tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post1528083632174198272..comments2023-10-12T06:09:40.009-07:00Comments on Parallax Error: Easter egg (on my face)Gregor Samsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-51288977779093619082008-11-11T23:09:00.000-08:002008-11-11T23:09:00.000-08:00Good for people to know.Good for people to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-68923019227431239132007-04-09T14:31:00.000-07:002007-04-09T14:31:00.000-07:00free will? i think it's all part of the ineffable...free will? <BR/><BR/>i think it's all part of <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Omens-Accurate-Prophecies-Nutter/dp/0060853980/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-9636394-2069732?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176154187&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">the ineffable plan</A>.twifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019975906761715327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-91413110900120096872007-04-08T13:50:00.000-07:002007-04-08T13:50:00.000-07:00As a biologist, I can tell you it's pretty tough n...As a biologist, I can tell you it's pretty tough not to be giving apocalyptic rants during every lecture. Some slips in. Probably less than is justified.<BR/><BR/>I spent some time looking at Dembski's blog. Turns out he's not just a creationist, he's a global warming denier, too. What a shock. Apparently thinks that the cold Easter weekend proves that global warming is a materialist plot. Archaeopteryxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627784327758008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-12031076965897083022007-04-08T06:58:00.000-07:002007-04-08T06:58:00.000-07:00Well, I suppose I'd be taken to apocalyptic rants ...Well, I suppose I'd be taken to apocalyptic rants by now if I were a any kind of biologist. And I have argued that the most likely natural correction for our burgeoning population is a good plague, and that ebola is as good a candidate as any. I suppose when I say things like "There's too damn many people", it might be taken as advocating a program to create, er, less of us.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps heTenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-58317274607134595972007-04-07T18:49:00.000-07:002007-04-07T18:49:00.000-07:00Well, that’s what all the brouhaha is about. The I...Well, that’s what all the brouhaha is about. The ID fellas went around claiming he is an advocate of genocide therapy, while indications are that he is just a finger wagging priest in a lab coat, warning about God’s impending wrath at all the debauchery. The usual blurring of the normative and the predictive, is my guess. I am not 100% sure, because I only nibbled at the rather long text of the Gregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-19756055309202782012007-04-07T18:19:00.000-07:002007-04-07T18:19:00.000-07:00Wow - an entirely different scale. The lowly gila...Wow - an entirely different scale. The lowly gila is a desert dweller - the eatin's not good enough to support the additional mass, I imagine (though my friend was at least the equivalent of a good sized goat. The Gilas may catch onto the lost opportunity, eventually). <BR/><BR/>I understand the activity depicted in that picture is a really hazardous thing to do - not so much that they might TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-66139281104703998772007-04-07T17:29:00.000-07:002007-04-07T17:29:00.000-07:00Jesus, what's with the links today?Jesus, what's with the <A HREF="http://www.berry.edu/academics/science/reu/images/Ken%20Riding%20the%20Komodo%20Dragon.jpg" REL="nofollow">links</A> today?Gregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-80512114477823599162007-04-07T17:27:00.000-07:002007-04-07T17:27:00.000-07:00TK: Your friend says Hi! The picture’s a bit old, ...TK: Your friend says <A HTTP://WWW.BERRY.EDU/ACADEMICS/SCIENCE/REU/IMAGES/KEN%20RIDING%20THE%20KOMODO%20DRAGON.JPG” HREF="“" REL="nofollow">Hi!</A> The picture’s a bit old, from back when he had all four limbs.<BR/><BR/>My Darwinian fitness vis-a-vis reptiles is pretty high. Show me a garden snake, and see the world record for the garden-to-attic dash tumble before your eyes. On the other hand, IGregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-507200479861789052007-04-07T16:46:00.000-07:002007-04-07T16:46:00.000-07:00Gregor, when I was a kid my hyperactive best frien...Gregor, when I was a kid my hyperactive best friend was chasing one of <A HREF="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q206/FieldingBandolier/GilaMonsterLG.jpg" REL="nofollow">these</A> around Silver Reef while were camping with the scouts (I thought my dad would have a heart attack, when he saw what was going on). <BR/><BR/>You'd think there'd be panic, but maybe there'd just be another example of TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-89245901577620765742007-04-07T13:30:00.000-07:002007-04-07T13:30:00.000-07:00Arch: Have you seen some of Pianka’s lizards? Coul...Arch: Have you seen some of Pianka’s lizards? Could cause mass panic if let loose in Times Square.<BR/><BR/>Dawn: Mucho gracias. At this rate of learning, I’ll soon become Chantay, I fear.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment on my robust posterior. It should be understood in no uncertain terms that all the modesty I express is false.Gregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-87325300339337128642007-04-07T12:39:00.000-07:002007-04-07T12:39:00.000-07:00Of course I've conflated Dembski with Behe--Behe w...Of course I've conflated Dembski with Behe--Behe was the one who was outed as a fook and a liar at Concord. Dembski refused to testify.Archaeopteryxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627784327758008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-20467021255482335062007-04-07T11:41:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:41:00.000-07:00To add an image to a post, click the picture icon ...To add an image to a post, click the picture icon on the top left of the posting window. You can add one from a web url or upload a file from you computer. Posting urls from other sites is risky, of course, because they can disappear on you. You might wish to get a photobucket or mydatabus account and save images there. <BR/><BR/>To add a profile image, go to 'edit profile' and add an url for theDawn Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878588090733942606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-38900744460972070212007-04-07T11:21:00.000-07:002007-04-07T11:21:00.000-07:00Pianka's speech (the one that Dembski is referring...Pianka's speech (the one that Dembski is referring to) is <A HREF="http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/Vanishing.Book.text.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Actually pretty tame stuff. An account of the controversy is <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mims-Pianka_controversy" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Dembski is a fool and a liar. The Concord case has relegated him to the scrap heap of Archaeopteryxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627784327758008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-70474181902913483472007-04-07T10:53:00.000-07:002007-04-07T10:53:00.000-07:00Oops, let's try that link one more time.Oops, let's try that <A HREF="http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/eric-pianka-time-for-an-interview-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/" REL="nofollow">link</A> one more time.Gregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-24414924210688195752007-04-07T10:51:00.000-07:002007-04-07T10:51:00.000-07:00Speaking about Dembski, I didn’t know about this o...Speaking about Dembski, I didn’t know about <A HTTP://WWW.UNCOMMONDESCENT.COM/INTELLIGENT-DESIGN/ERIC-PIANKA-TIME-FOR-AN-INTERVIEW-WITH-THE-DEPARTMENT-OF-HOMELAND-SECURITY/” HREF="“" REL="nofollow">this one</A>. Fun stuff.<BR/><BR/>I still hate blogging. It pisses me off that people come to read shit like this. You web people should reconsider associating with bloggers.<BR/><BR/>Seriously though,Gregor Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308191232377335198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568937984017831195.post-27066267036824174502007-04-07T10:14:00.000-07:002007-04-07T10:14:00.000-07:00Your problem:You think logic is universal (God is ...Your problem:<BR/><BR/>You think logic is universal (God is governed by logic).<BR/><BR/>However, logic is an invention of God - consider it a Holy Intelligent Design Tool. God governs logic, and is not bound by it.<BR/><BR/>NB. The above is what I would say if I were Dembski.<BR/><BR/>PS. It's considered courteous to link back to the websites who link to you. (Customize-->Add a Page Element--Michael Daunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882263663318068988noreply@blogger.com