Leonard Matusik wrote
>>> Here's the real title of Darwins book, "The >>> Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or ThePreservation of >>> Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" (lol, what a pompous >>>19century dweeb!) > > > >> Strangely unable to locate the title of your paradigm shifting work of >> groundbreaking science Leonard, we are unable to cast aspersions as to >> the character of its author. Perhaps we will have to wait till it comes >> out in paperback, or e-book. > >>Dweebly Appendage Maru > > > HolyMaryMotherO'Christ! Another "DarwinWorshiper". (Ye can tell THEIR > stripe, because they start with the ad hominum refutations the minute ye > impune the "HolyNameOfDarwin" ........and nicely leave off any discussions > of substance) > My comments were not in relation to his or your science, but in regard of your dismissal of a man who helped change the course of history and science dramatically, as a pompous dweeb. I am no Darwin worshipper, but you must give the fellow his due. He is no more a dweeb than you (or I), and as he is not here to defend his honour, I stepped in :) > Rest assured friend, I'm only a humble (well.....) christian anarchist. > > http://anarchism.jesusradicals.com/FAQ.php > Ok, interesting, thanks. I have long flirted with anarchy, but it seems to be always washing its hair that night. > A mere MastersPrepared generalist of unpretentious (well................) > character. I'm not interested in the fame and fortune of the > "greatHerrDoktors" of our time.... I am (barely) flattered that you think > my hastely generated opinions to be "paradigm shifting work of > groundbreaking science". I assure you, some are opinions held by many > others. I be happy to dicuss them with you provided you have suffient > goodwill, intellect and background reading to do so. Such combination > seems somewhat lacking on this list in general however.......... > A tart observation. I would like to think I have the first two, the third, in regard to matters biological, I almost certainly don't, but humour me and I will try to keep up. > My latest gedankenschrift is toying with ideas of environmentally induced > allele de-repression. (and secretly wonder if the current surge in US > metabolic syndrome isn't just that! shhh, it's a secret though...) I can > imagine some sort of triggered tendency for increased focal mutations but > I can't buy Darwins idea of rate constancy. How this might come > about?...well you got me by the gemmules on that one. > > .......but.... What inhell do I know? I'm just some Nurse from NC/USA. > I'll leave it to the really bright minds of this list to come up with the > REALLY innovative discussions. > Now, you are stretching my knowledge here, I know nothing about allele de-repression (sounds rather uncomfortable actually) but if you are hinting at the idea that something is clearly missing in the details of how evolution works, and how it makes no sense for things to gradually evolve wings or eyes or whatever, then I tend to agree with you. Are there many that actually think this part of Darwin's original work still makes sense? > In all fairness to Darwin though, he WAS a pompous 19th century dweeb. It > kinda was the way of the "greatLearned-MEN" to be so. (and if one you were > NOT, you didn't get published. Just sorta like today!) > > Granted, Darwin certainly did the best he could with what he had and he > seemed like a real MenschMann at heart. I'd certainly be happy to lift a > pint with him if he were alive today. > Good, we shall call it quits then, and drink to a fellow who may well have been a pompous dweeb (I agree, that was the flavour of the period), but set in chain some interesting thinking, both scientific and social, for better or worse. An impression of a succession of evolutionary de-repressions Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
