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Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion Stardock Forums

In science there is a huge difference between fact and theory. Theory is a hypothesis which has substantial evidence which says it is true, however it has not been tested enough to be considered a law. Fact is more on par with said scientific law, which is the result of at least a decade of constant experimentation which proves it to be true. Making such a basic mistake is very detrimental to your argument. Also: [quote who="Leauki" comment="243"]As I said

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Hey Sotik, if you have a link or two that would, well, 'verify' your claim, I would be very interested in seeing them. As it is, I'm not sure that there is enough water in the ice caps to cool the oceans that much. It is an interesting argument though, I haven't heard it before.

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion JoeUser Forums

Like I said, creationists have no problem with microevolution within a species. The debate is over whether or not life could evolve from nothing, from one species to an entirely different one. Darwin's finches and those laboratory fruit flies are certainly examples of evolution, but they aren't changing into cats. Also, there is no recorded major mutation (to my knowledge) which has provided an overall benefit. For example, having sickle-cell anemia makes you virtuall

Reply to Why do my people hate my guts? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

This is why people say that you pretty much have no choice but to max out your morale and economic passive bonuses when setting up your race. I'm surprised to hear you have this issue even with the Korx though. I would check the population of your planets. How large are they? Generally about 16-20 billion is as high as you want to go for a civilization capital, and 12-16 billion for others, because planets suffer huge morale penalties for 'overcrowding'. For in

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Jonnan001" reply="18" id="1992279"]Yes, I know I should know better by now. And true, frontotemporal dementia explains much about IQ of Spam. Dementia in any case.[/quote] As Luckmann would say: Bam! Strike One! Or should I say strike three? Once again you're assuming that I am the stupid one. You are completely missing my point. When I said that I wanted evidence, I was referring to the larger issue of global

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Thank you Sole Soul, I'm glad I don't have to clarify that myself. It gets tiring fending off people who do nothing more than nitpick minor details, like earlier. I would think that people would know that to win a debate, you have to present your own evidence as well as discredit that of your opponent. I commend you for presenting tons of irrelevant information though. As for using websites instead of books and generally more authoritative sources, I am no

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion Stardock Forums

I have to ask why you would say that creation is impossible just because some aspects of the design don't make sense to you. If the eye is a suboptimal design, why hasn't someone made a better one? We can't even come close to replicating the eye. Anyway, it seems to be a silly argument to me. Why don't you prove to me why these arguments are 'lies'? I'm sure you're heard of the Miller-Urey experiment: <a title="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/wo

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

You're hilarious Tetley! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] What do you want though? I'm too lazy to do a whole research paper for the sake of an argument.

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Well, people should refrain from being sarcastic in writing, it really doesn't come through at all.

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Tetley, post one link to one website that supports what you've just said. Otherwise, you're once again making a claim without evidence to support it.

Reply to 'Find the Stardog' Hunt Begins! in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I actually finished the Thursday hunt in about 5 minutes, after waiting for about an hour for the Stardog to appear on the main page. I still think think they killed the contest by making it a random drawing - it wasn't a contest anymore, it was a sweepstates or something else like that.

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Nah, it would be much too enjoyable if it was. Taking flak is a great pasttime, you should try it yourself.

Reply to Regarding PSAT scores and scholarships... in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

It seems that I accidently double posted. I really hate this forum system.

Reply to Regarding PSAT scores and scholarships... in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="20" id="1985445"] ... I have pretty mixed feelings about this new section also. When I was dawdling in community college, I barely passed the essay part of some standardized test even though I had rather high SAT Verbals and was getting top grades on all my writing for classes. But pedagogically speaking, I have to stand up for the boring old intro-support-support-support-conclusion format. Until that format is both boring and easy for a student, it sh

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Not sure what Lord Kelvin has to do with the math behind the ID movement (maybe one of their arguments?), but sure, whatever you say Jonnan. Let's take an equivocation and blow it out of proportion. I guess that's what I get though, I should've known better. And yes, no super-publicized, all-inclusive, all-knowing, all-encompassing, definitive and absolute study has come out to show the world which view is correct. It is silly, but that is what it would take

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Jonnan - My bringing up the ID movement had nothing to do with my personal stance on that matter, but rather to show that there is still a debate - and actually I happen to know that the majority of the ID movement's argument is based in math. How can you argue that that isn't logical? Don't answer that. I will say once again: I don't want to get into this debate. Actually, I don't want to be in this one either anymore. I said that an overarching study was im

Reply to Digi*Cons Wars in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

He could still be decapitated though.

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Alright Luckmann - you're right. We shouldn't have to argue a point, it should be obvious to everyone who looks at the evidence which view is correct. Unfortunately, this assumes that people actually want to know or tell others the truth, and that people are capable of reaching identical conclusions with the same evidence. So... yes, we shouldn't have to argue about this. However, as people are not perfect, we do have to. That said, wh

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, Luckmann, I think you're the one misunderstanding me. The topic cannot be pointless, as you've said, unless we forgo scientific progess of any kind (see reply #64). And if that's not what you're saying, then learn to actually state what you mean. Being vague doesn't make you look smart, or others stupid for not understanding you. Of course, it may be that I am not able to understand you simply because I am incorrectly assuming that your argument

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Wait... I thought Samuyre was their leader? You should enlist Devilface to help you. He beat the ninjas over in the Digi*Con thread. [e digicons]}:)[/e] (I love that smiley)

Reply to Short story for the holiday season. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

If you desperately needed money, would a rich guy give you a TV and cable? Would you keep the TV, or sell it for the money you need? I think that it is perfectly justified to judge them based on that. Although yes, I agree that a few bad eggs shouldn't stop us. And Jrla, interesting story there yourself. [e digicons];)[/e] I would hate to work in any kind of customer services department, I would make those customers hate me as much as I would hat

Reply to Digi*Cons Wars in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

And you should know, eh? [e digicons]:P[/e]

Reply to APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I'm not meaning to say that at all. I'm saying that with studies involving climate change, you have to measure a large land area over a long period of time, a commitment which not many scientists are unwilling to make - mainly because everyone seems to believe the debate is settled. What I meant by 'all-encompassing' was that it studied the entire globe at once and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt which position was correct, which as you point out, will never happen. Theref

Reply to what's the greatest movie monster of all time? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

TROGDOR!!! Haha...

Reply to Digi*Cons Wars in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[e digicons]:digichet:[/e] vs.[e digicons]}:)[/e] [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e] [e digicons]x_x[/e] [e digicons]}:)[/e] Devil eats punk dude. [e digicons]}:)[/e] vs. [e digicons]:ninja:[/e] [e digicons]:banhammer:[/e] [e digicons]}:)[/e] [e digicons]x_x[/e] For the ninja is mortal... [e digicons]}:)[/e]