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From: Eeyore on 19 Aug 2006 21:55 John Larkin wrote: > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:28:18 GMT, Rich Grise <rich(a)example.net> wrote: > > >On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:42:33 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > > > >> In message <j329e2t9dc055hbcl7iip1lp8j43fo9fnp(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 17 > >> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> > >> writes > >>>I certainly am confused. I've been informed that one or more comets > >>>killed off everything over a few kilograms, and that all available > >>>ecological niches were filled a few million years later. So giraffes > >>>and walruses and mastadons evolved from rabbit-sized critters in a few > >>>million years. > >>> > >>>Have I got it right at last? > >> > >> Yes, for sometimes quite large values of 'few'. > > > >Well, would all of the sea critters have got wiped out too? > > > >I've never been able to grasp how cetaceans evolved from land critters - > >when did their nose move to the back of their neck? ?:-/ > > There are thousands, millions, of astonishing biological structures, > many deeply interlocked such that no part of a complex system could > function until all of it is in place. And there are people who > continue to insist that these structures resulted from random mutation > and natural selection. > > Just consider how a worm might decide to only be able to reproduce in > the form of a butterfly. What puzzles me even more is that anyone could imagine how a 'supreme being' could have come up with all of this in a week too ! Graham
From: Homer J Simpson on 19 Aug 2006 22:30 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:44E7C128.48069E3E(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com... > What puzzles me even more is that anyone could imagine how a 'supreme > being' > could have come up with all of this in a week too ! Or why? All this effort to watch "America's Got Talent" - and find out how oxymoronic that statement is. Why not settle for good beer instead?
From: Eeyore on 19 Aug 2006 22:56 Homer J Simpson wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote in > message news:44E7C128.48069E3E(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com... > > > What puzzles me even more is that anyone could imagine how a 'supreme > > being' > > could have come up with all of this in a week too ! > > Or why? All this effort to watch "America's Got Talent" - and find out how > oxymoronic that statement is. Why not settle for good beer instead? Is that a so-called 'reality show' ???? Should I care even ???? Is the 'viewing public' being force-fed a load of pap ???? Stop watching TeeeeeVeeeee and watch YouuuuuTubeeeee instead ! It's a breath fresh air. Also kids like it. They feel thay can have a say for a change ! Graham
From: John Woodgate on 20 Aug 2006 03:35 In message <pan.2006.08.20.20.26.47.808020(a)example.net>, dated Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Rich Grise <rich(a)example.net> writes >On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:42:33 +0100, John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <j329e2t9dc055hbcl7iip1lp8j43fo9fnp(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 17 >> Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >> writes >>>I certainly am confused. I've been informed that one or more comets >>>killed off everything over a few kilograms, and that all available >>>ecological niches were filled a few million years later. So giraffes >>>and walruses and mastadons evolved from rabbit-sized critters in a few >>>million years. >>> >>>Have I got it right at last? >> >> Yes, for sometimes quite large values of 'few'. > >Well, would all of the sea critters have got wiped out too? By Chicxulub? Many, not all. Ammonites and belemnites went. The related nautilus didn't. Maybe someone in your pantheon has an explanation; scientists don't - yet. > >I've never been able to grasp how cetaceans evolved from land critters - >when did their nose move to the back of their neck? ?:-/ > I think it was a Wednesday. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Woodgate on 20 Aug 2006 03:38
In message <16efe2p06v5c70n2rvo9iaveu1nd69ic5b(a)4ax.com>, dated Sat, 19 Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin(a)highTHISlandtechnology.com> writes >There are thousands, millions, of astonishing biological structures, >many deeply interlocked such that no part of a complex system could >function until all of it is in place. Not true. SYSTEMS evolve as well as creatures. > And there are people who continue to insist that these structures >resulted from random mutation and natural selection. For extremely good reasons. If you pre-emptively close your mind to them, of course you will never understand and accept them. > >Just consider how a worm might decide to only be able to reproduce in >the form of a butterfly. That's just silly, and I'm sure you know it. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK |