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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:49 AM Original message |
The problem with ID is *not* that it doesn't fit the facts. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. also, the problem with ID is that it is not SCIENCE |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "Is it true" and "is it useful" are better questions than "is it science", I think. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. i disagree |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You do realize that Science itself has two core Philosophies and that neither is the de facto |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. i am well aware of that |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Well, if you understood the fact that neither philosophy of Science is the absolute right one |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. but again |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Intelligence and Consciousness don't seem to be necessary for science |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. If truth were told, Intelligent Design, SHOULD be called Ad Hoc |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think it should just be called "made-up shit" just like religion. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That is redundant.. I am a christian, just not the type you are familiar with. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. But you believe in a "god"??? How? Why? |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. As for me personally, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Your ego, is what traps you. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The third law of thermodynamics?! |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Got no creationist jargon. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, no, it's not Creationist jargon. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. cancer is anti-entropy also. We just dont like it all that well. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. As a general rule, people should not argue scientific concepts they do not understand. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I dont see any of that making me wrong! I didnt say how cancer is created. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You don't see it because you don't understand it. But you're still wrong. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You are so ridiculously wrong, it is laughable. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yet here you are, arguing Creationism. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Where? You need to pay closer attention. I have NOTHING against evolution. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. "the fight of DNA against the third law of thermodynamics" |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I study our closest cousins. Ya know, that whole evolution thingie? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I know bonobos, sure. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I am close personal friends with all of them at the San Diego zoo. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. "That would be a mistake for you to draw that conclusion." |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Universe was created last Tuesday |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Now there's a theory that *does* have predictive power. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Actually, it doesn't, since God can edit the Universe at any time |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. All the way down? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. If Intelligent Design was so intelligent |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, ID doesn't explain observable evidence and is in fact disproven by the natural world. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Then there's the old chestnut about how the design of women proves that God is a Civil Engineer |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Actually, it was theorized and then later observed that Reality is non-Local. One can posit |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. A creationist named Cryingshame used to post the same thing regularly. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook. |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. I don't know about you, but... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. ID explains observed phenomenon and is consistent with evidence? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I guess he's right in the stupid sense. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Designed, yes ... intelligent, not so much |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. "God isn't interested in technology. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. i can't top that answer. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Mom! Dad! It's Evil! Don't touch it! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, it's not science |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Theories are supported by evidence. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. They're not the same thing |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Intelligent Design" is a philosophy, not a theory. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
45. Science including evolution can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. No, just the God of the Bible. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. No you really can't prove or disprove the existence of God using science |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Right, but we can prove the Bible's full of shit using science. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. But science certainly can change the nature of religion |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Not so sure about that... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. Capitalism and the Invisible Hand and the Free Market |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. No, they are just early and inaccurate attempt to model economics |
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