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- From: bobb@tekig1.PEN.TEK.COM (Robert W Bales)
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: I reinterate my blender request
- Message-ID: <7632@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 02:23:52 GMT
- Sender: news@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM
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- Chris Colby writes, regarding confusion between the program Populus and the
- computer game Populous:
-
- >>> Gordon Davisson
- > Lionel Tun
-
- >>>You're confusing Populus (the evolution simulator Chris described) with
- >>>Populous (a computer game in which one plays God).
-
- >>Hhhmm. I was coming to that belated conclusion myself.
-
- >Gee, whatever tipped you off? Was is me explicitly stating that there
- >was a game of the same name or was it Mr. Davisson explicitly stating
- >that there was a game of the same name? You know Lionel, had you read
- >the remainder of the original post, it might have dawned on you that none of
- >what I described even remotely resembles the game
-
- I remember reading once of a study in which people were asked to identify
- objects as pictures of them were slowly brough into focus. Those who made an
- incorrect identification early did not get the object correct until later
- (with the object more in focus) than those who didn't. Similarly, isn't it
- possible that a description that conflicted with that of the game might not
- have been enough to dislodge the wrong identific. Could it be that Lionel
- is not familiar enough with the details of the game that the description
- sounded wrong? Could it be some other possibilty which would allow an
- honest person to be honestly confused?
-
- >Thank you for once again demonstrating how entirely morally and
- >intellectually bankrupt you creationists are.
-
- "I'm sorry sir, but we're going to deny you a security clearance"
-
- "Why?
-
- "Our information is that you are morally bankrupt."
-
- "WHAT??!"
-
- "Yes. It seems that back in 1992, you confused the names of two computer
- programs."
-
- It seems on the net that creationists are not able to be confused, make a
- mistake, see things differently, or draw different conclusions from the
- evidence. Stupid and unlearned though we are, it seems that we are held to
- be immune from such common failings. Since we obviously see immediately the
- absolute truth of what is told us in this group, if we offer a differing
- opinion, it *must* be due to our hidden adgendas, bigotry, lying natures, and
- moral and intellecual bankruptcy. :-) :-) :-)
-
- >It must be a neverending source of joy to meander through your little fantasy
- >world where supernatural beings are mixed up in the affairs of humans
-
- Would Chris present evidence that supernatural involvement occurs only in a
- fantasy world? It could be that the world without supernatural involvement is
- the fantsy world.
-
- Bob Bales
- Tektronix, Inc.
-
- I help Tektronix make their instruments. They don't help me make my opinions.
-