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Article #8573Re: Hammond's Law of Auxology
From: William Engell
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:37
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:37
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God, Hammond, what a boob you are. You couldn't whiz into the same bucket with Einstein. George Hammond wrote in message <3A442BDC.5F0825EB@mediaone.net>... >Dave Knorr wrote: > >& I agree with others who have posted on this discussion that Hammond's >& assertions are confusing at best. > >GH: So is Einstein's Theory to people who properly belong > in the skilled trades. > > > >& In trying to understand the importance he >& attaches to the "auxology", which I translate to mean "an organism can >grow >& no larger than it can", he provides some incite [sic, insight] >& in his reply to me: >& > >GH: > "an organism can grow no larger than it can" >Yes... that is a correct statement of the relation of the >phenotype to the genotype. It accounts for all sigmoidal >curves of growth. > > > >& <start GH quote& >& As far as the question of "how does this Law prove God >& exists"... that is a SEPARATE ISSUE, properly discussed on >& a philosophy or Theology newsgroup. But, parenthetically, >& let me explain that it is not complicated. To wit, if >& there is a growth curve deficit as I have argued, then it >& obviously must exist for every organ in the body including >& the human BRAIN. Obviously according to this 15 or 20% >& of the human brain is actually only "PARTIALLY GROWN" in >& the average human being. The theory argues (and proves BTW) >& that the average human being only sees "80% of reality" >& because of this, and, not incredibly, refers to the other >& 20$ as "God". See my website for further details. >& </end GH quote& >& >& I have a problem with the notion that an organism with a stunted body also >& has stunted brain size > > >GH: This is a proven fact, not an argument. Beyond that > it's it's intui9tively obvious to even an > uneducated observer, where it's known as > "uniform first order allometry". > >&(_not the same as brain development_) and is somehow >& less-able to view reality than another organism. > >GH: This is also a proven fact (e.g. mental Retardation) > and not an argument. > >& There's too many >& assumptions being made. > > > > >GH: > Those who are ignorant of the facts like to call them >assumptions. > I appreciate your problems, but they are only the usual >mundane problems of education. > > > > >& Also, it's unclear how a plant with smaller leaves >& is different than its genetically identical twin with slightly larger >& leaves. > >GH: >It's called a "growth curve deficit" > > > >& Dave Knorr > >GH: Happy Newyear to you too. > > >-- >BE SURE TO VISIT MY WEBSITE, BELOW: >----------------------------------------------------------- >George Hammond, M.S. Physics >Email: ghammond@mediaone.net >Website: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/index.html >-----------------------------------------------------------
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