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From: MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: To sum up
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:30:14 +1100
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On 9/02/2025 8:52 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
> 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?

No, the review will be my case for ID's traction, but also highlighting 
shortcomings as I see them.

I plan to address it in a separate subject. I'm snowed under with a 
working weekend, so it may be a day or two.

> 
>>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>