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OP - January 26, 2009, 09:02 PM

Prog about Darwin and after, starting now on freeview. Discuss it later?

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Reply #1 - January 27, 2009, 07:44 AM

Sounds good. You post about it and I'll read 'em because I sure wont be watching it. Your poxy broadcasters don't beam enough strength to get here.

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Reply #2 - January 27, 2009, 11:55 AM

I missed a third of it dammit. It's on again tonight, BEEB ch4.
Looks like it's been a recapitulation thro' Mendel, Lemarc, etc. It's called 'What Darwin Missed'.

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Reply #3 - January 27, 2009, 02:56 PM

Quote from: sojournerlumus on January 26, 2009, 09:02 PM
Prog about Darwin and after, starting now on freeview. Discuss it later?

Didn't know you were based in UK - i'll try & watch tonight if its any good. What did you think?

What Darwin Didn't KnowTuesday 27 January
7:30pm - 9:00pm
BBC4
Documentary which tells the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859. The theory caused a storm of controversy, from fellow scientists as well as religious types, who criticised it for being short on evidence and long on assertion. Darwin entrusted future generations to complete his work and prove the essential truth of his vision. Evolutionary biologist Armand Marie Leroi reveals how this came about, and argues that the next challenge is to try to predict what will evolve.

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Reply #4 - January 27, 2009, 03:00 PM

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I missed a third of it dammit. It's on again tonight, BEEB ch4.
Looks like it's been a recapitulation thro' Mendel, Lemarc, etc. It's called 'What Darwin Missed'.

It's 'What Darwin Didn't Know'

Excellent documentary on all the sciences, fossil discovery (and mathematics) that came after Darwin that was able then prove beyond doubt the fact of evolution.

It showed Darwin's foresight in his assumptions in Origins of Species which he could not prove or which seemed problematic, that could now be clearly demonstrated.

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Reply #5 - January 28, 2009, 12:04 AM

Missed it.

Fortunately if you did too, you can watch it on BBC's iplayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00h6sbt/What_Darwin_Didnt_Know/

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Reply #6 - January 30, 2009, 06:16 AM

Quote from: sojournerlumus on January 26, 2009, 09:02 PM
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Darwin got it right.

Exactly right.

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Reply #7 - January 30, 2009, 08:49 AM

Actually there were several details he got wrong. His overall idea was right though.

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Reply #8 - January 30, 2009, 09:21 AM

I remember (too many years ago, now) one of my zoology invertebrate profs (them , not him) writing a computer prog to generate all the possible helical spirals that could be evolved by gastropods. I don't know whether there was any real validity to the assumptions he must have written into it, but for what it's worth, he found 72 vacant spirals that had not been found in nature yet (extinct or extant), because they had not been evolved but, he figured, were available forms for future gastropod species.
I wonder if any new species have turned up, using any of those vacant slots, since he ran that one 35 years ago.

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Reply #9 - February 10, 2009, 01:25 PM

talking about about evolution, here's a snapshot by David Attenborough - beautifully illustrated video..

http://www.wellcometreeoflife..org/

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Reply #10 - February 10, 2009, 02:43 PM

Simpons couch variation intro for the first time ever depicting Homer's evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tesHs-pPjHw

hilarious

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Reply #11 - February 10, 2009, 03:17 PM

These 2 videos work so well side to side..

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Reply #12 - February 13, 2009, 01:49 AM

A must watch, but scary too, see it guys ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfX_RmGGaJk

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Reply #13 - February 13, 2009, 03:44 PM

the best bit was how God invented the banana better than a pepsi can - non slip skin, fits perfectly into your hand, a pull top without contents coming out into your hands!

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Reply #14 - February 13, 2009, 03:49 PM

What did you think about if these people were in power, scary or not ?

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Reply #15 - February 13, 2009, 10:36 PM

they never would make it

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Reply #16 - February 14, 2009, 03:15 AM

I bloody well hope not. They're mental.

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