
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
STACK OVERFLOW
++NO CARRIER
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
I think you mean...
+++ OUT OF CHEESE ERROR +++
+++ PLEASE REINSTALL UNIVERSE +++
+++ REDO FROM START +++
(additional meaningless text inserted here to override lameness filter for using all caps, even though that was the format of the work that is quoted above)
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So then, while God may be recursive, he doesn't have any end condition.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
who created the creator?
The Flying Recursive Spehgetti Monster!
Table-ized A.I.
So god crashed eons ago and humanity is just the core dump?
Fine. Prove evolution or falsify it... absolutely. The kind of absolutely that can be shown for Relativity, QM, and measured by some (probably very expensive but precise and accurate) ruler.
Despite many humanly-imperfect drawings, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has no beginning and no end - he is a beautiful bifurcating strange-loop of Noodly Goodness (plus some meatballs for eyes).
RAmen!
Amen
http://dilemma.gulecha.org - My philospohical short film.
Reminds me of the saying "Of course I believe in luck. How else do I explain the success of my enemies?"
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Only if you always make sure there's a towel in the boot.
People replying to my sig annoy me. That's why I change it all the time.
I think you can remove the word "core" there.
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