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Ignorance

Ignorance

1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. Ignorance is the curse of god, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. (Shak)

2. A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Invincible ignorance, ignorance beyond the individuals control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before god.

Origin: f, fr. L. Ignorantia.


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mutations and dependencies

... investigation of nature (another word for this starts with the letter 's' but i will not use that word as it is used dogmatically mostly in utter ignorance). No one has ever observed a fish produce something other than a fish, a bird produce something other than a bird, a cat produce something ...

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by jinx25
Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:32 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mutations and dependencies
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Refutation of Evolution theory

... that may have actually existed. People are still researching this and we are far from having all the answers. The author is also arguing from ignorance, which is always dubious. Just because you can't think of a way that something could have happened doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Does ...

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by Luxorien
Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Refutation of Evolution theory
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Creationism is not scientific

... know why gravity occurs and no one has seen an atom. But it's their efforts to push their religion into schools that bother me - they encourage ignorance, which, to me, is the ultimate sin.

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by thoffnagle
Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:13 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Creationism is not scientific
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In my ignorance, I was using the word gene in a very loose sense, meaning a trait of an organism that can take different forms depending on the DNA. It probably would have been better if I had explained from the beginning what ...

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by Cat
Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:51 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: How dominance works at the DNA/RNA/protein
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How dominance works at the DNA/RNA/protein

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by mhwombat
Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:58 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
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