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Talk:Counterexamples to an Old Earth (view source)
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:The logic is simple and unmistakable. I doubt you've heard it before, but that's not a reason to reject it. Honestly, after all this discussion, I still don't see a logical objection to this counterexample.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:39, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:The logic is simple and unmistakable. I doubt you've heard it before, but that's not a reason to reject it. Honestly, after all this discussion, I still don't see a logical objection to this counterexample.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:39, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
::Andy, you forgot to do any math to support this counter example, and this counter example depends on a mathematical principle: regression and extrapolation. Let’s assume for the sake of any argument that human intelligence is declining, and let's also say it is declining rapidly, as you have insisted. If it is declining so rapidly in the last 200 years, then why wasn't the average person during the middle ages a genius by today's standards? If the slope is as steep as you insist, estimates the intelligence of people during Jesus's time would suggest that they were many orders of magnitude more intelligent than us, and while a few might have been, the Bible is full of examples of stupid, ignorant people, so this too seems unlikely according to the Bible and historical records. And remember, Andy, the slope of the decline does need to be consistent or abide by a known nonlinear function in order to perform the extrapolation you have suggested, this cannot be argued, this is math, math is not biased. Please, provide us with the math that your argument holds water, until then, this counter example should be removed, '''let’s not let this flawed counter example spoil the bunch.''' --[[User:Mike127|Mike127]] 00:09, 18 June 2011 (EDT)
== People are getting less intelligent over time. ==
== People are getting less intelligent over time. ==