How to achieve peaceful coexistence of religion and science

Queue on 10/9/2010 at 02:11

Speaking of dying horribly, and not to give any credence to the "science-is-evil-so-pray-damn-you" sayers, here's an amusing little article about (http://fonzibrain.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/how-a-biotech-company-almost-killed-the-world-with-booze/) how science coupled with governmental incompetence almost killed everyone on the planet.

It's not the dying part that scares me....

CCCToad on 10/9/2010 at 02:31

Quote Posted by Pardoner

He was sexually harassing Starrfall, in SE's Hamas thread. (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132226&p=1992473#post1992473) Here.

Ah yes, a fun thread. I find his claims of being a "player" to be quite amusing, especially in light of how RBJ dropped more than enough evidence (either intentionally or unintentionally) that he actually is a *cough* "Disciple of the Venusian Arts"

Kolya on 10/9/2010 at 02:32

Quote Posted by Queue

(http://fonzibrain.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/how-a-biotech-company-almost-killed-the-world-with-booze/) how science coupled with governmental incompetence almost killed everyone on the planet.

How would the modified bacterium spread everywhere suddenly? Sorry, I'm somewhat suspicious when terrible world ending truths are revealed via blog entries written with high school humour.

Queue on 10/9/2010 at 02:44

As the article states, it's an except from a book by Robert Brockway, that I found posted on someone's blog. But, if you don't like the "school-boy" article, then try this one out for size: (http://web.mst.edu/~microbio/BIO221_2004/K_planticola.htm) http://web.mst.edu/~microbio/BIO221_2004/K_planticola.htm

Did you miss that part about how, "K. planticola is present in all plant life."?

Kolya on 10/9/2010 at 02:47

No I didn't, but that's obviously the unmodified bacterium.

EDIT: Oh great, it were German scientists... By the way, the guy who currently tries to start a "Burn-A-Koran-Day" with 50 nutsos in Florida used to run a small community in my hometown, until he was kicked out last year for being too crazy. Terry Jones is the name.

Rug Burn Junky on 10/9/2010 at 02:50

Quote Posted by CCCToad

RBJ, who more or less proved himself to be part of "the community".

As per usual, your interpretive skills are severely lacking.

Queue on 10/9/2010 at 02:51

Yes...to which the modified bacterium would attach, and thrive...thus....

[Edit] Of course it's the Germans! Terry Jones...Monty Python??

june gloom on 10/9/2010 at 03:04

Terry Jones' little group also joins the Phelps family on their protests. Big fucking surprise.

Also, the reason it reads like schoolboy humor is because it was originally posted on (http://www.cracked.com/article_18503_how-biotech-company-almost-killed-world-with-booze.html) Cracked.

Kolya on 10/9/2010 at 03:20

He's a global media troll. And the weird thing is that it works, everyone's reporting about him. And some other trolls are getting ready to freak out if he goes through with this. They should just cut him off media completely.

Pardoner on 10/9/2010 at 03:21

Quote Posted by Phatose

Religion and philosophy fall to the chain why trap as easily as science, or anyone unfortunate enough to indulge an inquisitive toddler.

It also makes logical error of assuming that events necessarily proceed in a finite causal chain, which must have a beginning somewhere (and therefore in a divine Creator). This line of questioning ("why is there something instead of nothing?") is just a new form of a very old philosophical proof for the existence of God, which has the same flaw of preferring a 'explainable' universe to one that may be infinite, arbitrary, unknowable, and even very silly.

Also, if you need an example of science gone horribly wrong, why not just use Batboy? Look at what science did to that poor creature.