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Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...

Mr. Mellow 13th January 2012, 09:50 PM Reviewing books is too much work for me, so I'll just mention that I'm reading Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne. My useless minor in biology was at least enough for me to "already know this stuff," but it is no less interesting. Just for fun, and possibly due to a little conditioning by lurking on Dawkinsian fora, I'm tending to read it through the lens of a creationist. I'm unprepared to give examples, but I find myself whispering, as Devil's advocate, "I'm still not convinced." This mostly happens while reading the author's lucid descriptions of biological complexity. It has occurred to me several times while reading the book that there's no magic-bullet way to convince creationists. My Devil's-advocate desire for more examples of the evolution of complexity, despite the fact that it isn't currently possible to recapitulate the history of life on Earth, gives me some insight in...