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  1. Thistlethorn

    Do we have increased seismic and volcanic activity on this earth?

    Dog nabbit, you're a goon. I should have pegged it from the start :D Is this for an upcoming "Weekend Web" article? Edit: "Goon" in this case refers to what the users of the SA forums call themselves. It's not meant as an insult.
  2. Thistlethorn

    Are Scientists Bad For the Environment?

    Dad is often trolling, but he's mostly just posting in ignorance.
  3. Thistlethorn

    Blog debate : Proof of Evolution

    No, that would be a lie. Another clear violation of the ninth.
  4. Thistlethorn

    Blog debate : Proof of Evolution

    Hespera, evolution is observation. It's a fact. The theory of evolution isn't a fact, but a model explaining the observation. I think you're simply misunderstanding each other.
  5. Thistlethorn

    Blog debate : Proof of Evolution

    There's the fact of evolution and then there's the theory of evolution. Two different things. Fact of evolution: Organisms evolve. Theory of evolution: A model showing why and how organisms evolve.
  6. Thistlethorn

    I haven't seen a thread about this yet...

    I look forward to the day - sometime after Copenhagen - when the denialists get their day in court. As defendants in a libel suit.
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    I haven't seen a thread about this yet...

    The thing about these emails is that there is no evidence for any fudging of data. There is no evidence for any wrong-doings. There is no evidence for AGW being a fraud. What there is is a bunch of cherry-picked, out of context snippets of personal communication between scientists apparently...
  8. Thistlethorn

    I haven't seen a thread about this yet...

    "Climategate" is a load of nonsense - the last desperate straw for the denialists to clutch on to. It has had one major impact, though. It has finally shown just what kind of people constitute the denialist community - criminals.
  9. Thistlethorn

    Why worry about global warming?

    Maybe you should read the actual science instead of denialist blogs?
  10. Thistlethorn

    Ask a physicist anything.

    So, you come to a science board, spew a bunch of easily refuted crap and then try to twist the burden of evidence? Nice. YOU made the argument. It's YOUR words. Especially since you have still failed to evidence your claim. Jebus, it's like talking to a wall. YOU made the assertion, then...
  11. Thistlethorn

    Ask a physicist anything.

    Is AP a science organization now? Also, it's not my job to provide evidence for your assertions. I added nothing to your insinuation that CO2 had prevented an ice-age. That's just idiocy, and it's a variation of the argument that global warming is good. Cite your sources, please. Assertions...
  12. Thistlethorn

    Ask a physicist anything.

    Please cite these "studies". If you're talking about the CRU hack, you're wrong. Don't believe everything you read on denialist blogs. What you claim here never happened. Say what? So, because you can plot ice-ages on a time-graph and you think an ice-age should show up just about now...
  13. Thistlethorn

    Ask a physicist anything.

    Exactly my point ;)
  14. Thistlethorn

    Ask a physicist anything.

    And everyone knows Mars is exactly the same as Earth. BTW, you might want to ask some actual scientists before just swallowing whatever denialist blogs are telling you. But then again, you are a creationist and EU proponent, so I suppose your critical thinking skills aren't really up for it.
  15. Thistlethorn

    A scientific revolution on the way

    This needs saying again, especially after Doveaman's latest.
  16. Thistlethorn

    Evolution is a Fact

    Didn't you read the link I gave you? It's right there. Which latest journal? Where did you get this information? /Edited: Fair enough. You raise a lot of creationist talking-points, though. And I gave it to you in the link in my previous post. That's not evidence. That's hearsay. So...
  17. Thistlethorn

    Evolution is a Fact

    But it did happen. Those saying that it didn't are lying creationists. It already has. It happened more than 50 years ago, and it has happened again and again in repeated experiments. Evidence please. Not as much as you seem to believe. Why? What makes him special? If you try to argue...
  18. Thistlethorn

    Humans are neither unique nor special

    These people are obviously wrong. Can you give any sources? The Greatest Show on Earth
  19. Thistlethorn

    Modern Cosmology: Science or Folktale?

    That is called "gravitational lensing". It occurs because the gravitational force of the object is so massive that it bends light. This is exactly what falsified Arp's original hypothesis. Thanks for bringing it to light.
  20. Thistlethorn

    Animal Breeding and evolution

    I doubt it, but I suppose you misunderstood me. One cannot make a credible argument where claiming that artificial selection requires intelligent input, therefore natural selection requires the same.