tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112561100537576667..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: PtolenomicsHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125712762934832762005-09-02T21:59:00.000-04:002005-09-02T21:59:00.000-04:00But James, you haven't observed my a--hole curve i...But James, you haven't observed my a--hole curve in action. I am far less a--holish than I was at, say, 19 or 20. I might get somewhere if you give me another couple of lifetimes.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125704688989370992005-09-02T19:44:00.000-04:002005-09-02T19:44:00.000-04:00I've learned one thing on this blog, and that was ...I've learned one thing on this blog, and that was Bono's "Being a Christian in a nutshell." (sorry, I don't have the link, but you can search this blog and find it).<BR/><BR/>His synopsis is that if we were to rely on karma, we'd ALL be screwed, not just a-holes (or condescending jerks like me) but EVERYBODY.<BR/><BR/>Thus, we can't rely on karma, but instead need God's grace. Its really quite simple ... and beautiful.Barry Vanhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006891046091646808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125701051764262692005-09-02T18:44:00.000-04:002005-09-02T18:44:00.000-04:00I have a personal theory that God has a low tolera...I have a personal theory that God has a low tolerance for a-holes. You and I are burning forever, dude.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125694609349930882005-09-02T16:56:00.000-04:002005-09-02T16:56:00.000-04:00I just think I have a shot at being redeemed perio...I just think I have a shot at being redeemed period.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125688669470231292005-09-02T15:17:00.000-04:002005-09-02T15:17:00.000-04:00Tlaloc -- have you ever personally observed retrog...Tlaloc -- have you ever personally observed retrograde motion of the outer planets? My point was not that Ptolemaic cosmology explains everything, but that it explains everything the vast majority of people are ever likely to witness. Just like the half-baked economic ideologies that include nonsense like the profitablity of planned obsolescence are good enough for the vast majority of business people, who are not trying to explain a global economic system, they're just trying to make do with their little piece of it.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125681125412961712005-09-02T13:12:00.000-04:002005-09-02T13:12:00.000-04:00Hunter, don't worry, you're not irredeemably stupi...Hunter, don't worry, you're not irredeemably stupid. You're redeemably so.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125654602083620152005-09-02T05:50:00.000-04:002005-09-02T05:50:00.000-04:00Sorry, JFE, it may just be that you hit the "anybo...Sorry, JFE, it may just be that you hit the "anybody who questions anything about Darwin must be irredeemably stupid" button one time too many.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125636983237206072005-09-02T00:56:00.000-04:002005-09-02T00:56:00.000-04:00Tlaloc, you should check out the Harpers Magazine ...Tlaloc, you should check out the Harpers Magazine archives. There's an utterly brilliant piece by Gordon Bigelow on just that subject. It's awesome.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Hunter? Don't call me "Jamie," please. If you want to be informal, call me Jim. If you want to be rude, go ahead and use a real insult instead of a condescending dimunitive.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125625112887629652005-09-01T21:38:00.000-04:002005-09-01T21:38:00.000-04:00Too bad the target is his foot.Too bad the target is his foot.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125624998527124982005-09-01T21:36:00.000-04:002005-09-01T21:36:00.000-04:00Better wear that orange jacket, J.E. Hunter is sh...Better wear that orange jacket, J.E. Hunter is shooting bull's-eyes.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125622236971168442005-09-01T20:50:00.000-04:002005-09-01T20:50:00.000-04:00Oh, how droll, Jamie. Do it again.Of course, ther...Oh, how droll, Jamie. Do it again.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there's only the small detail that macro-evolution is unobservable, while economic behavior is explicitly so.<BR/><BR/>You may not realize it, but one of the great unanswered questions of science is STILL, "How does one species turn into a completely different species?" Or "How and why does simple life turn into complex life?" Or "How does life even begin from non-life in the first place?" <BR/><BR/>The old theory of swampy, soupy atmosphere charged with lightning or something like it doesn't actually work. We really don't know. We have a best operating theory, but we don't know.<BR/><BR/>In other words, evolution ain't quite the elliptical path of heavenly bodies or gravity.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125616787099832592005-09-01T19:19:00.000-04:002005-09-01T19:19:00.000-04:00"As you say, true things are true regardless of wh..."As you say, true things are true regardless of whether anybody recognizes them to be so, and the pretense that they are untrue is a means of comfort for people who simply cannot accept that the earth does indeed move."<BR/><BR/>What, like evolution?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1125613155471266902005-09-01T18:19:00.000-04:002005-09-01T18:19:00.000-04:00Great analogy, Kathy. As you say, true things are ...Great analogy, Kathy. As you say, true things are true regardless of whether anybody recognizes them to be so, and the pretense that they are untrue is a means of comfort for people who simply cannot accept that the earth does indeed move.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.com