tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post114873701675828593..comments2023-05-10T13:56:53.008+00:00Comments on In Rejection of Mediocrity: Letter to the Editor - Truncated!David S. MacMillan IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00530249314198135678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post-1149183485637091742006-06-01T17:38:00.000+00:002006-06-01T17:38:00.000+00:00Readers usually skim very quickly, giving each art...Readers usually skim very quickly, giving each article only a couple seconds, unless there is something that hooks their curiosity. This is true for op-eds or college entrance essays. <BR/><BR/>I recommend resisting the temptation to restate. Just quote your opponent's essential claim, only part of it if long and severable. Then say "au contraire," and give your best shot. You do the summarizing, let the quote do the emotional impacting.<BR/><BR/>For tips on conciseness, see Strunk & White, _The Elements of Style_.Nathan Straubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796193746711650602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post-1149114992853344422006-05-31T22:36:00.000+00:002006-05-31T22:36:00.000+00:00it would be rude to do that. Because it would jus...it would be rude to do that. Because it would just indicate that you don't understand the point he was making about uniform random searches.<BR/><BR/>frankly the fact that you honestly believe that you have the expertise to address this sort of statistical problem, is mind-blowingly arrogant, and frankly not very christian behavior.<BR/><BR/>and the statistical argument I've read of yours most certainly did address amino acids. You do realize DNA is just an encoding of amino acids. For you even to suggest that it is somehow relevant that you were talking about DNA versus amino acid chains, just demonstrates your lack of compentence to even engage in such a calculation.<BR/><BR/>Remeber god will punish you for your sin of arrogance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post-1149113590779868652006-05-31T22:13:00.000+00:002006-05-31T22:13:00.000+00:00'Nonny,First off I wasn't talking about amino acid...'Nonny,<BR/><BR/>First off I wasn't talking about amino acids like Dembski was. Also, I came up with my statistical impossibility calculations <A HREF="http://standonbible.blogspot.com/2006/04/improbable-versus-impossible-is-id.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> not based on anybody else but based solely on my own calculations and information from <EM>Nature</EM>.<BR/><BR/>I'll ask the No Free Lunch guy to address my post, OK? Does that work?David S. MacMillan IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530249314198135678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post-1149111834199108962006-05-31T21:43:00.000+00:002006-05-31T21:43:00.000+00:00No Free Lunchyou probably should read this blogpos...<A HREF="http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_goodmath_archive.html" REL="nofollow">No Free Lunch</A><BR/><BR/>you probably should read this blogpost, it has ramifications on the argument you keep repeating about how evolution is statistically impossible. Basically to put it simply, your arguments are far to simplistic to pass mathematical rigor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11654814.post-1148998582522622022006-05-30T14:16:00.000+00:002006-05-30T14:16:00.000+00:00Too bad they left out the greater part of your let...Too bad they left out the greater part of your letter. You collapsed the statement that Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin didn't believe in personal Gods.<BR/><BR/>~NellaCamillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13645834294432954892noreply@blogger.com