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Non-praying Mantis · 08-16-2002, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by Zetek:
Hi Scigirl,

Denver sucks IMHO... - kidding, I'm not a fan of the city, but the Rockies are beautiful and I hope you enjoy them. Check out the Natural History Museum... kinda' like a "dead zoo", but still interesting... get out to the West as often as you can... Cheers,

Zetek

I used to live near Denver (Golden, CO), too. I wouldn't live there again ... too dry for my tastes!

But I do second Zetek's motion for you to go and see the Natural History Museum! Way COOL!

NPM

Blinn · 08-16-2002, 07:47 PM

Bravo, Scigirl!

<img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

missus_gumby · 08-17-2002, 03:09 AM

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Originally posted by scigirl:


That's as concise as I get. My thesis was over 100 pages long!

scigirl

Mmm... about the same length as Kent Hovind's <a href="http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/bartelt_dissertation_on_hovind_thesis.htm" target="_blank">"dissertation"</a>. What are you trying to tell us here?

Martin

PS Great post BTW!

[ August 17, 2002: Message edited by: missus_gumby ]

scigirl · 08-17-2002, 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by missus_gumby:
Mmm... about the same length as Kent Hovind's <a href="http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/bartelt_dissertation_on_hovind_thesis.htm" target="_blank">"dissertation"</a>. What are you trying to tell us here?

scigirl

Edited to add. . .Vanderzyden, where are you? No comments on the chromosome information?

Edited again to remove link to thesis, since it doesn't work. [ August 17, 2002: Message edited by: scigirl ]

[ August 17, 2002: Message edited by: scigirl ]

missus_gumby · 08-17-2002, 12:32 PM

Scigirl - the link does not work. An error page is displayed. It looks as though you have to be logged into a user account to be able to access the various libraries.

Mind you, I doubt if I would understand much of your thesis, but it would be interesting to compare the two, as it were.

Martin

Blinn · 08-17-2002, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by scigirl:

Vanderzyden, where are you? No comments on the chromosome information?

I think you scared him off, Scigirl.

[ August 17, 2002: Message edited by: Zetek ]

Skeptical · 08-18-2002, 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by scigirl:
Hello Vanderzyden,

Thank you for your reply. The reason I asked if you had any biological questions is that this evidence is particularly strong for evolution of humans, but in order to understand why, it is imperative that you have a basic understanding of genetics. If this post is confusing, please don’t hesitate to ask for clarification!

<much good info snipped for brevity>

scigirl

Nicely done. <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

The only thing I wanted to add was that I think you hit the nail on the head with your robot analogy. Many creationist arguments sound like they have a commonsensical ring of truth to the layman as they only deal at a very high level of abstraction. Once you examine the details, their arguments fall completely apart.

In some cases, it's not their fault, they are simply unaware of the data and they have been systematically mislead by creationist "authorities" they trust. In other cases, its willful ignorance, simply not wanting to address the hard facts.

Kudos again on an excellent post.

[ August 18, 2002: Message edited by: Skeptical ]

Non-praying Mantis · 08-21-2002, 12:18 PM

Doubting Didymus · 08-21-2002, 03:16 PM

I think you are bumping a dead horse. (naughty)

I don't know if vanderzygen has been posting elsewhere, but I haven't seen head nor tail of him scince scigirl ever so gently blew his fragile worldview into tiny smelly shards of bad logic.

Albion · 08-21-2002, 04:18 PM

I wonder if people like Vanderzyden really think they're going to be able to come into a forum like this and demonstrate in a few cut-and-pasted posts from sites advocating one flavour of creationism or another that major areas of science are rubbish and they're the only ones clever enough to have noticed.

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08-16-2002, 07:47 PM	#82
Blinn Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1,162	Bravo, Scigirl! <img src="graemlins/notworthy.gif" border="0" alt="[Not Worthy]" />

08-17-2002, 12:32 PM	#85
missus_gumby Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: UK Posts: 1,898	Scigirl - the link does not work. An error page is displayed. It looks as though you have to be logged into a user account to be able to access the various libraries. Mind you, I doubt if I would understand much of your thesis, but it would be interesting to compare the two, as it were. Martin

08-21-2002, 12:18 PM	#88
Non-praying Mantis Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Roanoke, VA, USA Posts: 2,646	<Bumpity bump-bump! Bumpity bump-bump!>

08-21-2002, 03:16 PM	#89
Doubting Didymus Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: East Coast. Australia. Posts: 5,455	I think you are bumping a dead horse. (naughty) I don't know if vanderzygen has been posting elsewhere, but I haven't seen head nor tail of him scince scigirl ever so gently blew his fragile worldview into tiny smelly shards of bad logic.

08-21-2002, 04:18 PM	#90
Albion Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: US east coast. And www.theroyalforums.com Posts: 2,829	I wonder if people like Vanderzyden really think they're going to be able to come into a forum like this and demonstrate in a few cut-and-pasted posts from sites advocating one flavour of creationism or another that major areas of science are rubbish and they're the only ones clever enough to have noticed.

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