Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.killfile.org!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: Athel Cornish-Bowden Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: THE $10 MILLION PRIZE FOR PROOF EVOLUTION 2.0 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:46:26 +0100 Organization: University of Ediacara Lines: 49 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: References: <861q866ths.fsf@example.com> <41e3e70a-079b-480a-a139-caa4b81e2e5e@gmail.com> <1421cc7b-230a-4fa8-8332-064149a06d85@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="41934"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 To: talk-origins@moderators.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:szUFEAKQipKtHRW5PzJfMfdJWss= sha256:8B0bd83gLdMfn9roAk000QL7cwJf7+IAbJkZnwQVPCM= Return-Path: X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id C7CDB22976C; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:43:07 -0400 (EDT) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9731A229758 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:43:05 -0400 (EDT) by moderators.individual.net (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from ) id 1rmrau-00000003g0Z-0ICK; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:46:44 +0100 by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from ) id 1rmrad-00000001BBl-2ucK; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:46:27 +0100 by relay1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.97) for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from ) id 1rmrad-00000002I5u-2eKG; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:46:27 +0100 for talk-origins@moderators.individual.net with local-bsmtp (envelope-from ) id 1rmrac-00000001lWK-1sy4; Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:46:26 +0100 X-Path: individual.net!not-for-mail X-Orig-X-Trace: individual.net ayqEs6rWerl1FQueZS9zngB5FlGvyB0/GAuYoQ8bnFg7eFT3uw X-Originating-IP: 130.133.4.5 X-ZEDAT-Hint: RO Bytes: 4391 On 2024-03-20 03:36:48 +0000, erik simpson said: > On 3/19/24 5:25 PM, Ron Dean wrote: >> erik simpson wrote: >>> On 3/19/24 10:06 AM, Richmond wrote: >>>> Ron Dean writes: >>>> >>>>> THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME WEALTHY. A $10,000.000 PRIZE. >>>>> >>>>> IF EVOLUTION IS A REALITY OF NATURE.  THERE IS NO REASON FOR SOMEONE >>>>> _NOT_ TO WIN THIS PRIZE. >>>>> >>>>> EVOLUTION 2.0 PRIZE KEY FACTS: Evolution 2.0 is a $10 million >>>>> technology prize backed by a private equity investment group formed to >>>>> identify a naturally occurring code.  The Prize came about from the >>>>> group’s inaugural meeting May 31, 2019, at The Royal Society of Great >>>>> Britain. >>>>> >>>>> The judges are: George Church. Denis Noble, Michael Ruse >>>>> >>>>> https://evo2.org/theprize/ >>>> >>>> What do you mean by code? Like a dress code? >>>> >>> I have sneaking suspicion nobody's going to win this.  This isn't new; >>> it's been around since 2006, maybe earlier.  There's even a book: >>> https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-2-0-Breaking-Deadlock-Between/dp/1940363802 >>> >>> The usual "atheists vs. ID proponents" are featured. >>> >> What do you know about the the  3 judges or the Royal Society of Great Britain? >> > Zero. George Church, likewise. Denis Noble is a distinguished physiologist, but his views on evolution are, shall we say, a bit special. Michael Ruse seemed to be sensible when he wrote Darwinism Defended, but he's gone a bit over the rails since he moved to Florida. -- athel cb : Biochemical Evolution, Garland Science, 2016