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6833_b892933fe04a464005703759b73e59easm36x36 “Reading Vikram Seth, "A Suitable Boy."
—katmagzoop, 808 days ago
6833_b892933fe04a464005703759b73e59easm36x36 “I'm going to use this as a bookmark until the bookmark feature is fixed. I am on the first page of the Introduction in "Origin of Species."
—katmagzoop, 886 days ago
6833_b892933fe04a464005703759b73e59easm36x36 “I've started to read "Origin of Species" here on Book Glutton.
—katmagzoop, 987 days ago
6833_b892933fe04a464005703759b73e59easm36x36 “Current read: "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova.
—katmagzoop, 988 days ago
6833_b892933fe04a464005703759b73e59easm36x36 “I never like taking the leadership position. I am a solitary soul.
—katmagzoop, 990 days ago

PUBLIC NOTES

Lyell and Creationists: Starting at "But geologists are becoming more and more loath..." to the end of the paragraph: This argument of Lyell's is used by creationists to "disprove" evolutionary theory -- because of the length of time involved in slow erosion without cataclysmic events. I just read about this the other day at a site called Index to Creationism, which rebuts hundreds of creationist talking points. The rebuttal to this one is that contemporary geologists have modified their understanding of Lyell to include cataclysmic events. In other words, when the creationists use Lyell's theory about erosion to argue that evolution is wrong, they are working from an outdated theory that no longer conforms to present-day scientific thinking. It was so exciting to read this sentence and immediately make that mental connection to something else I had read!
Time and Change
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
It takes faith: It takes faith to believe in evolutionary theory -- more faith than it takes to believe in a superhuman being who created everything with intent and conscious will. What a paradox!
Time and Change
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Awesome run-on!: Documented proof that, in the hands of a masterful writer, the longest sentence is coherent and beautiful.
Time and Change
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Beginnings of Life: So when does an individual human life begin? This suggests that there is no sharp dividing line between existence and non-existence. Life is not jump-started from dead flesh.
Time and Change
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ontogeny and Phylogeny: I think this is a reference to the "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" theory -- the idea that an individual organism's prenatal development repeats the evolutionary stages of the species to which the organism belongs. I just did some quick research, and found out that this theory has been discredited, but it's not entirely untrue. A developing human child in the womb, for example, does have physical characteristics that mimic human evolutionary development, but it's not literally every stage of human evolution in succession. It's more like clues to evolutionary stages rather than repeating it all over again.
Time and Change
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Wonder of Life: What a marvelous perception! That the idea of an evolutionary process that has worked through nature for millions of years is more extraordinary and amazing than the idea of an omnipotent being who created everything in an instant, or in six days!
Time and Change
Friday, October 16, 2009
God and Evolution: Burroughs does not capitalize the initial letters in "creative energy," but it seems to me he's talking about God -- or divinity, or whatever word one wants to choose. The creative force -- God -- works through biological processes.
Time and Change
Friday, October 16, 2009

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