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To say that creationists are not worth listening to is to try to dehumanise them. If they have arguements to justify their claims then find the flaws in their arguements. Stop the arrogant assumption that you don't have to do this.

Apologies for gibbering, atinymonkey I was trying to explain that some people regard abortion as NOT murder. They sometimes justify this by saying that the fetus is not human or not sufficiently human. I used the Nazi program as a way of evidencing this type of thinking. Godwin's Law? I haven't heard of that. Can you help?

IIRC, in Ancient Greek thought, atomic meant something that could not be cut into smaller parts. So an atom was some thing that was fundamental. Modern particle physics has the task of finding out whether there are atomic things or that there are no fundamental (un-cut-up-able) things. Scientists are still investigating the issue.

Evolution is the belief that species change with time. Natural Selection is a theory about the way these changes occur. Natural means what it says. It is not Supernatural. Maybe he suffered from depression. Psychosomatic means to me a medical condition that has its origin in a person's psychology. I wasn't trying to be cruel - honest. I can see your point about his daughter. But I'm sure that the revolutionary idea of Natural Selection which he supported would have been a big strain on him.

The real issue here is that he suggested a way for evolution to occur. He called this Natural Selection. It meant that God was not required in the explanation. Darwin suffered with severe health problems and historians have suggested that he suffered from a psychosomatic disorder. This sounds very plausible when you think about the public's religious views in Victorian times.

Agreed. But then which animals would you nominate? If no animals apart from humans have any consciousness (which may be true) how would you explain this using evolutionary theory. I am asking for your expertise here since you have a degree in applied biology. Remember I'm not an expert but I'm not a complete idiot (but then you know that otherwise you wouldn't have bothered answering my post )

The ball's in your court. Read my private post. I would be grateful if you reciprocated my intention to keep it private.

We're all trying to find some way to explain this to hanuman_2000. he needs to feed back to us which explanations suit him.

There are 9 places to put digits in. The first place always has a 6. The second place can have any one of ten different digits using these: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 The third place can have any one of ten different digits using these: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 And so on . . . So there are 10 possible digits for the second place. 10 for the third and so on . . . up to the 9th place place . . . . . . = 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 possible digits = 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 10^8 This is 10 000 000 = 10 million. They're telling it how it is This is not a factorial type problem If you need to know about this ask

Constant acceleration means that the acceleration has been measured during various time intervals and found to be unchanging. But it doesn't follow that there can be a process such as an acceleration at a point in time. Drawing a continuous curve is pushing the process to a limit which it can't sustain. Newton's calculus using limits is only a workable approximation to this.

Please, explain what you mean by a chord

Get a square sheet of paper and a pencil. Fold the paper from corner to corner. Draw a line down the fold. When you fold the paper along the line the two sides of paper fit on each other exactly. They are triangles. The line you have drawn is called a line of symmetry. Fold the paper from the other two corners. Draw a line down the fold. The line you have drawn is called a line of symmetry because . . . Get another square sheet of paper. Fold down the middle of the paper. Draw a line down the fold. The line you have drawn is called a line of symmetry because . . . What shapes are on both sides of the line? Fold down the middle of the paper (the way you didn't fold before). Draw a line down the fold. Count the lines you've drawn. That's how many lines of symmetry a square has. Now try it with a rectangular sheet of paper

Say X = 5 and Y = 2 then X - Y = 5 - 2 = 3 So the difference = 3 and X > 3 and Y < 3 So in this case the difference is not less than both numbers. Are there any numbers where the difference is less than both numbers? Say X = 5 and Y = 7 then X - Y = 5 - 7 = -2 -2 is said to be less than 5 and 7 because -2 is to the left of zero on a number line. So the difference between two positive numbers is sometimes less than both numbers and sometimes more than both numbers Can X - Y = X ? If X = 2 and Y = 0 then 2 - 0 = 2 So the answer is yes. Can X - Y = Y ? If X = 2 and Y = 1 then X - Y = 2 - 1 = 1 So the answer is yes. Can X - Y = X or can X - Y = Y for every pair of numbers. Try it for yourself

Get some paper and a pencil. Kid first needs to be able to add 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + . . . . + 10 Start with 1 + 2 = ? Continue with 1 + 2 + 3 = ? A triangle of dots can help to visualise the process. * * * * * * * * * * When the kid feels comfortable with that they may spot the connection with the original problem 21 = 21 -20 = 1 , 22 = 22 - 20 = 3 If not spot it for them but beware of rushing them

I think you mean HOW. Unless you want some explanation of purpose in how things do what they do.

He won't answer you. If he does it'll be an answer to a different question and one you didn't ask. I agree Interesting and thanks for the link

Could asymmetrical behaviour have emerged some time after the singularity? I thought that a singularity (whatever that is or isn't) is where and when spacetime doesn't exist. That's a bummer for scientists because they can't say anything about it - but I expect they won't stop trying.

Is this is the same type of problem as throwing a ball vertically in the air? Or the problem of a bee hiitting the windscreen of a car? When the bee hits the car it bounces off (as bees usually do) and continues its flight in the same direction as the car. So the bee has to stop. And therefore the car has to stop. But does the bee stop the car or does the car stop the bee?

I would guess that a dog that wasn't conscious of anything in it's waking existance would not be conscious when it was asleep. It'd be a bit weird if the only time the dog was conscious was when it was asleep. However, it's still possible that if animals have no consciousness that what your dog was doing was simply a type of automatic action with no consciousness at all. I have my suspicions that Sayonara³ is not conscious.

You are not misunderstanding me. But don't get me wrong. I said consider not assume. If our models of nature are nature then they are (as you imply) products of human consciousness It's an assumption that nature has not changed only if you assume there is nature behind our model of nature. If nature is our model of nature then nature changes as our consciousness changes.