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![]() Bioengineering will likely be the defining technology of this century. Red, white, and green biotech are growing exponentially. Evolution is the algorithm of optimization at the heart of these technological fields. Over the last century ~85% of the exponential growth of American per capita GDP can be attributed to scientific and subsequent technological progress. Our understanding of evolution can be expected to play a significant part in the growth to come. This wealth betters all of our lives. What has been religion's contribution? War, discrimination, and the spread of ignorance that inhibits progress.
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![]() Dr. Kvothe for president imo. Nothing but well thought out rational statements from this guy. Would, and probably will, read every post of his again.
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Would buy this guy a beer.
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![]() Slim pickins on p99 flame forums if this thread hit 23 pages in a couple of days....
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![]() Just had to revisit this to wind down the discussion:
"Atheism: The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and nothing magically exploded for no reason creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason whatsoever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs. Makes perfect sense." Let me fix it for you: Atheism: Lack of belief in a deity. Why do you insist on conflating a very one dimensional attribute (atheism) with an entire belief system that may or may not be shared by all atheists? And then misrepresent that belief system so grossly? Let's try this definition: Naturalistic Rationalism: The belief that the universe spontaneously arose from natural processes we generally understand, setting in motion a logically consistent series of events that eventually resulted in self-replicating molecules which over time which has resulted in the development of sentience in one or more species which has the capability of creating ever more refined models of the universe not based on magic, wishful thinking, or blindly ignoring the evidence. Makes perfect sense. And you don't have to be an atheist to believe it is the most rational way to learn more about our universe. Regards, Mg
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