Intelligent Design Theory: Science or Religion?

spendi wrote:
The "niche" idea was an allusion to a well known saying in evolutionary thought, by who I forget, that if there's a niche in which an organism can make a living it will be occupied. I assumed you knew it.


It's similar to the life of spendi on a2k. LOL

The allusion to a niche is like all of Spendi's contribution, it is drivel which is not relevant to the topic.

He made a stupid remark about Wendel's quoted material, got busted for it, and wants to whine about that for pages.

That's not my idea of being busted.



If wande's quote was relevant so was the niche allusion. Is this a pose of indignant thrumming you are putting on or do you really mean it,in which case goodness gracious Ethel.

Your pointless and idiotic "niche" allusion did not come up until you had attempted to inferentially criticize Wandel's post by slandering The Independent. You're very confused about the sequence of posts, as well as being only marginally coherent, n'est-ce pas?

You don't even know what slandering means.

Given how little sense you make at all times, contentions such as that only make you appear more ludicrous.

I finally read about the "intelligent design" theory, and I'm amazed at how simple-minded it was. It reminded me of the colonial days in the US when they would formulate some wild story about how someone was a "witch" and actually kill them!

Science will weed this garbage out completely. It just seems to be a weak fad right now.

HS: If you take the time to read through this thread, or if you do an online search for Dover+Pennsylvania+court case, you'll see that the weak fad can cost a community a hell of a lot of money.

HS wrote-



I never knew that. Is it true?

I have heard of a small place called Salem and some "witch-hunting" but I didn't know it was a US problem. How widespread was it?

Do you know what the definition of a witch is?

Spendius, it was a big problem. Women who kept to themselves, or had someone who just wanted to get back at them for something, could call them a witch, and it was basically all over for them. Yes, I'm aware the definition of a witch, and the cultural and historical variations of that definition.

The Salem Witch Trials were horrendous. An excellent book on the subject is The Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach

Setanta, I'm sure it has cost a lot of money. That seems to be a hobby of the radical Christian community here in the US, spending money on the subject. I say they don't have enough to do.

Yeah, Boss, i agree, too much free time.

One of the problems is what it will cost in the quality of science education for children before it is all sorted.

HS wrote-



Do you think that has anything to do with science and technology making everything so efficient and a population not having much to do will get up to these japes for various reasons and motives most of which I pointed to long ago before you joined the fray. Such a behaviour pattern might have been built into the human species by evolution and therefore there isn't much to be done about it except to laugh. But only those who have conquered evolution urges can manage that.

It might be a self correcting mechanism like a governor on a ship's driveshaft.

Spendius, you'll never turn me off of science. Our lives are much more comfortable, but we have a long way to go.

HS wrote-



I'm not trying to. Nothing could turn me off science. But I don't see why we should interfere with other people's life strategies. Whatever they do won't hold science back enough to fill a jiffy bag with polystyrene bubble packaging so why bother.

If they think life on the sofa watching the big match on a plasma screen with a six-pack and a hot curry in the microwave and a remote control to flip channels during the crappy ads or the injury treatments to something running on the DVD is no good I don't think any serious problems will result.

Plenty of others think such a life is a waste as well.

It's probably more environmentally friendly going to church that going jetting round the world to collect some photographs to bore the arse off your loved ones,neighbours and anybody else daft enough to give you a chance to get them out.

Do you think that all the fuss is just to find them something to do because if you put all their noses to the grindstone of science and technological efficiency they might pile the junk up three miles deep.

HS-

They've started piling the shops up now where I am.

Here's an example of intelligent design; a Hooters in China. LOL

Hooters in China - whatta concept. The Chinese are big on standards and uniforms, but it sure seems to me the standard Hooters uniform would be a bit big on your standard Chinese serving wench.

timber, Don't be too sure; them young women looks pretty good in those "uniforms."

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/22/content_384872.htm

Well, mebbe I was wrong ... seems China's bustin out all over -

Tempest in a D-Cup


Ain't evolution grand?