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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 28 2006, 10:34 AM (711 Views) | |
| ngc1514 | Jun 28 2006, 10:34 AM Post #1 |
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No, I haven't tracked down the actual identify, but offer these as an attempt to learn that vital information. Seems to me that the identity of the Intelligent Designer can be discerned by a close study of his creation. The Id'ers themselves are not openly admitting that the god of Genesis and the ID are one and the same. They can't because such an admission would show ID and creationism are equal. So, in the spirit of free scientific inquiry, who, or more appropriately what, might the designer be? My first thought that, since a huge proportion of the earth's biomass is made up of plants, the designer was likely a plant. And since the earth's main form of life for most of its history was blue-green algae - pond scum - the odds were pretty good that the intelligent designer closely resembled this same pond scum. But, it's tough to imagine pond scum in any sort of creative role. It mainly serves as food for other creations. The same can be said for many plants and I next thougt that the plants were made specifically to feed the later designs. We know that there are far more species of insects than any other sort. More than half the known species in the world are insects and even JBS Haldane commented since half the insect species are beetles. While the idea of the intelligent designer being a beetle - albeit a big, brainy one - may be repugnant to us naked apes, the odds would appear to be in its favor. Keep that in mind the next time you squish a roach under your shoe! I'm still not really happy with either choices of pond scum or dung beetle as the designer and thought that my search criteria might be at fault. Rather than quantity, quality might be a better ruler. Using that ruler I think we can now safely say the Intelligent Designer of us all is a crustacean; and not just any crustacean, but a crustacean of the order Stomatopoda. Specifically, a Mantis Shrimp! Check out these specifications: 1. Powerful enough to break double pane glass in an aquarium; 2. A striking acceleration of 10,200g; 3. A striking speed of 23 meters per second (that's about 52MPH if my calculations are correct 4. And a striking force of 1500 newtons. More than enough force to break dual paned fish tanks. But most convincingly are the Mantis Shrimp's eyes! I'll take this straight from the Wikipedia article on Mantis Shrimp:
Hyperspectral vision, ability to see and respond to uv and polarized light. Sixteen different photo-receptor sites. This guy is amazing and, according to Wikipedia, intelligent as well. I think we can safely say the Intelligent Designer is a crustacean! Remember that next time you order scampi or lobster. |
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| cmoehle | Jun 28 2006, 10:42 AM Post #2 |
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One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes. "What's happened to me," he thought.... --Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, (1916) "The Id'ers themselves are not openly admitting that the god of Genesis and the ID are one and the same. They can't because such an admission would show ID and creationism are equal." Ask Alan--right, Alan, it depends on what hat you're wearing. |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 28 2006, 10:47 AM Post #3 |
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Funny! Not taking the bait though....No pun intended! |
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| teryt | Jul 1 2006, 09:23 AM Post #4 |
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False dilemma. I think one reasonably would look at whatever the highest order of life that was available, to get the clew - did I take the bait? |
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| cmoehle | Jul 1 2006, 09:45 AM Post #5 |
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"False dilemma." As a double entendre, that sums up ID quite well actually. |
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| teryt | Jul 1 2006, 10:25 AM Post #6 |
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As the an example of the highest order of living thing on the planet, I have something intelligent to say: Nah - Huh!
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| roscoe | Jul 2 2006, 08:34 AM Post #7 |
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Thats a lot of newtons. |
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| teryt | Jul 2 2006, 09:22 AM Post #8 |
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Yeah, I really like them, but don't get them much these days as the DW doesn't care for them. I could go through a whole box, with milk, in a sitting. |
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| ngc1514 | Jul 2 2006, 03:43 PM Post #9 |
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Highest order of life? That must be some sort of ID concept, because it sure ain't evolutionary! How about a clew[sic] (althought I'm not sure what the corner of a sail has to do with this?) on how you would define "highest order of life?" Life expectancy? Biomass? How long it has survived in recognizable form? Bio-diversity? Environmental diversity? Homo sapiens don't come in first in any of those criteria. |
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| ngc1514 | Jul 2 2006, 03:43 PM Post #10 |
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Physics isn't one of your strong suits, either, eh? |
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| cmoehle | Jul 2 2006, 04:02 PM Post #11 |
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When it comes down to it evolution is about genetic alleles, and they what survive. We are just temporary carriers. |
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| ngc1514 | Jul 2 2006, 05:34 PM Post #12 |
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Human beings, plants and animals are just gene's reproductive systems. |
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| teryt | Jul 2 2006, 05:35 PM Post #13 |
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Yeah, I try not to wear them around Phoenix, especially in the summer time. DW did get me in a tie a couple weeks back for a business meeting. As it turns out, I was overdressed. |
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| teryt | Jul 2 2006, 05:41 PM Post #14 |
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Common now, we both know . . . I suppose if you don't think we are the most intelligent, that's fine. At least we have clarity on that point. Then again, maybe you made that assessment based upon your dialog with me! (I just love good self-deprecating humor; {then again, maybe that wasn't good} beats others to the punch.)
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| teryt | Jul 2 2006, 05:44 PM Post #15 |
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This reminds me of my dad when he was a young Marine. He said back then his "whole being was just one big delivery system for [his] penis."
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