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Talk:Counterexamples to an Old Earth (view source)
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, 19:18, June 17, 2011This is my concern...
::::::The rate of decline need not be constant, and nothing in the counterexample implies that it would be. But it's continuous and differentiable -- surely not a step function.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:06, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
::::::The rate of decline need not be constant, and nothing in the counterexample implies that it would be. But it's continuous and differentiable -- surely not a step function.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:06, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:::::::You have provided no evidence that the rate has always been negative. Would an increase in intelligence be evidence for or against a young earth? [[User:BradB|BradB]] 00:13, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:::::::You have provided no evidence that the rate has always been negative. Would an increase in intelligence be evidence for or against a young earth? [[User:BradB|BradB]] 00:13, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
::::::::So, would I be right in saying that in 200 years mankind's intelligence will disintegrate into nothing more than walking apes or are we headed toward [[liberal stupidity]] against [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]]. Striking. [[Paulhernandez]] 00:37, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:::::::::I think the most reasonable approach here is to remove this counter example until such time that evidence can be provided that supports it. This is my concern: if a new reader, a homeschooler, or anyone interested in the subject comes to this article and comes across this flawed argument, this would tend to discredit the other arguments on the page. For example, if you were to meet someone for the first time, and you share a conversation with them, agree with everything they have to say about a subject, but then this person makes some outlandish statement about the subject, wouldn’t that make you question their other statements and even your own beliefs since you share some many beliefs with this individual? Essentially, a rotten apple spoils the bunch, and that's what this counter example is. Let's remove this counter example, and if someone can provide an analysis of declining human intelligence, if it is in fact declining, that fits the counter example, then the subject can be reopened for debate. If we are to make headway in establishing this website as a preeminent educational resource, we must make sure our statements are well thought-out, that the arguments made by this site hold water, and that those arguments that don’t hold water are not allowed to spoil the others that are most certainly valid.--[[User:Mike127|Mike127]] 15:18, 17 June 2011 (EDT)