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   Alan Jeffery to r norman   
   Re: Dinosaurs never existed !   
   14 Sep 04 21:59:21   
   
   XPost: talk.origins   
   From: observa_no_spam@xtra.co.nz   
      
   "r norman"  wrote in message   
   news:0oodk0d46rf0j0jqng0hr6otngro5qg0mq@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:51:16 +0000 (UTC), "Alan Jeffery"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > >> > > > But notice the Second Law of Talk.Origins:   
   > >> > > >   
   > >> > > >       "The lamer the post, the bigger the resulting thread."   
   > >> > >   
   > >> > > Impossible! You can't get more information out than was put in   
   there   
   > >at   
   > >> > > the beginning.   
   > >> >   
   > >> > Reading for comprehension John.  He said _longer_ not more   
   informative.   
   > >> >   
   > >>   
   > >> But if it's longer it is more irreducibly complex. Information cannot   
   be   
   > >> created (except by an unspecific omnicompetent designer about whom we   
   > >> cna say nothing).   
   > >   
   > >So far I can't see anything even remotely complex in this thread.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Now that the original subject of the thread is completely changed, is   
   > this an example of sympatric speciation?   
   >   
   Please show me the transitional post.   
      
   Alan Jeffery   
      
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