<p>This is a rather biased site, but it explains pretty accurately how abiogenesis has not yet been disproved. I hadn't heard of it before a few minutes ago, when I did a Google search. There's an article about Pasteur on it.</p>
<p>I don't think abiogenesis is best discussed in a philosophy class because it doesn't rest on philosophical principles. The principles that must be used to either support or disprove it are mostly scientific.</p>
<p>"^ You can't really prove the Big Bang or how exactly abiogenesis occurs. Even my biology teacher said that those two topics are best left for a theology or philosophy class."</p>
<p>The Big Bang theory is kinda proven though... What else can explain the constant expansion of the Universe?</p>
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<p>We're still wondering how it's possible to compress all that matter into a point of zero dimensions. And what gave it that incentive to "explode", as they say? Expansionary theory is far more favourable to Big Bang (which was originally a term of mockery for the theory, haha).</p>
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<p>lol st fu noob, you don't know ****</p>
<p>and big bang, expansionary, w/e it's called...deism >>> atheism</p>
<p>^Yeah, I don't have the spatial intelligence for that kind of advanced thinking.</p>
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<p>Maybe the careful placement of fecal matter was also part of his master plan; perhaps, in the long run, he won a million dollars because of it (but not a billion or a googleplex or more, because that would've been undesirable for some reason, and so was not in his master plan).</p>
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<p>Yes, he is a representative of the beliefs of the greatest enlightenment philosophers. Basically, it's the belief that God created the world, but then decided to leave it alone, generally letting it run on its own. Deists think proof of God can be found in mathematics and nature.</p>
<p>There's no need to debunk it. All one needs to do is point out that, given our current technology, it's not scientifically provable, or even directly supportable (almost all evidence for it is indirect or circumstantial), so it's not science. There's no reason to take a theory that claims to be science, but isn't, seriously.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of some interesting political books? I've read the obvious ones so maybe some lesser known ones? I've read "The Audacity of Hope" too and it's great. :)</p>
<p>The last book I read was the 'Reagan Imprint'. Amazing book and not only does it cover Reagan but it talk about how he was a great president for his time, but a lot of his policies have led to some of the issues we face today. It's an easy read if you're interested, could potentially be very hard if you're not.</p>
<p>Stay away from books by people like Adam Smith and Keynes (and economists in general). I tried to read Keynes's "The General Theory of Money and Employment". It was excruciatingly boring. Even if the Communist Manifesto is screwed up, it's interesting.</p>
<p>I'm not really familiar with political literature, so I can't help you much.</p>
<p>Perhaps "Unsafe at Any Speed" or "Silent Spring" (both of which are quite liberal, but well accepted).</p>
<p>"There's no need to debunk it. All one needs to do is point out that, given our current technology, it's not scientifically provable, or even directly supportable (almost all evidence for it is indirect or circumstantial), so it's not science. There's no reason to take a theory that claims to be science, but isn't, seriously."</p>
<p>The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva should be able to provide proof for string theory though. That's one of the reasons it is being built.</p>
<p>"Speaking of dimensions, I still don't know how to visualize 4 dimensions."</p>
<p>You're in 4 dimensions right now - 3 of space (length, height, width) and 1 of time. If you meant 4 dimensions of space, then yes, that is difficult to imagine...</p>