Comments on: The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web

The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web

plep — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:16:39 -0800

The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web. Thanks to the British Library.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:25:55 -0800

See also here for Chuck D and much more besides!

By: y0mbo

y0mbo — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:34:24 -0800

Cool, now I don't have to spend any money to read up. It helps to understand others' point of view by reading their positions' tomes. You can read up on the opposition for free, too!

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:36:37 -0800

"Could a system we do not completely understand be constructed by means of a process we cannot completely specify?" David Berlinski vs. the world.

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:42:36 -0800

thanks everybody. I can only add the obligatory quote: That's good. You believe the world's 12,000 years old? "That's right." Okay, I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready? "Uh-huh." Dinosaurs.

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:08:43 -0800

matteo -- In repudiation of the worthless Bill Hicks, I offer you the magnificent Philip Gosse: Gosse's argument is simple. If you had been present in Eden twenty minutes after Adam's creation, you would have observed his navel, a scar left from a birth that never happened. In his digestive tract would have been the remains of a meal he had not eaten two hours before. His feet would have had calluses from walks he had never taken. A nearby tree, cut down, would have shown real rings of unreal years of growth. Gosse goes on and on with this arument, separating all time into historic time,

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:21:49 -0800

Faze, Gosse's Prochronic Time sounds pretty but truly is just Hick's Prankster God: Get this, I actually asked one of these guys, OK, Dinosaurs fossils - how does that fit into you scheme of life? Let me sit down and strap in. He said, "Dinosaur fossils? God put those there to test our faith." Thank God I'm strapped in right now here man. I think God put you here to test my faith, Dude. You believe that? "uh huh." Does that trouble anyone here? The idea that God.. might be.. fuckin' with our heads? I have trouble sleeping with that knowledge. Some prankster God running around: "Hu hu ho. We will see who believes in me now, ha ha." [mimes God burying fossils] "I am God, I am a prankster." "I am killing Me." You know, You die and go to St. Peter... "Did you believe in dinosaurs?" "Well, yeah. There was fossils everywhere" Thuh [trapdoor opens] "Aaaaaaarhhh!" "You fuckin idiot." "Flying lizards, you're a moron. God was fuckin' with you!" "It seemed so plausible, ahhhh!" "Enjoy the lake of fire, fucker!"

By: SteelyDuran

SteelyDuran — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:34:16 -0800

> In repudiation of the worthless Bill Hicks I offer you the magnificent Philip Gosse Gosse's amusing notion that a creator would build a universe seemingly already-in-progress just to cover his ass has a nice Gary Larson-esque appeal that I favor strongly.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:38:36 -0800

Great link, plep. Thanks!

By: Postroad

Postroad — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:32:48 -0800

I rejected the biblical account some time ago when I thought long and deeply about Noah's ark and wondered that if there were two of every kind, what happened to the ants when there were also ant eaters on the boat.

By: thomas j wise

thomas j wise — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:07:52 -0800

Also online: some of Darwin's correspondence, with much more to come.

By: MrBadExample

MrBadExample — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:57:10 -0800

[INSERT WISCONSIN JOKE HERE]