Unfortunately, the Big Bang theory and evolution are not science either, but full of Theology and Philosophy. Their theology is Atheism and their Philosophy is Naturalism.
Why aren't the big bang and evolutionary theories science? Please enlighten us, because by all rational interpretations they are. Are you suggesting that journals that do good honest science publishing also have a sideline in make believe?
Exactly how is atheism a theology. Is starvation a three course meal, too? Or maybe 'off' is a television channel?
The whole point of this debate is that each has a presupposition to the way they interpret data. However, time and time again, ideas such as "selection" or "order" are used by evolutionists and the very ideas imply a designer or creator.
The whole point of this debate is that science (whose definition includes predictions and reproducibility of observation) continues to make some very useful and informative contributions to modern living. The same cannot be said for religion because in this case religion is doing its best to pervert the meaning of science.
Ideas such as 'selection' require no creator; death happens quite easily to us all without some benevolent agent causing it.
If the ignorant really don't want to have anything to do with observation and prediction then by all means, abandon them. Just be aware that the real world doesn't stop happening around you. Those bacteria will continue to evolve in the way you don't think is possible and will come to bite you in the ass (figuratively speaking, of course) in the end.
> Surely you can't mean it is the Intelligent Design crowd who is left completely out of the public school system.
They're also left out of the academic science system, for the obvious reason that they don't actually do any science. People don't get grants for doing research into fantasies (at least not in science).
The one or two areas where they don't get left out of is the PR and marketing business (they've got some *very nice* promotional videos, I'm sure) and selling works of popular fiction.
> The central hypocrisy of atheism is exposed and all you can come up with is "wow"?
What is this "central hypocrisy" that you speak of? There was no hypocrisy in my post other than highlighting the gargantuan feat of doublethink that is religious faith.
But, while claiming to be scientific, these dogmatists are little more than stubborn atheists.
Ah, so now people who don't believe in All-Saving Sky Daddies are the stubborn ones? The ones who don't believe in things for which there is no evidence and no way of attaining evidence. Those ones?
I really appreciate the fact that Firefox treats/pattern as a search. Yes, I could press Ctrl-F but somehow the slash seems that bit more voodoo, and comes instinctively from vim and man pages and who-knows-where else.
I wonder what other clever things are hidden all over the place?
Nice interview, although he sidestepped a couple of questions... like the one about closed source sound software. He just seemed to go off at a tangent there.
Do you believe that chimps are descended from humans, then? It's just as dishonest an interpretation without the implicit assumption that H. sapiens is at the top of the evolutionary ladder.
(Aside: as for the original poster, congratulations on being able to explain "big O notation". I sometimes suspect my girlfriend of faking it.)
The mind boggles... you make a sensible and sincere compliment, in which is also hidden a secret double-meaning, and at the same time you make claims of having a girlfriend. I'm impressed at your literary prowess!;-)
I'm no great Java programmer or anything, but shouldn't the virtual machine prevent serious damage to the rest of the system (hand)?
It could be argued in this case that the software is not at fault, but the hardware. So no amount of adding in extra parentheses will fix the problem. Tis not just a matter of removing the line that says:
But if they find your hand, they will know who to return it to.
But if you lose your ID (hand) you won't have any proof (ID) that you are who you say you are. You'll have to get some different ID... in which case, what use was the original ID (hand)?
Apart from the obvious holding cutlery, changing gears, opening bottles of wine, etc.
Everyone knows the name "monad" gets deprecated after a while because no-one's manly enough to use them as they are. And the Microsoft culture had a built-in aversion to going to with the "warm fuzzy thing" name, despite there being precedent.
Apparently, her love of country music has brought her to this studied position
but, "love of country music" seems anemic justification and mostly a non sequitur
in justifying something of magnitude DRM.
Yes, most definitely irrelevant. Can we find someone whose love of country music has brought them to the studied position that "only money-grubbing assholes want DRM"? Just to even up the balance and demonstrate how useless her reasoning is?
I mean, I know they say you shouldn't gripe about these things, but so many unix(-alike) users don't know the full power of programs like true and yes.
What if I was learning shell scripting and didn't know how to define the truth condition? What would I do? What would you do?? What would Brian Boitano do???
He doesn't say anything about SAVING up to get one.
And neither does your comment mention anything about saving up for a sense of humour, but it's obvious that you still haven't scraped together the cash yet. Or maybe they shipped it this morning but you'll have to wait overnight for it to come. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Well I've now RTFA and it is, to put it mildly, "content-light". He sorts his email rather than using a to-do list, and he's saving up for a digital whiteboard. This merits an article? I've written more involved blog posts about train journeys to work (no, seriously). Such is the privilege of being the richest rogue^Wentrepreneur in the world.
His desk also looks a bit unreal though. A potted plant and three flatscreens is all that he amounts to. Are you sure that picture wasn't taken in Ikea?
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Why aren't the big bang and evolutionary theories science? Please enlighten us, because by all rational interpretations they are. Are you suggesting that journals that do good honest science publishing also have a sideline in make believe?
Exactly how is atheism a theology. Is starvation a three course meal, too? Or maybe 'off' is a television channel?
The whole point of this debate is that science (whose definition includes predictions and reproducibility of observation) continues to make some very useful and informative contributions to modern living. The same cannot be said for religion because in this case religion is doing its best to pervert the meaning of science.
Ideas such as 'selection' require no creator; death happens quite easily to us all without some benevolent agent causing it.
If the ignorant really don't want to have anything to do with observation and prediction then by all means, abandon them. Just be aware that the real world doesn't stop happening around you. Those bacteria will continue to evolve in the way you don't think is possible and will come to bite you in the ass (figuratively speaking, of course) in the end.
> Surely you can't mean it is the Intelligent Design crowd who is left completely out of the public school system.
They're also left out of the academic science system, for the obvious reason that they don't actually do any science. People don't get grants for doing research into fantasies (at least not in science).
The one or two areas where they don't get left out of is the PR and marketing business (they've got some *very nice* promotional videos, I'm sure) and selling works of popular fiction.
> The central hypocrisy of atheism is exposed and all you can come up with is "wow"? What is this "central hypocrisy" that you speak of? There was no hypocrisy in my post other than highlighting the gargantuan feat of doublethink that is religious faith.
Ah, so now people who don't believe in All-Saving Sky Daddies are the stubborn ones? The ones who don't believe in things for which there is no evidence and no way of attaining evidence. Those ones?
Ha, wow. That's ... wow.
It's okay, we've already got plenty of pre-beta software. Have you seen SourceForge lately? Thanks. :o)
No, I think they will just start posting under each others' names.
It is now apparent what the step before "Profit!!" is: snitch.
I really appreciate the fact that Firefox treats /pattern as a search. Yes, I could press Ctrl-F but somehow the slash seems that bit more voodoo, and comes instinctively from vim and man pages and who-knows-where else.
I wonder what other clever things are hidden all over the place?
Nice interview, although he sidestepped a couple of questions... like the one about closed source sound software. He just seemed to go off at a tangent there.
Do you believe that chimps are descended from humans, then? It's just as dishonest an interpretation without the implicit assumption that H. sapiens is at the top of the evolutionary ladder.
Would they be orange sunglasses?
I think it would have been even funnier if you'd said:
<marquee> <blink> Nope. </marquee> </blink>You know, for that proper nested-tag non-compliance.
A mobile phone based on the A1200? With Motorola technology? Who would have guessed.
The mind boggles... you make a sensible and sincere compliment, in which is also hidden a secret double-meaning, and at the same time you make claims of having a girlfriend. I'm impressed at your literary prowess! ;-)
You mean this kind of torte firm? http://www.mrkipling.co.uk/
I'm no great Java programmer or anything, but shouldn't the virtual machine prevent serious damage to the rest of the system (hand)?
It could be argued in this case that the software is not at fault, but the hardware. So no amount of adding in extra parentheses will fix the problem. Tis not just a matter of removing the line that says:
But if you lose your ID (hand) you won't have any proof (ID) that you are who you say you are. You'll have to get some different ID... in which case, what use was the original ID (hand)?
Apart from the obvious holding cutlery, changing gears, opening bottles of wine, etc.
Everyone knows the name "monad" gets deprecated after a while because no-one's manly enough to use them as they are. And the Microsoft culture had a built-in aversion to going to with the "warm fuzzy thing" name, despite there being precedent.
Sigh.
D'you reckon it would be illegal to stand outside with a gun and holler in the door "gimme all your money!"? ;-)
No, he's questioning PZ Myers, an evo-devo professor.
Yes, most definitely irrelevant. Can we find someone whose love of country music has brought them to the studied position that "only money-grubbing assholes want DRM"? Just to even up the balance and demonstrate how useless her reasoning is?
They still write using the Latin alphabet (ie all 26 letters) but only use the 4 non-Italian-native ones for foreign words.
I agree.
I mean, I know they say you shouldn't gripe about these things, but so many unix(-alike) users don't know the full power of programs like true and yes.
What if I was learning shell scripting and didn't know how to define the truth condition? What would I do? What would you do?? What would Brian Boitano do???
And neither does your comment mention anything about saving up for a sense of humour, but it's obvious that you still haven't scraped together the cash yet. Or maybe they shipped it this morning but you'll have to wait overnight for it to come. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Well I've now RTFA and it is, to put it mildly, "content-light". He sorts his email rather than using a to-do list, and he's saving up for a digital whiteboard. This merits an article? I've written more involved blog posts about train journeys to work (no, seriously). Such is the privilege of being the richest rogue^Wentrepreneur in the world.
His desk also looks a bit unreal though. A potted plant and three flatscreens is all that he amounts to. Are you sure that picture wasn't taken in Ikea?