Should evolution be taught in high school?

[Elohim]

Urban Cowboy wrote:

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It looks like you're getting your wish. The government is going to make it illegal for heathcare to be profitable. Therefore the monetary incentive for a career in healthcare will go away and you will be treated by bored, disgruntled, two-bit government clerks. Careful what you ask for.

Are you nuts? Where do you rightwing whack jobs get this garbage? Do you find it difficult to breathe with your head so far into your colon?

[LowellGuy]

One way or another wrote:

What what

In the butt.

[One way or another]

Wow children, that's got to be some of your best work.

[One way or another]

Your science is coming along pretty good for y'all.

[Elohim]

One way or another wrote:

Your science is coming along pretty good for y'all.

The same cannot be said for you tho.

[The Dude]

LowellGuy wrote:

Just like the paid government clique that refuses to punish the Jews for rearranging the alphabet in phone books so gentile carpetlayers would go out of business?

MikeF wrote:

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The funny part is there is likely some here that think you kidding about this. Yet it was one of Ryan's goofy claims. True story.

Those Jewish b*st*rds at Aardvark Anonymous International Holdings, one day they will PAY!!!

>:-(

[Elohim]

The Dude wrote:

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Those Jewish b*st*rds at Aardvark Anonymous International Holdings, one day they will PAY!!!
>:-(

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

[The Dude]

DonKingPromoter wrote:

Evolution shouldnt be taught at all because it has nothing to do with science. it is a myth or fairy tale. everything with it can not be proven and has completely no evidence. the evidences of evolution have been found to be forgeries and false

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/south-africa...

[The Dude]

Mugwump wrote:

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Seriously ?

(evil grin)

[Kong_]

DonKingPromoter wrote:

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Evolution shouldnt be taught at all because it has nothing to do with science. it is a myth or fairy tale. everything with it can not be proven and has completely no evidence. the evidences of evolution have been found to be forgeries and false

The Dude wrote:

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http://www.topix.com/forum/world/south-africa...

BWAHAHAHAHAA! Priceless!

[Urban Cowboy]

Dogen wrote:

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The question is not a good one because;
A. it is too easy.
B. it ignores the fact that all 5 could be involved.
C. it ignores my question.
D. does not prove to anyone that you understand what you are talking about.
E. all of the above.
Answer for question 1) is b. For question 2 it is E.

WRONG ANSWER!

[MIDutch]

One way or another wrote:

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I don't believe in natural selection.

It certainly works for business. Economic natural selection, clients choosing which companies to give their business to based on quality/pricing/timing/etc., allows the good ones to survive or change with the changing economy. The bad ones go belly up ... just like your carpet laying business did. You were incompetent ... and economic natural selection forced your company to go extinct.

[Urban Cowboy]

MIDutch wrote:

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It certainly works for business. Economic natural selection, clients choosing which companies to give their business to based on quality/pricing/timing/etc., allows the good ones to survive or change with the changing economy. The bad ones go belly up ... just like your carpet laying business did. You were incompetent ... and economic natural selection forced your company to go extinct.

Unless they are "too big to fail".

[One way or another]

There is no such thing as natural selection.

[One way or another]

Tell us what you do, that you consider natural selection.

[Mugwump]

Urban Cowboy wrote:

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Unless they are "too big to fail".

Decent point actually - who says its a free market

- out of interest is a good book (To Big To Fail) can't recall the author but a good read if you interested in the lead up to the crunch

[Elohim]

Urban Cowboy wrote:

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Unless they are "too big to fail".

Yup. Socialize the losses, privatize the profits.

[appleboy]

Dogen wrote:

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Think the point is that you are mentally ill.
"Anything is possible when you don't know what you're talking about." - Chip Todd

Intense and prolonged anger has a way of interferring with higher cognitive functions. He's not mentally ill, he's just very, very pissed, and he knows that he doesn't know what he's talking about.

You've probably had some education dealing with conflict management, so you would be aware that there are basic goals most people strive to achieve in conflict situations.

In these forums, the most common goals are either Win-Win or Win-Lose, and sometimes Compromise. Ryan knows that he's overmatched in any conceptual engagement, so Win-Win is not an option, and Win-Lose is just too distasteful because he would always end up losing. And Compromise is too complicated, so that's out also. So it ends up that Lose-Lose is his best bet. He doesn't mind losing--as long as you also lose. To him, that is a way to finally see himself as being on equal ground.

[appleboy]

Urban Cowboy wrote:

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That bacterial resistance to antiobiotics is an example of evolution is a common misconception and a evolutionists false claim. The only thing this demonstrates is selection of preexisting alleles as there is no mutation involved.
Natural selection occurs when the surviving species is the one that is most adapted to the environment. Clearly, only the surviving competitors reproduce. Therefore, traits that provide the competitive edge will be represented most often succeeding generations.
Mutations do not contribute to the survival of resistant bacteria; the genetic material has not changed.

In a way you are correct. DNA is DNA is DNA. It does not mutate to something other than DNA. Over billions of years of micro evolution, from bacteria to mammals, it is still DNA.

[KittenKoder]

Urban Cowboy wrote:

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Oh, but you are willing to accept that everything in the universe came out of nowhere and life just started out of non-living materials and that frogs evolved into princes, right? Walking on water would seem inconsequential compared to all that!

How is that any more stupid than saying "some magical being did it with magical incantations?" At least the natural version gives us some useful information.