Dawkins: Lecture 3. Climbing Mount Improbable ( 8of 8 )

	Duration: 07:01 minutes Upload Time: 06-12-22 21:34:51 User: DrMontague :::: Favorites
Description: Richard Dawkins Royal Institute of Christmas Lectures Climbing Mount Improbable 1991
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DrMontague ::: Favorites OK. click on my user name and then look for a video named 'how scientist can calculate the age of the earth' and also click my user name and then play lists, and see a vid called Earth Story. If these vids don't open your eyes then so be it. 07-08-04 20:47:04 _____________________________________________________
larrycastle ::: Favorites I watched the video titled "Earth: How scientists can calculate the age of the earth" as you suggested. About 4 mins. in, we are told that "the decay rate is completely invariable." That's a pretty big assumption. Over the course 4.5 billion yrs, he knows with a certainty that this rate has never changed. I'm tempted to categorize that as a statement of religious faith but will be content to point out that there is no way to prove that presupposition. 07-08-04 22:52:21 _____________________________________________________
DrMontague ::: Favorites are you arguing he's wrong? And that all the other eminent scientists are completely wrong? This is a typical creationist stance i.e. just keep arguing that science might have it all wrong. Lets take it one step further, scientists might be wrong that the earth goes around the sun, the sun goes around the earth. You remind me of Groucho Marx when he stated 'who you going to believe your own eyes or me' 07-08-05 06:11:52 _____________________________________________________
larrycastle ::: Favorites I'm not arguing he's wrong. I just asked you to cite one study so I can have a claim to interact with. You are the one making a claim and apparently not willing to back it up. I am not willing to believe you over my own eyes. I want evidence from which to draw a conclusion not you quoting scripture ("eminent scientists"). Now you go look something up. Driscoll in Science News, vol. 101 (January 1, 1972), pp 12-14. Let's use evidence not names & claims-Agreed? 07-08-05 08:00:43 _____________________________________________________
DrMontague ::: Favorites Wait one minute. I'm not going to be your unpaid online teacher! However I recommend you buy some books on the subject, visit a good library and borrow some books. or Visit wikipedia a free online encyclopedia. I know your a creationist this is why I am not going to waste my valuable time on you. 07-08-05 08:18:57 _____________________________________________________
DrMontague ::: Favorites To larrycastle. Uranium will always decay to lead at a constant rate. Therefore it is an atomic clock. Experiments have shown that no known force can alter the decay rate. The earth is therefor 4.5 billion years old. The people in video are eminent scientists that is my evidence. I have presented you with evidence and then you turn around and argue that I haven't presented any evidence. Piss off. 07-08-05 08:31:15 _____________________________________________________
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commentnazi ::: Favorites Now see, you are the typical evolutionist in my experience. You spout about creationists just making statements without proof but them refuse to talk about peer reviewed studies. You're a propagandist. I was going to offer to save you the time of looking up the quotes by citing them here when I discovered you blocked me. Censorship is often substituted for argument when there is no case. Here is what you censored: 07-08-07 14:10:56 _____________________________________________________
commentnazi ::: Favorites So is this scientist not "eminent" or do you retract your statement that "all eminent scientists agree"? 07-08-07 14:12:38 _____________________________________________________
Duckhugger ::: Favorites Lots of thanks pouring out and I'll add to that indeed. I'll have to watch some of the other lectures when I get a chance to later, but for now... thanks so much for posting these DrMontague! 07-08-14 04:05:23 _____________________________________________________
DrMontague ::: Favorites To commentnaz. I no longer allow lying creationists to comment youtube has shown that creationists do not allow or want freedom of speech, they simply want to indoctrinate, censor comments i.e. they only allow creationists to comment. So go and fuck yourself! 07-08-14 07:15:50 _____________________________________________________