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by David Blacklock
Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:23 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Universe mathematically ordered
Replies: 18
Views: 4308

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>>Correct me if I am wrong, but I am unaware of any mathematical formula that was created before some event(s) observation<< I think many entities in physics, especially in quantum mechanics, quantum chromodynamics, quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics were first speculated to exist because...
by David Blacklock
Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:49 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evolution disproved
Replies: 40
Views: 9522

:( >>please tell me about anything else which is not clear<< I'm afraid none of this is clear. It is word salad. Let me just give one example - and correct me if I'm wrong. The word karyotype means a photograph of the chromosomes during a specific phase of mitosis (or meiosis) when they show up most...
by David Blacklock
Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:25 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

Statement to be read to Dover 9th grade biology students:

On October 18, 2004, the school board voted 6—3 to add the following statement to their biology curriculum: Students will be made aware of the gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of life is not taught. O...
by David Blacklock
Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:04 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

>>Pick up his book "Origin of Species" and count how many times he used the word "creator" there<< I thought he didn't use it at all in the original edition. Then in following editions, he softened things a little here and there, inserting the word "Creator" in the last...
by David Blacklock
Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:44 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

>>ATP synthase structures haven't been duplicated yet in a lab under natural conditions<< That's not surprising. Test tube synthesis is used for a few proteins, but these are huge and cumbersome molecules. Most are synthesized with the eager help of genetically modified bacteria. Most test tube synt...
by David Blacklock
Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:40 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

>>ATP synthase structures haven't been duplicated yet in a lab under natural conditions.. Good luck with that one<<I>>to teach evolutionary theory...automatically entangles one in philosophical and theological issues<< You can find theological issues in a can of Campbell's soup if that's what you wa...
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:10 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

Was there a question in there somewhere?
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:00 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

What is the problem with teaching ID? When all the rhetoric dies down, ID hangs its hat on irreducible complexity. The minute an ID advocate identifies a structure or process that is supposed to be irreducibly complex, scientists immediately show that it is not. For example, the flagellum does NOT h...
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:58 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

Those who follow the evidence will abandon the current brand of intelligent design. That does not have to mean they abandon God. There are many negative innuendoes in your post, I hardly know where to start.
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:48 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Human Activities Found To Affect Ocean Temperatures
Replies: 57
Views: 8955

Just to chime in - very interesting discussion here. BTW, Bart, this is syn-mo from the DDI thread. I read all the previous posts, and understand the rationale of suspecting socio-eco-Gaia-political agendae surrounding that article. I suspect the definitive nature of the conclusion was solidified mo...
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:52 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Facts and Opinions (Karyotype Discussion)
Replies: 53
Views: 12774

>>Polyploidy could never have produced karyotypes as we know them,for two reasons at least.Firstly,polyploidy never produces novel chromosomes. Secondly,simple arithmetic tells us that polyploidy could never have produced karyotypes as we know them.And besides,polyploidy is only relevant to plants<<...
by David Blacklock
Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:26 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Lucy's Baby
Replies: 31
Views: 5898

To Silver tusk: >>What do people think of this story and how it fits in with our world view...<< Trying to fit a scientific finding into any particular worldview is something that every conscientious scientist tries NOT to do. They all have biases, and they're not going to perform perfectly, but the...
by David Blacklock
Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:30 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Pluto may be Demoted - Conference this week
Replies: 20
Views: 5517

>>What's wrong with Uranus?<<

Ask any 7th grade science teacher
by David Blacklock
Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:21 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Pluto may be Demoted - Conference this week
Replies: 20
Views: 5517

"How can we expect to agree on a definition that will be not only understood by ourselves, but other forms of life if and when we encounter them?" I think I would be willing to tke my chances on that problem. I vote that we get rid of what was called Pluto, as a planet. That would leave us...
by David Blacklock
Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:13 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Was Blyth the true scientist and Darwin merely a plagiarist
Replies: 15
Views: 4552

Science is littered with ideas that were simply waiting for someone to credit. The idea of descent from common ancestors had been milling around for a long time - maybe for many centuries. Oftimes the credit goes to the guy who finally puts it all together. Blythe omitted the key parts that would so...