08-26-2006, 08:26 AM
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Okay, everyone, back to the refutations!
14.) That it is a 'Random' process.
It is a nonrandom process involving random and nonrandom input.
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A Random Process is an antisensical oxymoronical nothing.
pro indicates that there is a direction involved.
And a direction makes it nonrandom.
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Is a process (simple machine) that takes in a random mix of minerals and filters them to produce only onyx an oxymoronical nothing? Does it have intentions? Do you claim that the input is not random for some reason?
There are two processes activities in evolution, genetic variation caused by mutation and probabilistic winnowing by the environment of those less able to reproduce through the simple fact of their low reproduction. There is abundant randomness and a powerful organizing effect to produce slightly modified populations.
If the environment changes too much or too fast for the possible variation in the population, they all die. It does not take many generations, under environment pressure for a population to change well beyond the original limits of its variablilty.
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08-26-2006, 08:35 AM
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Once again you talk about the concept!
(And wrongly, to boot!)
This discussion is about the words of the term, ie it's name.
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And without the underlying concept, the words are meaningless. You want to make this a fight over semantics?
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It is a fight over semantics!
And it's a fight worth fighting!
Sane terms make for easy teaching and fruitful thinking. (Insane terms hamper both. And are doing so !)
It is an endeavour to aid teaching and fruitful thinking.
It's about challenging people's unthinking adoption of unhelpful names for scientific concepts.
And there is great value in challenging that!
Freethinking rules okay!
Healthy genes act as team-players. They are teamish!
Their winning plays are salvations of an aliveness of which they are a part.
Only a fraction of genes are selfish/parasitic (and they parasitize teams).
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08-26-2006, 08:41 AM
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Now that you've made a couple of posts since I called you out on the Darwin variation/natural selection deal, I want to point out that you haven't responded to a very important point: you absolutely misunderstood what Darwin said.
Pan, I ask, before we continue with anything else, that you address this post.
(edit: in other words, I won't let you take the "Christian Way Out" by being selective as to what posts to answer)
"Science and Mother Nature are in a marriage where Science is always surprised to come home and find Mother Nature blowing the neighbor." - Justin's Dad
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08-26-2006, 08:42 AM
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And without the underlying concept, the words are meaningless. You want to make this a fight over semantics?
Oh, and how was I wrong about the concept of evolution?
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... the concept of natural selection ... ( this is what you and I have been discussing, no? :D )
... wrong according to Darwin ...
... and we have discussed this both already ...
... okay? are we clear at least on that ?! :D
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We will be once you respond to my post showing how you misunderstood Darwin's words, making you the one who is wrong, not me.
Edit: It's this post, just in case you missed it.
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I'll agree that we differ on that! And let it pass!
Healthy genes act as team-players. They are teamish!
Their winning plays are salvations of an aliveness of which they are a part.
Only a fraction of genes are selfish/parasitic (and they parasitize teams).
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08-26-2006, 08:43 AM
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PanAtheist wrote
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Tenspace wrote
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PanAtheist wrote
... the concept of natural selection ... ( this is what you and I have been discussing, no? :D )
... wrong according to Darwin ...
... and we have discussed this both already ...
... okay? are we clear at least on that ?! :D
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We will be once you respond to my post showing how you misunderstood Darwin's words, making you the one who is wrong, not me.
Edit: It's this post, just in case you missed it.
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I'll agree that we differ on that! And let it pass!
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Not good enough. It's not that we differ, it is that you are misunderstanding one of the cornerstones of evolution. How can we continue if we aren't even on the same page about the underyling mechanism of natural selection?
"Science and Mother Nature are in a marriage where Science is always surprised to come home and find Mother Nature blowing the neighbor." - Justin's Dad
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08-26-2006, 08:43 AM
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Huh!
A Very Funny Moment of "Cross-Posting" just occurred! :D
Healthy genes act as team-players. They are teamish!
Their winning plays are salvations of an aliveness of which they are a part.
Only a fraction of genes are selfish/parasitic (and they parasitize teams).
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08-26-2006, 08:44 AM
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Huh!
A Very Funny Moment of "Cross-Posting" just occurred! :D
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:lol:
I wholeheartedly agree with you on that! :D
"Science and Mother Nature are in a marriage where Science is always surprised to come home and find Mother Nature blowing the neighbor." - Justin's Dad
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08-26-2006, 09:09 AM
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08-26-2006, 09:45 AM
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PanAtheist wrote
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Okay, everyone, back to the refutations!
14.) That it is a 'Random' process.
It is a nonrandom process involving random and nonrandom input.
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A Random Process is an antisensical oxymoronical nothing.
pro indicates that there is a direction involved.
And a direction makes it nonrandom.
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Process does not necessarily imply direction; it depends on context.
process –noun
1. a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
2. a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner: the process of decay.
Number one has intention, number two does not. The process of decay is not intentional, but it is still a process.
Thank you.
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