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Dawkins 'in the well'

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  • 13-11-2008 10:01pm
    #1
    Lazare
    Registered Users Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭


    My main residence on boards is the poker forum. We have a regular and very popular thing over there called 'in the well' threads.
    We borrowed the concept from 2+2 (US poker forum), and it works like this.. We invite somebody, usually one of the more knowledgeable posters to metaphorically 'jump down the well' and answer other posters questions until such a time as the questions dry up or the person decides to come up from the well.
    The majority of the questions are obviously poker related, but there are no restrictions and the threads tend to be highly entertaining and informative.

    We've also from time to time convinced high profile guests to jump down, including the current pot limit omaha world champion Marty Smyth, well known poker journalist Dr Pauly, and TV poker commentator and personality Jesse May.

    I got thinking how great it would be to convince Richard Dawkins to sign up to boards and jump down our A&A 'well'.

    What do people think?

    Do you reckon we could convince him?


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Lazare wrote: »
    Do you reckon we could convince him?

    No.


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    Schuhart
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    Try Harun Yahya instead. He's anybody's.


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    Dades
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    While an interesting proposition, Lazare, the problem here is everybody thinks they know everything already. ;)

    However if anyone can convince a celebrity heathen to post here, I'm sure we could arrange tea, biscuits and a host of pertinent questions!


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    Zombrex
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    This is Richard Dawkins .... that is all


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    AtomicHorror
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    This is Richard Dawkins .... that is all

    Richard,

    Why are you so down on organised religions? Did an organised religion bully you as a child?

    -A


    I'd be nice to have him on the B,C&P thread but I think he'd become tired of the incoherent crap.


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    Hivemind187
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    This is Richard Dawkins .... that is all

    Richard ... will you be my new dad?


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    AtomicHorror
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    Hivemind187 wrote: »
    Richard ... will you be my new dad?

    Why has Richard forsaken us?


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    #9
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Were you sent here by the devil?


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    Schuhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Schuhart


    Can you give me an example of a genetic mutation or of an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome?


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    Schuhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Schuhart


    Stumped you again, ha!


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Watch it Schuhart or you'll find yourself in the well! ;)


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    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    Schuhart wrote: »
    Can you give me an example of a genetic mutation or of an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome?

    J C!!!!!???? :confused: :eek: :D :pac::pac:


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Schuhart wrote: »
    Can you give me an example of a genetic mutation or of an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome?

    So all mutations cause a loss of information?

    Lets say we have a mini DNA sequence as follows

    ATG ACT

    At some point we have a random point mutation, thus we apparently 'lose' some information

    Ending up with the following sequence.

    ATC ACT

    Now at some point in the future we have a further point mutation 'losing' some more information.

    We now end up with the following sequence

    ATG ACT

    Explain please or it is the well for you my friend.

    Oh and define how we would measure genetic information is as well while you are at it.
    AtomicHorror wrote: »
    J C!!!!!???? :confused: :eek: :D :pac::pac:
    J C wrote: »
    ......your example of a reverse mutation merely restored the information that was lost......but CRUCIALLY it didn't increase the original information ....which is a requirement of any system that is capable of 'evolving' slime into Man!!!:D

    Perhaps :)


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Someone infect that man with the A&A cultural memes, quickly.


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    Galvasean
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    Zillah wrote: »
    Were you sent here by the devil?

    No good sir, he's on the level.


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    Canis_major
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zillah viewpost.gif
    Were you sent here by the devil?

    No good sir, he's on the level.

    The ring came off my pudding can?!


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    #18
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Take my pen knife, my good man!


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    Schuhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Schuhart


    Dades wrote: »
    Watch it Schuhart or you'll find yourself in the well! ;)
    All I said was that piece of halibut was fit for Jehovah.


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    lol, loving the simpsons tune, started singing it after the first post, cognitive convergence!1

    Interesting concept but he has never said anything that I haven't thought of stoned.
    It's liking giving somebody a pat on the back for not being stupid.
    Now if we could get the pope...


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    lostexpectation
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    lol, loving the simpsons tune, started singing it after the first post, cognitive convergence!1

    Interesting concept but he has never said anything that I haven't thought of stoned.
    It's liking giving somebody a pat on the back for not being stupid.
    Now if we could get the pope...

    could it be non celebs first?


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    It's generally people from the community with special guests sometimes. It's great on the poker forum, so yes. We can start with the mods and buddhists.


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