The Greatest Show on Earth

Bearguin · Post by **Bearguin** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:13 pm

I'll wait for the movie.

grayman · Post by **grayman** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:26 pm

Tell us how the ending turns out.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:15 pm

Any clowns? There ought to be clowns.

DrMatt · Post by **DrMatt** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:56 pm

Pyrrho wrote:Any clowns? There ought to be clowns.

Don't bother.

They're here.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:28 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Did I miss the news flash that Dawkins isn't cool any more? :evil:

I still like him.

As far as the book goes, I like to read while straphanging so I prefer a paperback. I would like to read it someday, though.

DrMatt · Post by **DrMatt** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:52 am

Anaxagoras wrote:
Abdul Alhazred wrote:Did I miss the news flash that Dawkins isn't cool any more? :evil:
I still like him.

As far as the book goes, I like to read while straphanging so I prefer a paperback. I would like to read it someday, though.

We won't tell the straph infection.

Bearguin · Post by **Bearguin** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:23 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Update: I finished it.

Good.

Can I borrow it?

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:59 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Did I miss the news flash that Dawkins isn't cool any more? :evil:

He stopped being cool when he joined the Brights and started the A stuff.

Sorry, I get a little tired of people with causes to sell, and I have no use for the cult mentality.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:13 am

"It's not enough that you're right! You have to be a dick about it!"

--South Park

--J.D.

DrMatt · Post by **DrMatt** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:10 pm

Interestingly enough, Darwin proceeds from artificial to natural selection, too. Darwin's audience was mostly familiar with artificial selection, though. Dawkins's audience mostly isn't, any more.

manny · Post by **manny** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:08 pm

DrMatt wrote:Interestingly enough, Darwin proceeds from artificial to natural selection, too. Darwin's audience was mostly familiar with artificial selection, though. Dawkins's audience mostly isn't, any more.

Which is really sad. If anyone in the world ought to understand evolution it's Kansans. When they get all stoopid about evolution I want to show them all the scraggly grassy thing they used to call maize and ask them what the hell happened to turn it into the huge juicy kernels they grow today.

hammegk · Post by **hammegk** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:29 pm

manny wrote:
DrMatt wrote:Interestingly enough, Darwin proceeds from artificial to natural selection, too. Darwin's audience was mostly familiar with artificial selection, though. Dawkins's audience mostly isn't, any more.
Which is really sad. If anyone in the world ought to understand evolution it's Kansans. When they get all stoopid about evolution I want to show them all the scraggly grassy thing they used to call maize and ask them what the hell happened to turn it into the huge juicy kernels they grow today.

And if they have more intelligence than a slug they'll tell you corn is corn .. and that great danes and chihuahuas are dogs. :wink:

DrMatt · Post by **DrMatt** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:51 pm

manny wrote:
DrMatt wrote:Interestingly enough, Darwin proceeds from artificial to natural selection, too. Darwin's audience was mostly familiar with artificial selection, though. Dawkins's audience mostly isn't, any more.
Which is really sad. If anyone in the world ought to understand evolution it's Kansans. When they get all stoopid about evolution I want to show them all the scraggly grassy thing they used to call maize and ask them what the hell happened to turn it into the huge juicy kernels they grow today.

Denial. And of course, injuns couldn't have had anything to do with it.

grayman · Post by **grayman** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:01 am

DrMatt wrote:
manny wrote:
DrMatt wrote:Interestingly enough, Darwin proceeds from artificial to natural selection, too. Darwin's audience was mostly familiar with artificial selection, though. Dawkins's audience mostly isn't, any more.
Which is really sad. If anyone in the world ought to understand evolution it's Kansans. When they get all stoopid about evolution I want to show them all the scraggly grassy thing they used to call maize and ask them what the hell happened to turn it into the huge juicy kernels they grow today.
Denial. And of course, injuns couldn't have had anything to do with it.

God did it.