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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: creation v. evolution

    I didn't say it wasn't valid. I trust it as far as I can see it, but it's certainly not conclusive of an originary ontogenetic source. There are plenty of ...

    Jan 10, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: creation v. evolution

    lukas, You still haven't demonstrated any causality. There is an extreme similarity--so what? Sureal makes the point that we all descended from the same source with different genetic mutations (the ...

    Jan 10, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: creation v. evolution

    I actually still stand by the claim I made in 2005 (there is no evidence conclusively linking man to chimp--there simply isn't. Saying, "we share 99% of our genes with ...

    Jan 9, 2009
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Legend of the Sainted One

    To make it clear, the suggestions I made were that you a) throw this away and b) try something else. The first is fairly easy to implement. Good luck, Brad

    Jan 8, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 'Censorship limits free speech and so should be banned.'

    I think a critique of free speech can be launched in the following sense: as Gal's post brought to the fore, the implicit supposition that all of you posturing against ...

    Jan 7, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Standardized tests

    Yeah, you learn how to do better on the test the next time around. This has not been demonstrated to be an actual problem. Is there an issue with "teaching ...

    Jan 5, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Wikipedia

    I think if you're in a debate where someone uses Wikipedia as a source, it's your job to point out why that particular Wiki-article is not correct or appropriate for ...

    Jan 1, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Wikipedia

    I remember reading that study in Mathematics Magazine that concluded that Wikipedia is statistically just as reliable as the Oxford English Dictionary... There's a comment in that Wiki article: In ...

    Dec 31, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Coexist

    I have a problem with "coexisting" in the form propagated in OE's comment here: Ahh see this is the kind of talking we are trying to avoid in the discussion. ...

    Dec 23, 2008
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The Legend of the Sainted One

    No. This isn't doing anything for me. The rhyme scheme is atrocious; the relative dearth of imagery is hackneyed and boring; and the rest of it is wretched in its ...

    Dec 22, 2008
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: the callousness of newborns

    Jack, I would start the poem at "The echo of sunshine..." If you're writing about grief, don't start or end in the abstract - the nature of grief is personal, ...

    Dec 22, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: American English: Dialect or Language?

    Total mastery of a language would be impossible; my English is not Snoink's English is not Nate's English is not Jack's English is not... The point, however is not to ...

    Dec 21, 2008
  • Randomosity Re: Shuffle That Playlist!

    4/10. You lost points for the Panic song. 1. "Rule" - Supreme Beings of Leisure 2. "Tu Cigarette Après L'amour" - Charles Dumont 3. "Numero Deux" - The Dining Rooms ...

    Dec 19, 2008
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    Dec 15, 2008
  • Homework Help Re: Algebra I help

    Winter: I'll go ahead and carry the first problem out in full, if you don't mind. ab²∗a³b=a¹∙b²∙a³∙b¹ By the associative property (i.e., abc=(ab)c=a(bc)), we can rewrite this as: ab²∗

    Dec 12, 2008


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