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On Mar 2, 9:16*am, " wrote:
An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Wow, thanks. |
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On Mar 2, 10:09*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote: wrote: An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU That is way cool. I have a quibble with the Subject: header though, those mussels are fishing with lures. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry I thought about the title for just that reason, and finally decided it was high time to stir up an old controversy. :-) I sometimes fish with Gummy Minnows and call it fly fishing, and sometimes (very rarely) fish with bait using fly fishing gear and don't call it fly fishing. |
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On Mar 2, 6:16*am, " wrote:
An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU MAJOR COOL I can't cast and work a gummy minnow that well ;-( let alone "tie" one from my own body parts |
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wrote in message ... An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Incredible! Thanks for sharing, JT |
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On Mar 2, 8:16*am, " wrote:
An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Watched it 27 times. New species count (thus far) = exactly zero. Will continue observations. Will report new findings as they appear. g. who, if he had the time, would investigate the endlessly fascinating question of whether people ever take the time to read the brainless **** they write. |
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On Mar 2, 6:16*am, " wrote:
An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Amazing. Thanx Dave |
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On Mar 2, 5:57*pm, Giles wrote:
On Mar 2, 8:16*am, " wrote: An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Watched it 27 times. *New species count (thus far) = exactly zero. Will continue observations. *Will report new findings as they appear. g. who, if he had the time, would investigate the endlessly fascinating question of whether people ever take the time to read the brainless **** they write. Mimicry is one of the most compelling sources of evidence, among a great many, in support of evolution by natural selection. It's impossible (to my mind) to conceive of another naturalistic explanation of it. Supernatural "explanations" are of course possible -- God made the creatures that way for some strange reason beyond our comprehension -- but I don't take those seriously, as anyone who isn't willfully ignorant shouldn't. (Are you listenisng, Todd?) I would have thought that, in light your apparent love of nature, you would have found the video interesting, but given your well-known delight in being a nasty asshole I'm not surprised that you didn't. "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution." Theodosius Dobzhansky |
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On Mar 2, 8:58*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 2, 5:57*pm, Giles wrote: On Mar 2, 8:16*am, " wrote: An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU Watched it 27 times. *New species count (thus far) = exactly zero. Will continue observations. *Will report new findings as they appear. g. who, if he had the time, would investigate the endlessly fascinating question of whether people ever take the time to read the brainless **** they write. Mimicry is one of the most compelling sources of evidence, among a great many, in support of evolution by natural selection. Evidence in support of evolution by natural selection, however compelling, is hardly necessary at this late date for any thinking person.....and it is wasted on what appears to be a substantial majority. It's impossible (to my mind) to conceive of another naturalistic explanation of it. Easy enough to conceive of other naturalistic explanations.....assuming one had a compelling reason to. Much tougher to come up with examples.....even if one could find a reason to. Supernatural "explanations" are of course possible -- God made the creatures that way for some strange reason beyond our comprehension -- but I don't take those seriously, as anyone who isn't willfully ignorant shouldn't. (Are you listenisng, Todd?) There is no good reason for a thinking person to take supernatural explanations seriously. On the other hand, there is no good reason to reject them. Supernatural explanations are not subject to reason. You believe.....or you don't. So what? I would have thought that, in light your apparent love of nature, you would have found the video interesting, but given your well-known delight in being a nasty asshole I'm not surprised that you didn't. Given your desperate need to hold self-loathing at bay by snatching at whatever scraps of approval you can garner from whatever dubious sources, I'm not surprised that you tout a couple minutes long youtube video as "evolution in action." In fact, the video IS interesting......but it demonstrates pretty much nothing other than that some mussels trick fish into cooperating in their own reproductive strategies. Or is it your position that the mussels whose "lures" were somewhat less than perfect have gone extinct in the past couple of weeks.....and nobody bothered to inform us? .. "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution." * * * * Theodosius Dobzhansky Yeah, nice soundbite. How stupid not to have thought of it. g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. |
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On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote:
g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. |
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On Mar 3, 6:56*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote: g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. Soundbites. Not nutritious......but oh so filling. :) g. the boy just WILL NOT learn. |
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On Mar 3, 6:16*pm, Giles wrote:
On Mar 3, 6:56*pm, " wrote: On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote: g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. Soundbites. Not nutritious......but oh so filling. * * * *:) g. the boy just WILL NOT learn. Do you have children? No? I thought not. Evolution in action. |
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On Mar 4, 8:53*am, " wrote:
On Mar 3, 6:16*pm, Giles wrote: On Mar 3, 6:56*pm, " wrote: On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote: g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. Soundbites. Not nutritious......but oh so filling. * * * *:) g. the boy just WILL NOT learn. Do you have children? No? I thought not. Evolution in action. Year after year.....the same bag of cretins peddling the same sack of third grade taunts and insults. g. and always striving to believe......THIS time the results will be different. :) |
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On Mar 4, 1:06*pm, JR wrote:
On 3/2/2011 12:09 PM, Ken Fortenberry wrote: wrote: An amazing video showing evolution in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YTBj0WHkU That is way cool. I have a quibble with the Subject: header though, those mussels are fishing with lures. ;-) Lures my ass. *They're fishing with bait! - JR A fascinating distinction. But is it real? giles |
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On Mar 4, 5:48*pm, Giles wrote:
On Mar 4, 8:53*am, " wrote: On Mar 3, 6:16*pm, Giles wrote: On Mar 3, 6:56*pm, " wrote: On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote: g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. Soundbites. Not nutritious......but oh so filling. * * * *:) g. the boy just WILL NOT learn. Do you have children? No? I thought not. Evolution in action. Year after year.....the same bag of cretins peddling the same sack of third grade taunts and insults. Moron |
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On Mar 4, 10:32*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 4, 5:48*pm, Giles wrote: On Mar 4, 8:53*am, " wrote: On Mar 3, 6:16*pm, Giles wrote: On Mar 3, 6:56*pm, " wrote: On Mar 3, 4:52*pm, Giles wrote: g. who pleads guilty to an inordinate fondness for beetles. J.B.S. Haldane was talking about the (hypothetical) Creator, not about you -- he whose vanity is unbounded. Soundbites. Not nutritious......but oh so filling. * * * *:) g. the boy just WILL NOT learn. Do you have children? No? I thought not. Evolution in action. Year after year.....the same bag of cretins peddling the same sack of third grade taunts and insults. Moron You don't learn. :) g. |
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