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Achilles

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Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-10-2007, 5:17 PM
#8
Obviously for these simple amino acids to go anywhere also requires the right type of enviromnent and enough time. The exact chance of this happening is not known, since we don't have enough demographic from other planets. With the exception of the p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 3:30 PM
#5
The moon is called Europa. :D ABE: Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)) is the wiki if you'd like to read more about it. Also, the process that you're describing (as originally describe in the BBC documentary, I'm assuming) is abiogene...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 2:56 PM
#3
1) How do you define "Life" for the purpose of this thread. Do you consider simple Amino Acids to be Life's Origin, or Complex ones, or Viruses? Obviously a Single Cell would be considered to be Life, how about Mitocondrea(sp?) that contain...  [Read More]
Posted in: Life origins (aka creationism vs abiogenesis)
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 3:04 AM
#1
It is an unfortunately reality that many people consider the scientific theory of evolution to be a life origins topic. The reality is that the theory of evolution makes no claims regarding life origins. The theory states that all life sprung forth f...  [Read More]
Posted in: US Fair Tax debate
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 6:18 PM
#21
If I had to make a guess, I'd say that Family A will probably be spending more within their means (>$12000 in goods, probably much more). Meanwhile Family D will also make cutbacks on their spending so that the savings% will be closer among the di...  [Read More]
Posted in: US Fair Tax debate
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 4:20 PM
#16
Realizing that I'm asking you to hypothesize, how do you foresee the government compensating for the $60000 per year decrease in revenues from the Family A's?...  [Read More]
Posted in: US Fair Tax debate
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 11:05 AM
#9
If I’m wealthy and want to buy an airplane or yacht what is going to prevent me from purchasing it off shore to avoid paying the additional taxes on it? Excellent point. I hadn't even thought of that....  [Read More]
Posted in: US Fair Tax debate
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 3:58 AM
#7
If there's no sales tax on food and utilities it'd be a little more fair, but I just don't know at this point. Those tax cuts will go to the rich too. This might change the numbers a little but the distribution of tax burden stays the same....  [Read More]
Posted in: US Fair Tax debate
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 2:33 AM
#5
Would replacing income, estate, and capital gains taxes with a national sales tax be viable or not? If viable, would it be desirable to do so? I haven't read the site, so I'm taking this question at face value. If all taxes came from sales, where is...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-10-2007, 3:12 PM
#12
I do believe in Micro evolution and natural selection. The quick tour looks something like this (I'll take liberties with some of the factors to make this less than 50,000 words, but not with the process itself). All present life shares a common anc...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 2:37 AM
#10
I don't know if He made it in its present form or not, though I fall into the 'guided evolution/progressive creation' camp and think that He utilized the scientific laws He created--I don't see God and evolution as incompatible. So then there's no qu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 1:48 AM
#8
Impossible odds are still impossible odds. Is this an evolution thread or a creationism vs. abiogenesis thread? Last time I checked they were separate subjects. The evidence of evolution is overwhelming. If you would like to discuss life origins, I'd...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 11:07 PM
#6
The purpose of sexual reproduction is to allow for the maximum amount of variation in the gene pool. Monogamy runs counter to that. Mammals tend not to be monogamous, though there are a few examples of monogamy amongst primates. Our fragile evolution...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 4:39 PM
#3
I knew you would be disappointed :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: Study finds twist in human evolution
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 4:16 PM
#1
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_sc/human_evolution) WASHINGTON - Surprising fossils dug up in Africa are creating messy kinks in the iconic straight line of human evolution with its knuckle-dragging ape and briefcase-carrying man. No...  [Read More]
Posted in: Lightspeed
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 6:55 PM
#31
Fascinating isn't it? With powerful telescopes we can actually gaze at the universe as it was billions of years in the past. YouTube clip (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ) on the Ultra Deep Field. Enjoy!...  [Read More]
Posted in: Lightspeed
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 10:44 PM
#29
Lightspeed blows my mind. The stars that we see are not the stars of the present tense, but the stars from the past, their light just now arriving. The sun that we see is the sun from 8 minutes ago. Even the person in the same room as you is not the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Lightspeed
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 5:27 PM
#26
Or possibly that you cannot find any flaws? When it's Solipsism vs. Reason, reason always loses. Doesn't make Solipsism correct, it only makes the fight unfair. The phenomenal, being phenomenal, cannot be said with certainty to be noumenal without i...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-11-2007, 2:33 PM
#248
I agree with everything there except the first sentence. I'm not sure what we hope to accomplish by having "Separation". Also, just a reminder that many of the points made in the 2nd part of your post are obvious and true from a rational p...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-10-2007, 10:31 PM
#244
Ah. This is a very valid point to make. In terms of atheists, antitheists, however you like to label them, who do their level best to do just that, to make theists see that religion doesn't add up, it might be well worthwhile for them to keep in mind...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-10-2007, 9:30 PM
#242
Given such a negative portrayal one would expect that the church would not like all their holy texts being exposed as a lie, which is what some are trying to achieve. I would contend that there are lots of reasons that religious people (and religious...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 7:21 PM
#240
Physiological response. Evolutionary mutation of the brain that provided a benefit to early hominids and, as such, was genetically beneficial and therefore passed down....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 7:02 PM
#238
The athiest world view of course has a different explanation for this; irrationality. There is nothing irrational about our spiritual nature. However attributing the source of it to an invisible man in the sky is highly irrational....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-09-2007, 5:59 PM
#236
This is a response to a post from this (http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?p=2356692) thread. Yeah, I think that is a logical enough premise. Then why is it that modern people with their unprecedented access to knowledge and information choose th...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  Achilles
08-08-2007, 10:45 PM
#235
This is a continuation of a conversation found in this this (http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?p=2356232) thread. How so? I could say the same about faith vs. reason. Reason may win, but that doesn't make it right. It just means that the fight i...  [Read More]
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