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[quote]They effectively were. We've seen the effect of the MWP and LIA in the GISP2 ice core record and that was most certainly a part of the data set.[/quote] That data set WAS the IPCC climate record before the works of Mann. Inclusion, whatever the weight assigned, or a clear rationale for rejecting the data should be included in the report. *note that I haven't had time to get and read the report as yet, this is only based on the debunking video above and the c

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[quote]Anything that's currently unknown can be attributed to god and gradually over time we push back the edges of our ignorance and increase our understanding and reduce our dependence on witch doctors.[/quote] Are you insulting my witch doctor ? :) No, seriously, my doctor is a wiccan and I do depend on her so please play nice with the references. EDIT: Yes this is a bit of a poke at the, lets all take our own definitions, let the semantic twisting begin, and h

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Lets add a codicil - ID and creationism are faith based theories of human origins. As this discussion is science based no appeals to either philosophy are particularly relevant. Also no claims of "anyone against evolution is a raving lunatic, just look at ID/creationism" are relevant.

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Just to clarify - evolution by mutation has no direction, evolution by selection is directed to specialization to meet the constraints of the selection pressure (or despecialization from a now unfavored state) This specialization is what people call "highly evolved" and Willy is right it is found and created much easier in prokaryotes. Evolution is characterized at least in speciation terms by population splits followed by facing different selection pressures leading to s

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I would be more inclined to accept the ipcc 'hockey stick' graph if it included the original English data as at least one of the data sets. I haven't seen any evidence that his data is less reliable then Mann's data and would speculate that English records should at least compromise one set of data. Since there's no tree rings to check in Greenland and the ice cores would not be coastal, that's another site with anecdotal evidence of enhanced warmth versus current that is not show

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[quote]Dykstra, don't play into what he's saying. The point is, he didn't answer the question. With all this baloney about "twitch function" and "nubs," he specifically ignored (and worse, may not have even understood) the fact that he needs to illustrate each small step in the chain[/quote] OK, let's add some basic mechanics. To evolve a 'twitch function' you would need an energy consuming peptide or protein that changes conformation on binding atp resulting in amp or adp maybe

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My latest theory is that Charles Darwin the 30th centruy physicist develops a time travel machine, goes back to when his great great great grandsire postulated life began. After a couple hours he gets bored and leaves however the bacteria that he sheds at that time begin the development of life. Back in the 30th century Charles gets hit by a grav-bus and dies forever taking with him the secret to time travel. You have to admit it solves the circular who created the creator

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[quote]Now that the sun is back in a relatively dormant cycle, if the process reverses and the ice sheets expand outward and cut off the shipping lines again, you'll look like a real dumbass for having bought the farm over it.[/quote] Correct me if I'm wrong but Mumblefratz is probably the only poster in these 22 pages who has actually said that a specific set of circumstances would change his mind on AGW. Add to that he has stated that he is against the current financial redist

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@doombringer - just what we need: hardy superstrong carnivorous amphibian humans. The species wouldn't have survived a century. We've done a fine enough job trying to kill ourselves off as weak squishy meatbags :)

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[quote]Obviously someone who is unwilling to see past their own nose will be unable to be convinced, but since you asked for a step by step list; 1) Bacterial DNA mutates to provide twitch functions. Natural selection occurs due to these bacteria with this mutation being able to reach food sources slightly quicker than those without. 2)Bacterial DNA mutates to provide nubs on the end of the new strain of "twitchy" bacteria. Again, Selection picks these bacteria over nubl

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Obviously I need to simplify what I said You said that a post debating supernatural origins (bad) versus science (good) summarized your arguments The point that has been argued is Darwinian evolution which you accept as fact [quote]Just so its clear, the sum your arguments is: Darwinian evolution is fact because science > God, the supernatural?[/quote] My post made no claim that supernatural explanations are science. None of my posts can be

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[quote]amazing how grimunk can explain all my arguments in such a clear and eloquent way. [/quote] Just so its clear, the sum your arguments is: Darwinian evolution is fact because science > God, the supernatural?

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[quote]Oh, mostly because creationist apologists have gone to this well too many times - it's the original creationist argument that gets repackaged each time it's debunked, after being applied to RNA, DNA, Amino Acids, and Proteins so far at different times stating that the odds would require lifetimes well over the age of the universe . . . each time an actual experiment has shown the time frame for them to rise naturally was more in the realms of things that are longer than an egg timer bu

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[quote]Quoting Agent of Kharma, reply 108 A very primitive cel that came out of amino acids. LOL! And you can prove that scientifically? Boy, the stuff people promote in the name of "science." This is hard subject but this can be proven yes. [/quote] An interesting claim, not even supported by the staunchest abiogenesis advocates, but .... sure OK [quote]What do mathematics have to do with this? Why isn't it obvious to you that

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[quote]biomass is, will always be, and has always been more economically veasible and productive.[/quote] So the alternative to burning naturally processed biomass is to use biomass that hasn't been naturally processed....... While biomass has a lot of potential, if the AGW theory is correct you are not fixing the problem, you are creating a large amount of CO2 in converting biomass to energy (granted while much of the carbon is from atmospheric CO2, not all is) If AGW

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While I agree with the risk assessment as stated, for nuclear power to be a viable option someone is going to have to build and maintain reactors in Africa, the MiddleEast, South America. I have reasonable faith that the French, Americans, and even us Canadians can safely run the system, I have less that reactors in "third-world countries" will be safely run. And from the Canadian experience, nuclear power is rather expensive to run and the cost isn't much different based on size

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In a pure biological sense, the sentience or complexity of the population doesn't matter. On the character issue I completely agree with you. However my point was that neither are "natural" selection pressures, the biological definition of evolution doesn't differentiate between natural and artifical selection.

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The Holocaust is as natural as exposing a population of E. coli to antibiotics. Note however I am not claiming that either are natural selection, but evolution as defined by most biologists which only requires a change in allelic distribution across a population

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On the better safe then sorry angle, Assuming 1) AGW as currently understood is an accurate model, i.e CO2/greenhouse gases are heating the earth with potentially catastrophic consequences by interfering with heat release to space by, 2) The greenhouse effect which is partially natural and partially additively increased via human industrial CO2 3) The pratical ramifications of attempting to resolve this include conversion to alternative energy sources like sola

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[quote]Except for this: It's quite hillarious, but evolutionists think that "evolution" is happening if you take a gun and kill all the white people in the room, leaving the blacks. I don't think that's the case, actually. That 'evolutionists' think that way, that is.[/quote] Actually the only flaw in the statement is that the room compromises a population. A similiar comparable situation such as the Nazi holocaust can accurately be described by definition

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In my defense, I was merely giving the more general case as not every mechanism of tolerance is a metabolically crippling mutation. However even in these cases when exposed to routine conditions these bacteria are still energetically disadvantaged as they are wasting a lot of cellular energy expressing a useless protein.

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At the risk of being pedantic .... evolution - a change in the allelic frequency of a population Definition 1 can be proven to occur as per the examples above although the explanations are incorrect. Taking a bacterial culture and exposing it to an antibiotic agent does not create a mechanism for tolerance, the mechanism must exist and the genetic basis for tolerance will be present in some percentage of the population. Exposure to a level of the antibiotic that is

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[quote]Apparently GW has been proved as real dollars are being committed: Hillaries speech at copenhagen (skip to the 4 minute mark when she starts to talk about actual stuff.) The information density of the speech is low but she does suggest the US might be spending a lot of money as well as seeking to lower co2 emissions. No one does this unless they accept that gw is proven sufficiently to warrant spending at this level even factoring in other reasons for the US gover