Gary, is the name of the Smulyan book "Forever Undecided?" > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Rosenberg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 11:56 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Micro- vs. Macro- ?? > > >If it is a rare or obscure paper not readily available could you or > someone >kindly provide a photocopy. > > I'll be happy to mail a copy of the paper to Doug, and anyone else on > Conch-L who requests a copy in the next few days. Maybe he and I will > debate it some more in private and report back if anything interesting > turns up. Personally I've learned a lot from the debate. It's forced me to > refine some of my concepts and pushed me to integrate some ideas. I've > also > learned that some creationists know a lot about biology. > > Those of you who've been on Conch-L for awhile know that I collect mollusk > quotations, but I also collect other kinds of quotations. I was browsing > them a few days ago, and was surprising how many were relevant to the > debate, even though I found most of them 10 to 20 years ago. None of them > are meant to be criticisms, and most of them cut both ways anyway. > > I now introduce Professor Smullyan, who will prove to you that either he > doesn't exist or you don't exist, but you won't know which. > --What is the Name of this Book?, p. 201 > > I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it. > --Geologist's saying > > No matter how hard you boil an egg, you can always smash a cigar box > with a hammer. > > Objectivity is in the eye of the beholder. > > One of the sure paths to the real future (because there is also a false > future) is to proceed in the direction of your fear. > --Milorad Pav, Dictionary of the Khazars, p. 92 > > Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings and not by the intellect. > --Herbert Spencer > > What a strange misconception has been taught to people....that one > cannot be disciplined enough to discover truth unless one is indifferent > to it....there is no point in looking for the truth unless what it is > makes a difference. > --K. C. Cole, Discover 4(12):54, 63 > > Theories pass. The Frog remains. > --Jean Rostand, Notebooks of a Biologist > > > Regarding the way Conch-L keeps wandering "off" topic, and the pleas to > keep us focused (I've wandered and I've pled, so this also is not a > criticism): > > Never try to teach a [flying] pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys > the pig. > --Psychology Today, May 1981, p. 17 > > So with that, I'm signing off the creation/evolution debate for awhile. > > [Now you've done it! You let the volcano go out! > --Johnny Hart, B.C., 8 January 1987] > > Best wishes, > Gary > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D. [log in to unmask] > Malacology & Invertebrate Paleontology gopher://erato.acnatsci.org > Academy of Natural Sciences http://www.acnatsci.org > 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Phone 215-299-1033 > Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 USA Fax 215-299-1170