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even though they have no characteristic appearance, texture, taste, or cooking properties

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jimbotron said:

Our last President denied the theory of evolution, which has been the universal scientific consensus for over a century

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Bush told Texas newspaper reporters in a group interview at the White House on Monday that he believes that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution as competing theories.

"Both sides ought to be properly taught . . . so people can understand what the debate is about," he said, according to an official transcript of the session. Bush added: "Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. . . . You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes."

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Any idiot knows that you can fill a glass box with CO2 and stick a thermometer in it and it will read higher than a thermometer in the ambient air, but they probably won't even admit that this is true.

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jimbotron said:

Any idiot knows that you can fill a glass box with CO2 and stick a thermometer in it and it will read higher than a thermometer in the ambient air, but they probably won't even admit that this is true.

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listen to me, a pure-blooded scientist with degrees in biochemistry, and cellular and molecular biology, when i say that you have no idea what you're talking about.



i somewhat agree with your ideas about evolution and stem cell funding however (assuming i understand your rant correctly).  but seriously, you should just drop the other horse shit.

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the·o·ry  (th-r, thîr)
n. pl. the·o·ries
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.
6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

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Shins said:

Lol,  the theory of evolution is a theory, not fact.  That's why they call it the "theory of evolution."

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Shins said:

Lol,  the theory of evolution is a theory, not fact.  That's why they call it the "theory of evolution."

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Note that no where does it say "absolute fact" in there.

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The fact that it is widely accepted does not make it a fact.

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And how does one claim that liberals are the only legit scientists?  Either one follows scientific method or not.

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How can one practice science liberally? that would imply going beyond the traditional "conservative" notion of scientific method and into the realm of fantasy.

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Prisoner#1 said:

science is just another form of religion, it took faith to go against
science and claim that all matter was created from nothing, just as the
bible does the big bang does as well, it took faith to believe that a few
minerals and amino acids combined and created the first single cell
organisms, there is no proof that man evolved from these simple organism
or that any other creature did just as there's no proof that a god spake
anything into existence...

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so why are we teaching one unproven idea above another

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Shins said:

Both should be taught in my opinion as theories for the origins of life.  Staunchly believing that evolution is the origin of life is just as bad as believing in creationism.

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Personally i believe that there is lots of evidence for evolution in the universe,  and that things evolve or change over time.  but like what has been said already;  that only explains how life changes not how or why it's created.

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You also have to define what exactly "life" is which is kind of hard to do.

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Life (cf. biota) is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have self-sustaining biological processes from those that do not[1][2] —either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as "inanimate."[3]

In biology, the science of living organisms, "life" is the condition which distinguishes active organisms from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity and the continual change preceding death.[4][5]

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