This is an exciting claim, but I don't know how to square the proposition that an advantageous substitution takes place, on average, every 200 years in humans...
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Jay Cooper
jay.cooper@...
Mar 1, 2002 11:27 am
The cover story in this month's Discover (April 2002) is titled "Where Did Everything Come From?" and is centered around an interesting interview with Prof....
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 1, 2002 1:30 pm
... Duane: So how would that work? Would you ask Lutherans to check out the evidence for and against the existence of a historical Jesus? The evidence for...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Mar 1, 2002 2:49 pm
I would not seek out the Lutherans and begin attacking their doctrines. I would not attempt to seek out all of the irrational doctrines of all the religious...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 1, 2002 4:07 pm
... Duane: Say, the issue of homosexual adoption comes up and a debate ensues on nebraska.statepaper.com. What goals and actions(/statements) would be...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Mar 1, 2002 8:22 pm
The Prophecy Club has recovered enough from the Y2K fiasco to again schedule tours (when civilization failed to collapse as God had told their leader in a...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Mar 1, 2002 8:36 pm
From 0302skeptic.hthttp://www.scientificamerican.com/2002/0302issue/ml Hermits and Cranks Fifty years ago Martin Gardner launched the modern skeptical...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Mar 1, 2002 10:46 pm
I just talked to our guest speaker for tomorrow, and Tim's not sure he'll come if the streets are unplowed. If we get another 6 or 8 inches maybe we should...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:03 am
Clay, go about 1/4 of the way down for a discussion of one of your favorite topics, the puzzle of why, in so many lineages, living things have become more...
Clay asked: Tell me, how's Reform Judaism doing these days? Since I live a mainly secular life, my knowledge is limited. The Reform synagogue in Omaha has the...
Folks, I had planned to attend the Omaha meeting of REASON today, but it might be unwise to make the attempt. Instead, let me just offer a comment. I hope this...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:44 pm
... Duane: True. But sometimes it happens. The situation is not hypothetical. see http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/02/10/3c664a4f64bc1...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:48 pm
I notice that everything we say here is publicly available at www.reason.ws. Don't know if everyone knew that or not. It surprised me a couple weeks ago. ...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Mar 2, 2002 3:54 pm
I'd say cancel the meeting but I don't know if anybody's checking their email. So far the only response is from Dave and he's 500 miles away. ... From: Jim...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Mar 2, 2002 3:55 pm
Duane: Say, the issue of homosexual adoption comes up and a debate ensues on nebraska.statepaper.com. What goals and actions(/statements) would be...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:30 pm
... Duane: I went through the posts and didn't really see one that did the job of your response. I think it would be good to have it there at the end for...
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Larry Forst
leforst@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:50 pm
I would vote cancel also, but I'm not going to be able to make it anyway so my vote is biased. ... From: Jim Bechtel [mailto:jimbechtel2@...] Sent:...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:16 pm
Condition of west Omaha roads: 10:30 am- My wife, Monica, & I just made a run from 125th & Binney (So of Maple) to 132nd, through Boys Town to Post Office,...
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Jim Bechtel
jimbechtel2@...
Mar 2, 2002 5:30 pm
Just talked to our guest speaker, Tim Butz, ACLU, and he intends to show up at our meeting. Looks like the storm is over, the sun is out, walks are being...
RATIONALIST INTERNATIONAL Bulletin # 91 (2 March 2002) http://www.rationalistinternational.net IN THIS ISSUE France: The birth of an extraordinary cruel law ...
Both Susan Darst Willians and Pat Robertson are notorious icons of irrational religion. Incredible retorts in reaction to Williams including your own ...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Mar 3, 2002 2:15 pm
Yeah. I get a little shrill at times. Anita is working on me. Maybe I'll get better. I'd like to gain the ability to be more effective in such situations...
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DrJRCNYC@...
Mar 4, 2002 12:15 am
Dear Reason- In a preliminary (long-overdue) study that takes into account all nuclear testing in Nevada and in the Pacific until banned in 1963, the Centers...
There's a guy on a Jewish Secular Humanistic listserve that is basically raising some of the same questions as you. In the last few months, the current ...
About 25 years ago, I coined a phrase, oft repeated to young parents: "Milk is for babies : : cows' milk is for cow babies." This is not only a specific...
Ken asks a good question -- essentially, whether I am guilty of selection bias in my portrayal of religious ideology. By way of response, I offer some excerpts...
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daniel@...
Mar 5, 2002 5:26 pm
Hello All, ... snip ... snip I'm curious what others think of this. The author sounds like he/she may have worked in the Third Reich. For an alternate view...
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lrhammel@...
Mar 5, 2002 8:30 pm
I kinda like the logic here. Anything to justify my bad eating habits! Lana ... dan mcquade <dmcquade@qwes To: t.net> cc: Subject: (no...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Mar 5, 2002 9:32 pm
Clay, In my ongoing attempt to alienate myself from most other Reasonaires I offer the following remarks... ... I believe that centuries (years? decades?) from...
