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Better than behaving like an oppositional child.

Let's all reflect on Trump's amazing response to a hurricane and his heartfelt empathy...

Me too. It shows Trump legitimizing a dictator who had his uncle killed. Trump would do the same to remain in power or keep inheritance money.

I wonder if this pic made the cut. It is my favorite as it is one of the most representative examples of Trump's leadership style.

Will you purchase a copy of this coffee table book of Trump's Presidency? Should he donate the proceeds to charity? Why didn't he author a book with actual content? He wrote the captions and includes some jabs at rivals. Was that a nice move? Do you think he can put together a coherent...

Do you take the stand that we should stop using drugs unless they work when any amount is still in the system?

They do trigger epigenetic changes that create variety. We see in the lab that single celled algae bind together in the face of a predator. They act in tandem to metabolize and reproduce. One conglomeration has continued for for years despite removal of the predator. It took single cell life...

The input of the environment is not random. Drought conditions mean less seeds for finches. Competitive pressures increase for survival and reproductive success. Beak size follows whatever is now the most efficient in the current environment. An enzyme mutation that allows more nutrients to be...

One point of random input into a system does not mean the whole system is random. Mutations and novel characteristic combinations result in different structures.

This is a measurement accuracy issue. Carbon can be detected in larger time frames but it is just no longer accurate. Other isotopes are accurate in longer time frames. Compare it to drug action on the body. The effectiveness of your thorazine diminishes as the drug leaves your system. A...

Epigenics involves dimmer switches on genes rather than mutations of genes. The dimmer switches can be passed to offspring. These are adaptive measures that are rather mechanical, not evidence of a designer. Harsh conditions trigger a variety of dimmer settings, and only the changes that are...

Natural selection is not random; it is systematic.

Let us see a link. C14 acts as a crude clock, as it decays at a known rate. However, it’s only useful for organic matter, and only up to about 40,000 years. After that, the amount of C14 is so small, its impossible to distinguish from the normal background amounts of C14. Bacteria, pollen, dust...

Mutations are often deleterious. However, they can also be neutral or beneficial. Additionally, Neutral mutations can become beneficial when the environment changes.

The half-life of carbon-14 is only 5,730 years, so carbon-14 dating is only effective on samples that are less than 50,000 years old. They didn't just make this up to hide that dinosaurs were on earth later than they theorized. They have to seek another method for dating anything over 50,000...

Epigenetics which modulates gene expression are responsible for faster reactions to sudden environmental change. The finches experienced a drought and medium beaked finches were effected the most. Large and smaller beaked finches did better. So, modulators of gene expression in addition to...

^ You cannot gage effectiveness using absolute numbers.

It does not. And, the reason why has been explained to you ad nauseum. I am out. Now, I really am nauseous. The very little credibility you had is gone.

Oh no you di--n't. Tell me you didn't double down on your idiocy. One news article says that, what does the other article say?

A population of birds can change in as little as two generations. Crossbreeding creates a hybrid species. I will look into these particular finches in the near future. It may seem that way but it is very relevant. Clete, yourself, and Spetner need to examine suppositions about chance and what...