CF Evolution Think Tank

[Revenant]

There's already a similar thing here: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/index.html

It's not complete yet though. I've seen some creationist claims that aren't addressed. But it's definitely a good starting point.

Best not to reinvent the wheel, I think.

 

[Jet Black]

There's already a similar thing here: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/index.html

It's not complete yet though. I've seen some creationist claims that aren't addressed. But it's definitely a good starting point.

Best not to reinvent the wheel, I think.

looking through that now. my favourite dry humour so far has to be from J.Meert:

"Radioactive decay at a rate fast enough to permit a young earth would have noticeable consequences. Namely, the extra radiation would have produced enough heat to melt the earth. "

 

[Taffsadar]

looking through that now. my favourite dry humour so far has to be from J.Meert:

"Radioactive decay at a rate fast enough to permit a young earth would have noticeable consequences. Namely, the extra radiation would have produced enough heat to melt the earth. "

Well there is always this nice thing called strength in numbers. We are facing it all the time (Look what Dr Dino says! Um that is shown falls... Well then look what AIG says! Well that is also shown false... and then keep going through all the creationist **** sites).

Well lets see what I can add...

Chemistry and rethorics, there are probably lots of people better than me when it comes to biology but I'm pretty sure I could add some of my abilities when it comes to rethorics and chemistry.

 

[Bushido216]

There's already a similar thing here: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/index.html

It's not complete yet though. I've seen some creationist claims that aren't addressed. But it's definitely a good starting point.

Best not to reinvent the wheel, I think.

The difference is that this resource is geared both more towards forums and in education.

Alot of those things are on a level above general forum banter which is why I want something like this.

 

[Bushido216]

BTW, anyone who wants to submit anything of there, PLEASE do so.

 

[lucaspa]

The difference is that this resource is geared both more towards forums and in education.

Alot of those things are on a level above general forum banter which is why I want something like this.

Well, hopefully my stuff is above general forum banter, so I guess I won't submit.

 

[Bushido216]

Do anyway.

 

[Taffsadar]

Well, hopefully my stuff is above general forum banter, so I guess I won't submit.

No your stuff will be the heavy artillery, it should either break them or force them into logical fallacies like: "I don't understand it so it doesn't mean anything".

 

[LorentzHA]

This is a great idea. I am afraid I could not be of much help creating it though, because of my hectic schedule,but, I would certainly use it A LOT. I am studying the particulars of evolution in my spare time. You will definately want to include Lucaspa, he appears to have an extensive library of info.

 

[MartinM]

Count me in.

 

[Zadok001]

Well, I'm afraid I wouldn't be of much help, since most of my talent lies with formal thinking and logic, not actual scientific data (which I have a passing, and generally sufficient, knowledge of).

However, I do have one question/criticism... I dunno about ya'll, but I usually find it somewhat annoying when a Creationist cuts and pastes off a website to "defend" their claims. Such activity on our part could very well look rather... Well, poor.

 

[David Gould]

Well, hopefully my stuff is above general forum banter, so I guess I won't submit.

Way above. But I am not sure that that is precisely what Bushido means. Talkorigns articles are often not specific enough to address particular commonly encountered. Your posts ARE specific enough, and with your experience you know what the common attacks on evolution are.

I think that any evolution resource build by people from these forums without your contribution would be a pale shadow of what it could be.

 

[LorentzHA]

Sorry, I just looked at the initial topic and then made my post did not look to see who was in the conversation or what was being discussed. Still if you do it, I would like to use it...

 

[Bushido216]

Way above. But I am not sure that that is precisely what Bushido means. Talkorigns articles are often not specific enough to address particular commonly encountered. Your posts ARE specific enough, and with your experience you know what the common attacks on evolution are.

I think that any evolution resource build by people from these forums without your contribution would be a pale shadow of what it could be.

That's exactly what I was trying to say.

Everyone, please support this.

E-mail stuff to me @ bushido216@yahoo.com

 

[Revenant]

Someone should program a bot that recognises key words/phrases in a creationist's post and automatically retrives and posts the response.

 

[Cantuar]

Well, my speciality in a lot of these conversations seems to be in providing the context for the howlers that creationists claim are genuine quotes by "evolutionists." I think there are probably a number of these floating around the various evolution sites already so I'm not sure how useful a list of quotes-in-context would be.

 

[StephenHawking]

Here's my humble suggestion How about a section that discusses how to construct an argument and examples of various fallacies? I could even possibly write it in my spare time.

 

[FordPrefect]

This sounds like an interesting idea. However, be careful to check out the copyright info in posts that have exist on this forum. CF may own those posts now and copying them may constitute a copyright violation.

 

[Bushido216]

Do you honestly think good ol' Erwin has nothing better to do?