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Obsolete

Obsolete

1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

2. (Science: biology) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

Synonym: ancient, antiquated, old-fashioned, antique, old, disused, neglected. See ancient.

Origin: L. Obsoletus, p.p. Of obsolescere. See Obsolescent. Outdated or superceded.


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Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... or "religion" but is not. As a result, the only ones that dare going that far into the unknown for a theory that makes others obsolete must have a religious mind that sees no point sitting around writing pompous statements proclaiming all that is impossible to discover.

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by GaryGaulin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 448

Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... cannot account for the origin of these protein-transport pathways. If there is no way to form these pathways, then the organelles would become obsolete once they started transferring their genes to the nucleus. Furthermore, if there was no pathway to return the proteins to the organelle, then ...

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by AFJ
Sat May 23, 2009 2:34 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 106
Views: 16675

Re: study and listen to the music at the same time

... callosum. However it's not usually the case since either the two of them dominates the other. mcar, that kind of thinking about neurobiology is obsolete. yes, one hemisphere is "dominant" in the sense of that is where the Broca area develops there, but anything that may be defined ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:08 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: study and listen to the music at the same time
Replies: 25
Views: 11689

Re: Prokaryotes Question

... this: http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/prokaryotic_cells.html What is now taught in (at least) US schools and even in teaching college is now obsolete. All textbooks I have seen or were described to me are wrong about this and the modern origin of life theories. I estimate they are on average ...

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by GaryGaulin
Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:30 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Prokaryotes Question
Replies: 8
Views: 921

Human aging

... an evolutionary one: we are programmed to stay alive long enough to have offspring and see to it that they reach adult age, after which we become obsolete - we need to make way for the "newer models". If every individual stayed alive indefinitely, we'd soon become competitors even to ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:48 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Human aging
Replies: 17
Views: 1881
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