tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post2833625459620115307..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Why Do We Call Them IDiots?Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-12808276082900589162010-04-03T22:37:56.224-04:002010-04-03T22:37:56.224-04:00Intelligent Design Creationists are idiots, but th...Intelligent Design Creationists are idiots, but they do have some value according to this <a href="http://www.blognow.com.au/mrpickwick/349567/None_so_blind.html" rel="nofollow">other person's blog</a> which I recently discovered.Human Apehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936967193312505472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-42056210247028143712010-04-03T16:54:49.805-04:002010-04-03T16:54:49.805-04:00Well, what I think he is saying is nonetheless fai...Well, what I think he is saying is nonetheless fairly apparent: Someone who did not subscribe to evolution producing all the many and varied life-forms would be outside the camp--at least within the general biology science community.<br /><br />From what I've seen, that's a fair statement.<br /><br />And then there are those who espouse that others should accept their view. As people do, when they believe they have a particular grasp on the truth.lee_merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757197085138422700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-8329959721027024582010-04-03T10:21:17.044-04:002010-04-03T10:21:17.044-04:00"It might have been something more akin to a ...<i>"It might have been something more akin to a hologram than a tree, as far as I can tell."</i><br /><br />Look at me, I'm making a completely vacuous statement with a flashy word in it so people who read this and know even less than me about this stuff think of me as a super smart egghead science guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-80637555344287764442010-04-03T07:24:07.219-04:002010-04-03T07:24:07.219-04:00What is Darwin's "unidirectional tree of ...What is Darwin's "unidirectional tree of life"? I don't recall that Darwin ever said that. (Not that it is other than of historical interest. If Darwin <i>did</i> say that, then the obvious reply is that he was wrong.)<br /><br />For that matter, isn't "unidirectional tree of life" an oxymoron? The distinguishing characteristic of a tree is being branched, that is, going off in many directions.<br /><br />TomSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-50266122368493275702010-04-02T18:31:18.027-04:002010-04-02T18:31:18.027-04:00But wait, if I cannot make up the strawman of my c...But wait, if I cannot make up the strawman of my choice, it is much harder to knock it down???Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-66920527410768816032010-04-02T18:20:22.061-04:002010-04-02T18:20:22.061-04:00It is it clear that GilDodgen has no knowledge of ...It is it clear that GilDodgen has no knowledge of biology other than some sort of odd strawman version he likely picked up from his pastor.<br /><br />He really ought to get out of his mom's basement more often and do a little reading of real science texts.waldteufelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22801080431876432602010-04-02T18:10:02.554-04:002010-04-02T18:10:02.554-04:00It's pretty simple. An honest and informed de...It's pretty simple. An honest and informed definition and they lose. They want to win, so being honest and informed has to go.anthrosciguynoreply@blogger.com