Subj : Re: [OT News] Laser Could Rip a Hole in Space & Time To : All From : The Doctor Date : Tue Dec 18 2012 02:14 pm From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) In article <2ca3f994-89e7-4d42-94c0-64826e3e15b7@17g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, solar penguin wrote: > > >The Doctor wrote: > >> In article , >> solar penguin wrote: >> > >> > >> >The Doctor wrote: >> > >> >> In article <636160ae-b2a2-4510-952e-78e9e72f9f55@c16g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>, >> >> solar penguin wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >The Doctor wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> In article <289sc8h1emhicfj9sor756d6fes8uji3v3@4ax.com>, >> >> >> John Fleming wrote: >> >> >> >[Default] On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:45:58 -0800 (PST), while chained to a >> >> >> >desk in the scriptorium solar penguin wrote: >> >> >> >> $The Doctor wrote: >> >> >> >> $> In article , >> >> >> >> $> solar penguin wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >The Doctor wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >> In article <1896285434377311926.708428bclark-es.co.nz@free.teranews.com>, >> >> >> >> $> >> Brian wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >> >The Doctor wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >> >> In article , >> >> >> >> $> >> >> John Fleming wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> [Default] On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 17:54:05 -0000, while chained to a desk >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> in the scriptorium "Stephen Wilson" >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> wrote: >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $"Brian" wrote in message >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $news:1193592277376480872.596831bclark-es.co.nz@free.teranews.com... >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> They say that Man evolved from Apes but I don't see any half and and >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> half >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>>> man in the world. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> There were some, but it was millions of years ago. If you want to see >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> some >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> now, just watch WWE* "wrestling". ;-) >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $>> * Or whatever they've yet again changed it to. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $> But if all the apes changed into men then there would be no apes in the >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $> world. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $ >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $You still haven't really grasped the concept. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $ >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Apes didn't change into men. Apes and men are more like cousins. We share a >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $common ancestor. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> For our closest cousins, the chimpanzees, evidence suggests the last >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> common ancestor existed about 5 million to 7 million years >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> ago.Allowing about 20 years between generations, that is 250,000 to >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> 350,000 generations ago. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> Our common ancestor with bonobos is probably just as far back, and our >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> common ancestor with gorillas is further back still. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Even then, evolution does not propose that all members of one group evolve >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $into another. If a mutation provides a good outcome, that gene is propagated >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $to the next generation. So a small group carries the mutation, but the rest >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $of the group does not. Evolution is an on-going process of trial and error. >> >> >> >> $> >> >>>> $Apes remain a part of it, as do we and all other life on earth. >> >> >> >> $> >> >> >> >> >> >> $> >> >> >> >> >> >> $> >> >> Primate and human might be comparable but it is doubtful >> >> >> >> $> >> >> that humans evolved from apes. >> >> >> >> $> >> > >> >> >> >> $> >> >I agree that we don't come from apes. Someone thinks to himself as apes >> >> >> >> $> >> >look similar to humans then maybe we evolved from apes. Apes are apes and >> >> >> >> $> >> >humans are humans just as fish and birds are different. >> >> >> >> $> >> > >> >> >> >> $> >> >> >> >> >> >> $> >> >>> -- >> >> >> >> $> >> > >> >> >> >> $> >> >> >> >> >> $> >> The most absurd argument for evolution: birds are now the remnant of >> >> >> >> $> >> dinosaurs. >> >> >> >> $> >> -- >> >> >> >> $> > >> >> >> >> $> >Why is that absurd? Give just one good reason why birds couldn't be >> >> >> >> $> >the descendants of dinosaurs. (Hint: your explanation should take >> >> >> >> $> >Archaeopteryx into account.) >> >> >> >> $> > >> >> >> >> $> >> >> >> >> $> crows descended from dinosaurs? Robins? Magpies? >> >> >> >> $> -- >> >> >> >> $ >> >> >> >> $Yes, that's right. >> >> >> >> $ >> >> >> >> $Have you got _any_ evidence that they didn't? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Of course he doesn't. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >The closest he probably gets was a trip to the Royal Alberta Museum, >> >> >> >where they have a T. Rex and a Stegasaurus on display. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Of course, those are at the larger end of the dinosaur spectrum of >> >> >> >sizes, and it doesn't cross his mind there are some really small >> >> >> >dinosaurs as well. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Oh, and while he is trying to explain Archaeopteryx, he'll also have >> >> >> >to explain the quill knobs on a velociraptor skeleton found in >> >> >> >Mongolia. >> >> >> >-- >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> How about a Pterodatyl turning into a bird? >> >> >> >> >> >> A T.Rex into a bird? LOL!! >> >> >> -- >> >> > >> >> >No, of course not a T. Rex into a bird. That would be silly. The T. >> >> >Rex didn't evolve until near the end of the dinosaurs' era, after the >> >> >first birds had _already_ evolved. >> >> > >> >> >Maybe you really _do_ think time goes backwards...? >> >> > >> >> >> >> Forwards and the statement of dinosaurs evolving into birds >> >> is high absurdity that Red Dwarf does a good job of it! >> >> -- >> > >> >A goose job? Yes, geese evolved from dinosaurs, just like all birds. >> > >> >I'm not sure what the rest of your sentence is supposed to mean. >> > >> >> Fixed my mistake sp. >> -- > >I'm still not sure what that's supposed to mean. Are you saying that >just because something is mentioned in a sitcom, it can't really >exist? I guess Dad's Army means there was no World War 2 then! > The other way around: There was a WWII but Dad' Army is historical comedy fiction. -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@nl2k.ab.ca God,Queen and country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! http://www.fullyfollow.me/rootnl2k Merry Christmas 2012 and Happy New Year 2013 --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 121218-0, 12/18/2012 Tested on: 12/18/2012 2:40:11 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .