Shubee wrote:whippa wrote:And again, there's significant evidence that this is not what happened.
Actually, there is hard physical evidence that it did happen. See The Fossil Record.
Conclusion
So, where does the evidence put us? What position seems most reasonable? What theory answers the most questions? Do fossils and the geologic column that contains them represent millions of years of slow sedimentation or do they reveal a time of huge catastrophe and rapid deposition, death, and burial on a global scale?
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Fox89 wrote:So what if "I exist" is an unfalsifiable claim?
Shubee wrote:whippa wrote:And again, there's significant evidence that this is not what happened.
Actually, there is hard physical evidence that it did happen. See The Fossil Record.
Creotard wrote:Of course, this is a very general pattern and does not explain why certain creatures that lived on the bottoms of oceans, like trilobites, make their first appearance in the Cambrian (505-540 Ma) while other creatures that live on ocean bottoms, like crabs and lobsters, don't appear until the beginning of the Cretaceous (65-145 Ma).83 Why would creatures that would seem to share the same general environment while alive be so widely separated in the fossil record if they did indeed live at the same time and in pretty much the same location? If the geologic column truly represents a series of closely spaced catastrophic burial events instead of long ages of time, how can this feature be explained? Certainly this is a difficult and rather mysterious problem for those, like myself, who might think to question the long age notion of the fossil record.
Wiki wrote:The infraorder Brachyura contains about 93 families[4], as many as the remainder of the Decapoda.[5] The evolution of crabs is characterised by an increasing robustness of the body, and a reduction in the abdomen. Although other groups have also undergone similar processes of carcinisation, it is most advanced in crabs. The telson is no longer functional in crabs, and the uropods are absent, having probably evolved into small devices for holding the reduced abdomen tight against the sternum.[6]
A porcelain crab nestled in its sea pen host both waiting to capture floating food items at night. Found on the North coast of Timor-Leste.In most decapodes, the gonopores (sexual openings) are found on the legs. However, since crabs use the first two pairs of pleopods (abdominal appendages) for sperm transfer, this arrangement has changed. As the male abdomen evolved into a narrower shape, the gonopores have moved towards the midline, away from the legs, and onto the sternum.[7] A similar change occurred, independently, with the female gonopores. The movement of the female gonopore to the sternum defines the clade Eubrachyura, and the later change in the position of the male gonopore defines the Thoracotremata. It is still a subject of debate whether those crabs where the female, but not male, gonopores are situated on the sternum form a monophyletic group.[5]
The earliest unambiguous crab fossils date from the Jurassic, although the Carboniferous Imocaris, known only from its carapace is thought to be a primitive crab.[8] The radiation of crabs in the Cretaceous and afterwards may be linked either to the break-up of Gondwana or to the concurrent radiation of bony fish, the main predators of crabs.[9]
About 850 species[10] of crab are freshwater or (semi-)terrestrial species; they are found throughout the world's tropical and semi-tropical regions. They were previously thought to be a closely related group, but are now believed to represent at least two distinct lineages, one in the Old World and one in the New World.[11]
wiki wrote:The earliest trilobite known from the fossil record is the genus Fallotaspis within Order Redlichiida, dated to some 540 million years ago.[25] Other early genera include Profalloptaspis and Eofallotaspis, all appearing about the same time.
Peter Harrison wrote::mod:
Shubee,
You have quote mined another member's post and deliberately misconstrued what they have said.
http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56004&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=175#p1285532
This is an informal warning but the next will be a formal one. Start a collection of those and expect a holiday. You have already broken several of the forum rules in the time you've been here which means the next formal warning results in a suspension. Please retract your claim that Largenton was accusing you of being a sockpuppet. He identified you and Kleinman as two separate individuals, which was clear from the original context. You may not be willing to apologize but you can at least retract the comment and not act so dishonestly in future.
Largenton wrote:Peter Harrison wrote::mod:
Shubee,
You have quote mined another member's post and deliberately misconstrued what they have said.
http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56004&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=175#p1285532
This is an informal warning but the next will be a formal one. Start a collection of those and expect a holiday. You have already broken several of the forum rules in the time you've been here which means the next formal warning results in a suspension. Please retract your claim that Largenton was accusing you of being a sockpuppet. He identified you and Kleinman as two separate individuals, which was clear from the original context. You may not be willing to apologize but you can at least retract the comment and not act so dishonestly in future.
Oh Shubee, I thought I would remind you of this
You've clearly seen this, now please retract it or apologise.
Shubee wrote:You're the liar because Pitman lists 107 references and many of them are decent, including http://www.geo.arizona.edu/
You know who Pitman's sources are, in his serious-looking list of references ? Take a closer look:
Veith, W. J., Amazing Discoveries Video Series, 2000. ( http://www.amazingdiscoveries.org/ )
National Geographic On Assignment, Lucy the T-rex, 2000.
Miller, Alisa C., Fossilized Trees of Petrified Forest National Park, from the website: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/, Nov. 22, 1998.
Walter Brown, Robert Gentry, Mike Beesley, David Gentry, Lonnie Melanshenko,.The Young Age of the Earth, Video Series, 1993.
etc, etc, etc. Videos. Popular magazines. This isn't scholarly evidence.
Shubee wrote:Largenton wrote:Peter Harrison wrote::mod:
Shubee,
You have quote mined another member's post and deliberately misconstrued what they have said.
http://www.richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56004&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=175#p1285532
This is an informal warning but the next will be a formal one. Start a collection of those and expect a holiday. You have already broken several of the forum rules in the time you've been here which means the next formal warning results in a suspension. Please retract your claim that Largenton was accusing you of being a sockpuppet. He identified you and Kleinman as two separate individuals, which was clear from the original context. You may not be willing to apologize but you can at least retract the comment and not act so dishonestly in future.
Oh Shubee, I thought I would remind you of this
You've clearly seen this, now please retract it or apologise.
I hereby official retract (withdraw) the statement.
Largenton wrote:Shubee wrote:Largenton wrote:Peter Harrison wrote::mod:
Shubee,
You have quote mined another member's post and deliberately misconstrued what they have said.
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56004&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=175#p1285532
This is an informal warning but the next will be a formal one. Start a collection of those and expect a holiday. You have already broken several of the forum rules in the time you've been here which means the next formal warning results in a suspension. Please retract your claim that Largenton was accusing you of being a sockpuppet. He identified you and Kleinman as two separate individuals, which was clear from the original context. You may not be willing to apologize but you can at least retract the comment and not act so dishonestly in future.
Oh Shubee, I thought I would remind you of this
You've clearly seen this, now please retract it or apologise.
I hereby official retract (withdraw) the statement.
Ummm, Shubee, this requires you editing said post to take out my quote.
Largenton wrote:Shubee wrote:Largenton wrote:Peter Harrison wrote::mod:
Shubee,
You have quote mined another member's post and deliberately misconstrued what they have said.
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56004&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=175#p1285532
This is an informal warning but the next will be a formal one. Start a collection of those and expect a holiday. You have already broken several of the forum rules in the time you've been here which means the next formal warning results in a suspension. Please retract your claim that Largenton was accusing you of being a sockpuppet. He identified you and Kleinman as two separate individuals, which was clear from the original context. You may not be willing to apologize but you can at least retract the comment and not act so dishonestly in future.
Oh Shubee, I thought I would remind you of this
You've clearly seen this, now please retract it or apologise.
I hereby official retract (withdraw) the statement.
Ummm, Shubee, this requires you editing said post to take out my quote.
Shubee wrote:You're the liar because Pitman lists 107 references and many of them are decent, including http://www.geo.arizona.edu/
Largenton wrote:OK CJ & Peter Harrison, my apologies for making demands which were over the top and unreasonable. Thank you Shubee for actually retracting the statement.
Largenton wrote:OK CJ & Peter Harrison, my apologies for making demands which were over the top and unreasonable. Thank you Shubee for actually retracting the statement.
Peter Harrison wrote:Largenton wrote:OK CJ & Peter Harrison, my apologies for making demands which were over the top and unreasonable. Thank you Shubee for actually retracting the statement.
They weren't overly unreasonable but I'm glad you understand now.
Oh, I know. That's why the entire idea is so absurd - once you posit a deity which can subvert all physical rules to make observational reality in doubt, there are no limits.soul_biscuit wrote:Weaver wrote:THIS Earth isn't it. There are mountains (literally) of evidence showing that it's simply not possible.
Weaver, don't forget that it's entirely possible that our world, with all its evidence of advanced age in place, popped into existence earlier this morning. The problem with Shubee's idea isn't just that it's astronomonically improbable; it's also unfalsifiable.
Cool - a whole week in which to investigate other creationinst ramblings and learn some more real science from members' responses in the process.CJ wrote:Shubbee got a 7 day suspension as is usual for the 3rd warning.
Shubee wrote:Shubee wrote:soul_biscuit wrote:Your theory is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it!
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there is such an observation. If there is, I'm sure you can think of one.
I have another theory. My special auxiliary theory is that I exist. This is troubling! My theory is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it! Should I lose sleep over this?
DanDare wrote:Shubee's claim to exist is perfectly falsifiable. In a universe where he exists we get this thread and in a universe where he didn't exist we would not get this thread.
You've made up your own definition of falsifiability. My existence is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it. My logic is inescapable if soul_biscuit's definition is correct.
Schrodenger's Shubee: At some time in the future, Shubee receives his final warning - one more incident and he'll be banned. Another member opens the DC page on RDF, and notices Shubee has posted, followed by a Mod post.DanDare wrote:Shubee wrote:Shubee wrote:soul_biscuit wrote:Your theory is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it!
But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe there is such an observation. If there is, I'm sure you can think of one.
I have another theory. My special auxiliary theory is that I exist. This is troubling! My theory is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it! Should I lose sleep over this?
DanDare wrote:Shubee's claim to exist is perfectly falsifiable. In a universe where he exists we get this thread and in a universe where he didn't exist we would not get this thread.
You've made up your own definition of falsifiability. My existence is not falsifiable because there is no possible observation that would not be consistent with it. My logic is inescapable if soul_biscuit's definition is correct.
No Shubee, that is the definition of falsifiability, that you can make an observation that will determine if a proposition is true or false. If you cannot find any way to make that observation, even hypothetically, then the proposition is not falsifiable.
Proposition: Shubee exists.
Observation: Shubee making entries on the forum would verify an entity calling itself Shubee exists.
Conclussion: Shubee does indeed exist, at least while making forum entries. Does Shubee exist while off on a one week retreat from the forum?
Shubee wrote:whippa wrote:Shubee wrote:When I mentioned the quantum creation of the earth, I was referring to the conjecture that quantum mechanical processes could transform a lifeless yet warm, water-covered planet into a paradise with birds, exotic land and sea creatures, and man, in only 6 days.
Which is still so massively improbable that it's essentially an impossibility. It's more statistically improbable than those dodgy probabilities that creationist quacks invent to show DNA couldn't magically appear.
Correct, but the essential point is that the probability is nonzero and mathematicians agree that even events of zero probability can happen.
Shubee wrote:whippa wrote:And again, there's significant evidence that this is not what happened.
Actually, there is hard physical evidence that it did happen. See The Fossil Record.
Shubee wrote:There is also good evidence for devolution.
Shubee wrote:I bet that if remarkably advanced extraterrestrials would come to Earth with video evidence that they witnessed the Earth's supernatural creation, then all scientists would become quantum creationists.
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