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  1. Thermos aquaticus

    Aegyptopithecus

    A nested hierarchy of similarities is evidence for evolution, not simply similarities. It is the pattern of similarities that points to evolution.
  2. Thermos aquaticus

    Aegyptopithecus

    Not if you are a biologist. If there were a deity who expected you to accept evolution as true before being allowed into heaven, then not believing in evolution would also have serious consequences. The first society of modern scientists is largely believe to be the Royal Society founded in...
  3. Thermos aquaticus

    Is Aleprechaunism a Belief System?

    She doesn't believe in the existence of leperchauns.
  4. Thermos aquaticus

    Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?

    "their existence is not worth serious consideration" =/= "they don't exist"
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    Learning: Introduction

    The first concept you have to understand is the tree of life. It is also called a nested hierarchy or a phylogeny. A good analogy is language. As you are probably aware, there are the three major Romance languages of French, Spanish, and Italian. All of these languages share a common...
  6. Thermos aquaticus

    Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?

    It is the point I am making. People define gods as undetectable entities that live in an undetectable realm. How do you falsify the existence of such a being?
  7. Thermos aquaticus

    Is Aleprechaunism a Belief System?

    Sue never said that leprechauns do not exist. She said that she didn't believe Tom's claims. Not believing is not a belief.
  8. Thermos aquaticus

    Aegyptopithecus

    The accuracy of journalism often relies on the expertise of the journalist. A sports journalist reporting on economics probably isn't worth your time. A journalist with 20 years of experience reporting on economics probably can be trusted to accurately report on economics.
  9. Thermos aquaticus

    Aegyptopithecus

    You probably think that germs causing disease is a fact, but in truth it is a theory, the Germ Theory of Disease. If you don't object to germs being treated as a fact, then you shouldn't have a problem with evolution being presented as a fact. There is also another underlying problem. People...
  10. Thermos aquaticus

    Aegyptopithecus

    Journalists get the science wrong most of the time and there are very few good science journalists. Carl Zimmer is one of the few good science journalists I am aware of.
  11. Thermos aquaticus

    Learning: Introduction

    Are you referring to the theory of evolution, or science and the scientific method in general?
  12. Thermos aquaticus

    Seeing things in their past? You are full of beans!

    In reality, multiplying a time by a speed gives you a distance.
  13. Thermos aquaticus

    Is Aleprechaunism a Belief System?

    How is a lack of belief in Tom's rather outlandish claim a belief?
  14. Thermos aquaticus

    Seeing things in their past? You are full of beans!

    This, coming from someone who says to forget about everything we have learned.
  15. Thermos aquaticus

    Seeing things in their past? You are full of beans!

    From your frame of reference, they do not tie each other.
  16. Thermos aquaticus

    Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?

    That is false. Read it again: "I cannot prove that either the Christian God or the Homeric gods do not exist, but I do not think that their existence is an alternative that is sufficiently probable to be worth serious consideration."--Bertrand Russell He didn't say that they do not exist. He...
  17. Thermos aquaticus

    Isn’t Atheism a world view without reasons and arguments?

    "I don't believe you" = atheism "We can't know if that is true" = agnosticism They are different things. One is about belief and one is about what we know. Are negative atheists also atheists? If you define atheism as a belief that there are no gods would that exclude many atheists from...
  18. Thermos aquaticus

    Learning: Introduction

    Please ask specific questions and I will do my best to answer them. When someone is very familiar with a subject it can be difficult to explain it to non-experts, so a little patience from both sides goes a long ways.
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    Seeing things in their past? You are full of beans!

    Coming from someone who can't do Jr. High math, I will take that with a grain of salt.
  20. Thermos aquaticus

    Seeing things in their past? You are full of beans!

    You just failed Jr. High math. Time does not equal a speed.
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