"Red-State Serbian Jewish atheist liberal PhD student with Thesis-writing block and severe blogorrhea trying to understand US politics by making strange connections between science, religion, brain, language and sex."
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Here's something you can try at home: First, read this article from the Paper of Record regarding the so-called "theory" of Intelligent Design (note that ID is not a "theory" at all, in the sense that the word is properly used, but never mind that for now). Then read this article from The Onion (hat tip to
TPM, BTW) about the theory of Intelligent Falling, and how it explains gaps and inconsistencies in the traditional, presently embattled theory of gravity.
Now, then - explain to me exactly how anyone can determine which of these articles is an intentional joke, and which is merely unintentionally ridiculous. I submit that it is impossible, and furthermore that the impossibility can be soundly established by experiment.
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Earlier this evening I saw a commercial showing a man on a gray rock cliff. The camera panned back, and words were superimposed over the image: "Wolverine can move a mountain." More of the hillside is shown, and you can see other hills and valleys. The text goes away for a moment, so you can see the complete scene before the word "Wolverine" comes up again, with a picture of the Wolverine work boot beside it.
The complete scene, unless I'm quite mistaken, is a strip mine.
Yes, Wolverine can move a mountain.
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