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From: Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: To sum up
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:52:56 +0000
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 19:15:29 +1100, MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 9/02/2025 12:02 am, Martin Harran wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 22:03:57 +1100, MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 8/02/2025 9:39 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:17:26 +0000, Martin Harran
>>>> <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 17:29:54 +1100, MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Has talk.origins run its course, with this incarnation (post-GG
>>>>>> meteorite impact) the last of the dinosaurs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And what of the Origins debate? My contention is that progressive
>>>>>> discoveries with the complexity and precision of life are making Mt
>>>>>> Improbable higher and higher [1]. ID has gained and sustained traction
>>>>>> because this trend is real.
>>>>>
>>>>> What evidence have you got that ID has gained and sustained traction?
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> So, nothing to offer. Appears to be just another example of you
>>>> thinking something *should* be true just because you would like it to
>>>> be true.
>>>>
>>>
>>> No response does not equal nothing to offer, especially in this context,
>>> as we both well know.
>> 
>> You choosing to moan about my "cheap shot", rather than demolishing my
>> point by offering some evidence, speaks volumes.
>
>Okay, I'm happy to do a reset, and accept some blame here.

For clarification - are you now dropping your claim that ID has gained
and sustained traction?

>
>I am interested in reviewing the state of ID. I'm somewhat ambivalent 
>about ID myself actually, though I think it does have merit. I'll start 
>a new post to give the invitation visibility (i.e. paint a target on 
>myself).
>
>> 
>> 
>>>
>>> Once again, a cheap shot over substantive comment, with a disregard for
>>> logic. I don't believe you're engaging in good faith, Martin.
>>>
>>