Quotes of the Month: February 2007

Every month (depending if I have time), I'll collect some great quotes from the Telic Thoughts community. Basically, stuff that makes me think, stuff I didn't know, stuff that raises an eyebrow, or stuff that makes me laugh. Yknow - good stuff.

So if one proceeds directly and straightforwardly in this matter, without being deflected by a fear of incurring the wrath of scientific opinion, one arrives at the conclusion that biomaterials with their amazing measure or order must be the outcome of intelligent design. "“ Fred Hoyle (via Bilbo)

But the real puzzle is lima beans. Why, oh why, do lima beans exist? Starting with the unspeakably perverse dish "succotash" (lima beans + corn: now there's a recipe from the Depths of Hell cookbook), lima beans ruin every meal in which they make an appearance. "“ P A Nelson

Materialism is dead for all intelligent minds. There are laws of nature but they are purposeful. Everywhere we look we are confronted by power and intelligence"¦ "“ Alfred Russel Wallace (via Jehu)

A heady mix of words, punctuation, and numerals, The Design Matrix has it all "“ Pez

To me its just plain silly. A design argument sits at the very core of modern evolutionary thought. How then could something called "intelligent design" ("mini," "maxi" or whatever ya gotty) even be considered an alternative to evolutionary theory?

By way of the oh-so-convenient false dichotomy. - Rock

As the venerable philosopher and sage Bugs Bunny would have observed, 'DIS means war! "“ Krauze

"Your honor, we do have squat for a model. Right now, though, it's being redigested by the defendant." "“ Douglas

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