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Open MInd
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Message 106 of 128 (380087)
01-26-2007 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 104 by DrJones*
01-26-2007 4:01 AM


Re: Evidence Of A Young Earth
First of all, a hypothesis may be based on something, but the hypothesis itself is made up with the scientist imagination. Only then does the scientist find supporting evidence in nature. Albert Einstein did not see E=MC^2. He made it up at first before bringing the supporting evidence. I dont see why you consider ancient people any more primitive than yourself. There is no evidence of the human beings becoming smarter. Who is smarter you or your children? The only reason why you think they are primitive is because you believe in scientific thought which is relatively modern.

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crashfrog
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Message 107 of 128 (380089)
01-26-2007 10:47 AM
Reply to: Message 106 by Open MInd
01-26-2007 10:41 AM


Re: Evidence Of A Young Earth
He made it up at first before bringing the supporting evidence.
No, actually, he solved equations to arrive at his famous "E=MC^2"; then, later, experimental evidence confirmed his result.
There is no evidence of the human beings becoming smarter.
Actually:
quote:
The Flynn effect is the year-on-year rise of IQ test scores, an effect seen in most parts of the world, although at greatly varying rates. It was named by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve after the New Zealand based political scientist James R. Flynn, who did much to document it and promote awareness of its implications (Flynn, 1984, 1987). The average rate of rise seems to be around three IQ points per decade.
I don't know - is that evidence? If you think IQ tests measure innate human intelligence, it would have to be. (I don't think they do, nor do I believe that what psychometrics calls "g" is really something that exists, or can be accurately measured with IQ tests.)
The only reason why you think they are primitive is because you believe in scientific thought which is relatively modern.
There's no need to believe in it; the proof of the effectiveness of the scientific method is arrayed around you; indeed, the very computer you're reading this on is proof that the scientific method is the best tool we have for determining what is most likely true about the universe. Religious revelation has never produced truths.
Edited by crashfrog, : No reason given.

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Message 108 of 128 (380095)
01-26-2007 10:58 AM
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01-26-2007 10:41 AM


Topic!
The topic is recent human evolution and our relationship to chimps.
If we can't stick to that I'll close this for awhile.

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Message 109 of 128 (380096)
01-26-2007 10:58 AM
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01-26-2007 10:47 AM


Topic!
The topic is recent human evolution and our relationship to chimps.
If we can't stick to that I'll close this for awhile.
Edited by AdminNosy, : correct author

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Coragyps
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Message 110 of 128 (380098)
01-26-2007 11:02 AM
Reply to: Message 95 by Open MInd
01-24-2007 7:58 PM


Re: Evidence Of A Young Earth
Is it not funny that the Evolution Hypothesis has only been around for about 150 years and that the creationist have been around for thousands.
It is funny, though, that electricity-users have been around for a bit less than 150 years, and non-electric folks for thousands. Hell, microwave oven users have only been around since I was in college.
What's your point, OM?
Edited by Coragyps, : I'll go back on topic, really.......

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Open MInd
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Message 111 of 128 (380099)
01-26-2007 11:06 AM
Reply to: Message 107 by crashfrog
01-26-2007 10:47 AM


Re: Evidence Of A Young Earth
Can a scientist say anything about gravity other than its name. Why does gravity exist? All a scientist can say is based on previous observation, gravity is there. When one asks a scientist why it is they who have no answers. Have you ever wondered why this world exists? Why does positive and negative forces attract? What does it mean to have a positive or negative charge? All science does is link vocabulary words with observations and formulate hypothesis statements to try to link all the "forces" together. As for humans being smarter now than they were years ago, I dont there is any "scientific" proof of that.

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Message 112 of 128 (380119)
01-26-2007 12:31 PM


Closing for the day
Until we all figure out what the topic is here the thread will have to be closed for a few hours.
Me? I'll be skiing in the sunshine.

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Message 113 of 128 (380213)
01-26-2007 6:10 PM
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01-26-2007 12:31 PM


Open for the specified topic
From now on short suspensions will be issued to those who have trouble with getting the topic right.

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doctrbill
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Message 114 of 128 (382734)
02-05-2007 9:12 PM
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01-26-2007 11:06 AM


Re: Evidence Of A Holey Minde
Open MInd writes:
All science does is link vocabulary words with observations and formulate hypothesis ...
And yet, somehow, it has created this machine which you use to criticize it!

Theology is the science of Dominion.
- - - My God is your god's Boss - - -

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Message 115 of 128 (382739)
02-05-2007 9:19 PM
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02-05-2007 9:12 PM


1 hour suspension for topic violation
Dr. Bill, that isn't helping keep the thread on topic.

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pop 
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Message 116 of 128 (403226)
06-01-2007 12:17 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by TheLiteralist
09-29-2005 7:13 PM


australopithecus werent bipedal
hey guys lets talk about the supposed apeman fossil
evolutionists stress it could walk upright but several researches have been done on australopithecus
1/lord solly zuckerman made extensive researches on the anatomy of australopithecus with 15 specialists provided with the newest techniques and his conclusion was that it was an ordinary ape walking on its fours.
2/prof. charles oxnard concluded that australopithecus was like orangutans and tree dwellings.
3/The point evolutionists stress is the point at which the femur meets the knee . in humans the carrying angle = 9 /at chimpanzees =0 /at australopithecus =15
*evolutionists stress that this high carrying angle is evidence for bipedalism but many scientists confirm that this is an evidence for tree climbing the large carrying angle among modern living primates is spider monkey and orangutans.
4/fred spoor and his team made extensive researches on the balance system in the inner ear and concluded that australopithecus and homo habils didnt walk upright but having a stride.
5/A study was done in 2000 by BG Richmond and DS strait on lucys fore arms concluded that she walked like knuckel walkers.
6/A discovery by dr Robin crompton : that apes in our modern time can walk upright . he discovered a group of apes living in uganda walking on 2 legs.

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Chiroptera
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Message 117 of 128 (403232)
06-01-2007 12:48 PM
Reply to: Message 116 by pop
06-01-2007 12:17 PM


Re: australopithecus werent bipedal
Hi, modi, and welcome to our happy home.
Oxnard and Zuckerman's conclusions are out of date and only represented a very small minority opinion.
Your claim is a misrepresentation of Spoor's conclusions; Spoor did not conclude that australopithecines were not bidedal.
As far as your last comment, it's interesting that apes can walk upright. It shows that it's not impossible for bipedalism to evolve. The question is whether a species is mostly bipedal or mostly non-bipedal. This is where the shape of the pelvis and the knees and the feet come into play. Modern apes might be capable of bipedal motion and may do it occasionally, but they are mostly not bipedal. Humans will occasional walk on hands and knees or hands and feet, but they are mostly bipedal.
Now the shape of the feet, pelvis, and knees of the Australopithecines are closer to humans than to other apes. The shapes are ideal for bipedal motion, not for quadripedal motion.
I have a question: what do creationists dislike bipedal apes so much? Why can't they accept that Lucy was a bipedal ape? Sure, Lucy and the other Austalopithecines are great examples of transitional fossils, but creationists could just scream, "these fossils don't prove anything!" like they do with all the other transitional fossils that we have.
Added by edit:
By coincidence, there are some new theories being discussed about the possible origins of bipedal locomotion in humans. I provide a link to an article here.
Edited by Chiroptera, : No reason given.

Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine

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Jazzns
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Message 118 of 128 (403234)
06-01-2007 12:56 PM
Reply to: Message 116 by pop
06-01-2007 12:17 PM


Re: australopithecus werent bipedal
I think your biggest problem is thinking that anyone is claiming that Lucy was 100% bipedal.
The definition of a transitional is one where the morphological features of a creature are shared between its parent and daughter species.
Lucy could probably both walk upright and climb trees well. Scientists would be pretty outrageous if they claimed that in one step, aboreal apes decided to stand up and walk out of the jungle. It is more likely that there was an aboreal ape that simply was also pretty good at walking which allowed to to exploit new resources that pure aboreal apes could not.
Even if you look at modern humans. We are still very good at climbing trees. I remember seeing a tree climbing race between a chimp and a Samoan. The chimp won but not by much at all.
The last important point to mention is that even if it could be proven that Lucy truly was non-bipedal, it does not change the vast amount of other morphological evidence that show Lucy as being divergent from other great Apes and more like humans. Lucy's hips are a great example.

Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)

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Message 119 of 128 (403374)
06-02-2007 6:26 AM
Reply to: Message 117 by Chiroptera
06-01-2007 12:48 PM


Re: australopithecus werent bipedal
hi chiroptera
First let us examin the anatomy of australopithecus
Significant sections of this post were copy/pastes. I haven't the time to sort through to find what is modi's own words, and that of others so the whole thing was removed. - AdminModulous
enjoy
Edited by AdminModulous, : hiding plagiarised text

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Message 120 of 128 (403381)
06-02-2007 8:12 AM
Reply to: Message 119 by pop
06-02-2007 6:26 AM


when plagiarists attack
However, not all evolutionists think along these lines. The falsity of this perspective is openly admitted by some evolutionists. In the words “all birds have wings, but not all creatures with wings are birds," the well known anatomist Bernard Wood indicates the hollowness of the logic that regards walking on two legs as a defining characteristic of being human. (6)
'Tis funny really. Since you missed the obvious comparison - birds are bipedal.
The ape in the picture to the left is walking on two legs.
However, this is why I'm responded. Not only are you plagiarising from this source, but you haven't even editted out the bits that make it obvious you have plagiarised. In the first thing I quoted, you left a reference without telling us what that reference was. This leads me to suspect you didn't pay a great deal of attention to what you were doing. Either way, passing off someone else's work as your own is not only lazy, but it is intellectually dishonest and tarnishes your credibility considerably. It is also against the forum rules.
The report of a discovery in the well-known Scottish newspaper, The Scotsman, tore down another of the classical myths of evolution.
Yet more plagiarism. As a result of this, I'm hiding your text. You may edit it so that it gives credit where it is due, but is mostly in your own words if you want it to be visible again.
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