Re:I've used genetic algorithms
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That makes the assumption that the anti-evolutionists are logical people. I would say that the many thousands of undisputable cases of evolution around us every day would also make them shut up, but it doesn't. Maybe when they are infected with antibiotic resistant Staph they will think about it from a different perspective...
So effectively you are saying that it is easy to trick carbon dating by burying stuff in caves. Well, that may be true now, just as it is easy to make PERFECT copies of many paintings. However, just a short while ago that wasn't possible. Human records don't contain references to virtually any of the animals one would try to carbon date so more than likely humans didn't "plant" those animal skeletons, unless very early humans were doing such to fool a science which couldn't even be conceived of at the time.
Also, when I bury stuff I generally do it in dirt and not rock. When we carbon date things we often are able to directly sample the fossil as our techniques have gotten better, but when we DO have to sample the surrounding area it is the organic content in the rock we are sampling. There are numerous ways to verify that a layer of strata was deposited at a certain time. If ALL of the strata seems to be layed down at a certain time and the fossil is completely merged with that environment (which is quite a bit different than just burying something) it would be a fair assumption that the item located was placed there along with the rest of the surrounding area...again discounting people such as yourself who would intentionally bury things to fool science because it violates your beliefs.
I don't see where anyone else has noticed this, but doesn't the BSA more or less falsely identify itself by using the e-mail address of guest@nowhere.com?
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I'm sure the owners of that domain would be happy to know about the false identification the BSA is using...
I'll go ahead and point out some of the flaws you said where there but didn't mention. Earth is a larger planet, so the temperature gradient from equator to pole can be greater. Earth also has a much more pronounced tilt than Mars meaning that our "summers are warmer and winters are colder" relative to those on Mars. These two facts alone would make the rough 8 2/3 factor not too meaningful, but I'm sure there are a lot of other factors making the temperature on Mars a bit more unlivable than you think.
Of course, I'm a geneticist and don't have a clue when it comes to astrophysics so I might have ignored something that would work in the opposite direction as well...
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That makes the assumption that the anti-evolutionists are logical people. I would say that the many thousands of undisputable cases of evolution around us every day would also make them shut up, but it doesn't. Maybe when they are infected with antibiotic resistant Staph they will think about it from a different perspective...
So effectively you are saying that it is easy to trick carbon dating by burying stuff in caves. Well, that may be true now, just as it is easy to make PERFECT copies of many paintings. However, just a short while ago that wasn't possible. Human records don't contain references to virtually any of the animals one would try to carbon date so more than likely humans didn't "plant" those animal skeletons, unless very early humans were doing such to fool a science which couldn't even be conceived of at the time. Also, when I bury stuff I generally do it in dirt and not rock. When we carbon date things we often are able to directly sample the fossil as our techniques have gotten better, but when we DO have to sample the surrounding area it is the organic content in the rock we are sampling. There are numerous ways to verify that a layer of strata was deposited at a certain time. If ALL of the strata seems to be layed down at a certain time and the fossil is completely merged with that environment (which is quite a bit different than just burying something) it would be a fair assumption that the item located was placed there along with the rest of the surrounding area...again discounting people such as yourself who would intentionally bury things to fool science because it violates your beliefs.
Not trying to be an ass, but catalase breaks 2H202 into 2H20 and 1O2 not 2H202 into 2H202 and 1H2.
I don't see where anyone else has noticed this, but doesn't the BSA more or less falsely identify itself by using the e-mail address of guest@nowhere.com?
Infringement Details:
First Found: 24 Nov 2002 15:31:40 EST (GMT -500)
Last Found: 24 Feb 2003 01:19:59 EST (GMT -500)
IP Address: 128.176.191.21
IP Port: 21
Protocol: FTP
FTP Login Name: anonymous
FTP Login Password: guest@nowhere.com
I'm sure the owners of that domain would be happy to know about the false identification the BSA is using...
I'll go ahead and point out some of the flaws you said where there but didn't mention. Earth is a larger planet, so the temperature gradient from equator to pole can be greater. Earth also has a much more pronounced tilt than Mars meaning that our "summers are warmer and winters are colder" relative to those on Mars. These two facts alone would make the rough 8 2/3 factor not too meaningful, but I'm sure there are a lot of other factors making the temperature on Mars a bit more unlivable than you think. Of course, I'm a geneticist and don't have a clue when it comes to astrophysics so I might have ignored something that would work in the opposite direction as well...
I think the "Colgate Gel" he speaks of is not toothpaste but the whitening stuff, maybe???