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    Thread: Both forums need an introduction
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Chris Wrote: (2018-05-31, 09:43 PM) -- I have to say I see problems with a main page that pushes a particular line on psi, particularly if everyone here is entitled to edit it. I would prefer the sit...
Posted by DaveB in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2018-06-01, 09:49 AM
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    Thread: Both forums need an introduction
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Sometimes I go to the Skeptiko front page (either of them) and wonder how I would react to it if I cast my mind back to when I was a newby to the subject. I guess my answer when I look at the forum is...
Posted by DaveB in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2018-05-31, 09:53 AM
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    Thread: Modern sightings of fairies
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Neil, On the picture on the top of your review, is a very nice example of a faery ring. I know there is a scientific explanation for these rings, something to do with the fungus using up nutriments...
Posted by DaveB in Other Phenomena , 2018-03-01, 02:11 PM
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    Thread: Modern sightings of fairies
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neilrushton Wrote: (2018-02-09, 12:17 AM) -- Hello Chris - I'm the author at deadbutdreaming. -- I am wondering if there is any physical evidence for fairies - for example, have they ever been photo...
Posted by DaveB in Other Phenomena , 2018-03-01, 12:26 PM
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    Thread: Article ~ Why the Miller–Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis
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I agree with a lot of the original article - perhaps one exception would be the section on chirality.  I think the point is that if life was formed by abiogenesis, it likely only formed once (or the o...
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    Thread: Article ~ Why the Miller–Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis
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Steve001 Wrote: (2018-01-17, 08:59 PM) -- God did it with a mere thought. Created life, the Universe, and especially Homo sapien sapiens. It's all accurately documented in the Book of Genesis. After ...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-16, 01:01 PM) -- I agree. However, your "evidence" for evolution being invalid is a vague feeling that it will not eventually be able to explain everything. Si...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Steve001 Wrote: (2017-12-15, 06:50 PM) -- Ya gotta do more than that. Care to propose a better idea for the former and latter? -- This is where you are wrong - an invalid theory should be struck ou...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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malf Wrote: (2017-12-12, 09:47 AM) -- So a MAL would consciously concentrate useful molecules? Is that what you are saying? -- Primarily what I am saying here is that the theory of evolution by natur...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-12, 01:50 AM) -- Well, it's not random. It follows the laws of chemistry. Some macromolecules are more stable than others. They are selected. -- Great - welco...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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[quote pid='12189' dateline='1512934516']  Very few - if any - ID proponents doubt evolution but they do doubt the neo-darwinist mechanisms. [/quote] Yes - this is a vital point. Simply documenting s...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-07, 10:47 PM) -- There would be some sort of proto-organism. Perhaps a bag of chemicals with a simple membrane. Perhaps a group of tightly bound molecules that...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-07, 01:30 AM) -- Hang on. The peptides are generated at random, but some are useful and some are not. So the chemical processes that produce the useful ones re...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Larry Wrote: (2017-12-06, 02:50 AM) -- I don't have the scientific background to contribute much to this discussion but for the very first time I find myself in agreement with steve001 The discovery...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-05, 06:08 PM) -- Why not? There could be a series of proto-codes. You appear to believe that it's the final genetic code or it's nothing at all. Surely you'll ...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Steve001 Wrote: (2017-12-05, 01:51 PM) -- As I said earlier, in this country I cotton no talk of design because those that squeak most loudly asserting there is design are too willing to insert their...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-04, 08:48 PM) -- Do we have to play this game? I'm happy to acknowledge that it's a code. But if the central argument is that a code cannot evolve, doesn't it ...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-04, 04:11 PM) -- No, I wouldn't agree. We also mentioned polymorphic crystals and the periodic table. The goal is to try to pin down a definition of code that ...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-02, 03:33 PM) -- Please correct me if I'm wrong here. The logic appears to be: 1. I do not accept that there are any codes in nature that developed naturali...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Kamarling Wrote: (2017-11-19, 09:50 PM) -- It wasn't until fairly recent years that I gave much thought to Darwinism or ID or any other opposing theories. That interest was kick-started by the long r...
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