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- From: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Subject: The K continum contradicts itself.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.163727@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1992Nov9.113847@IASTATE.EDU> <e0N3TB8w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:37:27 GMT
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- In article <e0N3TB8w165w@kalki33>, kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
- > If there isn't a model for abiogenesis "yet", then why do supposedly
- > reputable scientists make the premature claim that life arose from
- > non-life? Unless a model can be shown to be correct, then it is not
- > scientific to claim that the phenomenon occurred, is it? No one has ever
- > seen a living organism arise from an assemblage of lifeless matter, have
- > they?
-
- Wrong, wrong, and right. Abiogenisis is the most parsimonious
- explaination and hence the best. You really haven't a clue what
- science is, have you?
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- > I agree with you that, since no one can agree on a model for the
- > evolution of life from matter, it is unscientific to claim that it
- > happened. It is, therefore, an article of faith to state that one knows
- > such evolution occured.
-
- I see you are also ignorant of the basic facts. The Theory of Evolution
- does not treat abiogenisis. Evolution has been directly observed. Also:
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- HOW MANY POINTS DO I GET?
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- The K just acknowledged my point that there is no good model of abiogenisis.
- This means he just called his very own "Probability of Evolution" idea complete
- crap. I left my scorecard in my other computer :).
-
- Dan
- Danwell@IASTATE.EDU
- PS: I must warn you, crusader, that I have a _very_ horny hide.
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