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537Gao Seng, you are not being honest with me or yourself if you just dismiss the lMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
536If you make the finger too interesting, one might never get past it to the Moon.Mitch Blevins-5/9/2001
535Well, that is a reasonable point. On the other hand, man does not live long withNeocon-5/9/2001
534Many people mistake the analogy for the reality (or non-reality, depending on yoMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
533There are many things that can be understood only by analogy. The nature of the Neocon-5/9/2001
532<i>Well, you believe in the Big Bang, right.</i> No, that is wrong.Mitch Blevins-5/9/2001
531Mules and asses, trait divergence of subpopulations and "organism altruism&gao seng-5/9/2001
530Well, you believe in the Big Bang, right. What is a virtual vacuum, existing befNeocon-5/9/2001
529Inconceivable and imperceptible... yet somehow it can be intuited by its effectsMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
528I am not sure what you mean. I am not aware of anything in cognitive science thaNeocon-5/9/2001
527I will agree that efficient causality is not enough. There are many emergent phMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
526My thinking runs along these lines: I find it somewhat more credible that teleolNeocon-5/9/2001
525A "strawman argument" would be to set forth the weakest version of a pNeocon-5/9/2001
524Re: inter-species vs intra-species variation. The short length of observable hiMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
523but relies on cultural transmission for survival and growth. Animals do not havgao seng-5/9/2001
522<i>Could you provide an example of a species changing it's species, soMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
521The classic example of the finches is irrefutable, and there are similar exampleNeocon-5/9/2001
520Patronage has been varied. Markets vary. In Italy, the church, from the lowly paNeocon-5/9/2001
519Could you provide an example of a species changing it's species, so to speakgao seng-5/9/2001
518<i>...of evolution as a religion. It is a religion, and it must be accepteMitch Blevins-5/9/2001
517I used to say that one when I was little.Neocon-5/9/2001
516I am not sure how you are translating a regard for language and art into the spiNeocon-5/9/2001
515Not that I have anything against art! news.yahoo.comgao seng-5/9/2001
514Yes and I find your statements to be exposing the incredulity of evolution as a gao seng-5/9/2001
513I am really in a dilemma here. Who paid for the art? The Church? The nobilitygao seng-5/9/2001
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