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    Skeptic Michael Shermer on Atheism, Happiness, and the Free Market

    The mechanisms for biological evolution are almost analogous to those of the market. My question is, why is it that so many people, intellectuals even, fail to understand the basic concept of the invisible hand? YouTube - Skeptic Michael Shermer on Atheism, Happiness, and the Free Market
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    Quantum Strangeness

    I've wanted to explore some of the conclusions arrived by the findings of quantum theory. It is said that quantum particles behave differently by the act of observing them. Can I conclude that the universe as we observe it doesn't actually exist? Or that consciousness creates "reality"? What are...
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    1,230,558 posts later...

    It's hard for me to fathom how someone can possibly do this. Here are AV1611VET's stats. Total Posts: 1,230,558 Posts Per Day: 847.90 847.90 posts per day!? That would mean 35 posts per hour, about 1 post every 2 minutes for the past 4 years! AV1611VET must be on here all of the time. How...
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    Jonathan Sarfati's "The Greatest Hoax on Earth"

    I'm curious as to whether anyone was aware of the publication of this book. Has anyone here read it? It claims to be a chapter by chapter refutation of "The Greatest Show on Earth" but I expect it to be sub par regurgitated creationist crap. I doubt that this book will be truly revolutionary and...
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    Experts vs. Creationist Nonsense

    I'm very curious how Creationism is seen by the expert geologists, biologists, paleontologists. I'm sure that you definitely get annoyed by the pseudo-intellectual PRATTs and incredible misrepresentations of your fields of study. I am curious as to whether you have been confronted in your...
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    Global Warming

    I was wondering if I could get some expert opinion on this issue. If you know a lot about the subject or have degrees in climatology, then this thread is for you. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions that I have. 1. How much would you say humans contribute to the rising...
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    Global Warming

    I was wondering if I could get some expert opinion on this issue. If you know a lot about the subject or have degrees in climatology, then this thread is for you. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions that I have. 1. How much would you say humans contribute to the rising...
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    Intelligent Design is Possible

    After finally watching expelled that I've downloaded with torrents, I've wanted to comment on it here. It's true that we can't dismiss the possibility of intelligent design. We can't dismiss the possibility that aliens have seeded life on earth. The conclusion of the movie was that since...
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    The Ascent Of Man

    I found this article and thought it was really interesting, the author attempts to explain why the human species is so unique, and finds some interesting reasons for it. http://www.theattractionforums.com/discussion/23893-ascent-man.html Sure it's long, but it's really worth the time spent to...
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    Funniest AV1611VET Posts

    OK. Here are the rules to this thread. Either directly link, or quote from some of the funniest AV1611VET posts you have seen. You can link to or quote from as many posts as you want. This one is pretty old but I found it again just now...
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    The Genius of Charles Darwin

    The following is a very well done documentary starring Richard Dawkins. The first part is out and I will post it here. Enjoy. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4471435322910215458&ei=qgihSOm0MaLu-gG16a0n&q=Genius+Of+Darwin
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    Danger: Concentrated Stupidity

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6EmOQLf25s&feature=related edit: I know that it's old, but I just saw this today.
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    Movie about the scientific history of the universe?

    Since the production of expelled, I find that it's about the right time for Dawkins, Krauss or whoever else who might be interested to create an inspiring movie about the true nature of science. Topics can include the simplicity of evolution, the big bang, what came "before" the big bang, to try...
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    Thomas Paine Answers AV1611VET's Apple Challenge

    http://www.ushistory.org/paine/reason/reason14.htm AV, do you think Paine's answer is justified?
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    Somehow Washington made it on FSTDT

    http://fstdt.com/fundies/comments.aspx?q=40486&page=1#563086
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    The Ladder Theory

    I read this site that was sort of interesting for me and I was wondering if I could get some expert opinions on the subject. Chances are that you've probably never heard of it. It's basically a look at how girls choose their mates and I'm also not sure if the site is satirical or not. Here is...
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    Could listening to loud music all the time make me eventually go deaf?

    Tell me what sort of complications this could cause. I listen to loud music all the time. I know the answer is obvious but get more technical, source peer reviewed studies etc...
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    So I downloaded Expelled over bit torrent.

    It's a .mp4 file. I tried to run it on winamp but I would only get sound and no video, then I tried to it on WMP and I would only get video and no sound. I later installed this codec and on winamp it would just not work and on WMP it would give me a "moov atom not found" error. Any help on how...
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    Placing limits to the scientific method?

    I've heard some people on this forum say that science says nothing about God. I would like a more thorough explanation of this because I actually agree with Dawkins when he says that a universe "designed" by God makes different predictions than one that hasn't been "designed" by God. If you...
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    Funniest Thing I've Seen in a While

    Deleted. Don't know if it's appropriate for this forum.