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  1. painted wolf

    Who are the Best Non-Mod Non-Clique members here?

    I'd offer myself up for the list... but I'm so "Clique" that I have my own cadre of cronies. :bonk: wa:do
  2. painted wolf

    I got a job!

    I finally managed to get a job! :jiggy: Ok, so it's part time and no benefits... but it's something. It will help us get through the next hurdle... getting me into grad school. :D wa:do
  3. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    We were developing from very special types of cells... and with the help of our mothers womb. A lot of our growth and development is dependent on the environment of the womb we are in. You need to be exposed to the right hormones at the right times for example if you are going to actually...
  4. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    They may have the whole genome, but they can't use it. A white blood cell can't become a whole organism. Muscle cells can only produce more muscle cells. wa:do
  5. painted wolf

    Scientists claim homosexuality arises in the womb

    Cool! Thanks for sharing. wa:do
  6. painted wolf

    What Causes the Collapse of Nations?

    I'm going to have to second this. Civilizations can survive lots of bad events, disasters and invasions... but once the people lose faith in their leaders (government/religious) abilities to rule, then things go bad. Once a civilization loses a critical mass then it's stuck in an extinction...
  7. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Not every one of our cells. Gametes only have half the information necessary and some cells don't have any DNA at all. Mature Human red blood cells have no DNA and can't be used to copy anything. When blood is drawn for DNA testing it isn't the red blood cells they are after but the white...
  8. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Well remember that even the laws we know aren't totally true are still true within the limited context they are supposed to function. Newton's laws are not accurate at all scales, but they are true for the scale they are used for. And that is a key factor for "laws" they don't and can't...
  9. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Not all laws have "Law" in their titles either. Einstein's field equasions don't have the word "law" in them, yet they are considered a law in the scientific sense. However the Planck-Einstein law does have "law" in it. Perhaps it's simply a matter of taste. As for age, there have been...
  10. painted wolf

    Evolution in the 21st century - The Extended Synthesis

    Are there any sciences where the mechanisms are totally agreed on and not a subject of some debate? Honestly, amongst biologists the debate is more about what mechanisms are more prevalent under certain circumstances... Even in every example you have presented thus far. wa:do
  11. painted wolf

    Evolution in the 21st century - The Extended Synthesis

    Ah, well then I guess I'll actually have to read them then. ;) But, this brings up another point. I don't tend to get behind hypothesis that are only put forward in pop-sci books. Regardless of how well written they are. I'm unaware of any experimental evidence that supports his ideas. But...
  12. painted wolf

    Evolution in the 21st century - The Extended Synthesis

    The thing is, most of that is already integrated into modern evolutionary thinking and as such there is no need for a grand re-branding of evolution. We don't need to rename evolution every time someone adds something new to it. Personally, I find "Replicator Theory" to be a nice thought...
  13. painted wolf

    Evolution and Creation, are both wrong?

    Actually, you are incorrect. Darwin's version of Evolution by Natural Selection was the mainstream theory by the 1870's (at least in English speaking countries). That doesn't mean that it wasn't debated or that alternative theories weren't presented... but that doesn't change the fact that it...
  14. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Laws are simple descriptions (usually mathematical) of observable events. They do not make any statement about what causes the event, only describing how they happen. They also don't describe the entirety of the phenomena, only a portion of it under specific circumstances. Thing at rest...
  15. painted wolf

    Evolution and Creation, are both wrong?

    If water remembers me... then it must remember every dinosaur turd ever dumped on the Mesozoic. Actually Darwin also attended U.Edinburgh Medical School, where he learned to be a physician (at least until he got to surgery which he found brutal and abhorrent) as well as taxidermy, geology and...
  16. painted wolf

    evolutions biggest mystery

    Actually theories do not become laws. Theories unite several laws under a unified conceptual model. The theory of gravitation unites both Newton's law of universal gravitation and General relativity. Neither of these laws can function properly without the theory of Gravitation to unite...
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