chefranden Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/craig_v...hetic_life.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Blake Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 The OT has a god who lives in the clouds. He then was forced to move into space when we could see he was not in the clouds. Now they babble that he is outside of time and space. It says that in the bible where? Creationists have a similar problem. No missing links was the cry but we now have a fair number of transitional fossils. They will grudgingly admit micro evolution (changes within species) but still deny macro evolution, as in transitions from one species to another. Confronted with proof, all they can do is deny it. Some years back, New Scientist reported that a number of labs were working on artificial life and expected results in 10-20 years. It looks like the first results are due already. Methane on Mars which is of such an amount and mainly appears in Mars' summer can only be explained by bacterial life under the surface of Mars according to people like NASA. The next generation space telescope due to go up in several years will not only see Earth-like planets but analyze their atmosphere for signs of pollution not only caused by life but by industry. The ever-shrinking god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Maybe its best we don't find those other worlds. How upset do you think their rationalists would be when we start exporting our bullshit to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 "This isn't proof of evolution, this is Satan at work." Honestly, no matter what you give them to disprove them, they will still give you some bullshit answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Neil Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 No, Hovind already patented and canned his own response some ten years ago. It basically goes, "If you can produce life in a lab, that only proves that you need intelligence to create life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saviourmachine Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Yeah, awesome. Lot's of ted movies are. Gene technology is one of the three pillars of the future (besides nano technology and brain technology). I am expecting a lot of it. Like eternal life e.g. :-) @Sexton Blake. Did you read "Your Inner Fish"? Very good to read from a paleontologist about the missing link from fish to amphibians. Would like to read something by the way about the first insect that climbed out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don’t believe what Ventor is doing is anything like creating an organism from scratch. What he’s doing seems to me to be like genetic engineering. But I do believe we may not be far from creating novel organisms from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Blake Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 In New Scientist for 12 Feb 2005, an article said that a number of labs are working on creating artificial life and expected results in 10-20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 No, Hovind already patented and canned his own response some ten years ago. It basically goes, "If you can produce life in a lab, that only proves that you need intelligence to create life." That's hilarious. A Bob was created. B Bob is a man. All men are created. Hey, premise A and B are correct so the logical conclusion has to be right. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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