Skepticism, Probability, and Common Sense

CMIcreationstation 📤 6 years ago 2012-09-27

Imagine hearing that someone has just won the lottery three times in the same year, or a golfer has hit five consecutive holes-in-one!

We approach such improbable stories with healthy skepticism.

Considering the formation of the first living cell by a perfect arrangement of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and genetic material in a 'warm pond', Nobel Prize winner, Francis Crick, said: "... it seems almost impossible to give any numerical value to the probability of what seems a rather unlikely sequence of events .... An honest man ... could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle ..."

The evolutionist Robert Shapiro at this point would prefer to abandon all skepticism, "Why need the event have been probable? We can just stare at the odds, shrug, and note with thanks how lucky we were ..."

When we abandon healthy skepticism, only gullibility remains—to invoke miracles without God.

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The Transhumanists are coming!

CMIcreationstation 📤 6 years ago 2012-07-09

Ready for the next step in human evolution? Transhumanism: 'The philosophy that seeks the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of humanity beyond its current form (physically, mentally and socially) by means of science and technology'. We introduce the subject and discuss how it relates to the origins debate.

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• Darwin was a social Darwinist (http://creation.com/darwin-and-eugenics)
• Eugenics ... death of the defenceless: The legacy of Darwin's cousin Galton (http://creation.com/eugenics-death-of-the-defenceless)
• H.G. Wells: Darwin's disciple and eugenicist extraordinaire (http://creation.com/hg-wells-darwins-disciple-and-eugenicist-extraordinaire)
• Birth control leader Margaret Sanger: Darwinist, racist and eugenicist http://creation.com/margaret-sanger-darwinian-eugenicist)
• Hitler's 'master race' children haunted by their past http://creation.com/hitlers-master-race-children-haunted-by-their-past

Why we make bad decisions | Dan Gilbert

TED 📤 10 years ago 2008-12-17

http://www.ted.com Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

The Monty Hall Problem

niansenx 📤 12 years ago 2007-01-21

The Monty Hall Problem is a famous (or rather infamous) probability puzzle. Ron Clarke takes you through the puzzle and explains the counter-intuitive answer.

Put simply: If you pick a goat then swap you will always win the car. And you have a 2/3 probability of picking a goat.

You can read more about this problem, and the controversy, on Marilyn Vos Savant's website www.marilynvossavant.com

A lot of people have commented that I should have used 67% rather than 66%. When I made the video I made the choice to use 66% because I talk about "double the chance" and 66% is double 33%. I accept that 67% is more accurate, but I don't think it affects the explanation. Thanks for all your comments!

Francis Crick: Scientific Search for the Soul (excerpt) -- Thinking Allowed DVD w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

ThinkingAllowedTV 📤 8 years ago 2010-08-27

NOTE: This is an excerpt from the two-part, 60-minute DVD.
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2fcrick.html

A noted scientist discusses free will, consciousness, attention and memory and their relationship to the human nervous system. In a wide ranging discussion, Crick points out that the hypothesis that the brain is the seat of consciousness has not yet been proven.

Francis Crick, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of DNA's central role in the process of genetic reproduction. He is author of Life Itself, What Mad Pursuit and The Astonishing Hypothesis.

The probability of formation of one protein by chance

Mohamed Amine AMARA 📤 5 years ago 2013-03-18

Si la probabilité de formation d'une protéine est de 1/10 puissance 164 ,ceci ne peut témoigner que de l'impossibilité de formation de l'univers au hasard ce qui montre bien l'existence d'un Créateur de cet univers !!

Who were the Nephilim? (Creation Magazine LIVE! 7-14)

CMIcreationstation 📤 5 months ago 2018-09-19

Genesis 6 records that the sons of God and the daughters of men produced the Nephilim. Several views are presented on the identity of the Nephilim.

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The Paracas skulls: they’re not aliens (or nephilim)! (https://creation.com/paracas)

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The last banana: A thought experiment in probability - Leonardo Barichello

TED-Ed 📤 4 years ago 2015-02-13

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-last-banana-a-thought-experiment-in-probability-leonardo-barichello

Imagine a game of dice: if the biggest number rolled is one, two, three, or four, player 1 wins. If the biggest number rolled is five or six, player 2 wins. Who has the best probability of winning the game? Leonardo Barichello explains how probability holds the answer to this seemingly counterintuitive puzzle.

Lesson by Leonardo Barichello, animation by Ace & Son Moving Picture Co, LLC.

Probability in Genetics: Multiplication and Addition Rules

Bozeman Science 📤 7 years ago 2011-12-14

Paul Andersen shows you how to use the rules of multiplication and addition to correctly solve genetics problems. The rule of multiplication can be applied to independent events in sequence. The rule of addition can be applied to mutually exclusive events.

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Was Jesus wrong about creation? (Creation Magazine LIVE! 7-18)

CMIcreationstation 📤 1 month ago 2019-01-15

Jesus referred to the Genesis creation account as happening recently. But if God created over millions of years could Jesus be mistaken about creation?

Video Sources
Love Wins. By Rob Bell - HarperOne (an imprint of HarperCollins)
https://youtu.be/is0AUGhf9n4
Kadikoy Istanbul Small Documentary - Lourens Aalders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGvjXKHoU98
Oil and Water - Graham Shaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV0SxwaVKN8

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Theistic Evolution and the Kenotic Heresy (https://creation.com/jesus-age-earth#kenotic-heresy)
The Incarnation: Why did God become Man? (https://creation.com/incarnation-why-god-became-man)

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The Francis Crick Science Labs

Francis Crick Institute 📤 6 years ago 2012-06-28

Is Christmas based on pagan traditions? (Creation Magazine LIVE! 7-24)

CMIcreationstation 📤 3 months ago 2018-11-06

Should Christians celebrate Christmas? Some people suggest that most Christmas holiday traditions came from the pagan world. Is Christmas based on pagan traditions?

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The ‘defense of Christmas’ (https://creation.com/the-defense-of-christmas)
What was the Star of Bethlehem? (https://creation.com/what-was-the-star-of-bethlehem)
The Incarnation: Why did God become Man? (https://creation.com/incarnation-why-god-became-man)

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Could Life On Earth Have Come From A Comet?

Seeker 📤 2 years ago 2016-07-29

What if alien DNA led to human existence? This amino acid recently found in comets gives us insight on our potential alien-relatives.

Are We Sabotaging Our Search For Life On Mars? - http://bit.ly/29MAiYY
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Comet Landing 2014: Rosetta Probe Philae Discovers Organic Molecules: Report
http://www.ibtimes.com/comet-landing-2014-rosetta-probe-philae-discovers-organic-molecules-report-1725228
"The Philae space probe was powered down earlier than expected, but not before an instrument discovered an organic compound that was first detected in the comet's atmosphere, the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported Monday. The find is extraordinary considering the organic compound contains the carbon atom, which is the basis of life on planet Earth."

Origin Of Life: The Panspermia Theory
https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/origin-life-panspermia-theory
"How life originated on earth is a question that people have pondered for ages. Theories abound, from those based on religious doctrine, to the purely scientific, to others that border on science fiction. One possibility that hovers on this border is the panspermia theory, which suggests that life on Earth did not originate on our planet, but was transported here from somewhere else in the universe."

'Necropanspermia' Suggested As A Way Of Seeding Life On Earth
http://phys.org/news/2010-11-necropanspermia-seeding-life-earth.html
"Panspermia is a mechanism for spreading organic material throughout the galaxy, but the destructive effects of cosmic rays and ultraviolet light tend to mean most organisms would be destroyed or arrive on a new world broken and dead. Now Paul S. Wesson, a visiting researcher at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Canada, suggests the information contained within damaged organic material could seed new life. He terms this process necropanspermia."

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Earth is too special

CMIcreationstation 📤 6 years ago 2012-04-23

For more details visit: http://creation.com/cml75

Atheistic evolutionists would have us believe the entire universe is the result of a cosmic accident. That would mean that the earth really has no significance other than what blind chance brought about. We discuss an article by Dr Jonathan Sarfati that reveals just how special the earth actually is and why that supports a belief in the God of the Bible!

Main article:
From Creation magazine 28(3) Earth is too special (http://creation.com/earth-is-too-special)

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Multiverse theory—unknown science or illogical raison d'être (http://creation.com/multiverse-theory)
Heavens declare a different story! (http://creation.com/the-heavens-declare-a-different-story)
A 5D spherically symmetric expanding universe is young (http://creation.com/a-5d-spherically-symmetric-expanding-universe-is-young)

For more information on the creation/evolution issue visit http://creation.com

The Case for a Creator (Chapter 7 of 10)

Illustra Media 📤 10 years ago 2008-12-07

THE CASE FOR A CREATOR is a remarkable film about Lee Strobel's journey from spiritual skepticism to a profound faith in the God who has etched his indelible signature upon every galaxy and living cell. The film examines scientific evidence in the fields of molecular biology, astronomy, physics, cosmology, paleontology, and genetics to answer the questions: Does modern science confirm the theory that life and the universe are the products of blind, materialistic processes? Or, are there a purpose, plan, and transcendent design behind all that exists?
THE CASE FOR A CREATOR includes interviews with leading proponents of intelligent design theory including Stephen C. Meyer, Paul Nelson, Jonathan Wells, Jay Richards, Robin Collins, Michael Behe, Scott Minnich, and Guillermo Gonzalez. Together, they outline a comprehensive case for design.
The DVD is available for purchase now - visit www.illustramedia.com for more information. Use Coupon Code YTIM15 to save 15%!

AP Statistics: Probability Rules!!!!!!

Michael Porinchak 📤 2 years ago 2016-11-22

This video covers the small, common sense, rules and the major rules of probability.

If you are interested in practice AP questions to help prepare you for the AP test in May please utilize Barron’s AP Statistics Question Bank. Access via the web or by downloading the app in iTunes or the Google Play Store. Links are below:
Web: https://www.examiam.com/ap
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barrons-ap-statistics/id1438469502?mt=8
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CMI: Evolutionism is not appropriate for anyone - a response to Bill Nye

CMIcreationstation 📤 6 years ago 2012-08-31

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and Big Think have produced an emotional video challenging parents to restrict their children's education by censoring important scientific information. Creation Ministries International is dedicated to providing the data that they don't want you to hear. Think Bigger. Examine both sides of the origins debate then make a decision.

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Creationists believe that animals change too! (http://creation.com/train)
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101 scientific evidences for a recent creation (http://creation.com/age)
Click here to see the Bill Nye video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU)

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Probability, Odds and Gambling

Christopher Vaughen 📤 5 years ago 2013-11-03

Quick explanation of probability, odds, and moneyline odds

Probability Fun

Alexandra Gayowsky 📤 6 years ago 2013-01-28

Grades 4-6
Whether you pair it with the actual activity or use it to introduce a discussion, this video is an engaging way to get students thinking about probability.

Music is from the motion picture Up by composer Michael Giacchino.

Probability explained | Independent and dependent events | Probability and Statistics | Khan Academy

Khan Academy 📤 7 years ago 2011-08-03

We give you an introduction to probability through the example of flipping a quarter and rolling a die.

Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/independent-dependent-probability/basic_probability/e/dice_probability?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=ProbabilityandStatistics

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Probability and statistics on Khan Academy: We dare you to go through a day in which you never consider or use probability. Did you check the weather forecast? Busted! Did you decide to go through the drive through lane vs walk in? Busted again! We are constantly creating hypotheses, making predictions, testing, and analyzing. Our lives are full of probabilities! Statistics is related to probability because much of the data we use when determining probable outcomes comes from our understanding of statistics. In these tutorials, we will cover a range of topics, some which include: independent events, dependent probability, combinatorics, hypothesis testing, descriptive statistics, random variables, probability distributions, regression, and inferential statistics. So buckle up and hop on for a wild ride. We bet you're going to be challenged AND love it!

About Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We believe learners of all ages should have unlimited access to free educational content they can master at their own pace. We use intelligent software, deep data analytics and intuitive user interfaces to help students and teachers around the world. Our resources cover preschool through early college education, including math, biology, chemistry, physics, economics, finance, history, grammar and more. We offer free personalized SAT test prep in partnership with the test developer, the College Board. Khan Academy has been translated into dozens of languages, and 100 million people use our platform worldwide every year. For more information, visit www.khanacademy.org, join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @khanacademy. And remember, you can learn anything.

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Evolution - Mission Impossible?

Joseph Tan 📤 6 years ago 2013-02-14

The basis of scientific research is to find the truth, and scientists, of all people, are supposed to have open minds and be willing to look at all the evidence. However, history has told us that once an idea has become entrenched, even scientists find it difficult to accept anything that deviates from this. This is now the case with evolution, and the theory of evolution is now a dogma (Professor Warren Grubb, Curtin University).

Given millions and billions of years - anything is possible! Now, is this a scientific statement or a statement of dogma? In this week's Answers Video, let's examine the claim that random chance processes if given enough time can produce the basic building blocks of life - protein. Instead of being dogmatic about this, we shall examine the possibility of abiogenesis (life arising from non-life) from a mathematical point of view. Hence, we shall deliberate in the realm of statistical certainty rather than subjective opinions. Once you consider the numerical challenge of evolution, the creation account of Genesis chapter one becomes more plausible.

To purchase an excellent book by Dr. John F. Ashton, entitled "Evolution Impossible - 12 Reasons Why Evolution Cannot Explain the Origin of Life on Earth", go to :
http://www.bookdepository.com/Evolution-Impossible-John-Ashton/9780890516812

The Probability Song

jojoluvs 📤 7 years ago 2011-06-01

Based off of "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars. Yay for math projects in Ms. Dodge's class~

Skepticism - Ordeal(2015 album)

Meriç Özer 📤 3 years ago 2015-09-12

Skepticism-Ordeal

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skepticism.fi

1. Probability Models and Axioms

MIT OpenCourseWare 📤 6 years ago 2012-11-09

MIT 6.041 Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability, Fall 2010
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Does the bible teach flat Earth?

CMIcreationstation 📤 5 years ago 2014-01-07

Calling someone a "flat-earthier" defiantly isn't a compliment but many people believe that, in the past, the church taught that the earth is flat.

Historian Jeffrey Burton Russell put this myth to rest in his definitive book "Inventing the Flat Earth." He could only find five obscure writers in the first fifteen hundred years of the Christian era, who denied the earth was a globe. What's more, science historian John Heilbron documented in his book, "The Sun in the Church," that the church actually supported astronomers by letting them use cathedrals as solar observatories.

The Bible itself makes some intriguing references to the earth's shape. The most prominent is in Isaiah 40 where is describes God sitting enthroned above the circle of the earth. The Hebrew word here is חוּג (khûg), which denotes sphereity or roundness.

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Ashley Parker Angel - I'm Better

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Ashley Parker Angel - I'm Better

Probability Examples with Cards

Mario's Math Tutoring 📤 2 years ago 2016-03-22

Learn how to solve some common probability problems covered in your math class with a standard deck of 52 playing cards in this free math video tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring.

0:37 Types of cards in a standard deck of playing cards
1:29 Probability of being dealt 4 face cards and 1 Ace using nCr
3:12 Probability of being dealt a king followed by an Ace (dependent events)
4:23 Probability of being dealt a Diamond or a King. (or = union) overlapping events.

* Organized List of My Video Lessons to Help You Raise Your Scores & Pass Your Class. Videos Arranged by Math Subject as well as by Chapter/Topic. (Bookmark the Link Below)
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Probability - Equal, Likely, Unlikely, Certain, Impossible - Grade 3 Math Lesson

Turtlediary 📤 5 years ago 2013-11-28

Probability made easy! Interactive online math lesson for Grade 3.

Intuitive sense of probabilities | Statistics and probability | 7th grade | Khan Academy

Khan Academy 📤 4 years ago 2015-02-17

Think about what probabilities really mean. What does a probability of 0 mean? How about 1?

Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-probability-statistics/cc-7th-basic-prob/e/understanding-probability?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=7thgrade

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Grade 7th on Khan Academy: 7th grade takes much of what you learned in 6th grade to an entirely new level. In particular, you'll now learn to do everything with negative numbers (we're talking everything--adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, decimals... everything!). You'll also take your algebraic skills to new heights by tackling two-step equations. 7th grade is also when you start thinking about probability (which is super important for realizing that casinos and lotteries are really just ways of taking money away from people who don't know probability) and dig deeper into the world of data and statistics. Onward! (Content was selected for this grade level based on a typical curriculum in the United States.)

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A Lesson in Skepticism

Circlejerk 📤 6 years ago 2012-10-23

How skeptical is the so-called "skeptical community" on the internet? Let's give them a quote that directly challenges them to question its authenticity, and see how long it takes to spread around the 'net.

UPDATE... Look, I'm as guilty as anyone of not being skeptical enough. I'm sure we all are. This isn't intended as an attack—just a reminder—and I'm starting to regret singling out the author of the politicalprof tumblr, Professor Lane Crothers, who simply shared a quote that was already making the rounds. I only pointed out his position because it showed how far that little quote spread before anyone could wrangle it. He was far from the first person to repost it without checking it out. But you know the saying: a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on. That's the point of this video.

UPDATE #2... OMG OP WHY DIDN"T YOU LINK TO THE COMMENTS YOU LIAR?!!?!?! Because (1) they're easy to find—I didn't try to hide the username, post title, etc.—and I don't want to waste precious video time analyzing the comment section since (2) that didn't stop it from being spread all over the internet, did it? Which leads me to (3) the top comment in that thread contains unheeded advice that YOU are all ignoring: stop posting and upvoting those kinds of posts. They feed the circlejerk. Finally (4) this video is not solely about reddit; reddit was just the launching pad. No amount of skepticism in the reddit comments prevented the quote from being shared over and over and over again. Subreddits like /r/atheism should take a moment and consider that influence over the rest of the internet.

UPDATE #3... Every other comment says I don't understand what skepticism is. Again: READ THE QUOTE. Skepticism is usually provoked when you're met with an extraordinary claim, I'll grant you that, but the quote being discussed here is talking about skepticism in a very specific context. It speaks to how we often put our skepticism aside when we encounter something that agrees with our worldview, and then the quote advises that we not do that. It seems like all the comments here agree with that sentiment, because I keep being told "it's a good quote" that sounds like "something NDT would say." If you really took the quote to heart, you would be skeptical of it, as it is specifically telling you to be skeptical in a circumstance like this. Either the quote is wrong about when skepticism is appropriate (and the quote is therefore bad), or the quote is a good one (and therefore right). It can't be both. You can't simultaneously tell me that skepticism is only applicable when extraordinary claims are being made while telling me that this quote is valid. (Also, I'm removing repetitive comments here, so check the comment history on this video before posting the same thing over and over—you can have your one-sided discussion on the /r/videos submission's comment page).

The reddit comments that I am supposedly trying to keep you all from seeing:
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/qzcyl/people_prefer_reassurance_to_research_well_said/

Pay particular attention to the last part of that top comment. All this discussion about the 'top comment' and no one's talking about the best part of it.

UPDATE #4... So I was standing in a rather large line at my local Wal-Mart today behind a couple families that I know from when I went to church with my family in year younger. It was the only register open so there wasn't much of another option to get my 12 pack of Mountain Dew for a party I was heading to. I was wondering why the line was going nowhere when I decided to poke my head up front to see what the holdup was. It was a little old lady who didn't have enough for her groceries and she was trying to talk the cashier into letting her get away with being short. This struck me as odd until I found out she was a mere $0.21 short of her purchase. Now all these families were just staring and there was even two making fun of her. I walked up and handed my soda to the cashier, handed him a $5 and told her to keep the change. One of the middle aged women (I knew these people, so I also knew that they all make over 6 digits) grabbed her kid and yelled very loudly, "See that man? He's acting just like Jesus wants us to." For some reason this set me off, so I turned around. I haven't shaved in awhile so I'm rocking some nice scruff, a Slayer shirt, and gym shorts, so it must have been a nice sight. Very loudly, I said "Like Jesus? Ma'am I'm an atheist who makes minimum wage and I was the one who stepped up to help her? Your hypocritical Christianity is an inspiration to us all." As I stormed out, a couple of the cart boys started to whistle and cheer, soon shoppers joined in and even the cashier. I gave a wave and went off with a feeling of accomplishment.

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Music:
"Flying pea v1" by Daddy_Scrabble

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daddy_Scrabble/Thingy/04_FlyingPeas

Wollemi Pine -- a living fossil

CMIcreationstation 📤 5 years ago 2013-03-05

When scientists announced the discovery of the Wollemi Pine in Australia, in 1994, it caused a sensation. Some reported that it was like finding a living dinosaur, because the tree was only known from fossils in 'Jurassic' rocks. That would make it extinct for 150 million years, by evolutionary reckoning.

Finds like this are actually quite common. When something that scientists thought became extinct millions of years ago is found alive, it's called a 'living fossil'. But 'living fossils' pose a problem for evolution—since the organism hasn't changed, it brings into question the supposed millions of years age as well as the very idea of evolution.
When a tree was planted in London, recently, Sir David Attenborough said:
'It is romantic, I think, that something has survived 200 million years unchanged'.
Perhaps he considers it romantic, but this observation makes the millions of years of evolution very hard to believe.

Related Articles:
Living fossils: a powerful argument for creation http://creation.com/werner-living-fossils
Living Fossils Enigma http://creation.com/living-fossils-enigma
Dinosaur trees behind bars http://creation.com/dinosaur-tree-behind-bars
Are fossils ever found in the wrong place http://creation.com/fossils-wrong-place

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Living Fossils Book http://creation.com/store_redirect.php?sku=10-1-536
The Fossil Record Book http://creation.com/store_redirect.php?sku=10-2-567
The Creation Answers Book http://creation.com/store_redirect.php?sku=10-2-505

Probability and Statistics

calculatorbox 📤 10 years ago 2008-10-14

Learn about Probability and Statistics, a brief introduction at mathebook.net

Common Sense - By ChuckMeIntoHell

TheAtheistHub 📤 6 years ago 2012-08-12

A brief, but excellent video on common sense and skepticism.

Original description

'This is a simple example of how our common sense, or gut instinct can steer us in the wrong direction,. This has been adapted from Derren Brown's book, -Tricks of the Mind-'

Original Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChuckMeIntoHell

Original video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUH3B8d7GrI

CMIcreationstation		S h a r e
📤 6 years ago

Skepticism, Probability, and Common Sense