tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post4987821073259035263..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: The Provost and the President of the University of Saskatchewan made a mistakeLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22321684797354410472014-05-21T09:42:18.501-04:002014-05-21T09:42:18.501-04:00Pest, how did you learn that Witton is in jail?Pest, how did you learn that Witton is in jail?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-79064635099180345662014-05-20T20:33:04.433-04:002014-05-20T20:33:04.433-04:00Who made me YEC...? Is it a set up you just don...Who made me YEC...? Is it a set up you just don't have arguments against mine...?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-35315223852870390492014-05-20T20:19:04.055-04:002014-05-20T20:19:04.055-04:00Sorry Larry,
I'm trying to be a "born a...Sorry Larry, <br /><br />I'm trying to be a "born again citizen" now.... I have seen some of the wrongs I have done....I will not change my stand of abiogenesis, for obvious reasons, but your willingness to discuss both sides of the spectrum make me <br />want to make changes....<br /> <br />You are still my hero....<br /><br />BTW: next time I write something offensive, just point that out and I will personally remove it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-43595027992221809422014-05-20T15:18:31.232-04:002014-05-20T15:18:31.232-04:00So the posts from Quest that we are reading are on...So the posts from Quest that we are reading are only the ones that have survived the editorial process? I can't conceive of how stupid the deleted ones must be.Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-61784188312277598522014-05-20T13:19:34.281-04:002014-05-20T13:19:34.281-04:00Quest has not been banned. I am only deleting post...Quest has not been banned. I am only deleting posts that are particularly offensive. Comments that are just stupid and/or irrelevant are not grounds for banning. <br /><br />I STRONGLY recommend that people not respond to such comments.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-45656640192406247472014-05-20T12:05:40.809-04:002014-05-20T12:05:40.809-04:00Larry already banned Pest for making threats, but ...Larry already banned Pest for making threats, but his software has no ban function, so supposedly each comment from Pest must be manually deleted. I wish Larry were more vigilant about banning the already banned.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-21112498045868827792014-05-20T08:18:35.905-04:002014-05-20T08:18:35.905-04:00But wouldn't it be better to pick your battles...But wouldn't it be better to pick your battles? Match wits with someone who can write a coherent sentence? Who cares if he is Witton? The comments in nearly every recent post are almost unreadable because of this inane troll who thrives on attention.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295365056966230651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-10072111447498545622014-05-20T02:22:54.631-04:002014-05-20T02:22:54.631-04:00Taking a bullet for the President.Taking a bullet for the President.Piotr GÄ…siorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-80506502373756328062014-05-20T02:07:46.813-04:002014-05-20T02:07:46.813-04:00On topic - the Provost finally resigns.
http://n...On topic - the Provost finally resigns. <br /><br />http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/05/19/university-of-saskatchewan-provost-resigns-amid-controversy-over-firing-of-outspoken-professor/The Other Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570666738076378921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-50112610388973162022014-05-19T23:20:38.853-04:002014-05-19T23:20:38.853-04:00First, I'd really like to know if Witton is in...First, I'd really like to know if Witton is in jail and if so, is his cellmate larger than he is.<br /><br />Second, sparring practice. Creationism is not a "scientific controversy" and arguing with creationists is not at all like a scientific debate. So you must refine a totally different skill set.<br /><br />The situation here is common: creationist lies, gets caught lying, then changes the subject to something provocative, in hopes that we'll move on and "forget" he got caught lying. Most scientists have no preparation for that and NO counter-strategy. What counter-strategy do you suggest?<br /><br />As an experiment, I'm trying the counter-strategy where I catch creationists lying and then never move on, never let the subject be changed, just keep rubbing their noses in it. I'm testing it to see how well this strategy works.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-54665919850076708492014-05-19T23:10:42.165-04:002014-05-19T23:10:42.165-04:00Pest, how the $%&* did you learn Witton is in...Pest, how the $%&* did you learn Witton is in jail?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90144178605584223382014-05-19T21:50:11.228-04:002014-05-19T21:50:11.228-04:00I agree... here is proof...
http://www.youtube.co...I agree... here is proof...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKm5xQyD2vEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-71892033305151672392014-05-19T20:13:59.492-04:002014-05-19T20:13:59.492-04:00Why do you guys feed this incoherent troll?Why do you guys feed this incoherent troll?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295365056966230651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-64106943756802922612014-05-19T19:35:20.349-04:002014-05-19T19:35:20.349-04:00"Quest" wrote, really losing it:
Let me..."Quest" wrote, really losing it:<br /><br /><i>Let me repeat the chicken (or chickens) scenario; <br />You see, THE BIG JOE AND DINOGENES, they want the problem like me to go away.... Why..? They are supposed to have so much proof they were supposed overwhelm US ALL... What do the got...? The boys are so separate that they accuse me of being a YEC.. Why? I HAVE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A CREATIONIST IN THE FIRST PLACE, why would they try to frame me.../ YEC....? ME...? ARE YOU TALKING TO ME...?<br />Joe Frankenstein; get your new glasses.</i><br /><br />Now that's less than a denial: "I have never claimed to be ..."<br /><br />Well "Quest" cited a outrageously YEC video as authority, a video that was so loony it spent its first part arguing that maybe the pyramid-building Egyptians moved massive stone sculptures on wheels. (What's the weight going to be on those axles?).<br /><br />Does Quest care to actually, you know, like <i><b>deny</b></i> that he is a YEC?Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-67945967891591099472014-05-19T19:29:31.767-04:002014-05-19T19:29:31.767-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-10233980234694947292014-05-19T19:17:14.656-04:002014-05-19T19:17:14.656-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-85793685615414213902014-05-19T19:13:22.092-04:002014-05-19T19:13:22.092-04:00Let me repeat the chicken (or chickens) scenario; ...Let me repeat the chicken (or chickens) scenario; <br />You see, THE BIG JOE AND DINOGENES, they want the problem like me to go away.... Why..? They are supposed to have so much proof they were supposed overwhelm US ALL... What do the got...? The boys are so separate that they accuse me of being a YEC.. Why? I HAVE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A CREATIONIST IN THE FIRST PLACE, why would they try to frame me.../ YEC....? ME...? ARE YOU TALKING TO ME...?<br />Joe Frankenstein; get your new glasses...Dinogenes....you have failed... so miserably that I have secured a small fund for losers who have no arguments on the theme but continue to believe their shit.. YOU CAN actually qualify to win the main price; THE JERRY COYNE DECIVER PRICE...IT'S# 4<br />1. Can proteins self-assemble in the the pi-soup? (no cell membrane)<br />2. The reason why I ask is that proteins tend to "avoid" the connection" or an "attraction". So, what makes them so "loving" in a cell?<br />3. It is not may question but my brother has been asking me this question for months. Since I have no answer, I thought I would ask you, since you are such a smart guy; you and Larry that is. <br /><br />"Enzymes are needed to produce ATP. However, energy from ATP is needed to produce enzymes. However, DNA is required to make enzymes, but enzymes are required to make DNA. <br />However, proteins can be made only by a cell, but a cell can be made only with specific proteins. So, how is this ALL possible in view of evolutionary prospective?" <br />4. Why are sooooooooooooooooooooooo blind....? I think I have the answer... but nobody wants to hear..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-13607360413372649882014-05-19T17:13:08.480-04:002014-05-19T17:13:08.480-04:00Wait, Pest posts a video and it doesn't answer...Wait, Pest posts a video and it doesn't answer how he knows Witton is in jail?<br /><br />I'm shocked. I really thought this time, he would answer the question.<br /><br />By the way, Joe Felsenstein has been elected to the US Senate.<br /><br />How do I know?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyC34ypp2A&feature=youtu.beDiogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-71782847579896439682014-05-19T08:45:37.942-04:002014-05-19T08:45:37.942-04:00The video of course does not discuss Quest's b...The video of course does not discuss Quest's bizarre assertion that Jon Witton is in jail, and therefore that Quest could not be a Witton sock puppet. Case closed on that one.<br /><br />It consists of <br />(1) Arguments that chimp/human similarity is Much Lower Than That, but without explaining what similarity there is between other apes and humans. However you measure the similarity, they are less close.<br />(2) Arguments about telomere sequences at the point on human chromosome 2 that corresponds to the boundary of homology between two chimp chromosones. It never discusses the central fact, that the order of genes on human chromosome 2 corresponds to a block of genes from one chimp chromosome followed by a block from the other.<br />(3) Stuff about long noncoding RNAs.<br /><br />It never discusses the main methods that evolutionary biologists use to infer common descent. Quest has never been willing to discuss this, and now he tries to fob us off on this video which does not discuss it either.<br /><br />But the video does tell us one thing -- Quest is a YEC. And YECs have zero credibility on any scientific issue. They reject all the evidence from geologists and astronomers for an Earth over 10,000 years old.<br /><br />If "Quest" wants to deny he is a YEC, he could do so straightforwardly. Bur as we know, Quest does not straightforwardly discuss anything.Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-76615514562503169362014-05-19T05:23:53.424-04:002014-05-19T05:23:53.424-04:00Quest, I braced myself and watched it all, but, to...Quest, I braced myself and watched it all, but, to my disappointment, Tomkins said nothing about John Witton.Piotr GÄ…siorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-19416309488912411902014-05-18T18:30:31.577-04:002014-05-18T18:30:31.577-04:00Start watchin about 5:50Start watchin about 5:50Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-8459558191504455402014-05-18T18:29:42.751-04:002014-05-18T18:29:42.751-04:00Joe and Dino-genes,
"You have convinced me&...Joe and Dino-genes, <br /><br />"You have convinced me" .... Hehehe<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph3FCNT0dKk<br /><br />You are welcome.... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-31611712269492758702014-05-17T22:52:13.038-04:002014-05-17T22:52:13.038-04:00Pest, we answered your stupid chicken and egg ques...Pest, we answered your stupid chicken and egg question about the origin of life.<br /><br />But I've asked you 20 times how, exactly, you learned John Witton is in prison. You never answer. How?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-25959919475224356012014-05-17T21:26:59.804-04:002014-05-17T21:26:59.804-04:00So Quest, I gather you have come here to finally g...So Quest, I gather you have come here to finally give your answer to the issue you yourself raised: what evidence you would regard as convincing for ape-human common ancestry. And whether you understand how evolutionary biologists infer this.<br /><br />And the answer is ... ?? C'mon, we're waiting.Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-76142873704000801962014-05-17T19:07:28.314-04:002014-05-17T19:07:28.314-04:00Excellent response to the post at hand. Can't ...Excellent response to the post at hand. Can't wait to read another once your meds kick in.The Loraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361004494346338824noreply@blogger.com