Conservatism in older age may reflect disillusionment. Idk.

Have not read Bradbury since i was 12 or 13. Might be a good idea to order a few books and get reacquainted. If i come back and remember my prior life i may take his advice on how to become a writer.

jakelafort wrote:
Enjoyed listening to Ray Bradbury, ha?

That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries…[Read more]

Enjoyed listening to Ray Bradbury, ha?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
@Enco – I make a point of telling Science deniers where all the information they need can be discovered 🙂

Reminds me of something one of my favorite authors would say.

@Enco – I make a point of telling Science deniers where all the information they need  can be discovered 🙂

Reg,

Abiogenesis is the study of how life might have originated from non-living matter, while evolution deals with how existing life changes over time through mechanisms like natural selection and genetic drift.

They’re distinct domains: evolution presupposes life already exists. The fact that we don’t yet fully understand how life began doe…

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Abiogenesis is the study of how life might have originated from non-living matter, while evolution deals with how existing life changes over time through mechanisms like natural selection and genetic drift.

They’re distinct domains: evolution presupposes life already exists. The fact that we don’t yet fully understand how life began doesn’t und…[Read more]

Yes, the god of the gaps steps in when they bring out the arguments from complexity, incredulity, and ignorance.

It tells us something, that the domicile of the gods went from the top of the mountain, then up into the clouds, them out into space and then finally some unknown supernatural realm.

Fellow Unbelievers,

Dress it up in a lab coat but it is still a plain old god-of-the-gaps argument.

What is James Tour’s hang-up about Abiogenesis?

Anybody who has taken Jr. High biology and chemistry (at least from my day) knows that living things have Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphurous, and Sulfur, all of which are nonliving…[Read more]

Yes, If I were starting over, I would upload my genome to a server and get it to start running scenario based tests on it. That would give it time to run millions of tests to find the optimum “CTAG” string to make the best new parts.