tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post8383723481802348712..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: TED: Alexander Tsiaras, "It was hard not to attribute divinity to it"Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-28477042923470879902013-01-20T18:09:49.665-05:002013-01-20T18:09:49.665-05:00The set of genetic instructions itself is a myster...The set of genetic instructions itself is a mystery and Godless individuals are always attributing every unexplainable topics to science which is perpetually searching for answers which could only be possibly discovered yet in the distant future..but for me at the moment they are all miracles and mysteries of life...including your own body...exemplified by the fact that you can think, move, talk, see, hear,feel, desire to love and be loved. Death is also a miracle because there are many times when pathologists do not have a very good explanation of how people die...your life is not yours but it is owned by SOMEBODY much powerful and greater than you. Did you ever think of that? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-78929452982132471392012-09-06T21:36:05.721-04:002012-09-06T21:36:05.721-04:00This Tsiaras guy is blown away that such complexit...This Tsiaras guy is blown away that such complexity could happen di novo, but he merely fails to see that this complexity arose out of a (minimum) 3.5 billion year old genome. If you sit down and try to really grok what that time scale means, the number of generations which that entails... then the magic quickly vanishes.Alex Fairchildhttp://jonwouldalikedthis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-38276581156292954152012-08-09T11:35:28.084-04:002012-08-09T11:35:28.084-04:00the basal lamina is not restricted to the eye. AFA...the basal lamina is not restricted to the eye. AFAIK every epithelial tissue has a basal lamina (also called the 'basement meMbrane').Chas Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014964778727329625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-61705196557306102422012-08-09T07:59:03.344-04:002012-08-09T07:59:03.344-04:00@the whole truth:
You need to understand the diff...@the whole truth:<br /><br />You need to understand the difference between "intelligent design" and the ID movement with which I have no affiliation. The fact is that we have been intelligently designed - just watch Tsiaras' presentation. The only question is whether it is merely due to gene regulation and expression, the argument of (moronic) developmental biologists, or that some other agency is involved.<br /><br />Frankly, I think anyone who believes that protein production is the cause of such astonishing organismic complexity is amazingly ignorant or in abject denial.Atheistoclastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-204358515301690952012-08-09T02:43:02.971-04:002012-08-09T02:43:02.971-04:00and just one last thing, because you asked. No, I ...and just one last thing, because you asked. No, I don't consider the tone of atheistoclast's comment above mine to be mature in the least. He is obviously baiting, and I think that shows a lack of class.andyboergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159573123843322700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-32374660793390540802012-08-09T02:34:51.058-04:002012-08-09T02:34:51.058-04:00Twt, charming as always. I see no need to engage w...Twt, charming as always. I see no need to engage with you; your words speak for themselves and you're not someone I care to waste my time on.<br /><br />btw, I didn't pay any attention to atheistoclast's comments above mine; why should I? I don't see him attacking another poster here personally, and more particularly, accusing him of something, in the way you did to him. If I do in the future, I'll protest. We're all bloggers here; we comment on the things we WANT to, not what we have to. Your respect is not something I'm in the least bit interested in 'earning'.andyboergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159573123843322700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-36568160794541174152012-08-09T02:26:58.804-04:002012-08-09T02:26:58.804-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.andyboergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159573123843322700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-36719891540677512912012-08-09T01:12:00.990-04:002012-08-09T01:12:00.990-04:00Part two.
I'm getting a clearer picture of yo...Part two.<br /><br />I'm getting a clearer picture of you and it isn't pretty. And I also must say that what you said above about bodies and brains, etc., is just plain screwy. <br /><br />Hey, if you're so "interested in the personalities involved beyond the science", why don't you ask atheistoclast what he thinks of jews and the holocaust? <br /><br />And did you notice that atheistoclast definitely has a problem with "material scientist(s)" and "atheists? Now what kind of person would have a problem with material scientists and atheists? An IDiot creationist perhaps? Yeah.The whole truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219999357041824471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-60028089647620037862012-08-09T01:10:41.111-04:002012-08-09T01:10:41.111-04:00Well, well, I see that andyboerger is here and tha...Well, well, I see that andyboerger is here and that he hasn't spoken up about atheistoclast calling biologists and material scientists morons and dumb for no good reason whatsoever. atheistoclast's comment is the very first one in this thread and he started right in on the <b>undeserved</b> insults. <br /><br />I also see that atheistoclast is again pushing "intelligent design" even though he said the other day that he's only "sympathetic" to ID. <br /><br />Hey andy, where are your objections when atheistoclast is the one throwing insulting remarks at people who don't deserve them? Don't you remember saying this self-righteous, two-faced crap in another thread:<br /><br />"andyboergerSunday, August 05, 2012 8:14:00 PM<br /><br />For a great example of what Luskin is talking about, go to the thread on this site from a few days ago under the article 'On the Evolution of New Enzymes'. The Whole Truth excoriates Atheistoclast, calling him dishonest and sneaky in paragraph after redundant paragraph. He accuses him of furtively hiding religious beliefs (with no real evidence), and finishes by, wish I were making this up, charging that he wants to 'destroy science and control the world'. Oh my!<br /><br />Atheistoclast shows great restraint by not responding in kind. So as much as you may chortle and delight in putting up things from ID sites in order to ridicule them, you are actually providing a great service for folks like me who are interested in the personalities involved beyond the science. You no doubt have some very brainy, well educated people here, but that doesn't stop some of them from being excessively immature and bullying."<br /><br />And how about this:<br /><br />"andyboergerMonday, August 06, 2012 4:13:00 AM<br /><br />Allan, I am sure you could. In fact I have no doubt of it. And I also noted that other posters were able to carry on a civil discussion in the midst of whole truth's rant. I found that encouraging, but would have even more so if someone had spoken up and said, "excuse us, but we are attempting to have an ADULT argument here."<br /><br />I think that too much tolerance for bad behavior is little different from tacit approval for it."<br /><br /><br />So, is atheistoclast being "civil"? Isn't he "excoriating" biologists/material scientists for no good reason? Is he "showing great restraint"? Isn't he being excessively immature and bullying"? Isn't what he said a "rant"? Is he "attempting to have an ADULT argument here" by calling biologists/materialist scientists morons and dumb? Isn't he chortling and delighting in ridiculing them? Does he have any "evidence" that they're morons and dumb? Why aren't you asking him to "prove it".<br /><br />Your tolerance for atheistoclast's "bad behavior is little different from tacit approval for it". <br /><br />And if you think for even one second that his insulting remarks above are unusual, or that he isn't an IDiot creationist (dominionist), think again. The other day I said that when you've read all the stuff that the IDiot creationists (dominionists) say, let me know. Well, it's abundantly clear that you've not read all, most, or even much of what they say and that you either haven't read all, most, or much of what atheistoclast has said on various sites or that you don't have any complaint if he and/or other IDiot creationists dish out insulting remarks, false accusations, lies, etc.<br /> <br />See part two.The whole truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219999357041824471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-67028701603499575752012-08-08T20:28:46.905-04:002012-08-08T20:28:46.905-04:00No, you are now at risk for shingles later in life...No, you are now at risk for shingles later in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-31923186233233184322012-08-08T19:50:31.299-04:002012-08-08T19:50:31.299-04:00Diogenes:
This may come as a surprise to you, but...Diogenes:<br /><br />This may come as a surprise to you, but the scars I received from the bout of chicken pox cannot be <i>inherited</i>. I am probably healthier for having endured the annoying itches.<br /><br />Every puppy needs a little tough love now and then.Atheistoclastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-18602774943563951422012-08-08T19:20:25.279-04:002012-08-08T19:20:25.279-04:00I think I would have been more inspired and uplift...I think I would have been more inspired and uplifted if it was a frog or a mouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-70460023975468257492012-08-08T19:18:54.205-04:002012-08-08T19:18:54.205-04:00I think your comments have been getting progressiv...I think your comments have been getting progressively worse and worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-29971274566778639792012-08-08T18:45:52.940-04:002012-08-08T18:45:52.940-04:00Should I ask where the Deity was when I had a nast...<i>Should I ask where the Deity was when I had a nasty bout of chicken pox when I was 13 and which gave me a few scars?</i><br /><br />Well, it's you who thinks that proteins are not enough to explain how living things works.<br /><br />So why you were ill? Was that God's will? Some kind of test? Satan's plan? Maybe it was those viruses, which made decision to infect you?Arek Wittbrodthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111672656316139254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-22821702946841754942012-08-08T18:38:27.434-04:002012-08-08T18:38:27.434-04:00The materialist scientist thinks that dumb molecul...<i>The materialist scientist thinks that dumb molecules(proteins) are all that is needed to explain this.</i><br /><br />So what else is needed according to you?<br /><br />AI - so cells could make decisions? (That's what you said in one of your comments.) An Intelligent Designer?<br /><br />You do not offer any explanation. You are only pushing unknown further back and criticise scientist for seeking actual explanations.<br /><br />And you have nerve to call people who honestly care about knowing anything "morons".Arek Wittbrodthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111672656316139254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-68520264010109377902012-08-08T16:50:47.375-04:002012-08-08T16:50:47.375-04:00Yes. You should ask that.
Ah, you have scars fro...Yes. You should ask that. <br /><br />Ah, you have scars from chicken pox. Are they functional? Or are they non-functional remnants of historical processes-- you know... like ERVs and pseudogenes?<br /><br />If you think they're not functional, how do you know? Do you have only negative arguments-- you don't know the function for them, therefore they have no function?<br /><br />If negative arguments are permissible for chicken pox scars, why not for ERVs and pseudogenes?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57823731505643807212012-08-08T16:12:41.538-04:002012-08-08T16:12:41.538-04:00Well, Larry, perhaps if it were not a frog or a mo...Well, Larry, perhaps if it were not a frog or a mouse but rather a monarch butterfly or a swan, I think I would be just as inspired and uplifted. Each has his own personal tastes after all. :)<br /><br />But fundamentally, I think the same exact talk COULD have been given about the wonders of biology in general concerning higher organisms, with the same effect on the larger portion of the audience. My takeaway from this one wasn't that humans are 'special', and I doubt that was the point Tsiaras was trying to make.andyboergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159573123843322700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57747497253928939302012-08-08T15:39:49.639-04:002012-08-08T15:39:49.639-04:00Yes, Larry, there is nothing special at all! Devel...Yes, Larry, there is nothing special at all! Development is amazing whether it is a worm or a man. But, obviously, I'd be more impressed seeing an elephant or a blue whale develop.<br /><br />You still don't get it, do you? Tsiaras is strongly implying that developmental processes that make babies can't really be fathomed from genetic instructions that produce proteins.<br /><br />Why does it just not click with you?Atheistoclastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-30740588121477550292012-08-08T15:35:35.045-04:002012-08-08T15:35:35.045-04:00That's such a silly argument of the atheists. ...That's such a silly argument of the atheists. Should I ask where the Deity was when I had a nasty bout of chicken pox when I was 13 and which gave me a few scars?Atheistoclastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-27587515649312794712012-08-08T15:09:24.626-04:002012-08-08T15:09:24.626-04:00The developing human embryo/fetus makes me think o...The developing human embryo/fetus makes me think of unprotected sex.Veronica Abbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037599323472646996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-33039059750610320932012-08-08T14:17:25.391-04:002012-08-08T14:17:25.391-04:00I imagine many people will be inspired and uplifte...<i>I imagine many people will be inspired and uplifted by the talk.</i><br /><br />Why? If it was a video of the development of a mouse fetus or a frog embryo would you have been "inspired and uplifted"?<br /><br />A really good TED talk would have been one explaining that human development is not fundamentally different from that of any other mammal. There's nothing special going on here.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-16392213846681455172012-08-08T13:28:31.485-04:002012-08-08T13:28:31.485-04:00The Clasturbator fails again!
Not being able to s...The Clasturbator fails again!<br /><br />Not being able to see something doesn't <i>ipso facto</i> make it a mystery.Michael Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-72494984433218617532012-08-08T12:33:26.678-04:002012-08-08T12:33:26.678-04:00When I was 2 years old, I was infected with the po...When I was 2 years old, I was infected with the polio virus, do people like Alexander Tsiaras attribute divinity to it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386118660931844706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-64248390496206258162012-08-08T11:56:09.314-04:002012-08-08T11:56:09.314-04:00Because it is a mystery. We can observe embryogene...Because it <b>is</b> a mystery. We can observe embryogenesis, using increasingly sophisticated tools, but that doesn't mwean we can explain the causes of it.Atheistoclastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-11364126182422316652012-08-08T11:37:40.241-04:002012-08-08T11:37:40.241-04:00Why mystify something that isn't mysterious?
...Why mystify something that isn't mysterious?<br /><br />There's a huge difference between being in awe of something because one knows nothing about it and being in awe of something because one knows what doesn't know about it.Michael Mnoreply@blogger.com