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The challenge is for ANYONE to explain to me this "miracle" in terms of evolution. Your explanation must be based on scientific evidence and not opinions.
By the way, dont bother saying anything if it is not related, as i will assume you have automatically failed the challenge. This includes spam, flames, swears, insults etc etc etc.....
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No one can help feeling surprised at the sight of a termite nest erected on the ground by termites. These nests are architectural wonders, rising as high as 5 or 6 metres.
When you compare the size of a termite and its nest, you will see that the termite has successfully completed an architectural project about 300 times bigger than itself. But what is even more astonishing is that the termites are blind.
A person who has never seen the huge nests built by blind termites would probably think that they are made up of sand piles heaped upon each other. However, a termite nest proves to be of a marvellous design incomprehensible to the human mind: inside there are intersecting tunnels, corridors, ventilation systems, special fungus production yards and safety exits.
If you assemble thousands of blind people and give them all kinds of technical tools, you can never make them set up a nest similar to the one made by the termite colony. So, just think:
- How could a termite measuring 1-2 cm. in length have learnt the architectural and engineering information needed to make such a subtle design?
- How could thousands of blind termites manage to work in harmony to build this construction which is an artistic wonder?
-If you divide a termite nest into two during the first stages of its construction, and then reunite it, you will see that all passage-ways, canals and roads fit each other. How can this miraculous event be explained?
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By the way, dont bother saying anything if it is not related, as i will assume you have automatically failed the challenge. This includes spam, flames, swears, insults etc etc etc.....
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No one can help feeling surprised at the sight of a termite nest erected on the ground by termites. These nests are architectural wonders, rising as high as 5 or 6 metres.
When you compare the size of a termite and its nest, you will see that the termite has successfully completed an architectural project about 300 times bigger than itself. But what is even more astonishing is that the termites are blind.
A person who has never seen the huge nests built by blind termites would probably think that they are made up of sand piles heaped upon each other. However, a termite nest proves to be of a marvellous design incomprehensible to the human mind: inside there are intersecting tunnels, corridors, ventilation systems, special fungus production yards and safety exits.
If you assemble thousands of blind people and give them all kinds of technical tools, you can never make them set up a nest similar to the one made by the termite colony. So, just think:
- How could a termite measuring 1-2 cm. in length have learnt the architectural and engineering information needed to make such a subtle design?
- How could thousands of blind termites manage to work in harmony to build this construction which is an artistic wonder?
-If you divide a termite nest into two during the first stages of its construction, and then reunite it, you will see that all passage-ways, canals and roads fit each other. How can this miraculous event be explained?
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i dont think this is a appropriate topic for this Future of GAMING forum
It's called a brain.
Each one of the cells in your skull is one of those termites (not literally of course), and each one on its own could not possibly be conceived as something which could feel emotions, fear, love, regret, or make judgements, or be in any way more useful than your average amoeba. And yet, it does.
This is a classic example of "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts". And it's not explainable, rather a mystery that repeats itself throughout nature that we have to accept as something that just happens. Without the ability for a massive number of small, seemingly conciousless particles to form something meaningful when used together, we wouldn't be alive today.
Each one of the cells in your skull is one of those termites (not literally of course), and each one on its own could not possibly be conceived as something which could feel emotions, fear, love, regret, or make judgements, or be in any way more useful than your average amoeba. And yet, it does.
This is a classic example of "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts". And it's not explainable, rather a mystery that repeats itself throughout nature that we have to accept as something that just happens. Without the ability for a massive number of small, seemingly conciousless particles to form something meaningful when used together, we wouldn't be alive today.
Your Honour wrote:
> So he copied it eh?
> No one likes a cheatah.
No, not a cheatah, but the direct link would have been better than us having to rehash a conversation that has had its thread closed and locked so many times before by moderators on other sites that I'm perfectly sick of it.
Clearly, God, if he exists, has a sense of humour.
Which would make God imperfect.
Therefore he cannot exist.
> So he copied it eh?
> No one likes a cheatah.
No, not a cheatah, but the direct link would have been better than us having to rehash a conversation that has had its thread closed and locked so many times before by moderators on other sites that I'm perfectly sick of it.
Clearly, God, if he exists, has a sense of humour.
Which would make God imperfect.
Therefore he cannot exist.
call the lynch mob. get him boys!
: )
: )
So he copied it eh?
No one likes a cheatah.
:-)
No one likes a cheatah.
:-)
Bah, can I just paste the whole of rest of the Planetarion General Discussion thread in here as well just to settle the argument?
The challenge is for ANYONE to explain to me this "miracle" in terms of evolution. Your explanation must be based on scientific evidence and not opinions.
By the way, dont bother saying anything if it is not related, as i will assume you have automatically failed the challenge. This includes spam, flames, swears, insults etc etc etc.....
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No one can help feeling surprised at the sight of a termite nest erected on the ground by termites. These nests are architectural wonders, rising as high as 5 or 6 metres.
When you compare the size of a termite and its nest, you will see that the termite has successfully completed an architectural project about 300 times bigger than itself. But what is even more astonishing is that the termites are blind.
A person who has never seen the huge nests built by blind termites would probably think that they are made up of sand piles heaped upon each other. However, a termite nest proves to be of a marvellous design incomprehensible to the human mind: inside there are intersecting tunnels, corridors, ventilation systems, special fungus production yards and safety exits.
If you assemble thousands of blind people and give them all kinds of technical tools, you can never make them set up a nest similar to the one made by the termite colony. So, just think:
- How could a termite measuring 1-2 cm. in length have learnt the architectural and engineering information needed to make such a subtle design?
- How could thousands of blind termites manage to work in harmony to build this construction which is an artistic wonder?
-If you divide a termite nest into two during the first stages of its construction, and then reunite it, you will see that all passage-ways, canals and roads fit each other. How can this miraculous event be explained?
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By the way, dont bother saying anything if it is not related, as i will assume you have automatically failed the challenge. This includes spam, flames, swears, insults etc etc etc.....
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No one can help feeling surprised at the sight of a termite nest erected on the ground by termites. These nests are architectural wonders, rising as high as 5 or 6 metres.
When you compare the size of a termite and its nest, you will see that the termite has successfully completed an architectural project about 300 times bigger than itself. But what is even more astonishing is that the termites are blind.
A person who has never seen the huge nests built by blind termites would probably think that they are made up of sand piles heaped upon each other. However, a termite nest proves to be of a marvellous design incomprehensible to the human mind: inside there are intersecting tunnels, corridors, ventilation systems, special fungus production yards and safety exits.
If you assemble thousands of blind people and give them all kinds of technical tools, you can never make them set up a nest similar to the one made by the termite colony. So, just think:
- How could a termite measuring 1-2 cm. in length have learnt the architectural and engineering information needed to make such a subtle design?
- How could thousands of blind termites manage to work in harmony to build this construction which is an artistic wonder?
-If you divide a termite nest into two during the first stages of its construction, and then reunite it, you will see that all passage-ways, canals and roads fit each other. How can this miraculous event be explained?
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