All categories - 7 October 2006

Im in band but im in the colorguard, were considered Flagets, but that's fine as long as it comes from someone in band. But there are cool people in band, i think its cool just to b able 2 go on 2 the football field without having 2 play football!

2006-10-07 15:37:07 · 9 answers · asked by SkiTTlES-14 1 in Other - Visual Arts

Some people will point out that man-made objects are clearly designed and made by intelligent minds, and argue by analogy that living organisms therefore must also be designed - usually citing the complexity and organisation in living organisms as evidence of that intelligent design.

Let's think about what intelligence means. I think it means the ability to come up with lots of different ideas, different possibilities, different solutions to problems, and figure out what works best. When we are babies, our actions are random and unplanned - we gradually learn by trial and error how to move, how to get what we want, how to avoid getting hurt and so on. As adults, we have a lot of experience to draw on so we don't need to try everything out to know what will happen - the trial and error often goes on in our minds, but we still do it, even if a lot of it is automatic.

So, when someone designs something, they go through this trial and error process, some of it in practice and some just mentally, to decide what will work best for what they want to achieve - an attractive design, an effective product, a big profit, or whatever. The smartest people are the ones who have the most varied and original ideas, and are most successful at choosing the best ones.

Now, notice the similarity with evolution: Random genetic mutation provides the different possibilities, the different solutions, and unthinking natural selection determines what works and what does not - i.e. a mutation which allows the individual which carries it to more reproductively successful will tend to be preserved and proliferate in the population, and one which is disadvantageous will tend to be lost, simply because the individual is never born, or dies before breeding, or breeds less successfully.

So in both cases - human design and evolution - the same factors of variation and selection are at work. That's why both phenomena are capable of producing complexity, and that's also why (I suggest) some people mistakenly feel that intelligence must be involved in both cases.

2006-10-07 15:37:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-07 15:36:52 · 3 answers · asked by carson 2 in Music

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2006-10-07 15:36:48 · 4 answers · asked by PS L 2 in Other - Beauty & Style

2006-10-07 15:36:35 · 11 answers · asked by sakura.lxp0422 1 in Other - Food & Drink

2006-10-07 15:36:25 · 7 answers · asked by maddie r 2 in Other - Health

What is the Tagalog translation of "Happy birthday"?

2006-10-07 15:36:22 · 4 answers · asked by expatmt 5 in Friends

I AM HAVEING TROBLE WIT MY SPEAKERS AND WHEN I PLAY A SONG I DONT GET ANY VOICE OUT OF THE SPECKERS SO I DONT HAVE IT ON MUTE OR NOTHING LIKE THAT THERRS SOMHTING WRONG HELP PLEASE

2006-10-07 15:36:22 · 10 answers · asked by JUAN V 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-07 15:36:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Family & Relationships

my ex & i broke up 2 years ago now we are talking again were haning out every day @ brunch,lunch after school
well call each other every day like 5 x's a day we write letters to each other. walk together to class and wait for eachother when da bell rings.. oh and he is bsexual!
nut i knew that when i first meet him.

2006-10-07 15:36:19 · 7 answers · asked by AMANDA_BEEZY 1 in Friends

2006-10-07 15:36:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Family & Relationships

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2006-10-07 15:36:04 · 15 answers · asked by MyzTeKe™ 4 in Polls & Surveys

Does anyone out there have any cute patterns for baby booties? Grandbaby #5 will be due in January and I can't seem to find any patterns that grab my eye. Thanks!

2006-10-07 15:35:58 · 3 answers · asked by grannyhuh 3 in Hobbies & Crafts

ive never fallen for a girl like this b4. shes having a swt 16 party and im actually really close to her and im at her head table which is pretty cool. and i really want to get her a gift that she wont be able to get over and thatll blow away anything else that she gets. anyone have any suggestions?

2006-10-07 15:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by some jersey kid 1 in Singles & Dating

That sort of honor is supposed to be given after someone has died.
Is G.W.B. trying to tell us something or is it just one more gaucherie?

2006-10-07 15:35:50 · 13 answers · asked by Gaspode 7 in Etiquette

2006-10-07 15:35:46 · 11 answers · asked by crypt keeper 1 in Polls & Surveys

I made a birthday cake for my father, but when i make the icing on top it melt down, I cannot put the "happy Birthday" on it. What to add to the egg whites so it will be a hard icing that when i decorate there is no mess. I already put cream of tartar but it still fall.

2006-10-07 15:35:45 · 9 answers · asked by eneloy 1 in Cooking & Recipes

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2006-10-07 15:35:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Earth Sciences & Geology

My Son is doing a project for school collecting leaves. One of the catagories is leaves that have different smells.

2006-10-07 15:35:40 · 4 answers · asked by momseekinggod 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Some of the song also goes, "Chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup with the soul on the side."

2006-10-07 15:35:37 · 7 answers · asked by Samara P 1 in Music

2006-10-07 15:35:34 · 19 answers · asked by tom science 4 in Politics

I ask because I'm very interested in writing for a magazine in one of those areas. I've got a degree in technical writing, but I'm not sure what comics/gaming magazines might look for in an applicant--I' What sort of experience should I have? What should my portfolio contain? I'm going to be real crazy here and assume that they would want articles about games or comics, but is there something else? I figured I'd just throw this question out there and see if anyone had any helpful advice. Thanks!

2006-10-07 15:35:26 · 2 answers · asked by Casey 4 in Video & Online Games

2006-10-07 15:35:26 · 16 answers · asked by ##spyker## 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-07 15:35:18 · 24 answers · asked by ? 4 in Government

"T.O. Returns to Philly"

2006-10-07 15:35:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Windowblinds is a software found at www.windowblinds.net and it is used to customize windows. Themes, looks, screensavers, wallapapers, etc. are included in this program. It looks great to me. If yall reccomend another good program with a lot of themes and cool stuff then let me know. Anyway i am looking for a promotional coupon to use at checkout. Any of yall have that or could u find one on the internet. Thanks so much!

2006-10-07 15:35:15 · 2 answers · asked by aa_man033 1 in Software

Who can they possible unload this choke artist to ?

2006-10-07 15:35:13 · 13 answers · asked by zoso 5 in Baseball

2006-10-07 15:35:11 · 5 answers · asked by stumpy 1 in Music

2006-10-07 15:35:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Family & Relationships