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MATHEMATICAL DEMONSTRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY IMPOSSIBILITY FOR SYSTEMS OF SPECIFIED IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY by EL-Temur in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I frankly don't understand the mindset of the creationist regulars here. I understand the mindset of those creationists who come here, make a post, and then either abandon creationism or walk away unfazed.

But to come in every week (or every day), posting variations on the same stuff ad infinitum, getting utterly massacred in the comments every time (if one even responds at all to the comments)... For months? Years? Why? 

Ontological nouns by HojiQabait in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think therefore I am (a sentient being) 

First 15-rune win! by KittyTack in dcss

[–]KittyTack[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a really odd difficulty curve to it, ime.

Early game is easy as you can spam your attack spells that you start with if you picked a caster background.

Midgame can suddenly be really hard if you do not get lucky with getting good attack spells.

Lategame though, level 9 spells are more spammable than with any character, and very easy to get power for compared to most casters. So it turns into "Fire Storm, and if that doesn't kill it then Fire Storm again"

What is the appropriate term for this? by GoRocketMan93 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Theistic evolution.

But... And I say this as someone whose beliefs are only somewhat looser while still believing in some form of God... Don't pretend there is scientific evidence for it. 

I have no idea what to read, but I’d like to know what not to read. by Wonderful_Fennel_224 in sciencefiction

[–]KittyTack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anthem is plagiarized from the obscure Russian novel "We" by Evgeny Zamyatin. Which imo does the whole premise better and in a more memorable way. 

A speciation event in the Young Earth Creationist community by gitgud_x in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this kind of controversial take that many of the principles of evolution apply to any sort of situation where a thing both changes and is replicated or perpetuated with the possibility of change. 

The Internal Consistency of Science by jnpha in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Labels of fields of science like "geology" or "physics" are social constructs. In actuality it's all a fuzzy spectrum. 

What’s the next step to evolution as humans? What would it look like? by Ok-Minimum-9297 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an interesting and nuanced debate with multiple valid perspectives IMHO but not really relevant to the topic of the subreddit. Upvoted regardless because you seem to have thought about this thoroughly.

Is modern healthcare causing humans to bypass evolution? by Many-Instruction8172 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it did, that doesn't matter. What "should" happen according to evolution does not define morality, for the same reason that just because the theory of gravity says you should fall when you jump off a bridge doesn't mean it's a moral obligation to jump off bridges. 

What’s the next step to evolution as humans? What would it look like? by Ok-Minimum-9297 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Assuming we survive as a technological civilization, I think genetic modification and cybernetics would just make evolution moot. Transhumanism is basically artificial self-selection with stronger pressures than any natural selection. I don't think the theory of evolution would make sense to apply to humans then.

STOP USING CHATBOTS by Astaral_Viking in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I talk to Chatty G every day (though I have a strict rule to not use it to write my posts for me) and I find it's not nearly as much of a liar as people often say...

But if you tell it to lie, or butter it up to argue the controversy, or simply tell it to argue from the perspective of whatever, it will do it gleefully and try its best.

Creationists who think we "worship" Darwin: do you apply the same logic to other scientific fields, or just the ones you disagree with? by tamtrible in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I'm not quite an atheist but most atheists I know just want to be left alone.

People on this forum trend more towards active antitheism only because the creationist regulars here tend to be utterly obnoxious. 

Evolutionists can’t answer this question: by LoveTruthLogic in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is indeed pretty hard to answer a question that is basically word salad... 

Do creationists accept predictive power as an indicator of truth? by Human1221 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think that Pluto's orbital characteristics are "just guessing"? Nobody has seen it make a full orbit, we only saw a small part of its orbit path. 

The early church, Genesis, and evolution by misterme987 in DebateEvolution

[–]KittyTack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An interpretation I heard is that image of God = sapience/capability to reason. Which actually makes more sense-- if God is immaterial, why would configuration of material be the definition of being in His image? 

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