351. Biology prof expelled from screening of 'Expelled'

Comment #148329 by righton on March 22, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Laughed at about what? What was said?

Im just curious im not trying to disprove your conspiracy theory.

352. Biology prof expelled from screening of 'Expelled'

Comment #148323 by righton on March 22, 2008 at 4:18 pm

"They set Dawkin's up to look foolish in front of the crowd"

Can someone please tell me how Dawkins looked like a fool? I think I missed something.

353. EXPELLED!

Comment #147564 by righton on March 20, 2008 at 10:27 pm

"But in what world is he more noticeable than Richard Dawkins???"

Doesnt PZ live in Minnesota?

354. God's cure for gays lost in sin

Comment #146773 by righton on March 19, 2008 at 11:48 am

"at least they don't have the watered down, distilled nonsense of McGrath."

"watered down" and "distilled"

Can these go together? One decreases concentration while the other increases concentration?

355. Religion 'linked to happy life'

Comment #146738 by righton on March 19, 2008 at 10:33 am

Richard Morgan

Caipirinha!!! Oh yes, very good drink. I have perfected the art of making caipirinhas.

356. Religion 'linked to happy life'

Comment #146099 by righton on March 18, 2008 at 3:51 pm

Irrelevent!

I remember Steve Z making the point sometime ago, and sorry if someone already mentioned this above, that an atheist living in a community of religious people would tend to be less happy because they would not fit in. I wonder if this was taken into consideration, doubt it.

This kind of study seems to show up every few months. For me, knowing the truth makes me happy.

This reminds me of those people that would not want to know if their spouse cheated on them because they would rather be ignorant to it and stay "happy".

357. Fleabytes

Comment #145648 by righton on March 17, 2008 at 9:57 pm

Cartomancer what is the pepsi overcoat trick?

358. Fleabytes

Comment #145559 by righton on March 17, 2008 at 5:53 pm

"This is even better than when Jerry Falwell died."

LOL!!!

359. The Great Tantra Challenge

Comment #144668 by righton on March 16, 2008 at 2:49 pm

This was very surprising to me. I didnt know that a lot of people really believe in this stuff. It sounds like a good majority of people in India think that this black magic stuff is real.

360. I don't believe in atheists

Comment #143767 by righton on March 14, 2008 at 11:18 am

al

"when the occupation predates suicide bombing by 25 years."

When did suicide bombing start?

361. Fleabytes

Comment #143194 by righton on March 13, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Quetz,

Where will clearthinker give a talk?

362. Fleabytes

Comment #142471 by righton on March 12, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Richard has been patiently waiting for that one.

363. Seven new deadly sins: are you guilty?

Comment #141966 by righton on March 11, 2008 at 1:32 pm

Interesting robot,

If you are sexually attracted to someone, is that lust?

364. 12 Year Old Girl Prodigy Paints Pictures of God

Comment #141965 by righton on March 11, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Kenny loggins? LOL, Priceless

Countrygirl/wow21,

Please tell us your evidence that god talks to people. I think that is my favorite discussion of all time.

365. Fleabytes

Comment #141535 by righton on March 10, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Is it possible to be straight and have a crush on Cartomancer?

Good posts, very entertaining.

366. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #139891 by righton on March 6, 2008 at 4:06 pm

"Your posts are diarrhea."

Yes. Good description. Love it.

367. The Salamander's Tale

Comment #139889 by righton on March 6, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Wooters post

"It is a flight of fantasy to think that undirected processes could generate this huge amount of information, just as it would be to think that a cat walking on a keyboard could write a book."

"Undirected processes"

This long post can be disregarded because of these two words. Nice try

368. Fleabytes

Comment #138492 by righton on March 4, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Steve Z wrote:

"Before Darwin, people thought: "Hey, that looks like a mind has done that" when they looked at what seemed like design. It was common sense. Darwin showed they had fooled themselves. It was a general lesson, about the way we think about all reality."

I think a lot of people dont realize this important point.

369. Fleabytes

Comment #137878 by righton on March 3, 2008 at 2:40 pm

al-rawandi : asmahlak....ok?

Whats that?

370. Fleabytes

Comment #137864 by righton on March 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm

This thread should be made available in book form.

371. Fleabytes

Comment #137667 by righton on March 3, 2008 at 10:23 am

"Richard is doing a US swing."

He is forgetting to come to Portland or Seattle. :(

372. Fleabytes

Comment #136621 by righton on March 1, 2008 at 1:54 pm

"I quite liked my analogy with gravity, that i provided earlier, and as someone pointed out if you jump out of a plane from a great height you would be defying gravity............ I guess this would constitute (at the very least) unwise use of gravity."

stop

373. Fleabytes

Comment #136189 by righton on February 29, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Epeeist

"Accepted - it was such a ludicrous assertion that it needed a response. I should have left it to someone with a bit more clue."

Didnt mean to nitpick but of course creationists would love to here that we have no idea about how intelligence came about.

374. Fleabytes

Comment #136174 by righton on February 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm

epeeist

"If you are talking about someone who works in neurobiology and has some inklings about evolution then I suspect you might get the response that the how intelligence developed is currently unclear."

I wouldnt suspect such a simple response. Of course natural selection was working and a neurobiologist would be able to tell you a lot more about the current theories of how intelligence developed. It definitely would not be a simple "I dont know" response.

375. Fleabytes

Comment #136159 by righton on February 29, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Whatthe

"The atheist claims that intelligence arose from mindless matter."

This has already been commented on but I cant get over it.

This is an "atheist claim"? Doesnt science have something to do with this?

Surely the only explanation for intelligence is god did it. Now that that is solved I will use my intelligence for other more important questions.

376. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134272 by righton on February 27, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Football makes millions of dollars for schools. I think millions is a low estimate. A home game at the school I went to draws 58,000 people, all wearing school clothes and eating and drinking a lot. That equals an insane amount of money.

al (hint: lost to your school on last play, we fumbled the ball through the endzone)

377. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134238 by righton on February 27, 2008 at 12:49 pm

wow, you have done a lot at 25.

378. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134233 by righton on February 27, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Al,

Professional athlete? What sport?

379. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134186 by righton on February 27, 2008 at 11:16 am

Point taken on the "original thought/idea". I have had some original thoughts. I did it by reading research articles for hours and coming up with a new hypothesis or testing something that has not been tested yet. I dont expect you to put that much energy into your posts. I still think your posts far too long and boring. But thats just my opinion.

380. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #134167 by righton on February 27, 2008 at 10:54 am

teratornis,

I found your post about performance enhancing extremely boring. All the of points you made have already been made many times by other people. If you are going to post very long comments please try to come up with original/interesting ideas.

381. Feb 12th: Happy Darwin Day!

Comment #128826 by righton on February 18, 2008 at 3:17 am

Argumentum ad snowflakeum?

382. Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology

Comment #128734 by righton on February 17, 2008 at 8:48 pm

Diacanu

I dont think I want my DNA diddled. :)

383. Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology

Comment #128729 by righton on February 17, 2008 at 8:27 pm

"Who could possible have problems with nanotechnology!"

Me, however it is not a moral problem like this article talks about. I would like to see a lot more toxicology research done on it before they start using it in all kinds of products, which i guess they already are. A lot of cleaners, perfumes, detergents, soaps and other products make me very sick when I am exposed to them.

384. Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology

Comment #128653 by righton on February 17, 2008 at 2:04 pm

bhoytony

"I don't buy into any of the nationalistic shite I constantly hear and I'm surprised to see it here."

Im surprised to see stereotyping of people that live in a specific country here. Many of the comments are about how stupid/illiterate/uninformed "Americans" are.

"Interesting to see people getting all defensive and patriotic."

Wrong. I dont think anyone is getting "patriotic" here. Its more about being stereotyped. That is what people are being defensive about.

385. The Search for Truth, God and Braver Scientists in 'Expelled'

Comment #128192 by righton on February 16, 2008 at 12:56 pm

This Expelled movie might turn out to be a very good thing.

It will get a lot of press and hopefully it will also get the far superior counter arguments out to the general public.

I cant wait for it to come out because it will promote the discussion of this topic. I will be able to tell a lot of people the vast shortcomings of ID. Without this movie it is a hard subject to bring up in a conversation.

386. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127860 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:56 pm

"Absolutely. There is no rush to post. Type your comment in a word processor. Check for spelling and grammar."

I usually have to type fast since I have other things to do, like work.

387. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127855 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:52 pm

1. Comment board, oops, Im so stupid and America is going to fall because of my punctuation.

2. Others perceptions of my intelligence does not equal my intelligence

3. Bad punctuation in the past led to the fall of Rome, Americans have bad punctuation, therefore America will fall.

4. Do you want me to fax you my degrees and job title or something? I was just making the point that my punctuation on a message board has not held me back in my career or education.

5. Bitter

388. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127843 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:36 pm

One more thing.

Did Rome fall because of bad punctuation? Is that what your trying to say?

389. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127840 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:34 pm

"I suppose we can take it, then, that your green-ness is not envy ?"

That was priceless!

390. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127826 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm

Did not major in english but I do have a masters degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Oh ya, and I also have my name on one research article along with a first author paper coming out later this year.
My punctuation on a blog has nothing to do with my inteligence.

America is like Rome. The roman empire fell, therefore America will fall.

PS. Canada? HAHAHAHAH

391. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127809 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Do you have proof that America is going down the drain from a reputable source?

America is like Rome. The roman empire fell, therefore America will fall.

Good one.

392. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127808 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 4:04 pm

You are really worried about punctuation and spelling. This is a blog and I dont take the time to have perfect punctuation and spelling. Ya is shorter than yeah, who fucking cares.

393. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127791 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 3:51 pm

You only see it because your outside and your media tells you this crap.

394. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127788 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Compare us to Rome?

395. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127776 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 3:42 pm

I think its really funny when people say america is a falling empire.

Ya were on the edge of failure and destruction over here.

396. Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Comment #127558 by righton on February 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm

If I had a pretty lady avatar I would be worried more about condescension than directly not being taken seriously. Im sure some people would be more forgiving when responding to my remarks if I had a pretty lady avatar.

397. Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch'

Comment #126901 by righton on February 14, 2008 at 1:02 pm

I dont think rawandi is a muslim. Ive seen people ask him that a lot on here and I think its funny.

398. New meat-eating dinos identified

Comment #126897 by righton on February 14, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Why does it seem like we have found so many dinosaur fossils but only a few of neanderthal and other closely related species to H. sapiens fossils. Seems like we would find more since dinosaurs lived before/during these other species.

BTW, im an atheist. Im just wondering about this.

399. Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch'

Comment #126892 by righton on February 14, 2008 at 12:46 pm

Oh I thought it was cause you are a muslim.

jk

Thats really interesting. Probably a good idea you didnt go, sounds dangerous and not a fun place to be.

400. Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch'

Comment #126890 by righton on February 14, 2008 at 12:37 pm

rawandi,

Can I ask why you visited saudi? Just curious.