On 08/07/17 12:11, Philip Draper wrote:
> In message
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>> On 07/07/17 21:01, Philip Draper wrote:
>>> In message
>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>>>> 2/. Darwin only demands that you are not so completely deluded as to
>>>> fail to copulate with a member of the opposite sex productively before
>>>> you die.
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>>> I do wonder where that 'quotation' from Darwin appears. It doesn't
>>> seem very Darwinian language. Maybe its actually a quottion from one
>>> of the numerous people who interpreted what Darwin said in terms of
>>> their own views.
>>>
>> It is simply deducible from Darwins principle of natural selection.
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>> It isnt a quote from anybody, it is the logical consequence of a process
>> that elminates those who fail to breed successfully..
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>> I do so love this modern idea that anything yoiu disagree with, no
>> matter how logical, and deduction is pure logic, can be dismissed as
>> 'mere opinion'
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>> Induction may be subject to such a challenge, but not deduction.
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>> This bandar log response to science mathematics and politics is doomed
>> to ultimate failure.
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>> Pythagoras is notr a 'matter of opinion': given te axioms of euclidian
>> plane gemotery, Pythaogras theorem is an implicit. The deductive 'proof'
>> is merely a step by step explication.
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>> For the mentally challemged, consider a gene pool that is 100%
>> homosexual without exception. Where does the next generation come from?
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>> The fact that homosexuality is and always has been common, shows that
>> plenty of homosexuals must have actually been bisexual. Assuming it is a
>> genetic predilection.
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>> Of course if its simply a fashion, and has no basis in genetics, thats
>> another matter.
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> Well, maybe. But Darwin was much influenced by Malthus, who was quite
> clear that too many people -> disaster.
>
> Anyway, evolution doesn't eliminate those who fail to breed, only
> eliminates their contribution to the gene pool. And where is the
> evidence that homosexuals cannot have children?
Ypu are extraordinary.
By definition IF homsexuality means exclusive sex only with a partner of
the same sex then bt definition homosexuals cannot have children.
The correct term you are after is 'bi sexual'
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> Logic is all very well (though I wonder how it applies to quantum
> mechanics), but if it based on false facts it tends to fail.
>
Good grief.
What could you possibly know about logic?
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that sound good.
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