Re: Chez Watt Vote 02DEC03

To deal with the volume, I decided to cull the non-topical but excellent zingers,
or things which did not originate as part of newsgroup exchanges, and to
focus on those homegrown quotes which involved more t.o-ish issues
(science, evidence, classic anti-evo bogus arguments, biology, IDiocy, ...).

My first choice:
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> Maybe all biology is done on the web now:
>
> >> Huh? Do they now quote-mine *recent* books? The youngest quote is only
> >> 21 years old!
> >
> >Bogus argument.  There are no recent books to quote.



In case of tiebreaker, I'd like to acknowledge the runners-up:

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> It always works if you use it only when it works:
>
> >my definition applies to biological life versus inanimate
> >elements. Therefore, a hurricane does not fit the definition of life.


> ==========
> Has anybody told Hawkin?:
>
> > Nobody talks about figuring out gravity anymore.


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> For the "Out of Left Field" trophy:
>
> > > Which is analagous to gene flow between isolated populations.
> >
> > How does your statement prove we come from a rock?