tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post6865354479156452402..comments2023-10-08T05:13:18.117-07:00Comments on wikifray: Darwinism 204WikiFrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420433870074751645noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-35280721729540831532007-02-19T03:38:00.000-08:002007-02-19T03:38:00.000-08:00Hi Arch! I admit I'm sometimes militant in my irre...Hi Arch! I admit I'm sometimes militant in my irreligiousity, but Dawkins strikes me as a bit cracked, and as for Harris, I have a hard time assigning any credibility to a person who could make the claim that <I>"most Muslims are utterly deranged by their religious faith."</I> It's just not rational. <BR/><BR/>I know we're insulated from rabidly faithful here in Canada, but I don't imagine the approach being taken by Dawkins and Harris is likely to win any converts. <BR/><BR/>Who am I to disabuse someone of the thing that gives them comfort? And if atheism is the renunciation of every supernatural crutch, what about the belief in the self?<BR/><BR/>Smug proselytizing is annoying no matter which team's colours it's wearing. To my eye, the atheist evangelicals seem to be doing the same thing the believers are doing: whistling past the graveyard.Dawn Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878588090733942606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-41123965318365868542007-02-18T12:57:00.000-08:002007-02-18T12:57:00.000-08:00[Sigh...] Astute as always. [Turning my head tow...[Sigh...] Astute as always. <BR/><BR/>[Turning my head towards the calling grindstone]TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-48266761420253195492007-02-18T12:43:00.000-08:002007-02-18T12:43:00.000-08:0030 rolls of sushi.Perfectly satieted (me).Perfectl...30 rolls of sushi.<BR/><BR/>Perfectly satieted (me).<BR/><BR/>Perfectly safe (you).<BR/><BR/>PS: Distracted again?Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-1251803094412936472007-02-18T12:30:00.000-08:002007-02-18T12:30:00.000-08:00Hmmm. I'm thinking the critical (safety) issue is...Hmmm. I'm thinking the critical (safety) issue is satiety.<BR/><BR/>How about large chunks of <A HREF="http://www.kybisonco.com/images/NBAsteak.jpg" REL="nofollow">meat</A>?TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-70965836351581973402007-02-18T11:58:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:58:00.000-08:00Hah.I am diversified (men and cuisine).Italian is ...Hah.<BR/><BR/>I am diversified (men and cuisine).<BR/><BR/>Italian is overrated (men and cuisine).<BR/><BR/>I like sushi.Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-57137172218394219362007-02-18T11:48:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:48:00.000-08:00Hmmm. Darwin's apple might not improve survivabil...Hmmm. Darwin's apple might not improve survivability, but at some point you've got to ask yourself - if not this, then what's the point?<BR/><BR/>So said the Praying Mantis, anyway (though I understand if she's well-fed beforehand, my odds of surviving the encounter improve).<BR/><BR/>Which begs the question - TG, do you like Italian?TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-21642640413214929372007-02-18T11:32:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:32:00.000-08:00Fitness implications of religion+ nether regions o...Fitness implications of religion+ nether regions of a Goddess=<A HREF="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/616/301993803927997/660/z/224726/gse_multipart43038.jpg" REL="nofollow">Darwin's Apple!</A>Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-39714366961289045572007-02-18T11:23:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:23:00.000-08:00This is something I've given a lot of thought to l...This is something I've given a lot of thought to lately (the fitness implications of religion, not the nether regions of a Goddess--okay, that too). Sam Harris makes a nice argument that religion is very bad for society in general, but of course, evolution is all about <I>individual</I> fitness, and, at least in the past, there were tangible fitness benefits for being part of an extended group. We may be getting close to the point, however, that belief in the irrational lowers fitness. See today's headlines for details.Archaeopteryxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627784327758008867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-9049908270962668122007-02-18T11:17:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:17:00.000-08:00Umm...if you say so.But you don't know what's behi...Umm...if you say so.<BR/><BR/>But you don't know what's behind the apple, do you?<BR/><BR/>Mysterious stuff.Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-81435346663569539012007-02-18T11:02:00.000-08:002007-02-18T11:02:00.000-08:00If I may be so bold as to offer that aside from yo...If I may be so bold as to offer that aside from your divine loveliness, and those who come to worship you in general (those site numbers cannot be underestimated but of course!) - it may have gotten started with my comment about the mysterious looking nether regions of your recent cover update.<BR/><BR/>Nice apple, by the way - I <I>like</I>.topazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379903935323340176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-64591355517003009072007-02-18T10:35:00.000-08:002007-02-18T10:35:00.000-08:00True dat, true dat.;)True dat, true dat.<BR/><BR/>;)Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-57157570822881625512007-02-18T10:27:00.000-08:002007-02-18T10:27:00.000-08:00Oh, my bad. Clearly, your blog is the only intere...Oh, my bad. Clearly, your blog is the only interesting place to be these days.<BR/><BR/>So, what else is new?TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-30614725178356795642007-02-18T10:09:00.000-08:002007-02-18T10:09:00.000-08:00Got me. I started using feedbite a little while a...Got me. I started using feedbite a little while ago, and I've been getting a strange mixture of the old along with the new this past few days, so I'm guessing maybe a problem there.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure Ender would be a better person to ask - this is all pretty new to me.TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-56851097671649076802007-02-18T10:02:00.000-08:002007-02-18T10:02:00.000-08:00Naturally!Obviously, the Network Feed ---> thinks ...<B>Naturally!</B><BR/><BR/><B>Obviously</B>, the Network Feed ---> thinks so.<BR/><BR/><B>Seriously </B>, what's up with that?Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-4059057455788851432007-02-18T09:42:00.000-08:002007-02-18T09:42:00.000-08:00ThyGoddess: the natural selection.<I><B>ThyGoddess</B>: the <B>natural</B> selection.</I>TenaciousKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329335294478431462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-21985464332271596382007-02-18T06:19:00.000-08:002007-02-18T06:19:00.000-08:00I am the answer:A Darwinist Goddess.Come to my tem...I am <I>the</I> answer:<BR/><BR/>A Darwinist Goddess.<BR/><BR/>Come to my temple. I have a collection of high quality leather collars in fashionable colors.<BR/><BR/>...and matching whips.Thy Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247769154640502721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-29078004420622751922007-02-18T01:20:00.000-08:002007-02-18T01:20:00.000-08:00BullshitIf we’re talking survival of the fittest, ...Bullshit<BR/><BR/>If we’re talking survival of the fittest, psychological hardiness is not determined by one’s dedication to rationality. A certain amount of irrationality is adaptive, mitigates depression, and helps people to remain hopeful in seemingly hopeless circumstances. Here’s some research that shows that <A HREF="http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/19/2/103" REL="nofollow">people who attend church live longer</A>.<BR/><BR/>blah blah blah altruistic behaviour, social cohesion—I don’t know of any Darwinist communities that I could elect belong to who will feed my kids if I get sick. <A HREF="http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/cd_relig.htm" REL="nofollow">Darwin himself</A> alludes to social cohesion in his account of own journey to agnosticism.<BR/><BR/>I’m an atheist, for the record, who’s fucking sick to death of rationalist evangelicals. Get off the fucking pulpit, people, or have the decency to put on a collar.Dawn Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878588090733942606noreply@blogger.com