Hi Flann, kind of you to ask. I am very well. I retired from the Australian Public Service on 3 January, and plan to devote my time to writing, reading, music, gardening, pursuing my intellectual interests and keeping myself healthy. I have just finished listening to Sam Harris’s podcast conversati...

Just to offer a small point here on this side point about ID, “relies” in this usage points to a deeper problem with the politics of Intelligent Design. The entire purpose of Intelligent Design is to give creationist Bible Believers an excuse to avoid encountering scientific evidence. Preachers wan...

Flann wrote: It seems reasonable that if 99.9% of all species that ever existed have become extinct their fossil remains should vastly outnumber the .01% of currently living species in the record. Sure, if the world worked in a perfectly logical fashion that would be reasonable. But we know the wor...

What you mean is, the iron preservation argument doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny, according to Creationists. You are hardly qualified to assess the validity of the science, Flann. The so-called "soft tissue" found in T-rex bones is actually a primarily inorganic compound of iron o...

Quote: More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction Wikipedia lists four sources supporting that statement. OK. So what evidence do these sources provide for their claim? T...

Brontosaurs and most dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. Is that when the flood was? I wish I could answer the question for you, but I am no biblical scholar nor a scientist. you may try researching it. Harel Hi hlawrence. The widespread discovery of soft tissue in dinosaur bones is ...

I'm just amazed at how many people are buying into this idea that "elites" have captured the reins of government and have failed to recognize the plight of the average citizen. That charge has become all the rage. It's at best a fuzzy-minded way to look at our problems and how to address ...

It does seem that a lot of working class people were unhappy with the government. The problem is providing employment for them and they don't generally have the educational qualifications for working in areas like technology. I heard Trump talking about putting money into rebuilding infrastructures ...

History has gone violently off the rails. A self-destructive urge has seized the nation. It's that bad and there's no mitigation for this horror of an election. Hi Dwill. It's hard to be optimistic based on the rhetoric of the campaign. It may not be as bad as you suggest. Clearly there was a lot o...

This is just a fucking comedy. No longer even interesting. I'm out. I don't know who any of you fucking are and I don't fucking care. This is supposed to be a goddamn book fucking review and not a big dick fucking contest. Start another fucking thread and get the fuck out of here. Assholes. What's ...