reptiles – Uncommon Descent

Why do researchers need to try to prove that animals have personalities?

Mammals, birds, and reptiles differ by ability but those that have been studied seem to have individual personalities within the frame of their intelligence. What they don’t have or make little use of is abstract reasoning.

Evolution

Does evolution “choose”?

Hey, if we are going to knock design out of nature, we can’t go and lay the entire burden of higher end thinking on the lizard. Either nobody is thinking or somebody is, and that somebody had better be able to.

Steve Alten2 I will definitely defer to you and Viola Lee on this. – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus SA2, it is both implied and visually recognisable. KF PS: The mirror test will show it instantly. PPS: Using a... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
bornagain77 And since Intelligent Design is mathematically based on the ‘law of conservation of information’, that makes Intelligent Design, unlike Darwinian... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
asauber Speaking of hostility... I think Seversky should look into some Anger Management sessions. Andrew – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
bornagain77 Seversky goes off into his Darwinian dream world again and claims, "Darwin’s theory and the work that led up to... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
Steve Alten2 Kairosfocus, thank you for the visual. However, I hear terms like circumference, diameter and radius being used to describe the... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus SA2, the easiest answer is a physical one. Take a small, flat, preferably front silvered mirror though practically a back... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 Viola Lee, forgive me for possibly being dense. I admit that any radius that intersects a tangent of a circle... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Seversky Bornagain77/5 One final question for atheists here on UD,,,, since your entire Darwinian worldview turns out to be vitally dependent... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
Seversky Bornagain77/1 The biggest lie told in science today is that science and religion, particularly Christianity, are at ‘war’ with each... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
Viola Lee Steve, you just draw it perpendicular to the radius at that point. The fact that the semicircle doesn't continue on... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Lieutenant Commander Data William J Murray However, since my arguments and counter-arguments are about logic and evidence (to the degree “evidence” can be... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
bornagain77 As well, another ancient historian, Tom Holland, who is also an atheist, also finds that the entire narrative that 'enlightenment'... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
bornagain77 Asauber you state, "I'd say a segment of Atheists want war with Christians, hence the Science Is At War With... – The Bee stings again: 7 ways...
Steve Alten2 Kairosfocus, yes, I understand this. And for a circle, any tangent will be at a right angle to the centre... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Querius Viola Lee @4, Nicely stated. One could also use tangents on a full circle with a diameter through it. This... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus SA2, Actually, slice a circle in half and toss the half you don't want. Where, our illustrations are just that,... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Steve Alten2 I agree that this is not a question for a seven year old, and probably not even for a grade... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
Viola Lee To polistra: If there were just a 180° arc by itself, without the diameter, there wouldn't be any angles at... – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
kairosfocus VL, this came from an introduction to the concept of angles. Likely, intended as a counter-example. KF – Semi-circles and right angle dilemmas ....
William J Murray Jerry asks: Is this not truthful? How is anyone to know when you are uttering anything is truthful? By you... – Should we recognise that "laws of...