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Chicago, IL | Opinions... "cooked up by the same think tank that brought you intelligent design"
Did you really need to interject that opinion? Nope. |
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| How is it an opinion? Is it ambiguous if they cooked up intelligent design? |
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| Oh, don't be silly, it's pretty obvious that it was written with plenty of sarcasm. Obviously Karl isn't a big fan of intelligent design. |
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| That doesn't answer my question though. |
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Did you really need to interject that opinion? Nope. Regardless of one's personal religious beliefs, Intelligent design is not science, it's a PR term used to sell lawmakers on the validity of teaching creationism in the classroom. The Exaflood is also not science, it's a telecom PR term used to sell lawmakers on industry deregulation.
With all due respect to belief systems, and a fervent belief that people should be able to believe whatever they like, I do think the reference is necessary to illuminate how the group in question (the Discovery Institute) is paid by clients to use pseudo-science in influencing policy and political circles. |
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| And on top of that Karl, you're right.
I'm all for freedom of religion, but ID is neither religion nor is it science. ID is propaganda in my opinion. |
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"The "Exaflood" myth, cooked up by the same think tank that brought you intelligent design, ..."
Try reading that literally and you'll find the Discovery Institute is the source of intelligent design? Heh. That's a lot of credit.  |
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| Yes, I guess creating life itself falls outside of their mission statement.  |
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Sounds more like a statement of fact to me. |
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said by justbits:Did you really need to interject that opinion? Nope. It's not an opinion, it's a sad fact. Both myths come from the same nonsense peddlers.
TDP - Estimating the Exaflood
The Impact of Video and Rich Media on the Internet
A 'zettabyte' by by 2015?
By: Bret Swanson & George Gilder
Discovery Institute
January 29, 2008
The Discovery Institute push myths and cloak them as science. They are the same bunch pushing the "Intelligent" design myth. Now they are pushing the ExaFlood myth.
Bob
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Exactly right. Thank you. |
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