tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post8609171819344177835..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Filling The Gap and Evicting Creationism's Magic FriendRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-80421982619696387052016-02-23T17:21:05.333+00:002016-02-23T17:21:05.333+00:00A little off topic for this article, but I was rem...A little off topic for this article, but I was reminded of a person on a ted talks who is suggesting mass extinctions were caused by microbes. Thought you might find it interesting if you've not already heard of it.<br /><br />https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_ward_on_mass_extinctions/transcript?language=en#t-697000Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07456225500800961857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-39598532045965060282016-02-22T19:57:53.320+00:002016-02-22T19:57:53.320+00:00Absolutely! Creationism is all about performing t...Absolutely! Creationism is all about performing the necessary mental gymnastics to be able to convince yourself that the evidence either supports you, or can be dismissed. The conclusion must remain unchanged whatever the evidence says and intellectual dishonesty is seen as a willing self-sacrifice that God will really appreciate.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-45970036294804022782016-02-22T14:50:01.512+00:002016-02-22T14:50:01.512+00:00Here is a link to understand even better what foss...Here is a link to understand even better what fossils are all about: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/fossil.htm <br /><br />The following quote taken from the text on page 4 shows how creationists indulge themselves in wishful thinking and/or other types of magical religious & woo-bullshit thinking: <br /><br />In the last 10 years, scientists have made some surprising discoveries about dinosaur fossils. For example, N.C. State University researcher Mary Schweitzer has found what appear to be blood cells and protein in 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bones. While some creationists viewed the discovery as proof that the Earth is far younger than 4.5 billion years old, many scientists viewed it instead as an unanswered question about fossil creation and how long soft tissue can really last.<br /><br />The proneness to always choose the wrong answer to given questions is typical of so-called "harbingers of failure". IMHO creationists overall belong to this special group of people who nearly always, in some way or other, prefer/choose the wrong and ridiculous answers to posed questions. <br /><br />Helmer von Helvetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136543309048013677noreply@blogger.com