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 Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 2:42 pm Post subject: Sqwark!com
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Hi. I really like your site. I am doing something similar with sqwark.com, which has just become operational in the last few days. I am especially interested in Richard Dawkins' forthcoming appearance - that was quite a coup! I'll be staying tuned for it.
In the meantime, this is me:
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Sqwark!com
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Squark,
Welcome to BookTalk. I hope that you're able to read Unweaving the Rainbow and participate in the discussions on the forum.
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Sqwark!com
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Epigenetics
Of course, being me, when I visited your site I jumped immediately to the "science" link. I find the language of the genetics discussion exceedingly odd – "This staunch dogma is held as scientific fact by the mainstream biological establishment". As anyone with dealings with real science and real scientists knows, "dogma" is the farthest thing from how science operates; so such pugnacious language causes me to question the motivations of one who writes that way.
"Recent findings out of molecular genetics however, are placing this hypothesis under increasing strain." Actually, they are not. The reason that alternatives to random mutation are summarily dismissed is that no plausible mechanism has ever been proposed for them. I say, if you have a hypothesis concerning mechanism, then state it up front and loose the argumentative tone. If not, the rational thing is to fit new observations into known mechanisms.
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Sqwark!com
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| We can still argue/discuss/promote/denigrate his material though. |
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