[mariska]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

I haven't seen this evidence. Please, list animals that have evolved from terrestrial to aquatic (as in, bottom of the ocean) oh and do please cite your sources.

Where did this bottom of the ocean thing come from?

Whales.

[Ramcoro]

Originally posted by Bea.

Which has been given and has been ignored.

If you don't think it is possible in any way, why are you arguing about it? Like really, you could have stated your opinion and left rather than spending an hour on it.

Are you talking about the dingo/arctic wolf thing?

I could say the same about you.

[Kworb]

Originally posted by mariska

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_absence in the lede of that article

[Dickard]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

Are you talking about the dingo/arctic wolf thing?

I could say the same about you.

No, you can't say the same thing. She MADE the thread with the intention of informing about the possibility of mermaids. You came in totally against it, and you're just as adamant and dogmatic as you came in. There is a major difference.

[Ramcoro]

Originally posted by mariska

Where did this bottom of the ocean thing come from?

Whales.

Because that's the only place a sea creature the size of a human can escape exposure to humanity.

I know you are better at arguing than just saying "whales".

[mariska]

Ramcoro, it is biologically possible for a terrestrial humanoid to evolve into an aquatic humanoid, or vice versa. That's all there is too it. You keep asking me for evidence, but I shouldn't have to -- because A) an absence of evidence is not evidence and B) it is possible. Any biologist would tell you it's possible in theory, it just may not be likely because of the time it takes to happen.

[Queen Bea.]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

Are you talking about the dingo/arctic wolf thing?

I could say the same about you.

Not really, I made this thread for this express purpose...

I will passionately fight for the belief in the unknown, whereas you are really just repeating yourself. If you do not believe or want to then why try to prevent other from doing that? Do you walk into churches and go around telling people there is no evidence for god and the lack of evidence proves it is impossible? And do you do so repeatedly?

As I said earlier, it is the extremely naive man who deems anything impossible in this day and age. Humans have achieved and discovered so much of the impossible.

[Queen Bea.]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

Because that's the only place a sea creature the size of a human can escape exposure to humanity.

I know you are better at arguing than just saying "whales".

Not really...if they wanted to avoid humans and discovery they simply avoid boats and populated shore areas...the whole point is that they are intelligent.

[Kang.]

Originally posted by MikeFenty

what makes you believe that???

There's absolutely no reason whatsoever to think they exist.

Human intelligence comes from years and year and years of evolution and development. The idea of a mermaid contradict the physiological norms and structure of almost every living species on Earth, not to mention that the chances that another, aquatic form of life on Earth with identical mental capabilities as us exists is infinitely small. I'm not saying we're anywhere close to having discovered every type of species there is, but the baseless assumption of the existence of a creature that we know about only from myth and fiction is completely illogical.

I could make up a story about a society of flying lizards that live up in the clouds and them claim they exist, since we haven't yet explored every square foot of the sky. We can't completely rule out the idea that they're real since it's impossible to prove something doesn't exist, but there would be no basis to believe in them.

It's different than belief in God, and religion in general, because the entire foundation of religion is faith. Willingly accepting an unknown power as a way to define a lifestyle ≠ deciding that a magical creature exists without any concrete proof.

[chilicheese01]

The longevity of this thread.

[vamp]

Mermaids ARE real.

Let it gooooo

[(Cole)]

Originally posted by mariska

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance

I suppose that to be recognized as a legitimate creature, there has to be evidence for their existence...and at least scientifically, a lack of evidence for their existence means they can't be scientifically classified as an organism, meaning they don't exist, scientifically...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ANYMORE. I GIVE UP. YOU WIN, YOU MERMAID PEOPLE, YOU.

[Queen Bea.]

Originally posted by Bea.

I see that mermaids bring all the girls to the yard,
And they're like you're going too far
And I'm like you're trying to hard
Just to say it's not in the cards

Yall better clap your hands and say I believe cause there are fairies and all sorts of mythical creatures dropping all over because of your cynicism.

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[Dickard]

Originally posted by chilicheese01

The longevity of this thread.

Indeed.


Get that hit thread, sis.

[Ramcoro]

Originally posted by Dickard

No, you can't say the same thing. She MADE the thread with the intention of informing about the possibility of mermaids. You came in totally against it, and you're just as adamant and dogmatic as you came in. There is a major difference.

And my intention is to inform people to have evidence of something before believing it.

[mariska]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

Because that's the only place a sea creature the size of a human can escape exposure to humanity.

I know you are better at arguing than just saying "whales".

Did they escape humanity, though? There have been sightings of them. They would have been humanoids.... they could have escaped humanity by building houses out of a giant coral reef.

And no, that's not me admitting I believe in them.

[Dickard]

Originally posted by Ramcoro

And my intention is to inform people to have evidence of something before believing it.

And where's your evidence? With the majority of the ocean unexplored and our limited knowledge about evolution, you cannot discount mermaids and their existence completely.


You're committing the same fallacy as we apparently are.

[Queen Bea.]

Originally posted by Muggwa

There's absolutely no reason whatsoever to think they exist.

Human intelligence comes from years and year and years of evolution and development. The idea of a mermaid contradict the physiological norms and structure of almost every living species on Earth, not to mention that the chances that another, aquatic form of life on Earth with identical mental capabilities as us exists is infinitely small. I'm not saying we're anywhere close to having discovered every type of species there is, but the baseless assumption of the existence of a creature that we know about only from myth and fiction is completely illogical.

I could make up a story about a society of flying lizards that live up in the clouds and them claim they exist, since we haven't yet explored every square foot of the sky. We can't completely rule out the idea that they're real since it's impossible to prove something doesn't exist, but there would be no basis to believe in them.

It's different than belief in God, and religion in general, because the entire foundation of religion is faith. Willingly accepting an unknown power as a way to define a lifestyle ≠ deciding that a magical creature exists without any concrete proof.

I'm pretty sure there are churches dedicated to both of these things.

And it is pretty similar to a belief in God when you take into account the arguments people are using 'there is no evidence', it is very similar to a belief in god. And some people would say a belief in an all powerful being is much more farfetched than a belief in a humanoid marine creature.

I guess people have forgotton what to each their own means.

[DiamondDust]

Please explain to me how an organic being with a human-like physique could possible withstand the massive amounts of pressure at the bottom of the ocean long enough to develop this sort of super-secret society y'all are referring to...