Comments on: Somebody Lowered Their Standards http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/11/somebody-lowered-their-standards/ A blog on my latest adventures, pictures, and travels Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jay http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/11/somebody-lowered-their-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Jay Fri, 12 May 2006 18:10:37 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/11/somebody-lowered-their-standards/#comment-578 Yes Keith, words can't quite capture the atmosphere over there. It's a special mixture of ignorance and confidence. They're playing the classic game of "if you don't know everything, you don't know anything" with this polar bear / grizzley hybrid. Brayton over at Dispatches has the best name for Uncommon Descent. <em>Dembski's Home for Wayward Sycophants</em>. Yes Keith, words can’t quite capture the atmosphere over there. It’s a special mixture of ignorance and confidence.

They’re playing the classic game of “if you don’t know everything, you don’t know anything” with this polar bear / grizzley hybrid.

Brayton over at Dispatches has the best name for Uncommon Descent. Dembski’s Home for Wayward Sycophants.

]]> By: keiths http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/11/somebody-lowered-their-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-576 keiths Fri, 12 May 2006 05:15:01 +0000 http://www.ocellated.com/2006/05/11/somebody-lowered-their-standards/#comment-576 Intelligent design supporter PaV at Dembski's blog sees this as casting doubt on the evolutionary tree: "Does this discovery eliminate the need for a LCA [last common ancestor] for the polar and grizzly bears? I wonder how many more LCA’s can be eliminated? Is the evolutionary tree getting ’shafted’ here somehow?" (His original post referred to LCDs (last common descendants) until someone pointed out the difference between ancestors and descendants. Ancestor/descendant, left/right, yes/no -- it's all very confusing to some ID supporters). http://www.uncommondescent.com/index.php/archives/1110 Intelligent design supporter PaV at Dembski’s blog sees this as casting doubt on the evolutionary tree:

“Does this discovery eliminate the need for a LCA [last common ancestor] for the polar and grizzly bears? I wonder how many more LCA’s can be eliminated? Is the evolutionary tree getting ’shafted’ here somehow?”

(His original post referred to LCDs (last common descendants) until someone pointed out the difference between ancestors and descendants. Ancestor/descendant, left/right, yes/no — it’s all very confusing to some ID supporters).

http://www.uncommondescent.com/index.php/archives/1110

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