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  1. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1


    You might be much more informed, but you're probably not even close to an authority on some subjects you've argued over

    Interesting.
    Yet virtually all religious folks feel like they're expert enough to argue when all they have are ghost stories from the Iron Age.

  2. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    It's not reverting, it's just changing to suit the environment.
    The DNA hasn't reverted, like a ctrl-z, it is just inherited mutations from the ancestors.

  3. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    Changes in size depending on environment is exactly what Darwin suggested, though.

  4. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that link! I'm keeping it for future reference. :)

  5. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1


    As for experts not agreeing do you know how many competing theories of the creation of the universe there have been and are?

    Scientific theories? The Big Bang is the major one.

    Non-scientific? Countless, all equally worthless.

  6. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1


    This has been shown time and time again - example: check out any of the examples used by Darwin to demonstrate Micro-Evolution; they all reverted after a time. All within his lifetime nonetheless.

    Are you saying the differences in finch beaks which intrigued Darwin reverted? Please link to some scientific journals which show your claim "time and time again".

  7. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    I said as much further up in the thread.

  8. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1


    According to this comment, you can.

    Yes, I rolled my eyes too.

  9. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    Though string theory may be lumped in with religion... :)
    Man I wish /. would let one mod and comment in the same story.

  10. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1


    Paranormal activity is bullshit. Generally the only people who would accept it are part of the 50% of the population considered below average.

  11. Re:Trust peer-reviewed science... on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that link to that lecture! I'm about 50% of the way through (just listening in the background) It's excellent.

  12. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 2


    If I asked those same priests for their evidence and the methods with which I could replicate their results, what excuse would they offer?

  13. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 2


    A lab full of scientists claiming Antihydrogen will have some evidence to support their claims. More importantly, they will continue to replicate the results.

    There's a difference between blind faith and having faith in the experts.

  14. No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Science is demonstrable, repeatable and self-correcting. Most importantly: Science Delivers. Not understanding the intricacies doesn't make it "faith".

    Faith is an idea with no evidence to back it up no matter how adept the 'experts'. Even more important, the 'experts' often don't agree on even the basics. Witness all the various religions and factions thereof.

  15. Crap! on 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan; Tsunami Alert Issued · · Score: -1, Troll


    I hope this doesn't affect Apple's supply chain.

  16. Re:Oh dear God, no. NO. on Getting L33t Into the Oxford English Dictionary · · Score: 5, Funny


    I was going to agree with you but then realized your username could be written as 70lk13n and calmed down.

  17. Re:Get a clue, Olde Skoolers on iPad Just Another TV Set? · · Score: 1

    Apple surpassed Walmart in 2008 for the largest US seller see here and now sells more than Walmart and Best Buy combined.

    I recall reading a similar boast for world-wide sales more recently.

  18. Re:Hackers=christians?? on The Vatican Lauds Hackers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hackers are the altar boys. Crackers are the altar boys who sue.

  19. Re:Get a clue, Olde Skoolers on iPad Just Another TV Set? · · Score: 4, Informative

    No kidding! The music industry wanted people to buy shiny plastic discs at brick and mortar stores. Fast forward a few years and a non-music entity (Apple) is the largest music seller in the world.

    The old timers don't get that their shit is just data.

  20. Get a clue, Olde Skoolers on iPad Just Another TV Set? · · Score: 1


    You can make it easy for your customers to watch what they already pay for or they can just torrent it and watch with things like AirVideo which means no advertising revenue.

    I've helped piles of "non-geeks" with BitTorrent and RSS feeds for TV shows. They don't care about movies or warez, just the latest episode of Glee in HD.

  21. Re:Received one this morning. on Epsilon Breach Affects JPMorgan Chase, Capital One · · Score: 1

    Yeah I had an AirMiles one this morning as well.

  22. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1


    An amazing grasp of the obvious!

  23. Re:Tax junk food on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1


    The HFCS moniker is getting such a bad reputation that here's been some lobbying from the corn industry to have the name changed from "High Fructose Corn Syrup" to "Corn Sugar".

    I shit you not.

  24. Re:Received one this morning. on Epsilon Breach Affects JPMorgan Chase, Capital One · · Score: 1

    Re-read my post: I give throwaway accounts everywhere to one of my domains. Spam starts, account closes.

  25. Re:Received one this morning. on Epsilon Breach Affects JPMorgan Chase, Capital One · · Score: 1

    It's usually in the small print of the contracts you sign to get a card from the firms.