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Article #31733Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution:
From: Daniel Packman
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:28
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:28
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In article <hgWzd.1613562$SM5.130726@news.easynews.com>, Sam Stone <sirian@mental.org> wrote: >Daniel Packman wrote: ...... >> There is no scientific requirement to have either "an excuse" >> or "an accident". Intent is not a scientific concept. >Do tell? >So in studying ecosystems one would not weigh the "intent" of humans in >their actions upon the environment? Perhaps you could flesh out your example. If a ship goes aground and spills millions of gallons of oil, the environment is damaged no matter the intent of the captain. >> Dealing >> with natural laws is the realm of science. ..... >So we can disabuse the eco-weenies of any scientific halo and instead >render judgment on their platforms based solely on "religious" or >"philosophical" tenets? Again, you need to flesh out your point here. >Goodness, I see a glimmer of hope for drilling ANWR on the horizon. The science should unambiguously tell us the consequences of such actions subject to uncertainties with respect to how such drilling were to be executed. It can tell us how much oil per year can be recovered and how this relates to global production. It cannot tell us how much we value different outcomes. -- Daniel Packman NCAR/ACD pack@ucar.edu
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X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: fec2a,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 113415,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 115ded,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Thread: 111e4f,2dcdab444eb22f65 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,gidfec2a,gid113415,gid115ded,gid111e4f,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.asu.edu!ennfs.eas.asu.edu!noao.edu!ucar!not-for-mail From: pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman) Newsgroups: co.general,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights,alt.politics.liberalism,co.denver.general Subject: Re: The assault on the teaching of evolution: Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:28:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 39 Message-ID: <cqpk7j$vkb$4@news.ucar.edu> References: <Od9zd.1004$qf5.599@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> <gFzzd.6515$iC4.5014@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com> <cqod0c$m9j$4@news.ucar.edu> <hgWzd.1613562$SM5.130726@news.easynews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mop2.eos.ucar.edu X-Trace: news.ucar.edu 1104172083 32395 128.117.37.8 (27 Dec 2004 18:28:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.ucar.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:28:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman)