http://webculture.co.nz/2007/07/07/of-plants-and-flippancy/ Thoughts and news on emerging web culture Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://webculture.co.nz/2007/07/07/of-plants-and-flippancy/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 db Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:44:47 +0000 http://onwebculture.rambleschmack.net/2007/07/07/of-plants-and-flippancy/#comment-2010 While the sentiments in <em>We are meant to be here</em> may have merit, it's a very poorly framed argument. People with a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution/big bang theory often pose it as a question between design and coincidence. In a way, the article answers its own question - if perhaps there are many, even infinite universes, what a <em>coincidence</em> that the only one that can support life is, in fact, the one that supports life. Incredible! You're a rock, you know that? It's impossile [sic] to get blood out of you. While the sentiments in We are meant to be here may have merit, it’s a very poorly framed argument. People with a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution/big bang theory often pose it as a question between design and coincidence. In a way, the article answers its own question – if perhaps there are many, even infinite universes, what a coincidence that the only one that can support life is, in fact, the one that supports life. Incredible! You’re a rock, you know that? It’s impossile [sic] to get blood out of you.

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