tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post7093042505071062047..comments2023-10-25T03:22:30.728-06:00Comments on Ragamuffin Studies: Glenn Beck's Monkey Show: OverviewElisheva Hannah Levinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-65343977059283602822010-10-26T15:16:49.750-06:002010-10-26T15:16:49.750-06:00Narada: In all of my biology studies we just calle...Narada: In all of my biology studies we just called it <i>The Origin of Species</i>. And yes, I have read it and studied it. It was sometimes slow going, what with Darwin's Victorian penchant for paragraph-long sentences. It was and is an important work because all of the ideas that are central to the modern synthesis of the theory of evolution by natural selection are present in <i> the Origin</i>. At the same time, the evidence that Darwin presented did not include the physical mechanism for the descent of traits, nor for their modification. Further the massive evidence we have now from all branches of the physical and life sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Biochemistry) was not available to Darwin. He is the genius that launched the idea. He saw it, almost whole and complete. But it took quite some time to fill in all of the details.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-32845815500634943952010-10-26T15:10:24.818-06:002010-10-26T15:10:24.818-06:00Chuck--well this has become the Southern/Country M...Chuck--well this has become the Southern/Country Metaphor Master meets the Aspie Geek. I still don't get the acronymn! :) You are 2-0. <br /> <br />By the way, my father-in-law (z"l) was born in Iowa and raised in Texas. He was educated at SMU, then Harvard and then Oxford. He also qualified as a Southern/Country Metaphor Master, and such was the origin of his wonderfully dry sense of humor and his hatred of anyone with any pretensions. (You can imagine Texas working class meets New England).Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-90082544625798013492010-10-26T09:07:00.798-06:002010-10-26T09:07:00.798-06:00I understood your last sentence. In addition to be...I understood your last sentence. In addition to being an official metaphor and simile interpretor (especially country or Southern metaphor & similes) I am also able to match them with just about anyone. (;0)<br /><br />The acronym thing was just a detour to the road of silliness.Chuckhttp://www.gadaboutblogalot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-42910028037161185192010-10-25T16:08:21.411-06:002010-10-25T16:08:21.411-06:00Oops! I think I may have butchered Mr. Darwin'...Oops! I think I may have butchered Mr. Darwin's book title.Naradahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152176340748954004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-523880433687100242010-10-25T15:54:38.665-06:002010-10-25T15:54:38.665-06:00yes yes.... I've too tried to telepathically c...yes yes.... I've too tried to telepathically coach...........But!<br /><br />Is it any surprise, really, that blathering continues without serious study, on many topics by media personalities on subjects which miss-truth and disinformation breed hearsay, and scare tactics? The propagation of certain ideas and issues seem to, by design, focus media on emotional (and other types of) sensationalism thereby attracting attention and viewers/readers/listeners, which translate to money in the media business. <br /><br />I shudder at the possible implications on science and politic from those individuals who take as gospel some of the interesting twists of fact and fantasy I've heard and read in the media........ <br /><br />So has anybody really studied "On Origin of Species by Natural Selection" besides me and my daughter? I already know the vague remembrance of what is taught as "the scientific method" in school is long gone to most...... <br />Geezzzz I don't want to beat a dead draft animal but - what happened to learning from study, and to actually prepare from study our own ideas, defensible by some understanding?Naradahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152176340748954004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-75999559796501618402010-10-25T13:35:22.825-06:002010-10-25T13:35:22.825-06:00Chuck you lost me in your comment on the acronym. ...Chuck you lost me in your comment on the acronym. I am not sure what you mean. <br /><br />As for the last sentence, here is the background: in the midwest where I grew up, there was this one church down the street from my in-laws and the minister of that church was an annoyance to the neighbors, so much so that my father-in-law called him a hot-farting fundamentalist. My father-in-law was no longer Christian, though he was raised in a fundamentalist sect, he had a miserable experience and left. I like the adjective because it seems to describe a certain brand of busybodies who try to impose their religious views quite well. <br /><br />I added the word <i>dominionist</i> because I can ignore fundamentalist so long as they leave me alone, but dominionists want to make this country into a Christian theocracy, which would be very bad for my health, wealth and well- being. Not to mention that it is mighty unconstitutional of them. <br /><br />So there you have it.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-33319689016300289452010-10-23T22:00:01.006-06:002010-10-23T22:00:01.006-06:00Your last sentence would look like this as an acro...Your last sentence would look like this as an acronym:<br /><br />yh-ffdcdu. Just doesn't come across though. Not even as a dead language or sans the hyphen.<br /><br />I'll wait for your, have to be interesting, additional installments.<br />ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-47429809840253827982010-10-22T10:11:10.043-06:002010-10-22T10:11:10.043-06:00Donna, did you ever want to coach him telepathical...Donna, did you ever want to coach him telepathically? "Come on, Glenn! That's right! Take it home. Damn! Didn't. Quite. Get. There."Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059095776066394557.post-85659003433320486022010-10-21T22:17:09.374-06:002010-10-21T22:17:09.374-06:00I am so glad you pointed this out. While I genera...I am so glad you pointed this out. While I generally enjoy Beck, I was frustrated reading one of his books when he recommended social controls in the middle of his "libertarianims." <br /><br />I kept hoping he was tongue in cheek, but I could find no evidence of such.<br /><br />He starts out so well, and then ...Donna Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757829143764382949noreply@blogger.com