That helps narrow the disagreement. We can leave abiogenesis aside for now. I agree evolution has to account for biological novelty after reproducing life exists. But your answer is still much too broad. “Every complex biological system is impossible for evolutionary mechanisms to generate” isn’t a demonstrated argument. It’s a universal impossibility claim.
Pointing me to years of pinned threads doesn’t establish that claim in this exchange. If the mechanism fails across the board, then give the strongest single example. Name one system, define what level of novelty you think evolution cannot produce, and show why mechanisms like mutation, selection, drift, recombination, duplication, co-option, regulatory change, and modification of existing structures are physically incapable of producing it.
“It is complex” is not enough.
“I have argued this elsewhere” is not enough.
“All of them” is not an answer; it is just the conclusion repeated at maximum volume.
So pick the strongest case. Proteins? Organs? Body plans? A specific molecular machine? I’m happy to deal with one actual argument, but I’m not going to treat a universal assertion as proved just because it is stated confidently.
If you believe the theory of evolution is true, you believe in more miracles than Christians do.
- Billions of lines DNA Information
- 27,000+ Protein Families
- 36 separate unique body plan blueprints (Phyla)
- 1,000s of unique cell types
None of which have ever
@drawkkwast@drawersformac I just read their website for 30 seconds. It's clear that you didn't.. they're not saying that they add virtual desktop functionality.
The same street, 70 years apart. Hale Road, Walton, Liverpool. It looked immaculate in the 1950s compared to today. Why did people stop caring about their communities?
@jbmillen@jefftangx They are running AI agents on each of those Macs that can control the operating system via terminal, cursor etc. The AI agent receives its commands from you and begins operating the required applications, sending the desktop screenshots to Claude to do the actual reasoning
Had some fun today
Got 12 Mac Minis setup with 12 Clawdbots running 12 Ralph Wiggums with my 12 Claude Max Plans
Wake up. It’s 2026. You’re getting left behind in the dust
I'm a Brit but I love America. I have never had any time for anti-Americanism. America is a brilliant country with brilliant people who've given the world so much - not least their cultural exports which are integral to Western culture. It's certainly been central to my upbringing. I still haven't forgiven them for Friends, but this is the country of Star Trek, Tour of Duty, South Park, Breaking Bad, Slayer, Metallica, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters... the list is endless. A wonderful country of great intellect, talent and humour.
I also do not forget that Europe owes it a great debt. For sure, America had its own imperial interests first and foremost, but America has been our security umbrella against fascism and communism for a century - and as a small country, it has always been in our best interests for America to be the top dog - because America stands on the fundamental principles of liberty and free speech.
That is what makes America the innovation engine of the world. A place where people are free to just do things. As such, it is not a coincidence that America leads the way into space. America invents, Europe regulates, China steals, Russia invades, India swindles. So as the the old order collapses, you have to pick a side. I choose America every single time. I want America to win, not least because their survival is our survival.
But America is not a happy country. America is teetering on the brink of civil war because it has allowed its enemies to prosper. The degenerate American left is anti-Christian, anti-capitalist, anti-white, anti-freedom and anti-democracy. The shitlib left are attempting to destroy America by holding the door open for parasites and enemies. This is what gives rise to MAGA and Trump.
The European mind sneers at Trump. He's brash, unapologetic, impulsive and unpredictable. For me, that's all the more reason to love him. I don't mind that he's antagonising Europe because Europe is no longer an ally to America. Europe is occupied by a Malthusian suicide cult that would sell out to China in a heartbeat. Europe has wound down its armed forces, destroyed its own industrial base, exported its economic power to China and India, and is now suppressing and replacing their own people.
I have no loyalty to the regimes of Britain and Europe. They are as much the enemy as the American shitlib left. The same can be said of Canada whose moral fabric is so warped that they'd rather go cap in hand to Communist China than secure and enforce their own borders as requested by the USA.
Meanwhile, A failing, decrepit Europe, on the brink of cultural and ethnic extinction, wags the finger at America even while enjoying the security of US defence umbrella. Europe funds lavish welfare systems - throwing money at sub-literal third worlders while its major countries can't even field a squadron of combat aircraft or deploy a functioning armoured brigade without American logistical support.
The only countries in Europe taking the social, economic and defence threats seriously are Poland Hungary, and the EU uses its full bureaucratic weight to blackmail them into adopting gay race communism and relaxing their borders. Meanwhile Germany outlaws democratic opposition and Britain throws citizens in jail for tweeting. The same miserable shitlib countries can't even give a full throated defence of Israel for defending its own borders from Islamists because our politicians are electorally in hock to Pakistanis in the post-industrial hinterlands who rape our kids on an industrial scale.
So yes, on balance, I don't give a fuck if ICE agents shoot shitlib leftists in the face, or if Trump invades Greenland for resources. It's not as though Europe has the good sense to exploit them. Britain is wilfully impoverishing its own people by not exploiting its fossil fuel resources and the EU will come up with equally bullshit reasons for not exploiting Greenland.
EU member states can mewl about territorial sovereignty but they'll happily hand over their political sovereignty to the death cult in Brussels, while our own feckless prime minister hands over the Chagos Islands to China - and allows the EU to squat in Northern Ireland. If America can use Greenland's resources to its own advantage, they can fill their boots for all I care. American prosperity and security has never been more pivotal to the survival of the values (and people) the Western alliance has turned it back on.
@RealDonKeith What the hell is going on in America? Why are all these people trying to stop the authorities from doing the job their own taxes are losing for? So strange
@Citroen You absolute Muppets! Your app doesn't work because you have let the certificate expire! I can't warm up the car now that it is icy cold. When will you fix this!!??
@PeterPendlebur2@NotFarLeftAtAll People ask me how long it takes to charge my car. I say 10 second. 5 to plug it in, and 5 to unplug it in the morning. Plus, it's always fun to step into a warm and frost free car on these icy mornings whilst the neighbour freezes their ass off trying to scrape the ice off.
@NotFarLeftAtAll EV's are (and I speak as an automotive design engineer) dead end technology.
My 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe returns 45mpg with a range of 490 miles, and my 2015 Vauxhall Insignia returns 60mpg with a range of 900 miles. Both take about 3 mins to fill up with lovely diesel.
Electric vehicles are a con. I bought one because it cost 2.5p per mile and my old car easily cost 12-15p per mile. I bought an EV that claimed to do 280 miles on a charge. I knew it would not but guessed it would be around 220 miles. I was wrong; it managed 180 miles at its maximum but now that it’s winter it’s dropped to 130 miles so it’s working out roughly the same price as petrol or even more. It costs 45p per mile if you charge at an EV station at 90p per kilowatt.
Not long ago I drove 500 miles round trip to London. My old car would have cost £40 but my electric car cost £125
I don’t doubt this has been your experience, but it isn’t representative of EVs as a whole, and the comparison being made isn’t like-for-like.
Winter range loss is real, but typically 10–20%, not a collapse from 280 to 130 miles unless driving style, heating use, or charging strategy are working against you.
Cost per mile is where the distortion really creeps in. Charging at 90p/kWh is the equivalent of fuelling a petrol car exclusively at motorway services and then declaring petrol a con. Most EV owners charge primarily at home or work, where costs remain a fraction of ICE running costs, even in winter.
I’ve been driving EVs since 2010. Used properly, with realistic expectations and sensible charging, they are still significantly cheaper per mile than petrol or diesel. Used in worst-case scenarios only, they can look expensive, just as any technology would.
Frustration with infrastructure pricing is fair. Writing off the entire drivetrain because of it is not.
@thexfiles Am I the only one who couldn't stand that later Scully hair style.. Scully was all about those wonderful Auburn Bobs.. not this flat longer hair.. it's just not right.
This was a moment years in the making.
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And Kathy Hochul had nowhere left to hide.
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