There is nothing precluding natural selection from being compatible with 'Intelligent Design'. All Intelligent Design requires that at the ultimate end of the chain of events is set in motion by a higher power.
That's a complete misunderstanding of the ID position. Intelligent Design proponents don't just claim that a higher power set the universe in motion (a claim that some mainstream scientists might agree with), they claim that it had to intervene constantly during the evolutionary process, citing supposed phenomena such as irreducible complexity to make their point. The whole motivation of the ID movement is to deny that natural selection is a sufficient mechanism to explain the evolution of species on earth.
Intelligent Design is BS, but it doesn't deny evolution, it denies evolution by natural selection. Evolution is simply the claim that species change or "evolve" over time. Darwin didn't invent the concept of evolution -- it was a commonly discussed concept for two generations before Origin of Species was published in 1859. For example, Lamarckism was a popular theory of evolution, now discredited, that held that children inherit characteristics acquired during their parents' lifetimes (thus if I work out a lot, my children will be muscular). Darwin's contribution was to popularize the mechanism of natural selection (which very roughly can be summed up as "survival of the fittest") to explain evolution. Intelligent design is a rival, non-scientific mechanism.
The worst part about 10-digit local calls is never being sure whether it's free or toll.
Calling your neighbor across the street... probably not toll. Calling the local blockbuster... well, PROBABLY not. Calling a plumber you looked up in the phone book? No way to tell really, without committing to memory the HUGE tables of "local to" exchanges in the front of the phone book. (I used to develop automated calling systems and I've had to deal with this for years.)
It turns your phone bill into a reverse lottery every month.
We already have the "reverse lottery" without 10-digit local calls. In San Jose, for example, a call to Saratoga is free, while a call to Sunnyvale is not. All three are in the 408 area code.
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That's a complete misunderstanding of the ID position. Intelligent Design proponents don't just claim that a higher power set the universe in motion (a claim that some mainstream scientists might agree with), they claim that it had to intervene constantly during the evolutionary process, citing supposed phenomena such as irreducible complexity to make their point. The whole motivation of the ID movement is to deny that natural selection is a sufficient mechanism to explain the evolution of species on earth.
Intelligent Design is BS, but it doesn't deny evolution, it denies evolution by natural selection. Evolution is simply the claim that species change or "evolve" over time. Darwin didn't invent the concept of evolution -- it was a commonly discussed concept for two generations before Origin of Species was published in 1859. For example, Lamarckism was a popular theory of evolution, now discredited, that held that children inherit characteristics acquired during their parents' lifetimes (thus if I work out a lot, my children will be muscular). Darwin's contribution was to popularize the mechanism of natural selection (which very roughly can be summed up as "survival of the fittest") to explain evolution. Intelligent design is a rival, non-scientific mechanism.
Come on guys, let's get the syntax right!
With the Paris crash, Concorde went from having a perfect safety record to being four times more dangerous than any other passenger aircraft.
We already have the "reverse lottery" without 10-digit local calls. In San Jose, for example, a call to Saratoga is free, while a call to Sunnyvale is not. All three are in the 408 area code.
This is partly because the majority of Hindi-speakers are illiterate.