Oh my, just...wow. I'm so relieved your nephew saved the baby and the dog, and that your sister's injuries weren't worse. Major massive health-ma to your aunt and sister.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Volans - Aug 23, 2005 10:26:48 am PDT #502 of 10002
move out and draw fire
shrift - Aug 23, 2005 10:29:43 am PDT #503 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
shrift, you know the solution, don't you? Shank them. It's the only way, really.
Dude, I am making a deal with myself. If I keep a lid on the homicidal rage and don't shank anybody for the next three hours, I get to buy Deadwood and then watch Seth kick stupid people ass.
Jesse - Aug 23, 2005 10:30:30 am PDT #504 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Damn, tiggy. Continued good luck to them all.
Enough Oz for you Jesse!
It's way less likely to cause collateral damage than the post office traditional shooting, you've got to give me that!
Gudanov - Aug 23, 2005 10:34:07 am PDT #505 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Lots of health-ma to Tiggy's family.
Gudanov - Aug 23, 2005 10:36:48 am PDT #506 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
This is their answer to a guy who is offering "a quarter of a million dollars to anyone who can give any empirical evidence for evolution."
I'm just guessing here, but the fossil record of increasing complexity of organisms as time has passed is somehow not empirical evidence.
Amy - Aug 23, 2005 10:37:15 am PDT #507 of 10002
Because books.
tiggy, I'm so glad everyone is mostly okay but am sending continued health~ma for your aunt, and your poor sister. So glad it wasn't worse.
DXMachina - Aug 23, 2005 10:40:56 am PDT #508 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Gud, I suspect he wants video of something actually evolving, like on Star Trek.
tommyrot - Aug 23, 2005 10:41:15 am PDT #509 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm just guessing here, but the fossil record of increasing complexity of organisms as time has passed is somehow not empirical evidence.
An analysis of the challange: [link]
It's insane what the guy is asking for when he says "empirical evidence." eg: includes proof that God did not create the universe. Yeah, he's including all sorts of cosmology stuff in "evolution." Plus, you know, impossible to prove that God is not behind the creation of the universe, etc.
eta:
* NOTE: When I use the word evolution, I am not referring to the minor variations found in all of the various life forms (microevolution). I am referring to the general theory of evolution which believes these five major events took place without God:
1. Time, space, and matter came into existence by themselves.
2. Planets and stars formed from space dust.
3. Matter created life by itself.
4. Early life-forms learned to reproduce themselves.
5. Major changes occurred between these diverse life forms (i.e., fish changed to amphibians, amphibians changed to reptiles, and reptiles changed to birds or mammals).
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2005 10:43:34 am PDT #510 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I'm just guessing here, but the fossil record of increasing complexity of organisms as time has passed is somehow not empirical evidence.
His criteria are a little more stringent. Or rather, his definition of "evolution" is whack.
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Calli - Aug 23, 2005 10:43:49 am PDT #511 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I suspect he wants video of something actually evolving
One could get really, "I'll show you mine if . . . " about that. I mean, I'm assuming the guy doesn't have God the Father Almighty, the Holy Spirit, or the ressurected Jesus Christ on DVD.
And no, The Passion does not count.