Forums | MacLife

I'm not reading all 15 pages of this thread, but  I came across this article.  I think it's relevant to answering some of NokX's questions, or not. 

why do some descendants of a parent species evolve hundreds of different species, while others produce so few they seem to be practicing family planning?

To a certain extent, the answer lies in simple probability, says Pinelis. Say you have two species of fish swimming in a pond, the carp and the perch, and it might be equally likely that one of them will evolve a third species. Say the goldfish evolves from the common carp, and suddenly you have three fish species in your pond.

Assume again that it is equally likely for the carp, the goldfish and the perch to split into two distinct species. The chances that the carp branch will develop a new species are now double that of the perch branch, because the carp family now has two members.
 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 … 055601.htm

NokX wants the "found link".

if the fossil does not fit, you must vote to acquit.

*runs and points at NokX's gas tank*

the answer is in there, deal with it.  why not have a little faith in science?  or is faith a relative thing for you NokX?  you can pick and chose what to belive in because you are special.

clearly, your idea of truth is faith.  spread it around a little.

We're on page 15.  Fifteen pages of trying to get the point across.

It's like pulling chicken teeth.  He believes what he believes and NOTHING is going to change his mind.  He wishes to remain ignorant, wishes to continue being illogical and is quite content to hide his head in the sand.  His shield of faith protects him from the evil scientific demon.

Why are we still wasting our time?

Ignorance is excusable.  There's too much knowledge to keep up on it all.  That doesn't bother me, though his apparent refusal to open a book by darwin, gould, or dawkins since this debate last came up is rather frustrating.  Its the illogical approach to the subject, and the inane, pissant linking contest that apparently he wants to use are maddening and make it impossible to really find truth.  Finally, his rejection of any sense of truth with those above quotes shows that he really does want to maintain a facade of evolution being flawed, rather than being interested in, as he claims he wants us to do, openmindedly look at the "facts", even if his facts are really lies either he or others made up.  This beyond anything else, has shown me that NokX is an idiot.

again, for the 300th time...    i'm not trying to prove creationisim.  i'm just telling you all to look at what you think is true (that all life came about by chance and from one lucky little bacteria) and really put some thought into it.

Quit assuming that everyone has the samed flawed understanding of evolution that you do (one little lucky bacteria?).

Nothing to say about your bullsmurf quotes?

Well you don't have to continue reading the thread if you don't want to.

Man this thread is like a train wreck....  I don't wanna stare but I just can't look away.  Besides I thought the:

Nokx:        Nu-uh
Brat et al: Uh-Huh

was pretty funny

You just wrote it!

     

i like Muddy the Mudskipper

Muddy Mudskipper Theme Lyrics

Who's the greatest Mudskipper of them all?
Who can skip through the mud with the greatest of ease?
What kind of wonderful guy
Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees?
Who's got segmented eyes?

It's Muddy... Mudskipper!
It's Muddy... Mudskipper!
It's the Muddy...
Mud...
Skipper..
Show!

There's no evidence for evolution?  I find no evidence for creationism.  Actually I think evolution is the explanation for creationism.

No, no, no, you don't understand.  That's the great part of creationism, an essential part of the belief is that there is no proof!  That's why there's faith!  See, everything makes sense now.

according to the evolutionary theory...  life came from something (they haven't figured that part out yet), and then somehow, that one "organisim" managed to live and duplicate with itself.

And somehow it continues to do so today.  It's called asexual reproduction genius.

then because being an organisim floating around wasn't adequate, it decided to grow fins and gills and because it knew it needed to see, it grew eyes.  then, living in the water wasn't cutting it, so after a few million years of flopping onto land, it grew lungs and fur and/or scales.  some decided to become really slow sloths, some into mosquitos that just live for a day, some into birds after millions of years of attempting to be airborn, and now we have all the billions of species all over the globe we have today.

The strangest thing is that it continues to take place today!  No wonder you need a new flue shot every year and bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.

iopossum - please don't get him started up again.   

iopossum - please don't get him started up again.   

Well it would be amusing to see him respond to the outright lying charges, but given his refusal to explain why he feel rudgers is a bad source, I doubt he'll have an intelligent reply.  Of course, that's what i've come to expect from him on most issues.