tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post5581909393252417147..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: On Casey AnthonyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-68805240163753993192011-07-06T07:14:21.110-04:002011-07-06T07:14:21.110-04:00You must mean ancestors.
Doh, clearly.
She poba...<i>You must mean ancestors. </i><br /><br />Doh, clearly.<br /><br />She pobably didn't murder her kid, but I'm a little shocked on the aggravated child abuse charge (I think it's proven that she moved the body).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-43951656488765308422011-07-05T23:23:08.310-04:002011-07-05T23:23:08.310-04:00"and yet Casey Anthony's descendents"...<i>"and yet Casey Anthony's <b>descendents</b></i>"<br /><br />You must mean ancestors. <br /><br />I guess it could be a mutation. Happens all the time. <br /><br /> But not guilty? WTF. I thought for sure she was going to get convicted.Gun-Toting Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257243603888510320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-28207175930946422972011-07-05T17:02:17.825-04:002011-07-05T17:02:17.825-04:00Not guilty.
SadNot guilty.<br /><br />Sadmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073782907747032366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-20942057509346335102011-07-05T12:50:12.901-04:002011-07-05T12:50:12.901-04:00... and yet Casey Anthony's descendents manage...... and yet Casey Anthony's descendents managed to raise kids for millions of years without incident...<br /><br />Did Casey Anthony have a special "bad parent" mutation?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-11507501097174773972011-07-05T11:26:32.275-04:002011-07-05T11:26:32.275-04:00@Mr Foss:
Parenting techniques are not hereditary...@Mr Foss:<br /><br />Parenting techniques are not hereditary, but parenting instinct is. No one teaches a wolf how to care for her young, but somehow, she manages not to eat them. Why? <br /><br />I am well aware of the arguments on both sides of the nature vs. nurture debate, but I tend to lean more in favor of the nature camp. Millions of years of evolution-conditioned behaviors cannot easily be supplanted by most people. People are animals. There is such a thing as genetic memory and though research in this area is still embryonic, it is a fascinating subject.<br /><br />In the Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond demonstrates how pretty much every human vice has animal precedents, including drug addiction. <br /><br />If Ms. Anthony had a genetic predisposition to drug addiction, then that is a genetic flaw that impairs the survival of her offspring.<br /><br />I don't believe in free-will, but regardless, none of this excuses Ms. Anthony's alleged actions, and the Jury will probably find her guilty.Gun-Toting Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257243603888510320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-51042330227839136952011-07-05T04:58:26.685-04:002011-07-05T04:58:26.685-04:00I'm fairly confident Casey Anthony's probl...I'm fairly confident Casey Anthony's problem was not genetic; it was probably chemical, from what I understand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-47526370865734066792011-07-05T01:54:54.348-04:002011-07-05T01:54:54.348-04:00@His Lordship:
You assume that parenting techniqu...@His Lordship:<br /><br />You assume that parenting techniques are hereditary rather than learned. Our species has the ability to supplant instinct with gained knowledge.<br /><br />I challenge you to find one evolutionary biologist who <i>agrees</i> with you. I don't exactly have one on speed dial, and I'm pretty sure Ginx doesn't either; as always, the burden of proof is on the claim-maker.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159070490210897759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-76311549371837615712011-07-05T01:04:31.102-04:002011-07-05T01:04:31.102-04:00Well, animals who eat their young don't pass o...Well, animals who eat their young don't pass on their genes to the next generation. So natural selection favors good parenting skills. That's how it really works. Evolution doesn't care about tragedies or statistics.<br /><br />I challenge you to find one evolutionary biologist who disagrees.Gun-Toting Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257243603888510320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-8798136953685991752011-07-04T23:02:36.462-04:002011-07-04T23:02:36.462-04:00I don't think that's really how natural se...I don't think that's really how natural selection works... that's just how tragic statistics are made.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-56499741969426038542011-07-04T22:46:09.024-04:002011-07-04T22:46:09.024-04:00Natural selection at work. Children of unfit mothe...Natural selection at work. Children of unfit mothers do not live to reproductive age and do not pass on their defective parenting instinct genes to a new generation.Gun-Toting Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257243603888510320noreply@blogger.com