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Congratulations on your 34 word excuse. I don't think excuses are supported by Christ either, but that will be your problem not mine. good luck
Are you implying that ideological dissent is now a hate crime? Do you see why we want to ensure that your ideology is effectively countered and destroyed?
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thealj wrote:
Eugenics is a philosophy. It is not a science being practiced. It is a social issue. While genetic testing may aid it's acceptance/rejection, the fact that genetic tests are utilized does not a science make it. If anything, it's a social program.
Google disagrees: link[^] One of the supplied definitions (from the British Library) states that it is: "Derived from Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. The Nazis used false scientific arguments to discourage procreation by members who they considered were 'unfit' to live in society, either physically, mentally or socially." And another (from the NRDC) states: "the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding." Darwinism is the study of natural selection. In the early 20th century, eugenics was actually pretty mainstream science and was even advocated in the US.
thealj wrote:
Eugenics is not the practice of Darwinism. Eugenics is pre-selective breeding. There's a huge difference.
Explain that difference as I see none. Darwinism is natural selection. Eugenics is natural selection implemented. The relationship is identical as the one between science and engineering.
thealj wrote:
Stating that I use modern physics as my bible is not philosophically tantamount to stating I believe in physicalism. Physicalism is monist theory in disguise (see: monads) for which we have Leibniz to "thank". Don't be fooled.
Monism denotes oneness with God while physicalism denoted absolute godlessness, so the two are not equivalent. Physicalism is the belief that all attributes of the universe can be successfully described through physics and that our "soul" is a derivitive of those physical properties. The two are quite different.
espeir wrote:
Google disagrees:
Good for Google. I am still correct when I assert that eugenics is not Darwinism. Darwinism is based on the idea of natural selection. Eugenics is unnatural selection. The two are not equivalent. Natural selection is not pre-selective breeding. It doesn't take a search engine to understand that.
espeir wrote:
Explain that difference as I see none. Darwinism is natural selection. Eugenics is natural selection implemented. The relationship is identical as the one between science and engineering.
It's a huge difference and it is not equivalent to the analogy of engineering and science. By canonical definition you cannot implement natural selection. It's as fundamental as the difference between the words "natural" and "pre-selective". Selective breeding implies three concepts: 1. isolation 2. artificial selection 3. inbreeding Not one of those qualifies as "natural selection". I fail to understand why the difference is not clear to you.
espeir wrote:
Monism denotes oneness with God while physicalism denoted absolute godlessness, so the two are not equivalent. Physicalism is the belief that all attributes of the universe can be successfully described through physics and that our "soul" is a derivitive of those physical properties. The two are quite different.
Seeing as you like Google so much, I'll refer you to wikipedia's entry on physicalism[^] where it clearly and directly states: Because it claims that only physical things exist, physicalism is a form of monism. Monists understand "God" to exist and operate within the universe. Hence, they believe God to be a physical essence.
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thealj wrote:
In fact, the Bible, the Qu'ran, what-have-you are nothing more than allegorical stories to me. Sure, the ideas and morals are nice, but beyond that they aren't worth taking seriously or fighting over. My bible is modern physics. It's much nicer than your typical religion-of-the-month because people of all colours and races can practice it without killing one another. That's the beauty of it.
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thealj wrote:
Eugenics is a philosophy. It is not a science being practiced. It is a social issue. While genetic testing may aid it's acceptance/rejection, the fact that genetic tests are utilized does not a science make it. If anything, it's a social program.
Google disagrees: link[^] One of the supplied definitions (from the British Library) states that it is: "Derived from Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. The Nazis used false scientific arguments to discourage procreation by members who they considered were 'unfit' to live in society, either physically, mentally or socially." And another (from the NRDC) states: "the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding." Darwinism is the study of natural selection. In the early 20th century, eugenics was actually pretty mainstream science and was even advocated in the US.
thealj wrote:
Eugenics is not the practice of Darwinism. Eugenics is pre-selective breeding. There's a huge difference.
Explain that difference as I see none. Darwinism is natural selection. Eugenics is natural selection implemented. The relationship is identical as the one between science and engineering.
thealj wrote:
Stating that I use modern physics as my bible is not philosophically tantamount to stating I believe in physicalism. Physicalism is monist theory in disguise (see: monads) for which we have Leibniz to "thank". Don't be fooled.
Monism denotes oneness with God while physicalism denoted absolute godlessness, so the two are not equivalent. Physicalism is the belief that all attributes of the universe can be successfully described through physics and that our "soul" is a derivitive of those physical properties. The two are quite different.
espeir wrote:
Eugenics is natural selection implemented
Other than the natural bit. Darwin lead to eugenics in the same way that Rutherford lead to the bombing of hiroshima - an application of a theory. Ryan
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Are you being serious when you say that Eugenics has nothing to do with Darwinism? Or do you truly adhere that blindly to your secular religion?
espeir wrote:
Are you being serious when you say that Eugenics has nothing to do with Darwinism? Or do you truly adhere that blindly to your secular religion?
Eugenics is a perverse and incorrect interpretation of Darwinism. Eugenics is the flawed belief that steering the "evolution" of a species is somehow related to Darwin's theories of natural selection. However, when you look at it properly, you see that Eugenics requires some combination of the following in order to effect genetic improvement. This includes: 1. isolation 2. inbreeding 3. artificial selection Not one of those methods is consistent with Darwin's theory. It's a bloody social philosophy that advocates "evolution" (if you want to call it that) through external intervention. Not what Darwin had in mind at all. It's pure pseudoscience. How can you seriously ascribe eugenics as falling under the umbrella of Darwin's theory? It is the total opposite and is more aptly termed "unnatural selection". -- modified at 12:11 Wednesday 14th June, 2006
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espeir wrote:
Google disagrees:
Good for Google. I am still correct when I assert that eugenics is not Darwinism. Darwinism is based on the idea of natural selection. Eugenics is unnatural selection. The two are not equivalent. Natural selection is not pre-selective breeding. It doesn't take a search engine to understand that.
espeir wrote:
Explain that difference as I see none. Darwinism is natural selection. Eugenics is natural selection implemented. The relationship is identical as the one between science and engineering.
It's a huge difference and it is not equivalent to the analogy of engineering and science. By canonical definition you cannot implement natural selection. It's as fundamental as the difference between the words "natural" and "pre-selective". Selective breeding implies three concepts: 1. isolation 2. artificial selection 3. inbreeding Not one of those qualifies as "natural selection". I fail to understand why the difference is not clear to you.
espeir wrote:
Monism denotes oneness with God while physicalism denoted absolute godlessness, so the two are not equivalent. Physicalism is the belief that all attributes of the universe can be successfully described through physics and that our "soul" is a derivitive of those physical properties. The two are quite different.
Seeing as you like Google so much, I'll refer you to wikipedia's entry on physicalism[^] where it clearly and directly states: Because it claims that only physical things exist, physicalism is a form of monism. Monists understand "God" to exist and operate within the universe. Hence, they believe God to be a physical essence.
thealj wrote:
Good for Google. I am still correct when I assert that eugenics is not Darwinism. Darwinism is based on the idea of natural selection. Eugenics is unnatural selection. The two are not equivalent. Natural selection is not pre-selective breeding. It doesn't take a search engine to understand that.
I see the point you're trying to make, but from both a historical and scientific perspective it is false. The concept of Eugenics was born out of natural selection. Eugenics, as I said, is the implementation of natural selection (i.e. determining which characteristics will supposedly be most beneficial to mankind). It's a rudimentary form a genetic engineering that employs the concepts of Darwinism to actively breed out "negative" characteristics. I understand your unwillingness to accept this, since it's probably pretty unpalatable to you. And it's not just Google that disagrees with you...The "define" function points to numerous links from numerous sources that directly state you're incorrect.
thealj wrote:
It's a huge difference and it is not equivalent to the analogy of engineering and science. By canonical definition you cannot implement natural selection. It's as fundamental as the difference between the words "natural" and "pre-selective". Selective breeding implies three concepts: 1. isolation 2. artificial selection 3. inbreeding Not one of those qualifies as "natural selection". I fail to understand why the difference is not clear to you.
I still see no difference. Darwinism clearly implies that humans are natural beings, so if humans kill off certain other creatures/humans, then it is by definition "natural selection". To equate it to another branch of science... Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in the sun. It does not occur naturally on earth. The fact that a fusion reaction can be initiated by man does not imply that it is no longer nuclear physics. Your argument is just absurd.
thealj wrote:
Seeing as you like Google so much, I'll refer you to wikipedia's entry on physicalism[^] where it clearly and directly states
But you just disregarded 20 Google definitions that demonstrated your argument about Eugenics to be incorrect! I'll admit that I'm probably wrong about this. Why? Because I'm a bigger man than you.
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espeir wrote:
Eugenics is natural selection implemented
Other than the natural bit. Darwin lead to eugenics in the same way that Rutherford lead to the bombing of hiroshima - an application of a theory. Ryan
"Michael Moore and Mel Gibson are the same person, except for a few sit-ups. Moore thought his cheesy political blooper reel was going to tell people how to vote. Mel thought that his little gay SM movie about his imaginary friend was going to help him get to heaven." - Penn Jillette
I never said Darwin caused Eugenics. I said Eugenics was born by atheists out of Darwin's theories.
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espeir wrote:
Are you being serious when you say that Eugenics has nothing to do with Darwinism? Or do you truly adhere that blindly to your secular religion?
Eugenics is a perverse and incorrect interpretation of Darwinism. Eugenics is the flawed belief that steering the "evolution" of a species is somehow related to Darwin's theories of natural selection. However, when you look at it properly, you see that Eugenics requires some combination of the following in order to effect genetic improvement. This includes: 1. isolation 2. inbreeding 3. artificial selection Not one of those methods is consistent with Darwin's theory. It's a bloody social philosophy that advocates "evolution" (if you want to call it that) through external intervention. Not what Darwin had in mind at all. It's pure pseudoscience. How can you seriously ascribe eugenics as falling under the umbrella of Darwin's theory? It is the total opposite and is more aptly termed "unnatural selection". -- modified at 12:11 Wednesday 14th June, 2006
thealj wrote:
It's a bloody social philosophy that advocates "evolution" (if you want to call it that) through external intervention. Not what Darwin had in mind at all. It's pure pseudoscience.
Uhhhh...How does evolution work if not through "external intervention". You're just trying to distance the two (because it points to the obviously monstrous behavior that is born from atheism), but they are the same thing. Sorry.
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thealj wrote:
It's a bloody social philosophy that advocates "evolution" (if you want to call it that) through external intervention. Not what Darwin had in mind at all. It's pure pseudoscience.
Uhhhh...How does evolution work if not through "external intervention". You're just trying to distance the two (because it points to the obviously monstrous behavior that is born from atheism), but they are the same thing. Sorry.
espeir wrote:
Uhhhh...How does evolution work if not through "external intervention". You're just trying to distance the two (because it points to the obviously monstrous behavior that is born from atheism), but they are the same thing. Sorry.
Fine, let's be semantic. External intervention implies: 1. deliberate inbreeding 2. deliberate isolation 3. deliberate artificial selection Sorry, but I'm still right. Your little tirade on "monstrous behavior that is born from atheism" is quite humorous.
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espeir wrote:
Uhhhh...How does evolution work if not through "external intervention". You're just trying to distance the two (because it points to the obviously monstrous behavior that is born from atheism), but they are the same thing. Sorry.
Fine, let's be semantic. External intervention implies: 1. deliberate inbreeding 2. deliberate isolation 3. deliberate artificial selection Sorry, but I'm still right. Your little tirade on "monstrous behavior that is born from atheism" is quite humorous.
I didn't say that Eugenics = Darwinism. I said Eugenics = implemented Darwinism. Just like nuclear fusion != nuclear bomb but nuclear fusion implemented = nuclear bomb. Every single person familiar with this subject agrees with me. In fact, eugenics was a mainstream science back in the 20's and was even advocated in the US by many Americans. Being a Christian nation, however, the grotesqueness of the required acts were saved for other less Christian nations.
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thealj wrote:
Good for Google. I am still correct when I assert that eugenics is not Darwinism. Darwinism is based on the idea of natural selection. Eugenics is unnatural selection. The two are not equivalent. Natural selection is not pre-selective breeding. It doesn't take a search engine to understand that.
I see the point you're trying to make, but from both a historical and scientific perspective it is false. The concept of Eugenics was born out of natural selection. Eugenics, as I said, is the implementation of natural selection (i.e. determining which characteristics will supposedly be most beneficial to mankind). It's a rudimentary form a genetic engineering that employs the concepts of Darwinism to actively breed out "negative" characteristics. I understand your unwillingness to accept this, since it's probably pretty unpalatable to you. And it's not just Google that disagrees with you...The "define" function points to numerous links from numerous sources that directly state you're incorrect.
thealj wrote:
It's a huge difference and it is not equivalent to the analogy of engineering and science. By canonical definition you cannot implement natural selection. It's as fundamental as the difference between the words "natural" and "pre-selective". Selective breeding implies three concepts: 1. isolation 2. artificial selection 3. inbreeding Not one of those qualifies as "natural selection". I fail to understand why the difference is not clear to you.
I still see no difference. Darwinism clearly implies that humans are natural beings, so if humans kill off certain other creatures/humans, then it is by definition "natural selection". To equate it to another branch of science... Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in the sun. It does not occur naturally on earth. The fact that a fusion reaction can be initiated by man does not imply that it is no longer nuclear physics. Your argument is just absurd.
thealj wrote:
Seeing as you like Google so much, I'll refer you to wikipedia's entry on physicalism[^] where it clearly and directly states
But you just disregarded 20 Google definitions that demonstrated your argument about Eugenics to be incorrect! I'll admit that I'm probably wrong about this. Why? Because I'm a bigger man than you.
espeir wrote:
I see the point you're trying to make, but from both a historical and scientific perspective it is false.
If you think it's false, then falsify it. Write a paper and publish it pointing out your scientific method and how, scientifically, the two are equivalent.
espeir wrote:
The concept of Eugenics was born out of natural selection. Eugenics, as I said, is the implementation of natural selection (i.e. determining which characteristics will supposedly be most beneficial to mankind). It's a rudimentary form a genetic engineering that employs the concepts of Darwinism to actively breed out "negative" characteristics. I understand your unwillingness to accept this, since it's probably pretty unpalatable to you. And it's not just Google that disagrees with you...The "define" function points to numerous links from numerous sources that directly state you're incorrect.
Sure, eugenics was derived from Darwin's ideas, but it was derived incorrectly. Galton interpreted what Darwin wrote with grave errors. It was born out of 19th century ambition to "improve society" - a social policy, nothing more. This comes from the same guy who advocated measuring skull size as an indicator of intelligence. You're free to believe his ideas if you like, but I would advise you against it. The only way it is unpalatable to me is that naive people continue to mistakenly interpret it as a valid offshoot of Darwin's theory without properly understanding the basic concepts.
espeir wrote:
I still see no difference. Darwinism clearly implies that humans are natural beings, so if humans kill off certain other creatures/humans, then it is by definition "natural selection". To equate it to another branch of science.
You need to take an introductory biology class.
espeir wrote:
Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in the sun. It does not occur naturally on earth. The fact that a fusion reaction can be initiated by man does not imply that it is no longer nuclear physics. Your argument is just absurd.
That is not at all what my argument implies.
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espeir wrote:
I see the point you're trying to make, but from both a historical and scientific perspective it is false.
If you think it's false, then falsify it. Write a paper and publish it pointing out your scientific method and how, scientifically, the two are equivalent.
espeir wrote:
The concept of Eugenics was born out of natural selection. Eugenics, as I said, is the implementation of natural selection (i.e. determining which characteristics will supposedly be most beneficial to mankind). It's a rudimentary form a genetic engineering that employs the concepts of Darwinism to actively breed out "negative" characteristics. I understand your unwillingness to accept this, since it's probably pretty unpalatable to you. And it's not just Google that disagrees with you...The "define" function points to numerous links from numerous sources that directly state you're incorrect.
Sure, eugenics was derived from Darwin's ideas, but it was derived incorrectly. Galton interpreted what Darwin wrote with grave errors. It was born out of 19th century ambition to "improve society" - a social policy, nothing more. This comes from the same guy who advocated measuring skull size as an indicator of intelligence. You're free to believe his ideas if you like, but I would advise you against it. The only way it is unpalatable to me is that naive people continue to mistakenly interpret it as a valid offshoot of Darwin's theory without properly understanding the basic concepts.
espeir wrote:
I still see no difference. Darwinism clearly implies that humans are natural beings, so if humans kill off certain other creatures/humans, then it is by definition "natural selection". To equate it to another branch of science.
You need to take an introductory biology class.
espeir wrote:
Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in the sun. It does not occur naturally on earth. The fact that a fusion reaction can be initiated by man does not imply that it is no longer nuclear physics. Your argument is just absurd.
That is not at all what my argument implies.
thealj wrote:
If you think it's false, then falsify it. Write a paper and publish it pointing out your scientific method and how, scientifically, the two are equivalent.
Uhhh...I don't need to. It's universally accepted (except by people like you who are apparently so fanatical that they're willing to rewrite history and science).
thealj wrote:
Sure, eugenics was derived from Darwin's ideas, but it was derived incorrectly. Galton interpreted what Darwin wrote with grave errors. It was born out of 19th century ambition to "improve society" - a social policy, nothing more. This comes from the same guy who advocated measuring skull size as an indicator of intelligence. You're free to believe his ideas if you like, but I would advise you against it. The only way it is unpalatable to me is that naive people continue to mistakenly interpret it as a valid offshoot of Darwin's theory without properly understanding the basic concepts.
Nuclear weapong were also born out of social policy (to win a war). That doesn't mean that they don't work. Your argument is simply absurd.
thealj wrote:
You need to take an introductory biology class.
So you're saying that humans did not evolve? Are we not natural?
thealj wrote:
That is not at all what my argument implies.
It certainly does. You're stating that if science is implemented, then it nullifies the science. Your argument is simply absurd and I'm beginning to think that you're just being satirical at this point. Note that I'm not stating that Eugenics is "good science" or effective. I'm saying that it was born out of Darwinist/Atheist philosophies and it was. I just find it curious that people bash religion for being so violent, but in the span of a couple decades, atheism lead to the most violent behavior in human history.
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SOrry, I no longer consider it my responsibility. If a billion muslims can be allowed to shrug off their responsibility, so can I. "You get that which you tolerate"
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SOrry, I no longer consider it my responsibility. If a billion muslims can be allowed to shrug off their responsibility, so can I.
Fine then you should not open your mouth to advise me or others for the things which you are not cable to do in your own capacity.
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K(arl) wrote:
Subsidiary question:
It's the same in germany, e.g. Berlin has a huge year-old holocaust memorial - explicitely for remembering the jews killed. But it would be totally anti-semitic to suggest the jewish establishment has certain advantages from monopolizing he holocaust.
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K(arl) wrote:
why does the US press systematically mention the Shoah
What does that have to do with me? I didn't do it. Why are you blaming Americans for our press's behavior? There are 300 million Americans, we all don't write newspapers. Why do you want to hold us all responsible for the behavior of a few? "You get that which you tolerate"
But the US is a free country, the newspaper market is ruled by supply and demand, if there is bias in reporting then because not enough US Americans demand balanced news. So it's all yur fault personally. ;P In related news, it's the same what happens when I'm asked to be grateful towards George W. Bush single-handedly rebuilding the country after WW2.
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He sounds just like a Muslim!
who? hitler or stan?
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But the US is a free country, the newspaper market is ruled by supply and demand, if there is bias in reporting then because not enough US Americans demand balanced news. So it's all yur fault personally. ;P In related news, it's the same what happens when I'm asked to be grateful towards George W. Bush single-handedly rebuilding the country after WW2.
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But the US is a free country, the newspaper market is ruled by supply and demand, if there is bias in reporting then because not enough US Americans demand balanced news. So it's all yur fault personally.
Leftists don't care about supply and demand....But Fox News was eventually created in this way.
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Hitler was an evil that we took care of. We got rid of him. That is how responsible people act. "You get that which you tolerate"
now you will take credit of his death which happened due to some sucidal attempt?everyone has to die like him.what are feeling proud of?
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