Evolution

StoolPigeon · Subject: Re: Evolution Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:19 pm

arollo wrote:

My favourite argument is the banana one. It's something about how a banana is perfectly shaped to fit human hands. The counter argument is that a penis is shaped so that it perfectly fits in a man's anus, thus proving God wants us to be gay.

Creationists hate that counter-argument.

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rainy-j · Subject: Re: Evolution Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:41 pm

These old guys in videos wouldn't be teased so much if they just said God puts those changes into all life over time... a long ass time... so they can adapt and grow on earth, Instead of talking about peanut butter for 2 minutes or however long that video was... making me not wanna eat peanut butter because there was an ant and maybe mold they had shown puuping in it.

Johnny99 · Subject: Re: Evolution Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:12 am

this sums up my feeling on the matter.

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Mike · Subject: Re: Evolution Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:46 pm

Applying evolution to my everyday actions can be both depressing and liberating.

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arollo · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:40 am

Mike wrote:

Applying evolution to my everyday actions can be both depressing and liberating.

Explain.

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Ross · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:32 pm

(100 marks are available for this question)

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arollo · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:41 pm

I wasn't being a dick, I actually am curious as to how the idea of evolution can be applied to daily life.

In my mind, the idea of evolution is that things change gradually over time in response to external stimuli. That's not terribly depressing or liberating. But again, this is my thinking and I am genuinely curious about Mike's ideas on the subject.

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Ross · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:49 pm

Hey I wasn't calling you a dick, it was purely in jest.

In all reality I'm interested to hear what he has to say myself.

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arollo · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:54 pm

Well, to be fair I kind of did sound like a dick.

Hey, did you hear about that new movie about Darwin? The guy who played Marturin in "Master and Commander" plays Darwin. Fuck yeah.

And just to keep this post on topic, has anyone here read "Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea" by Carl Zimmer? Good stuff.

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Ross · Subject: Re: Evolution Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:00 pm

Haha I didn't hear about that film but that sounds great, Master & Commander rocks jocks socks. And also mine.

Haven't read the book but I'll stick it on my to do list that's currently taking up most of my hard drive.

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StoolPigeon · Subject: Re: Evolution Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:54 pm

Mike wrote:

Applying evolution to my everyday actions can be both depressing and liberating.

If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, I know what you mean.

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Mike · Subject: Re: Evolution Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:15 pm

arollo wrote:

Mike wrote:

Applying evolution to my everyday actions can be both depressing and liberating.

Explain.

I appreciate the interest.

One of the most basic ideas of evolution is that you should make sure you live longer so that you reproduce more. When I apply this to people I have met and myself it makes me realize that we're all a bunch of selfish schmucks trying to get through life so that there can be more of us by the time we die. Well, it makes me depressed because I realize that I'm just one more piece of shit trying to eat, fuck, then sleep on a daily basis. Then again, it makes me relax because I know that no one else is really going towards anything greater than what I am, so I feel pretty free to do whatever I want. Also, it gives me a bit of a direction because I want to be a humanitarian kinda guy. But I'm pretty close to being a nihilistic asshole too, so it can always give me one reason to help people out: So that there can be more good people to make more good people.

laurendelore · Subject: Re: Evolution Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:37 pm

I love Mike!

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Mike · Subject: Re: Evolution Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:29 am

laurendelore wrote:

I love Mike!

Why thank ya dahlin. Although I'm not certain if that post was worthy of affection.

StoolPigeon · Subject: Re: Evolution Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:19 am

I know what you mean, though. For the past half a year pretty much that exact train of thought has been at least somewhat prominent on my mind.

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