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Re: Soon, I hope

john.19071...@gmail.com (John Stockwell) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:20:43 UT

...More likely it's not exponential, but governed by the logistic
equation. We hit a peak in the rate of increase in knowlege, and
the system grows more slowly with each successive generation,
until finally we reach a sate of total stagnation. The amount
of knowledge follows an S-shaped curve flattening out as the

Re: Global cooling, we hardly knew ya

69jpi...@gmail.com (jillery) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:19:01 UT

On Mar 16, 2:06 pm, Desertphile <desertph...@invalid-address.n et>
wrote:
Gotta put a premium on AC and energy.

Re: Soon, I hope

john.19071...@gmail.com (John Stockwell) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:15:19 UT

One of the great attributes of humans is the ability to deliberately
conceive of things that don't exist, or that are not true. As an asset
it allows us to create new things. As a liability, it allows us to go
off the deep end. How's the water Mr. Humming?
Ah, I see, only the emotionally deficient will disagree with the

Re: Soon, I hope

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 18:13:42 UT

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:57:25 -0700 (PDT), jillery

No, I do not. Unfortunately I am limited in how much I may
download each 24 hours.

Re: creationist charter

alycid...@btinternet.com (D9000) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:15:30 UT

Don't say that. Right now, you're bigger than cheeses.

Re: Why is the Universe so darn big?

69jpi...@gmail.com (jillery) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:14:57 UT

In googling about a point for another topic, I ran across some videos
of debates with my favorite antithesis, Kent Hovind. You can ignore
his stuff, because it doesn't change much from tape-to-tape. But you
might find worthwhile the comments from Matt Rainbow.
[link]

Pondering separation

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 18:10:48 UT

[link]
Pondering separation
Monday, March 15, 2010 10:36 AM CDT
of church and state
while on the road
The Seventh Day Adventist magazine, _Liberty_, comes to our
office. At first skeptical about the magazine's intentions, I was
pleased to find that if there’s a common theme throughout each

Re: creationist charter

jfree...@acadiacom.net (Jack Frieze) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:12:37 UT

Obviously, the cheese stands alone. (I was compelled to write that,
as if my freedom had been destroyed.)

Re: Why is the Universe so darn big?

69jpi...@gmail.com (jillery) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:11:24 UT

Of course. The question is what answers the religionists will come up
with. The LDS analog is one. The historical reactions of various
religions to new world peoples are additional analogs. I also
recognize some groups claim extraterrestrials are angels or God's
messengers. If ET ever stops by for an official visit, I would expect

Global cooling, we hardly knew ya

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 18:06:44 UT

Global cooling, we hardly knew ya
Category: climate
Posted on: March 16, 2010 8:54 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
From our friends at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, in
Asheville, N.C., we learn the following:
[link]
* The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature

Re: Soon, I hope

69jpi...@gmail.com (jillery) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 16:57:25 UT

On Mar 16, 12:54 pm, Desertphile <desertph...@invalid-address.n et>
wrote:
I saw, but can't now find, a video from a physics professor that
showed the ratio of matter and energy in the Universe is 1. It was
introduced by Richard Dawkins. Do you know which one I mean?

Re: Storagecabinetgate

unrestrained_h...@hotmail.com (Kermit) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 16:59:24 UT

On Mar 16, 10:51 am, Desertphile <desertph...@invalid-address.n et>
wrote:
Remember the Proxmire Awards?
One was given out to researchers who studied the sex lives of bees,
which Senator Wm. Proxmire thought a terrible waste of US tax dollars.
Good thing neither Africanized bees nor colony collapse disorder are

Re: Darwinium?

unrestrained_h...@hotmail.com (Kermit) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:02:16 UT

On Mar 14, 9:16 pm, Strange Creature <strangecreatu...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Yeah, Ron understands that the second law isn't a problem for
evolutionary science. He's just spoofing arguments we've actually
heard from Creationists here.
Kermit

Re: Texas Takes a Stand for Accuracy in School Textbooks: Fascists

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 18:02:47 UT

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:05 -0700 (PDT), jillery

It's a gift I have been burdened with.

Fossil amphibian roamed Pennsylvania 300 million years ago: USA Today only getting the memo now

desertph...@invalid-address.net (Desertphile) — Tue, 16 maalis 2010 17:58:27 UT

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A meat-eating amphibian roamed the badlands of Pennsylvania some
300 million years, paleontologists reported this week.
A team led by David Berman of the Carnegie Museum of Natural