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peer

1. To come in sight; to appear. So honor peereth in the meanest habit. (Shak) See how his gorget peers above his gown! (B. Jonson)

2. [Perh. A different word; cf. OE. Piren, LG. Piren. Cf. Pry to peep] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. (Shak) As if through a dungeon grate he peered. (Coleridge)

Origin: OF. Parir, pareir equiv. To F. Paraitre to appear, L. Parere. Cf. Appear.


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Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... that it is easy to see they sure did not win any points hurling such poop. The rest of the scientific method I explain makes the best of all the peer-review possible to keep the theory getting stronger all the time. Some of the best ideas came from the Physics forum where along with the rest ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
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Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

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by GaryGaulin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:50 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
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A myth of biology debunked

... that are experts in that particular field. If they find the argument solid, then it gets labeled as "possibly true" and published in a peer-reviewed journal. This does not mean that false things don't get published - but this process was designed to make it so that at any one moment ...

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by MrMistery
Fri May 22, 2009 4:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A myth of biology debunked
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Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

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by alextemplet
Thu May 21, 2009 1:50 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

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by alextemplet
Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:14 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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