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nadinbrzezinski

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32. Thanks, but the story is a tad four years old

Reply to man4allcats (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 12:48 AM

Jun 2014

I thought I had heard of it, and yes... it is a big fucking deal from a science perspective. Silly me, expecting an update.

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Complex, multicellular life from over two billion years ago discovered [View all] man4allcats Jun 2014 OP

And yet, creationists continue to erode science education... hlthe2b Jun 2014 #1

But of course we know, man4allcats Jun 2014 #2

And they have been reduced to idiot minorities in Europe, yet here... hlthe2b Jun 2014 #3

Sometimes I wonder how we managed to beat the British. man4allcats Jun 2014 #8

Indeed... n/t hlthe2b Jun 2014 #9

We conned the French into helping us, that's how.... Moonwalk Jun 2014 #25

I agree. man4allcats Jun 2014 #33

yes but Phlem Jun 2014 #4

Unfortunately ... n/t man4allcats Jun 2014 #5

Strangly enough, many of the earliest biologists were creationists. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #7

Even Newton believed in the divine. man4allcats Jun 2014 #10

Science itself was fundamental to the teleological argument. I'm not sure that's a bias. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #14

I don't think science has any desire to make religious faith obsolete. man4allcats Jun 2014 #15

That's simply historical revisionism. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #17

Science certainly WAS deeply interwoven into religious experience, man4allcats Jun 2014 #18

Some scientists are trying to read the truth written by God's own hand in the rocks, the stars, tclambert Jun 2014 #23

Re: "Some think God created a multiverse containing an uncountable number of universes." man4allcats Jun 2014 #27

I was expecting another john McCain photo. lindysalsagal Jun 2014 #6

McCain? Well, he might be around 2 billion years old, man4allcats Jun 2014 #12

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #11

:-) n/t man4allcats Jun 2014 #13

That's so cool! NealK Jun 2014 #16

It IS cool, isn't it? man4allcats Jun 2014 #39

I don't think it took 2 billion years, It's more likely fits and starts. Blue State Bandit Jun 2014 #19

I like the "fits and starts" idea. man4allcats Jun 2014 #21

DNA might not even be from earth, originally nikto Jun 2014 #20

I once knew a postdoc who thought that man4allcats Jun 2014 #22

And then there's LUCA defacto7 Jun 2014 #24

Thanks for the post. man4allcats Jun 2014 #30

Informative wiki. defacto7 Jun 2014 #42

I thought this was going to be a Cheney thread mindwalker_i Jun 2014 #26

LOL! :-) n/t man4allcats Jun 2014 #40

That's hard to believe ECHOFIELDS Jun 2014 #28

Me too. ;-) n/t man4allcats Jun 2014 #31

Huge News. Phlem Jun 2014 #29

Thanks! man4allcats Jun 2014 #41

Thanks, but the story is a tad four years old nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #32

Sorry. Didn't mean to bore you. man4allcats Jun 2014 #34

I did not say it is not relevant nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #35

Re: "Please do not misconstrue what I said. " man4allcats Jun 2014 #36

Tell you what, so we do not have these conflicts in the future nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #37

Thank you. n/t man4allcats Jun 2014 #38