He's talking about smoke in the "after" picture, not in the picture with the streak. There's no smoke in the after picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0412/strang eafter_pryde_big.jpg
"When God says "You shall not...", that seems pretty clear too, doesn't it?"
When the bible says that you should stone a disobedient child, that seems pretty clear, too.
Deuteronomy 21:18
"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,
Deuteronomy 21:19
then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Deuteronomy 21:20
"They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
Deuteronomy 21:21
"Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.
So, believers have two choices. Either they follow all the rules of the bible, and start stoning disobedient children, or they don't follow any of the rules of the bible, and don't try to force those rules on others. You can't pick and choose what rules to follow based on how you feel about certain issues. Well, you can, but then I can call you a hypocritical idiot.
"Embryonic stem cell research was not banned. Federal funding was given for embryonic stem cell research but limited to pre-existing lines.
There is a huge difference between the two."
That would be like wasting money hacking up the original Star Wars trilogy, while putting out unwatchable sequels.... oh wait...
I demand that we redefine pi as 3 according to 1 Kings 7:23:
1 Kings 7:23
Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference.
The only problem being that umbilical stem cells are not as versatile as embryonic stem cells:
"So-called "multipotent" stem cells -- those found in cord blood -- are capable of forming a limited number of specialised cell types, unlike the more versatile "undifferentiated" cells that are derived from embroyos." (Source)
A couple out-of-court settlements for individual privacy leaks won't matter to a big company like that. They can just blame it on individual employees, while a small company couldn't.
Yea, but right now it is "survival of the cutest animals that can gain a lot of public sympathy".
If that's how it is, that's how it is.
"Interjecting human selection into the mix is only going to be harmful to the ecosystem long term."
We are a product of evolution. Our actions are just a part of this aimless process. Your choice to set us apart because you believe disrupting the ecosystem is bad (as do I) doesn't change the meaning of evolution and doesn't give it purpose.
" Like it or not, the weak are supposed to die out."
Uhh... says who? I think you're taking that "survival of the fittest" a little too literally. There is no direction to evolution. In the long run it might be the case that the fittest survive most often, but this isn't necessarily the case on a per-individual scale.
In any case, intelligent life has changed all this. Does this mean it's bad for evolution? No. It just means the "survival of the fittest" phrase needs some changing.
"Pardon my asking, but aren't these sources (Exodus, Numbers) the very sources which the grandparent posting calls into doubt as original works of Moses (transmitted to later scribes or otherwise)?"
Now THAT is an example of begging the question.
I finally got a chance to use that phrase correctly. *tear runs down cheek*
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UHECR's have been observed that get up to 10^22 eV, 100 times more energetic than your antique.
Hell, it will also get rid of any illusions about society and culture "evolving" or "advancing" over time.
Are you saying that there's something more to be had from statements like:
"Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day."
than from
"You make me wanna la la, la la la, la la, la la la la la la la la la" ???
Do we really want Catwoman and Sing The Hits of Ashlee Simpson sitting anywhere near The Thomas Jefferson Papers on the shelves of the Library of Congress?
They consider Britney's Christmas in Deutschland an important German-language based work???
Don't mention the war... I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it...
Don't mention the war... I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenal
"He is best known for coining the phrase "panem et circenses" ("bread and circuses")"
and wikipedia is never wrong
"Only in countries where the populace still has some balls. The Ukraine is a current example."
I come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak. Ukraine is game to you?! How bout I take your little board and SMASH IT!!!
I think I remember an episode of MacGyver where he overthrew a violent dictator with a rubber band, 2 bottle caps, and some navel lint.
Beat that.
He's talking about smoke in the "after" picture, not in the picture with the streak. There's no smoke in the after picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0412/strang eafter_pryde_big.jpg
I thought for sure this was going to be an article comparing the physical appearance of the average IE user versus the average firefox user.
Yoshi chewable morphine?
"When God says "You shall not...", that seems pretty clear too, doesn't it?"
When the bible says that you should stone a disobedient child, that seems pretty clear, too.
Deuteronomy 21:18 "If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,
Deuteronomy 21:19 then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Deuteronomy 21:20 "They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
Deuteronomy 21:21 "Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.
So, believers have two choices. Either they follow all the rules of the bible, and start stoning disobedient children, or they don't follow any of the rules of the bible, and don't try to force those rules on others. You can't pick and choose what rules to follow based on how you feel about certain issues. Well, you can, but then I can call you a hypocritical idiot.
If it isn't a circle, how can you claim it to be "ten cubits from brim to brim"???
Hey, I tried. I posted that exact information at least 3 times in reply to posts right at the top. Look harder!! :D
"Embryonic stem cell research was not banned. Federal funding was given for embryonic stem cell research but limited to pre-existing lines. There is a huge difference between the two."
That would be like wasting money hacking up the original Star Wars trilogy, while putting out unwatchable sequels.... oh wait...
I demand that we redefine pi as 3 according to 1 Kings 7:23:
1 Kings 7:23
Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference.
The only problem with your argument is that non-embryonic stem cells are less adaptable/versatile than embryonic stem cells.
Cord blood stem cells are also less adaptable than embryonic stem cells.
Just wanted to get that out before Karl Rove finished his first draft.
The only problem being that umbilical stem cells are not as versatile as embryonic stem cells:
"So-called "multipotent" stem cells -- those found in cord blood -- are capable of forming a limited number of specialised cell types, unlike the more versatile "undifferentiated" cells that are derived from embroyos." (Source)
A couple out-of-court settlements for individual privacy leaks won't matter to a big company like that. They can just blame it on individual employees, while a small company couldn't.
Can I get +4 Insightful for catching all those errors as well? :D
Yea, but right now it is "survival of the cutest animals that can gain a lot of public sympathy".
If that's how it is, that's how it is.
"Interjecting human selection into the mix is only going to be harmful to the ecosystem long term."
We are a product of evolution. Our actions are just a part of this aimless process. Your choice to set us apart because you believe disrupting the ecosystem is bad (as do I) doesn't change the meaning of evolution and doesn't give it purpose.
" Like it or not, the weak are supposed to die out."
Uhh... says who? I think you're taking that "survival of the fittest" a little too literally. There is no direction to evolution. In the long run it might be the case that the fittest survive most often, but this isn't necessarily the case on a per-individual scale.
In any case, intelligent life has changed all this. Does this mean it's bad for evolution? No. It just means the "survival of the fittest" phrase needs some changing.
"Pardon my asking, but aren't these sources (Exodus, Numbers) the very sources which the grandparent posting calls into doubt as original works of Moses (transmitted to later scribes or otherwise)?"
Now THAT is an example of begging the question.
I finally got a chance to use that phrase correctly. *tear runs down cheek*