it's not a theory

October 24, 2007 10:22AM
Just an idea imo.
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Hehe, two hilariously stupid people

Cenatar 1243 October 23, 2007 09:36AM

Intelligent Design = Creationism

infi 780 October 23, 2007 03:04PM

In a sense. But probably not the sense you mean. txt

Isildur 922 October 23, 2007 06:07PM

Contradiction

infi 797 October 24, 2007 09:04AM

I don't understand the contradiction. txt

Isildur 763 October 24, 2007 10:01AM

Re: I don't understand the contradiction. txt

infi 764 October 24, 2007 11:59AM

Re: I don't understand the contradiction. txt

Isildur 855 October 24, 2007 02:01PM

You just called Ben Stein stupid?? n/t

Pro 862 October 23, 2007 03:19PM

He's attacking "academics"

infi 683 October 23, 2007 03:35PM

Lets not go around putting science and academia in the same boat n/t

Lokain 824 October 23, 2007 05:24PM

He's not attacking "academics"

KatistrofiK 774 October 23, 2007 05:38PM

Uhm

Cenatar 891 October 23, 2007 09:35PM

Have you rigorously tested it yourself?

Death_Claw 859 October 24, 2007 04:15AM

Ok, a challenge for you.

Cenatar 903 October 24, 2007 06:17AM

You can't answer his challenge with a challenge.

Pro 781 October 24, 2007 06:25AM

Support what?

Cenatar 806 October 24, 2007 06:46AM

Re: Ok, a challenge for you.

Death_Claw 810 October 24, 2007 07:52AM

Re: Ok, a challenge for you.

Cenatar 743 October 24, 2007 08:06AM

Religion Censors!!! Science Doesn't.

infi 933 October 24, 2007 08:27AM

Chill with the hysterics. n/t

Death_Claw 946 October 24, 2007 08:30AM

You are tossing out some pretty broad topics.

Pro 864 October 24, 2007 08:42AM

Re: You are tossing out some pretty broad topics.

Cenatar 814 October 24, 2007 08:48AM

Re: You are tossing out some pretty broad topics.

MorsGotha 800 October 24, 2007 09:43AM

/agree -nt-

infi 899 October 24, 2007 09:46AM

Agreed what? You haven't said anything of substance.

Pro 897 October 24, 2007 10:21AM

Quite correct. Fradulent scientists get outed. Just like ID has been. -nt-

infi 770 October 24, 2007 11:07AM

ID hasn't been ousted. That's just it.

Pro 945 October 24, 2007 10:20AM

Actually ID has been ousted

infi 842 October 24, 2007 10:23AM

Re: ID hasn't been ousted. That's just it.

MorsGotha 898 October 24, 2007 10:48AM

Re: Religion Censors!!! Science Doesn't.

Isildur 807 October 24, 2007 09:02AM

Are you assuming scientists have no ethics?

infi 851 October 24, 2007 09:12AM

What are you smoking?

Death_Claw 798 October 24, 2007 09:24AM

Every sperm is saaacred. Every sperm is great!

infi 758 October 24, 2007 09:34AM

fyi. txt

Isildur 875 October 24, 2007 10:22AM

I'll buy that. You made a good point -nt

infi 890 October 24, 2007 11:05AM

I'm somewhat against hormonal birth control too.

DurNominator 832 October 24, 2007 11:07AM

Re: fyi. txt

mc_no_u 715 October 25, 2007 04:37PM

You're a high school physics teacher? Dude. Learn to read. txt

Isildur 784 October 24, 2007 10:07AM

And I teach evolution (well) in my biology class.

infi 859 October 24, 2007 10:19AM

Re: And I teach evolution (well) in my biology class.

Isildur 902 October 24, 2007 01:21PM

Ethics are based on society and it's values.

DurNominator 749 October 25, 2007 10:18PM

no one is stifling research.

infi 900 October 24, 2007 07:02AM

More people in this country believe in God than don't.

Death_Claw 735 October 24, 2007 07:55AM

Belief != Fact. My money is with fact.

infi 934 October 24, 2007 08:17AM

This is why I'm agnostic. NT

AA 871 October 24, 2007 08:42AM

Re: Have you rigorously tested it yourself?

MorsGotha 907 October 24, 2007 10:35AM

Wow. Amazingly close-minded. NT

AA 841 October 24, 2007 11:30PM

That's right Prothero, Ben Stein is a fucking retard.

mc_no_u 844 October 23, 2007 06:04PM

Re: That's right Prothero, Ben Stein is a fucking retard.

Pro 800 October 23, 2007 06:11PM

He was valedictorian of Yale Law School. n/t

Death_Claw 906 October 24, 2007 04:04AM

ANd this fact has gone to his head.

infi 884 October 24, 2007 07:04AM

Explain. n/t

Death_Claw 794 October 24, 2007 07:48AM

Explaination

infi 839 October 24, 2007 08:05AM

Which thing did he say that was wrong? n/t

Death_Claw 749 October 24, 2007 08:28AM

We are stifling ID research??? -nt-

infi 633 October 24, 2007 08:30AM

So ellaborate how that isn't correct. You know like, cite a source. n/t

Death_Claw 836 October 24, 2007 08:31AM

Sorry, that is not how it works. It is you who is claiming something(nt)

Cenatar 909 October 24, 2007 08:34AM

No. You are the one that made the initial claim.

Pro 857 October 24, 2007 08:38AM

Grammar, Pro, grammar.

DurNominator 954 October 24, 2007 10:12AM

So we attack the man to refute his stance.

Pro 789 October 24, 2007 11:17AM

It is however a perfect example of what DC and I are talking about.

Pro 843 October 24, 2007 11:21AM

It might have been off topic

DurNominator 801 October 24, 2007 11:49AM

If I consistanty did mix you're and your.

Pro 917 October 24, 2007 04:05PM

He said Stein was full of shit. What's he basing that on? Gut instinct? n/t

Death_Claw 848 October 24, 2007 08:45AM

Opinion, just like Ben Steins.

Cenatar 873 October 24, 2007 08:51AM

You people make me laugh. n/t

Death_Claw 1508 October 24, 2007 08:53AM

The burden of proof is on him (or you)

infi 790 October 24, 2007 08:37AM

Right, take your word for it, I gotcha. In other words you've got nothin. n/t

Death_Claw 915 October 24, 2007 08:45AM

The thing is, the Creationists have got nothing.

DurNominator 1025 October 24, 2007 09:57AM

Then pit the two together.

Pro 962 October 25, 2007 06:59AM

I haven't heard anything that is obviously wrong.

Pro 956 October 24, 2007 08:36AM

That is just hilarious.

Cenatar 827 October 24, 2007 08:46AM

At the very least ID identifies areas of complexity that need exploration.

Death_Claw 849 October 24, 2007 08:49AM

Again, incorrect.

Cenatar 893 October 24, 2007 08:53AM

You really don't know how to read.

Death_Claw 814 October 24, 2007 09:18AM

bullshit

infi 893 October 24, 2007 09:25AM

Thankfully you don't represent the scientific community. n/t

Death_Claw 833 October 24, 2007 09:32AM

I represent the scientific community on a daily basis.

infi 825 October 24, 2007 09:35AM

What do you do? n/t

Death_Claw 819 October 24, 2007 11:03AM

Hah, you're a teacher. Well that explains a thing or two.

Death_Claw 764 October 24, 2007 11:08AM

He get's his orders from the text book and ideas from the

Pro 868 October 24, 2007 11:15AM

I am a biochemistry student at a University level.

Istirith 857 October 27, 2007 06:50AM

Just to clarify (disclaimer)..

Istirith 849 October 27, 2007 06:56AM

Re: You really don't know how to read.

Cenatar 1006 October 24, 2007 09:31AM

His point is that bias against ID excludes them from grants & papers. n/t

Death_Claw 829 October 24, 2007 09:33AM

And you just believe that?

Cenatar 833 October 24, 2007 09:35AM

WHy don't they publish their own journal? -nt- =)

infi 993 October 24, 2007 09:36AM

Because they can't get the funding god damn it.

Pro 844 October 24, 2007 11:34AM

How ironic.

MorsGotha 907 October 24, 2007 11:39AM

Are you saying that...

Cenatar 877 October 24, 2007 11:47AM

Kozjabozja n/t

Uli 780 October 24, 2007 12:34PM

Tell me one thing

DurNominator 848 October 24, 2007 12:19PM

I don't know.

Pro 862 October 24, 2007 05:14PM

Re: I don't know.

DurNominator 981 October 25, 2007 01:46AM

How many times must it be said?

Pro 913 October 25, 2007 10:41AM

The crux of the problem

DurNominator 1436 October 25, 2007 09:37PM

I didn't say I believed him.

Death_Claw 816 October 24, 2007 11:15AM

The bias against ID is the exact same as the bias against alchemy. NT

MorsGotha 855 October 24, 2007 09:48AM

Good thing Alchemists over came that.

Pro 872 October 24, 2007 11:16AM

ID papers are excluded because the peers who reviewed them thought

DurNominator 805 October 24, 2007 10:20AM

it's not a theory

infi 809 October 24, 2007 10:22AM

Theories are ideas that can be tested or

Pro 800 October 24, 2007 11:13AM

I've never read of anything that

Pro 807 October 24, 2007 11:12AM

The outside guidance is not a requirement.

DurNominator 896 October 24, 2007 11:37AM

I make cookies out of flour and sugar because that's what's needed.

Pro 851 October 25, 2007 06:53AM

Science built itself a strong foundation...

infi 731 October 24, 2007 08:50AM

Swticharoo.

Pro 939 October 24, 2007 11:28AM

I like your wording. Pretty much in line with what Ben was saying.

Pro 857 October 24, 2007 11:32AM

Plenty of people with credentials are (ideologically speaking) idiots.

mc_no_u 803 October 25, 2007 04:36PM

Don't you get it, Pro?

Odrirg 939 October 24, 2007 04:47AM

Sir?

Cenatar 875 October 24, 2007 06:49AM

I wouldn't have a problem....

Odrirg 774 October 24, 2007 07:08AM

Incorrect

Cenatar 898 October 24, 2007 07:19AM

As a high school physics teacher teaching biology

infi 839 October 24, 2007 07:38AM

The ultimate irony

infi 796 October 24, 2007 08:59AM

Once again proving the "evolution fanboys" are nutty. n/t

Death_Claw 821 October 24, 2007 09:34AM

Good argument. You clearly show you know how science works in this thread(nt)

Cenatar 1003 October 24, 2007 09:38AM

I may be off here, but what I think he i saying is that.

Pro 899 October 24, 2007 10:27AM

Yeah.

Death_Claw 799 October 24, 2007 11:03AM

Although...

MorsGotha 877 October 24, 2007 11:15AM

Re: Although...

Death_Claw 985 October 24, 2007 11:17AM

Re: Although...

MorsGotha 867 October 24, 2007 11:25AM

What're you blathering about?

Death_Claw 852 October 24, 2007 11:30AM

I was quite clear. nt

MorsGotha 776 October 24, 2007 11:31AM

Right, keep fighting your straw man. n/t

Death_Claw 963 October 24, 2007 11:41AM

A straw man is easy to refute. You have not even tried yet. nt

MorsGotha 839 October 24, 2007 11:52AM

Ok. That wasn't me in the post above refuting your point or anything. n/t

Death_Claw 797 October 24, 2007 11:53AM

Bear in mind Ben Stein says specifically he doesn't believe in ID.

Death_Claw 749 October 24, 2007 11:27AM

Re: Bear in mind Ben Stein says specifically he doesn't believe in ID.

MorsGotha 770 October 24, 2007 11:31AM

What do you mean?

Cenatar 817 October 24, 2007 11:39AM

So you track scientists like many people do Politicians?

Pro 865 October 25, 2007 06:50AM

What?

Cenatar 819 October 25, 2007 10:33AM

I'm not the one who has the onus to prove anything.

Pro 842 October 25, 2007 06:32PM

Actually I am an theory of gravity fanboy. It explains stuff. ID doesn't. NT

MorsGotha 824 October 24, 2007 09:59AM

What does that have to do with this thread?

Death_Claw 911 October 24, 2007 11:12AM

Bullshit again.

Cenatar 770 October 24, 2007 11:42AM

Have you watched the movie? Last I heard it wasn't out yet. n/t

Death_Claw 910 October 24, 2007 11:44AM

I've watched the trailer and interviews. It is pretty open with its views(nt)

Cenatar 766 October 24, 2007 11:45AM

A question or two for Pro and Death Claw

Cenatar 770 October 24, 2007 11:30AM

What does the Onion have to do with this?

Death_Claw 1006 October 24, 2007 11:39AM

So you are saying you don't know what ID is?

Cenatar 895 October 24, 2007 11:44AM

That's the point.

Death_Claw 839 October 24, 2007 11:51AM

In your humble opinion, Is ID science? nt

MorsGotha 755 October 24, 2007 11:53AM

Wow. Whoosh. Right over your head. n/t

Death_Claw 873 October 24, 2007 11:54AM

Actually, he has a point. Do you think ID is science?(nt)

Cenatar 854 October 24, 2007 11:56AM

On the contrary, this is the very heart of the problem...

MorsGotha 735 October 24, 2007 11:56AM

No it doesn't.

Death_Claw 703 October 24, 2007 12:01PM

A good exercise in rationality:

MorsGotha 821 October 24, 2007 12:06PM

But I am free to choose whether I want to fund your research or not.

DurNominator 760 October 24, 2007 12:06PM

Therein lies my point. It should be up to the people who pay for it.

Death_Claw 794 October 24, 2007 12:21PM

Who do you think is the most competent party to make the funding decisions?

DurNominator 725 October 24, 2007 12:27PM

You don't see a problem with an unelected minority spending public dollars?

Death_Claw 704 October 24, 2007 12:31PM

The people do control where their money goes.

DurNominator 825 October 24, 2007 12:46PM

Right, and Stein is suggesting that process isn't working correctly. n/t

Death_Claw 1454 October 24, 2007 12:49PM

Does Stein has something that he considers as a better idea? nt

DurNominator 837 October 24, 2007 01:10PM

I guess we should wait to see the movie. n/t

Death_Claw 864 October 24, 2007 01:11PM

It is not about money,

Cenatar 810 October 24, 2007 12:49PM

I don't like the way our education system does things.

Death_Claw 896 October 24, 2007 12:58PM

Re: I don't like the way our education system does things.

Cenatar 906 October 24, 2007 01:05PM

Way to miss the point. Heheh. Read my post again.

Death_Claw 785 October 24, 2007 01:10PM

Let me try that again in English.

Death_Claw 880 October 24, 2007 01:14PM

Re: Way to miss the point. Heheh. Read my post again.

Cenatar 856 October 24, 2007 01:15PM

A school course is not some predefined static thing.

Death_Claw 886 October 24, 2007 01:25PM

Ah, ok.

Cenatar 829 October 24, 2007 01:41PM

That's an internally inconsistent statement. n/t

Death_Claw 828 October 24, 2007 02:36PM

Both ethics and gymnastics have place in the educational system.

DurNominator 866 October 24, 2007 01:20PM

Ultimately that is your *opinion*.

Death_Claw 800 October 24, 2007 01:32PM

I sort of summed up all sports into gymnastics.

DurNominator 843 October 24, 2007 02:17PM

Whoosh. n/t

Death_Claw 929 October 24, 2007 02:37PM

Actually

Cenatar 858 October 24, 2007 12:11PM

Great, we've come to an agreement.

Death_Claw 814 October 24, 2007 12:24PM

Then again

Cenatar 883 October 24, 2007 12:29PM

In your humble opinion, Is ID science? nt

MorsGotha 839 October 24, 2007 11:46AM

I don't care if it's science or not.

Pro 997 October 25, 2007 06:41PM

I'm just curious..

Istirith 873 October 25, 2007 07:18PM

My only real problem with this debate is the participants

ExPaladin 847 October 25, 2007 02:20AM

Re: My only real problem with this debate is the participants

Death_Claw 926 October 25, 2007 03:43AM

Re: My only real problem with this debate is the participants

Istirith 849 October 27, 2007 04:31PM

Some points to raise on Stein...

Istirith 807 October 25, 2007 03:26PM

Also, I'd be interested to see this movie.

Istirith 911 October 25, 2007 03:41PM



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