So, if you got into an argument with Kent Hovind, you would instantly concede all of your positions because of his "superior education"? :)
- Tom --- Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom McCabe wrote: > > If you want to refute an argument, it is your > > responsibility to explain what is wrong with it. > It's > > this concept called "burden of proof". If you > refuse > > to provide evidence for your arguments, you simply > > lose. > > > - Tom > > That only works when both sides are similar in > education. > > To everybody else: Your comments were fairly good > for the most part or > at least reflected a fairly substantial education. > > A few of these comments seemed to be based on a > confusion between the > relatively linear progression of natural evolution > versus being one > transistor shy of a working computer, a profoundly > non-linear case... > > Or in the world of radios, we now have the germanium > diode, now all we > need is to coil up some wire and make a few > connections and we'll have a > radio.... > > The most interesting comments had to do with the > connection between a > system which can perceive and a system which can > act, think, immagine > etc... Some of the arguments were rather silly... We > don't need to > create a universal creativity engine, we only need > to achieve human > parity. I know people want to see problems Solved, > but something which > is workable and useful beats the hell out of nothing > at all... > > Unfortunately, to really address those questions I'd > need a much more > intensive medium of communication, such as an > in-person meeting and a > big whiteboard... > > -- > Opera: Sing it loud! :o( )>-< > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=27828161-d80369
