Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.xs3.de!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com> Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: Scientific Discoveries That Suggest Evolution Is False? Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:53:58 -0400 Organization: What are you looking for? Lines: 94 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: <4gnb9jpsplv1fmhi31888hc93mpj2si5gi@4ax.com> References: <6rrp8j976kqsesggegr07a5b4ttgrvpq8l@4ax.com> <6fa99d1e-c5d0-4d16-9133-848a81bba1dc@gmail.com> <4c1s8j56aiculpkqp8tnoje5l83hs0pvao@4ax.com> <14ab9ca2-fc95-489a-9a59-0b5b08c53153@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="98023"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org Return-Path: X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id 144CC229782; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:53:58 -0400 (EDT) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7B67229765 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:53:55 -0400 (EDT) by moderators.individual.net (Exim 4.98) for talk-origins@moderators.isc.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (envelope-from ) id 1sTYKQ-00000002cne-0y57; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:54:10 +0200 by nntpmail01.iad.omicronmedia.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71A71E1365 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:54:00 +0000 (UTC) id E829E39C01AB; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:53:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Path: fx48.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail X-Original-Complaints-To: abuse(at)newshosting.com X-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:53:59 UTC Bytes: 5419 On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:54:57 -0700, erik simpson wrote: >On 7/15/24 12:27 AM, jillery wrote: >> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 22:03:39 -0700, erik simpson >> wrote: >>=20 >>> On 7/9/24 8:52 PM, jillery wrote: >>>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 08:21:36 -0700, erik simpson >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 7/9/24 1:23 AM, jillery wrote: >>>>>> MSN has been posting a lot of nonsense from Creationists and = cdesign >>>>>> proponentsists recently. The following is an example: >>>>>> >>>>>> = >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From the article: >>>>>> >>>>>> ************************************* >>>>>> For example, Darwin=E2=80=99s theory does a good job with the = finch birds, >>>>>> explaining how variations in weather patterns result in changes in= the >>>>>> shape and structure of the finch beaks. However, that mechanism = does >>>>>> not do a good job of explaining the origins of birds or other = major >>>>>> animal groups in the first place. So basically, innovation, no but >>>>>> modification, yes. >>>>>> ************************************** >>>>>> >>>>>> The above should sound very familiar to regular T.O. readers, as = it's >>>>>> boilerplate from "Darwin's Doubt". >>>>>> >>>>>> The following is a good example of the "innovation" which Darwin's >>>>>> theory explains just fine, no intelligent designer required or >>>>>> necessary: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> To my knowledge, nitroplasts haven't been mentioned in T.O. = before. >>>>>> They are a newly-discovered organelle in some algae, likely = evolved >>>>>> from endosymbiotic bacteria, just as are mitochondria and >>>>>> chloroplasts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I've noticed MSN showing up in GoogleNews (science) category = lately. >>>>> It's pretty much all crap and should be ignored. >>>> >>>> >>>> It's both unethical and irresponsible to post Creationist and ID >>>> claims as hard facts without identifying them as baseless opinions = and >>>> without identifying the source of these opinions. >>>> >>>> >>> Hey, it's Microsoft. Remember the classic choice: Abort Retry = Ignore. >>> Always go with Ignore. >>=20 >>=20 >> Ignoring willful stupidity lets it grow and fester, as history and >> recent events continue to demonstrate. >>=20 >>=20 >https://xkcd.com/386/ That's what everybody does on T.O., including you. A subtle distinction is people like me criticize the willfully stupid, while people like you criticize people like me. Perhaps it has something to do with free will. I leave as an exercise which behavior is better for the froup. -- To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge