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James wrote:
I rest my case. No you don't. You'll just keep posting your Christian fascist anti-science bull****, as always, with no apologies whatsoever. -- Get A Free Orbiter Space Flight Simulator : http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html |
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On Mar 2, 4:29 pm, kT wrote:
James wrote: I rest my case. No you don't. You'll just keep posting your Christian fascist anti-science bull****, as always, with no apologies whatsoever. Is 'Intelligent Design' an instance of "Christian fascist anti-science bull****"? /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Einstein: physics was designed http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...individual.net "Fascist!" he shrieked. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...oglegroups.com the Nazi Robert Ley was an atheism-adherent who worshiped Hitler and Nature http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroups .com 1942 Nazi atheism-adherent Martin Bormann: "National Socialist and Christian Concepts are Incompatible" http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroups .com 1939 Goebbels: "The Fuhrer is... completely anti-Christian." http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroups .com 1943 Goebbels & Hitler agree on "the insanity of the Christian doctrine of redemption" http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroup s.com 1943 Goebbels: a "process of selection between the strong and the weak" http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroup s.com Hitler's actions make sense given his atheism and eugenic, social Darwinist vision http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroup s.com Multi-Pronged Role of Darwinian Thought in Shoah's Arrival http://groups.google.com/group/talk....dfa0eba?hl=en& |
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"kT" wrote in message
Incompetent is no longer an adequate description of this administration. I totally agree. They used to have trials for such horrific crimes against humanity. What ever happened to those? - Brad Guth -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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"kT" wrote in message
James wrote: I rest my case. No you don't. You'll just keep posting your Christian fascist anti-science bull****, as always, with no apologies whatsoever. The only case they have to rest are of the ones chuck full of lies and all of that "Christian fascist anti-science bull****", of spewed infomercials that suck and blow. - Brad Guth -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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"dford3" wrote in message
oups.com Is 'Intelligent Design' an instance of "Christian fascist anti-science bull****"? Intelligent design is simply "intelligent", thus entirely outside of your Old Testament status quo realm where hocus-pocus is obviously all that counts, or else. - Brad Guth -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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On Mar 10, 6:13 pm, "Brad Guth" wrote in Bush/
Cheney/Gonzales - Corrupt, Criminal, Treasonous: "dford3" wrote in message oups.com Is 'Intelligent Design' an instance of "Christian fascist anti-science bull****"? Intelligent design is simply "intelligent", thus entirely outside of your Old Testament status quo realm where hocus-pocus is obviously all that counts, or else. Is SETI-- the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence-- "hocus-pocus"? "anti-science"? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ID as a metaphysical research program http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroup s.com |
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On Mar 10, 6:09 pm, "Brad Guth" wrote in Bush/
Cheney/Gonzales - Corrupt, Criminal, Treasonous: "kT" wrote: James wrote: I rest my case. No you don't. You'll just keep posting your Christian fascist anti-science bull****, as always, with no apologies whatsoever. The only case they have to rest are of the ones chuck full of lies and all of that "Christian fascist anti-science bull****", of spewed infomercials that suck and blow. What are 3 examples of those "lies"? /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// omphalic YEC and blindwatchmakingist parallels http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...ing.google.com Hitler's actions make sense given his atheism and eugenic, social Darwinist vision http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...legroup s.com Multi-Pronged Role of Darwinian Thought in Shoah's Arrival http://groups.google.com/group/talk....dfa0eba?hl=en& "Fascist!" he shrieked. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...oglegroups.com |
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![]() Joe Strout wrote: The SETI community, however, is growing a little anti-science, in the sense that they are trying to squash open discussion: http://lifeboat.com/ex/shouting.at.the.cosmos (Please ignore the cheesy stock photos somebody added to Brin's otherwise sensible essay.) First off; Earth is going to stick out like a sore thumb on anyone else's SETI search within 75 light years of us, or on their radio telescopes as they map the cosmos. Second, given the speed of light constraints, it's liable to be a very, very, long time before anyone ever hears SETI's signals. If and when they do, then there are two possibilities: 1.) FTL travel is possible, so they can come visit us, eat us, or whatever. 2.) FTL travel isn't possible, so all they can do is send messages. If the first case proves to be true, then there's a good chance we will also have FTL travel by the time they receive our signals, which is certainly going to be a lot of years down the road, and we can go eat them before they realize we're even here. My theory is that there are far better ways to communicate than radio waves (instantaneously in some manner) and any civilization ditches radio after a few hundred years. Pat |
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In article ,
Pat Flannery wrote: Joe Strout wrote: The SETI community, however, is growing a little anti-science, in the sense that they are trying to squash open discussion: http://lifeboat.com/ex/shouting.at.the.cosmos (Please ignore the cheesy stock photos somebody added to Brin's otherwise sensible essay.) First off... The point isn't whether or not we should be doing it. It's whether or not some of us should be doing it without first discussing it openly and coming to some sort of consensus with the rest of us. Also, you really should read the article before posting your arguments, since they're already considered and refuted: Earth is going to stick out like a sore thumb on anyone else's SETI search within 75 light years of us, or on their radio telescopes as they map the cosmos. "This widely-held supposition was, in fact, decisively disproved years ago, in a paper written by Dr. Shostak himself! In fact, even military radars and television signals appear to dissipate below interstellar noise levels within just a few light years. Certainly they are far less visible by many orders of magnitude than a directed beam from any of Earth's large, or even intermediate, radio telescopes. "Moreover, this reasoning is illogical, since METI's whole purpose is to draw attention to Earth by dramatically increasing our visibility over whatever baseline value it currently has. If it's already 'too late', then what are they aiming to achieve?" Second, given the speed of light constraints, it's liable to be a very, very, long time before anyone ever hears SETI's signals. If and when they do, then there are two possibilities: 1.) FTL travel is possible, so they can come visit us, eat us, or whatever. 2.) FTL travel isn't possible, so all they can do is send messages. There's also 3.) FTL travel isn't possible, but aliens are long-lived, patient, and have very fast (sublight) craft, so they can come eat us anyway. But again, the point is that such ramifications should be discussed. If there really is no danger, then let's see if we can convince everyone in the community (including many founders of the original SETI movement, who are currently very opposed to the idea) of that before we just barge on ahead and announce Earth's presence, smug in the certainty of our own correctness. To do otherwise is dangerous hubris. My theory is that there are far better ways to communicate than radio waves (instantaneously in some manner) and any civilization ditches radio after a few hundred years. I'm sure that's so. I also tend to believe there's no real danger from METI, since when you consider the time it takes to colonize the galaxy compared to the time it takes for civilization to arise in the first place, it's most likely that either there's nobody out there, or we're in a nature preserve set up just for us. Either way, both SETI and METI are pointless. But the behavior of the METI proponents, if Brin's article is even close to accurate, is shameful and clearly not how rational, reasonable people should behave. Best, - Joe |
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