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FrumiousBandersnatch said:
Because it's just a picture. Send it back for a refund, you won't be driving it anywhere. You could print it out though, if that helps.
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He's obviously talking about the thing the picture depicts. Not the picture.
 
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xianghua said:
thanks. so if a bicycle was able to evolve naturally (without a designer) then we cant consider it as a bicycle. right? by the way (just as a note): english isnt my native so i may not understand some of your words.
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Ah, but, part of the requirement for evolution is that it happens across generations - a single individual will not evolve. So if bicycles evolve, then they must reproduce, and if they reproduce, they are not bicycles, are they?
 
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Kylie said:
Ah, but, part of the requirement for evolution is that it happens across generations - a single individual will not evolve. So if bicycles evolve, then they must reproduce, and if they reproduce, they are not bicycles, are they?
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no. im talking about a regular bicycles. means without the ability to reproduce. so if such a bicycles will evolve naturally you will not consider it as a bicycles. right?
 
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xianghua said:
no. im talking about a regular bicycles. means without the ability to reproduce. so if such a bicycles will evolve naturally you will not consider it as a bicycles. right?
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I think this is fitting:

 
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xianghua said:
no. im talking about a regular bicycles. means without the ability to reproduce. so if such a bicycles will evolve naturally you will not consider it as a bicycles. right?
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You remind me so much of another poster i have to ask.

Do you think rocks are alive?
 
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xianghua said:
no. im talking about a regular bicycles. means without the ability to reproduce. so if such a bicycles will evolve naturally you will not consider it as a bicycles. right?
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Kylie gave this definition of a bicycle:

...a metal vehicle consisting of a metal framework built of two triangles, with one fixed wheel, one steerable wheel (by means of a handlebar attached to a fork inserted through part of the triangular frame), with the fixed wheel connected by a chain to a gear turned by a crank with pedals attached so a human rider can operate those pedals and thus propel the bicycle with his or her feet.

There is nothing in that definition indicating an ability to reproduce, so whatever you're proposing is not, by definition, a bicycle. That's really the whole point of this exercise - to get you to understand that definitions are extremely important.

But you will just ignore this and continue on as usual.....
 
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xianghua said:
no. im talking about a regular bicycles. means without the ability to reproduce. so if such a bicycles will evolve naturally you will not consider it as a bicycles. right?
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What you are talking about makes no sense. Evolution REQUIRES reproduction. If bicycles can't reproduce, then they can't evolve. If something evolves, then whatever it is, it isn't a bicycle.

Here's a helpful diagram:

 
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Kylie said:
What you are talking about makes no sense. Evolution REQUIRES reproduction. If bicycles can't reproduce, then they can't evolve. If something evolves, then whatever it is, it isn't a bicycle.
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its an hypothetical question. lets assume that this bicycle evolved in front of your eyes:



(image from X-Rated Spektor BMX Bike 20" Wheel)

now, since your definition for bicycle required design, its not a bicycle by definition. you see now why definitions are problematic?
 
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What I don't see is how it reproduces. Does it have reproductive organs? A genome? Are there male and female bicycles, or does it reproduce by binary fission?
 
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xianghua said:
its an hypothetical question. lets assume that this bicycle evolved in front of your eyes:

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By "evolve in front of my eyes" you mean I observe generations upon generations of some objects having sex, getting pregant, bearing offspring, and at some point this bicycle is born?
 
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xianghua said:
now, since your definition for bicycle required design, its not a bicycle by definition. you see now why definitions are problematic?
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No, definitions are not problematic. The problem lies 100% in your ridiculous fantasies. Bicycles cannot, and never will, reproduce. That's not a problem with the definition of a bicycle, it's a problem with your fantasy.
 
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Kylie said:
What you are talking about makes no sense. Evolution REQUIRES reproduction. If bicycles can't reproduce, then they can't evolve. If something evolves, then whatever it is, it isn't a bicycle.

Here's a helpful diagram:

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It appears to me that, years from now, folks will still be explaining to xianghua that bicycles do not have babies.
 
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