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Message 441 of 1429 (896086)
07-31-2022 11:01 AM
Reply to: Message 433 by Dredge
07-31-2022 1:27 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
My argument is that no one can prove that ToE (or any other theory) describes the process that shaped the fossil record, therefore no one can claim to know how evolution works.
Well, so far your argument has failed to prove anything. The evolutionary processes left evidence that we observe is the same as the processes leave today. You keep saying "no one can", but the biologists of the world are ignoring you and carrying on with describing their observations.
Bechly and Behe are not going to persuade all those rusted-on atheist biologists out there.
They sure want to, but their ID argument is completely based on religious fiction, not science.
On the contrary, all those rusted-on atheist biologists out there will be hostile to any suggestion of intelligent design in nature.
Not so much hostile, but dismissive. I don't know what happened to Bechly, but if it has biased his presentation of evidence, then the validity of all of his work should be questioned, by his colleagues.
I have never heard of "rusted-on atheist biologists" before but I kind of like it, especially coming from a member of the Catholic Pedo Cult.

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What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 473 of 1429 (896134)
08-01-2022 10:35 AM
Reply to: Message 423 by Dredge
07-30-2022 3:40 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Dr. Bechly doesn't deny that evolution has happened ... he argues that ToE can't account for what is observed.
Does he really?
Which specific observations does he dispute?
How would he correct the Theory of Evolution to more accurately describe reality?
Does he provide any supporting evidence?
Citations would be nice

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What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 476 of 1429 (896150)
08-01-2022 8:49 PM
Reply to: Message 462 by AZPaul3
07-31-2022 4:45 PM


Re: Dredge Doesn't Think
You cannot dispute the facts presented in Message 424. Indeed we have such knowledge of the evolutionary transitions of millions of critters. Again, you're just too stupid to see it.
It sure would be nice if he ever presented anything at all supporting ID.
All we get is
quote
1. If you don’t know everything you can’t know anything.
2. The atheist Darwinists can’t prove anything.
3. Darwinists believe the ToE is a fact.
4. Repeat
  —Sludge
After all these years that the Discovery Institute had multimillion dollar budgets and they failed to produce a single shred of evidence supporting intelligent design in nature, of the Universe, this galaxy, this solar system, this planet, or any of the life on this planet, other than the tinkering humans have done on the genomes of several thousand species.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 485 of 1429 (896175)
08-02-2022 1:28 PM
Reply to: Message 207 by nwr
06-21-2022 6:28 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
nwr writes:
Gunter Bechly came up with a similar challenge. And several biologists answered it. But, of course, Bechly rejected all of their answers, because what he was really asking was a matter of his subjective opinion. And he was not about to accept any responses to his challenge.

See the discussion here:

Bechly’s “Species Pairs” Challenge

I kept meaning to thank you for this link. It's very interesting seeing others accessing Bechly's reasoning and his scientific contributions.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 493 of 1429 (896189)
08-02-2022 7:31 PM
Reply to: Message 489 by Dredge
08-02-2022 6:40 PM


Re: Dredge Doesn't Think
Sludge writes:
No one can prove that humans evolved from some ape-like creature
I don't know of anyone trying to prove that.
What I do know is that there are mountains of evidence supporting the fact that all primates share a common ancestor and that humans are primates, both morphologically and genetically. All the evidence also supports the fact that humans are great apes and share common ancestors with all the living and extinct members of that clade.
Sludge writes:
... therefore no one can claim that said evolution is a "fact".
Your conclusion is incorrect, but I don't see how you could enforce it anyway. We know that evolution does in fact occur and that the theory of Evolution explains the processes of descent with modification: reproduction, mutation, selection, repeat.
Sludgge writes:
Do you know the difference between a belief and a fact?
Yep, I do. Beliefs are bullshit and facts are supported by evidence.
Sludge writes:
Ringo writes:
When I say we "know" something, I refer to the best current knowledge that we have, not some voodoo absolute knowledge. What we know, science can always change.
"current knowledge" doesn't include a scientific theory. A theory is not knowledge - it's just an idea that descibes a possibility.
This is still incorrect and will remain incorrect no matter how many time you repeat it, as has been pointed out to you numerous times. You don't have much of a game, do you?

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 518 of 1429 (896216)
08-03-2022 10:10 AM
Reply to: Message 500 by Dredge
08-03-2022 4:36 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Sludge writes:
Tanypteryx writes:
That's why, unlike you, we rely on evidence to support our facts.
Please be advised that ToE is neither a fact and nor is it knowledge.
Please be advised that I never said that ToE was a fact, but it clearly is knowledge as it explains the evidence (facts) of evolution.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 521 of 1429 (896222)
08-03-2022 11:04 AM
Reply to: Message 519 by Percy
08-03-2022 10:40 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
The consensus here seems to be that you're a troll, not an idiot.
They are not mutually exclusive. The evidence shows he is an idiot and a troll.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 525 of 1429 (896228)
08-03-2022 11:35 AM
Reply to: Message 523 by Dredge
08-03-2022 11:23 AM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Sludge writes:
"You disappoint me, my friend."
Oh good, that was my goal.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 540 of 1429 (896249)
08-03-2022 3:51 PM
Reply to: Message 537 by Dredge
08-03-2022 3:03 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
I implied no such thing.
Of course you did, there's no other reason for posting all the BS about his scientific achievements.
After reading the latest crap he has written about evolution, I find I am skeptical of the integrity of his work on Odonate fossils.
You have a vivid imagination, I must say ... no wonder you're a Darwinist!
Yep, I do. I don't know what the three dots mean, but the last part demonstrates your vivid imagination. I am actually an Odonatist.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 545 of 1429 (896262)
08-03-2022 6:43 PM
Reply to: Message 544 by Dredge
08-03-2022 6:41 PM


Re: Dredge Doesn't Think
You laugh at the most surprising things.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 577 of 1429 (896323)
08-05-2022 9:32 PM
Reply to: Message 576 by dwise1
08-05-2022 8:47 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
The big difference is that the Theory of Evolution does indeed help us in furthering medical knowledge, while no god ever has. Instead, gods have proven to be a great hinderance in the advancement of medicine.
This is all just pete and repeat from Sludge Boy. We all refuted this pathetic argument more than a year ago.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 587 of 1429 (896341)
08-06-2022 5:11 PM
Reply to: Message 582 by Dredge
08-06-2022 4:42 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Sludge writes:
Those posters deliberately and dishonestly twisted my words and misrepresented my position - in other words, that bowl of spiders were liars. You were probably one of them.
Yep, I probably was, and like every other argument of yours has been refuted and corrected this one is also. Deliberately and dishonestly twisting your opponent's words and misrepresenting your opponent's position and making absurd claims about evolution and science is all you have done here, and your bullshit has been corrected repeatedly, but with you it is always "pete and repeat."
ID and creationism have been defeated by their own lies and failure to produce any supporting evidence for creation or intelligent design, of the Universe, or of life.
Sludge writes:
All those snakes did was ignore that I was arguing
Come on make up your mind which is most despicable, snakes or spiders?

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 618 of 1429 (896400)
08-07-2022 8:46 PM
Reply to: Message 612 by Dredge
08-07-2022 5:33 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Sludge writes:
Knowledge of the mechanisms of evolution has certainly contributed to the treatment of disease, but the theory that all life on earth shares a common ancestor has contributed nothing at all to the treatment of disease. It's a useless theory.
We defeated this pathetic argument years ago. You have been repeatedly refuted in every argument you've made here.
sludge writes:
I invite you to prove me wrong
You're too late, we did that ages ago.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 621 of 1429 (896403)
08-07-2022 11:03 PM
Reply to: Message 620 by AZPaul3
08-07-2022 10:56 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Hey, we celebrated the Dover Verdict together, remember?

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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Message 623 of 1429 (896405)
08-08-2022 12:07 AM
Reply to: Message 622 by AZPaul3
08-07-2022 11:16 PM


Re: Dredge thinks not knowing everything is not knowing anything
Are you telling me the Dredge was lying again?
Yep, same ones over and over.
That's a 10 commandments violation. His boss is not going to be pleased.
You would thinks so, but his boss is fictitious, so it's a paradox.

Stop Tzar Vladimir the Condemned!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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