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gib 14th January 2012, 08:20 PM i see we have no comments function here, i'd be interested to hear the reasons for this over at FF they have a Thanks function - basically instead of making a post to thank someone, or making a comment, you just click a button. i think u have to be logged on to see who has said thanks wondered if we could use something like that, i'd also be interested in an equivalent "Agree" or "+1" button. what do people think? oblivion 14th January 2012, 08:31 PM I have a ticker file around here somewhere...wait... http://mindromp.org/forum/showthread.php?p=6#post6 I didn't configure the reputation/comments system because step 1 would be deciding if/how we want to use that system. Thanks for starting this thread! I'm going to move it to the forum mismanagement forum. This forum is mostly just a place to document modifications we're making/adding to vbulletin code and/or configuration. gib 14th January 2012, 08:33...

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...