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philosopher's stone

A stone sought by the alchemists of the middle ages which was supposedly able to transmute base metals into gold, to make precious stone's, and to cure all ills, and thus confer longevity; it was also believed to be a universal solvent.


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Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion

philosophy is proven wrong by paradoxical and contradicting views therefore philosophers and philosophy are just meaningless nonsense hahaah biology is proven wrong by paradoxical and contradicting views therefore biologists and biology are just meaningless nonsense ...

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by gamila
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
Replies: 29
Views: 894

Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion

Mr. AFJ that's a great point. Behold his own logic used against him! philosophy is proven wrong by paradoxical and contradicting views therefore philosophers and philosophy are just meaningless nonsense therefore CLD is irrelevant in every possible way In a nutshell, the only reason people respond ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:43 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to cambrian explosion
Replies: 29
Views: 894

Zogby Poll on Darwinism

... so it cannot be examined further in a scientific manner." Maybe it could expand the thought a little more and say something like: "Early philosophers and scientists couldn't help but notice similarities between objects that were created and some that were "natural." This led ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:36 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Zogby Poll on Darwinism
Replies: 7
Views: 182

Biology is not a science

... haven't read Feyerabend's though, so won't comment on that. But maybe you would not mind providing clear (and concise) explanation on how those 2 philosophers deny the existence of the scientific method. I would be curious. Really. But I the mean time, maybe you could also try to respond to the ...

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by canalon
Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:04 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biology is not a science
Replies: 44
Views: 1364

Re: Homework question that I must be over-thinking.

... You try to find ways to demonstrate that the hypothesis is wrong. In science is it extremely difficult to prove that a hypothesis is right; some philosophers of science argue that it is impossible to prove a hypothesis correct. However, we can support a hypothesis by challenging it and failing ...

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by jonmoulton
Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:30 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Homework question that I must be over-thinking.
Replies: 2
Views: 732
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