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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:01 PM Original message |
Trouble ahead for science |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Science has been in trouble since Bush entered the white house |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. At least since Reagan. :-( (NT) |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
85. Since Galileo? Socrates? Earlier? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. We'll be back in business with the new generation. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I don't know... there's also a lot of rubbish on cable |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Right and crop circles are all made by children stomping through the fields |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Well, children and college students. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
68. I have seen them |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Not only are supposed science programs on TV spotty |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Of course there's rubbish, but think back just 20 years ago. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, in a loose sense that's what the Nazis WERE doing. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Evil is in the hands of those not beholden to common sense or |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Intelligent design and Darwinism are not mutually exsclusive |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. ID is not a theory |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Actually it is pretty well explained. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Good post. I agree. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Close only counts in... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Newsflash: Evolution is not an attempt to explain how life began. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Then how did life begin? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. abiotically. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Okay...question? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yup. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. obviously your understanding of science is rudimentry |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. LOL |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Would you please listen to me? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Now you're just being silly. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. there is no vernacular difference |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Sure there is. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Stop treating me like a christian fundamentalist. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Stop being so silly. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. you stop being silly |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #58 |
81. You can't disprove a negative period. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #58 |
82. what the hell |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Religion has always been a tool to explain that has yet to be explained. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. "Stop treating me like a christian fundamentalist" |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
78. The problem with the idea of a god being responsible for anything, including glaciation |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. "Well, I could say maybe it was pushed there by a glacier or a flood." |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Logically |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. you have a point |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. LOL |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Prove they did not. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Prove pastafarianism isn't the path to salvation. kthx. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Oh no not me |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Where did the intelligent being come from? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. What about pathogens |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. FOR THE L:AST FUCKING TIME, EVOLUTION IS NOT RANDOM. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
80. Once again... |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You can't fill the hole created by your ignorance with "God". |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. exactly!! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. ... |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Good come back? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. How do you think the universe came to be? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Sure they are. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Maybe, but |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. If he created them through natural selection... |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. maybe genetic mutation is not random |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Sure it is. |
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ohioINC (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. yes but, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Uh... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
76. Word of advice: |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. You don't know what a scientific theory is. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. YES THEY ARE |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
71. It's not a theory if it's not falsifiable... |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
84. It is obvious you are ignorant of science. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stein's movie isn't anti-science, is it? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Intelligent Design contradicts evolution by natural selection. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. well, not necessarily |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. "Intelligent Design" is a very specific term. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
77. Begs the question. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Actually, it's been in trouble since Eugenics |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bueller? Bueller? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, just AMERICAN science |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
70. ... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
72. Great post... |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. On the other hand, nutritional science |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No but I would like for my drugs to be tested and controlled |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Proving the OPs point... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. LMAO! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Yep. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Expelled is a collasal failure. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. We can't be naive about this. It will be one of the top 10 documentaries of all time. |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
79. Here is the best guide to critical thinking I have come across: |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Many DUers think science is evil. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm not worried about it |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. I Think The Editorial Is Misguided ... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. What the creationists are really doing is... |
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