A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 9-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

It's not they, it's you that I judge to be evading.

Given your lack of evidence to support your bull****, evasion
seems to be your specialty.

I am using the term morphology correctly. It is about shape and
form, not size.

Not according to the only authoritative definition of the word posted so
far.

You don't understand that and are using the
term incorrectly.

That you claim it to be so does not prove it to be so. You refuse to cite
any credible authority that defines "morphology" differently than Websters,
so I conclude that it's you that are full of bull****.

When you discuss sizes, you are entering into
the realm of biometry. Something you would know nothing about,
since you know virtually nothing about science.

Main Entry:mor£phol£o£gy
Pronunciation:m*r-*f*-l*-j*
Function:noun

Etymology:German Morphologie, from morph- + -logie -logy
Date:1830

1 a : a
branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and
plants b : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts
2 a :
a study and description of word formation (as inflection, derivation, and
compounding) in language b : the system of word-forming elements and
processes in a language
3 a : a study of structure or form b : STRUCTURE,
FORM
4 : the external structure of rocks in relation to the development of
erosional forms or topographic features
ñmor£pho£log£i£cal
\*m*r-f*-*l*-ji-k*l\ also mor£pho£log£ic \-*l*-jik\ adjective

ñmor£pho£log£i£cal£ly \-k(*-)l*\ adverb
ñmor£phol£o£gist
\m*r-*f*-l*-jist\ noun

Size is a part of "form and structure." Without size, there is no form or
structure. Form and structure have size. Thus, you're proven wrong again.


You want a reference - here's one from the first book I grabbed
off my bookshelves. It discusses the use of morphology and biometry
specifically in the context of paleoanthropology.

Johanson, Donald, and Edey, Maitland A., "Lucy, The Beginnings of
Humankind", Simon and Schuster, 1981, pp74-75. ISBN 0-671-25036-1

I see no discussion of any of the subjects you claim. I see only a book
title.


Now how about you providing the references to back up your ridiculous
claims? Here's the bull**** you're trying to avoid. Go ahead,
dickhead, put yout money where your mouth is. Prove your ridiculous
assertions. Cut the bull**** and post some facts for a change.

Main Entry:mor£phol£o£gy
Pronunciation:m*r-*f*-l*-j*
Function:noun

Etymology:German Morphologie, from morph- + -logie -logy
Date:1830

1 a : a
branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and
plants b : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts
2 a :
a study and description of word formation (as inflection, derivation, and
compounding) in language b : the system of word-forming elements and
processes in a language
3 a : a study of structure or form b : STRUCTURE,
FORM
4 : the external structure of rocks in relation to the development of
erosional forms or topographic features
ñmor£pho£log£i£cal
\*m*r-f*-*l*-ji-k*l\ also mor£pho£log£ic \-*l*-jik\ adjective

ñmor£pho£log£i£cal£ly \-k(*-)l*\ adverb
ñmor£phol£o£gist
\m*r-*f*-l*-jist\ noun



Scientists generally thought the Earth was flat - bogus.

Sorry, but that was the prevailing belief for a very long time.

By religious nut cases - yes. By the scientists - no. In fact is
is a myth that most people believed the earth was flat. If you can
prove otherwise, do so. Otherwise it remains a bogus claim on
your part.

H. sapiens didn't always walk upright - bogus.

Not a claim I ever made.

On 24-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

There you go inventing your own version of morphology. Stick with
the facts - height variation occurs _within_ morphological similarity.

And then there's the change to upright gait...

Bull**** again.

Except that you have elided the context, which clearly indicated that we
were discussing the precursors of homo sapien.


Your fantasy "theory of evolution" is an accepted scientific theory - bogus

You've yet to post anything which refutes it.

Your claim - your proof required. Put up or shut up.

Um...make me.


Not a claim I made.

Want me to quote you again? More bull**** on your part.

Well, I'm sure you'd be happy to misquote me again...


It's implicit in your statements

And you choose to ignore my _explicit_ statement. You are
still full of ****.

And you still gobble it down like it was ambrosia. What does that make you?

--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

On 9-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and
plants b : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts

I don't see the word "size" or "dimension" anywhere in here.
Biometry is specifically related to measurements and the statistical
analysis of such.

Size is a part of "form and structure." Without size, there is no form or
structure. Form and structure have size. Thus, you're proven wrong again.

You prove nothing. Two items can have the same form and yet be different
sizes - that's what scale is all about.

I see no discussion of any of the subjects you claim. I see only a book
title.

That's what references are all about, dickhead. You have to read the
pages referenced in the book. I know that represents a serious difficulty
for you, since your reading skills are so poor, but that's life.

Except that you have elided the context, which clearly indicated that we
were discussing the precursors of homo sapien.

Bull**** again. You won't quit until you've proved you're a pathological
liar. Here's the preceding section:

If nothing else, the average height of humans has increased
substantially in recorded history.

There you go inventing your own version of morphology. Stick with
the facts - height variation occurs _within_ morphological similarity.

And then there's the change to upright gait...

The only species of human are H. sapiens. You are still full of ****.

Um...make me.

Coward.

Well, I'm sure you'd be happy to misquote me again...

Again? When have I misquoted you? Provide proof, dickhead.

It reamins that you are consistently lying and refuse to provide any
substantive proof of your ridiculous claims. You will say anything
and don't give a damn for facts.

Mike

A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 9-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and
plants b : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts

I don't see the word "size" or "dimension" anywhere in here.

That's because you're an idiot, ****-brick.

Biometry is specifically related to measurements and the statistical
analysis of such.

Thus biometry is an aspect of morphology. One measures the relative sizes of
the form and structure of organisms. Without the form and structure of the
organism, there is nothing to measure, and biometry is pointless. Thus,
morphology inherently includes size as a component of form and structure.

Morphology is not, however, a sub-part of biometry.

Tastes yummy, dip-****?

Size is a part of "form and structure." Without size, there is no form or
structure. Form and structure have size. Thus, you're proven wrong again.

You prove nothing. Two items can have the same form and yet be different
sizes - that's what scale is all about.

And those are morphological differences that are measured and analyzed using
biometric methods. Cart horse, not the obverse, ****-head.


I see no discussion of any of the subjects you claim. I see only a book
title.

That's what references are all about, dickhead. You have to read the
pages referenced in the book. I know that represents a serious difficulty
for you, since your reading skills are so poor, but that's life.

You mistake the Usenet for real life. I have no interest in tracking down an
obscure textbook just to satisfy you. If you think that there are pertinent
quotes that support your argument, then YOU may type them in and post them.
Until then, your reference is nothing but an empty argument.

Besides, it's the work of less than ten seconds to come up with a
categorical and authoritative refutation of your idiocy using Google. Read
on, ****- breath.

If nothing else, the average height of humans has increased
substantially in recorded history.

There you go inventing your own version of morphology. Stick with
the facts - height variation occurs _within_ morphological similarity.

And then there's the change to upright gait...

The only species of human are H. sapiens. You are still full of ****.

Hm. Amusing but uninteresting display of ignorance. How about Ardipithecus
ramidus and australopithecus anamensis and australopithecus afarensis and
australopithecus africanus and australopithecus garhi and paranthropus
aethiopicus and paranthropus boisei and paranthropus robustus and homo
rudolfensis and homo heidelbergensis and homo erectus and homo habilis and
homo ergaster and homo neanderthalensis?

Seems like the real scientists at the Smithsonian Institution, as opposed to
Netwits like you, classify them all as "humans."

"The species to which you and all other living human beings on this planet
belong is Homo sapiens. Anatomically, modern humans can generally be
characterized by the lighter build of their skeletons compared to earlier
humans."

Source: http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanor...ha/a_tree.html

Re-read the last two words of that quote: "earlier humans."

How's it taste, ****-eater?

Well, I'm sure you'd be happy to misquote me again...

Again? When have I misquoted you? Provide proof, dickhead.

It reamins that you are consistently lying and refuse to provide any
substantive proof of your ridiculous claims. You will say anything
and don't give a damn for facts.

How's them "human facts" from the Smithsonian taste, ****-for-brains?
--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

On 10-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Thus biometry is an aspect of morphology. One measures the relative sizes of
the form and structure of organisms. Without the form and structure of the
organism, there is nothing to measure, and biometry is pointless. Thus,
morphology inherently includes size as a component of form and structure.

Weiser meets a scientist:

Scientist: Here we have categorized the specimens according to morphological
similarities. These two, for example, are similar as they are both spherical.

Weiser: They can't both be spherical - they aren't the same size!

Scientist: Er... Now these specimens are all similar due to their conical
shape.

Weiser: They can't all be conical - they aren't the same size!

Scientist: Hmm... finally, the remainder of these specimens are similar
in that they are all cylindrical.

Weiser: They can't all be cylindrical - THEY AREN'T THE SAME SIZE.

Scientist: Security... SECURITY

You are both a bull****ter and an idiot.


I have no interest in tracking down an
obscure textbook just to satisfy you.

You have no interest in the facts. You are only interested in lying and
bull****.

Hm. Amusing but uninteresting display of ignorance. How about Ardipithecus
ramidus and australopithecus anamensis and australopithecus afarensis and
australopithecus africanus and australopithecus garhi and paranthropus
aethiopicus and paranthropus boisei and paranthropus robustus and homo
rudolfensis and homo heidelbergensis and homo erectus and homo habilis and
homo ergaster and homo neanderthalensis?
"

They are hominids - human ancestors, early humans not human beings. It
says so in the web page.

Again? When have I misquoted you? Provide proof, dickhead.

You still haven't shown where I have misquoted you.

You still haven't addressed your bull**** about Galileo and Newton -
We can safely assume that you haven't got the guts to admit you are
wrong. You still haven't got the guts to try to prove the bull****
you post. You still think that you can post bull**** and get away
with it.

Mike

A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 10-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Thus biometry is an aspect of morphology. One measures the relative sizes of
the form and structure of organisms. Without the form and structure of the
organism, there is nothing to measure, and biometry is pointless. Thus,
morphology inherently includes size as a component of form and structure.

Weiser meets a scientist:

Scientist: Here we have categorized the specimens according to morphological
similarities. These two, for example, are similar as they are both spherical.

Weiser: They can't both be spherical - they aren't the same size!

Scientist: Er... Now these specimens are all similar due to their conical
shape.

Weiser: They can't all be conical - they aren't the same size!

Scientist: Hmm... finally, the remainder of these specimens are similar
in that they are all cylindrical.

Weiser: They can't all be cylindrical - THEY AREN'T THE SAME SIZE.

Scientist: Security... SECURITY

You are both a bull****ter and an idiot.

Uh huh. Try this:

Scientist: Here we have categorized the specimens according to
morphological similarities. These two, for example, are similar as they are
both spherical.

Me: True, the gross morphological similarity of the form is that of a
sphere, however, they are morphologically different because sample one is
two micrometers in diameter while sample two is two meters in diameter. This
biometric measurement suggests that they are not the same organism. Further,
while sample one shows a structure of a non-vertebrate bacterial form,
sample two shows the structure of vertebrate organism similar to a blowfish.

Hm. Amusing but uninteresting display of ignorance. How about Ardipithecus
ramidus and australopithecus anamensis and australopithecus afarensis and
australopithecus africanus and australopithecus garhi and paranthropus
aethiopicus and paranthropus boisei and paranthropus robustus and homo
rudolfensis and homo heidelbergensis and homo erectus and homo habilis and
homo ergaster and homo neanderthalensis?
"

They are hominids - human ancestors, early humans not human beings. It
says so in the web page.

Interesting that you excised the QUOTE from the Smithsonian website which
clearly refers to them as "earlier humans."

"The phylogenetic tree below shows one reconstruction of the relationships
among early human species, as we best know them today."

Source: http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanor...ha/a_tree.html

Give it up, you're beaten.

--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

On 11-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

This
biometric measurement suggests that they are not the same organism.

There you go, assuming that all scientists are stupid. You've done it
before, you'll do it again.

The fact is that you think you're an expert on morphology because
you read a dictionary definition that you obviously don't understand.
Those of us that are trained in science and engineering _know_ that
morphological characteristics, such as form and structure, can be
independent of size.

I've long ago lost count of how many analyses of structures I've done
that are independent of dimension (I'm a structural engineer). My
master's thesis topic was on risk (mentioned before) and featured
an analysis of the National Building Code for risk parameters. The
structures investigated were all non-dimensional. All dimensions
are normalized out of the model.

Aero-and hydrodynamics work is almost always non-dimensional. Airfoils
are very well defined in _form_ (search on NACA airfoils for examples)
but are not specified as having dimensions. The coefficients (lift,
drag, Reynold's number, Mach number etc) are all dimensionless.
Engineers in this area are able to compare and contrast different
airfoil designs without resorting to dimensional information, working
entirely with the _form_ and non-dimensional coefficients.

In the realm of paleoanthropology, the most recent news has been about
Homo Florensiensis. Skeletal remains found in Indonesia have been
causing quite a stir. Teuku Jakob, an Indonesian paleontologist has
claimed that the skull is simply that of a microcephalic H. sapiens.
However, Dean Falk of Florida State U, has analysed the brain cast
of H. florensiensis and compared it to brain casts of pygmies,
microcephalic H. sapiens and to H. erectus. This was published in
"Science" in the past couple of weeks and she was interviewed on
Discovery Channel. The brain casts show the characteristics typical
of the various species and types. She was able to show that the
H. florensiensis was not a microcephalic and that the its lobes were
closest to H. erectus. These brain casts were _not_the_same_size_.
They don't have to be the same size to be morphologically similar.

Form and structure are not dependent on dimension as you naively
assume.

You have made the ridiculous claim that biometry is a subset of
morphology - PROVE IT.


They are hominids - human ancestors, ***early humans*** not human beings. It
says so in the web page.

Interesting that you excised the QUOTE from the Smithsonian website which
clearly refers to them as "***earlier humans***."

What excising? You still can't read - a kindergarden kop pretending to
be an editor.

"The phylogenetic tree below shows one reconstruction of the relationships
among early human species, as we best know them today."

Any ambiguity about the use of the term "human" aside - you are still wrong.

Every one of the species that you listed as an early human (including all
australopithicines, the paranthropus and homo species) for which adequate
skeletal remains have been found share one significant characteristic -
THEY ALL WALKED ERECT. You're still wrong, dickhead.

Give it up, you're beaten.

Speak for yourself, dickhead.

Mike

A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 11-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

This
biometric measurement suggests that they are not the same organism.

There you go, assuming that all scientists are stupid.

Not them, just you.

You've done it
before, you'll do it again.

The fact is that you think you're an expert on morphology because
you read a dictionary definition that you obviously don't understand.
Those of us that are trained in science and engineering _know_ that
morphological characteristics, such as form and structure, can be
independent of size.

I've long ago lost count of how many analyses of structures I've done
that are independent of dimension (I'm a structural engineer). My
master's thesis topic was on risk (mentioned before) and featured
an analysis of the National Building Code for risk parameters. The
structures investigated were all non-dimensional. All dimensions
are normalized out of the model.

Aero-and hydrodynamics work is almost always non-dimensional. Airfoils
are very well defined in _form_ (search on NACA airfoils for examples)
but are not specified as having dimensions. The coefficients (lift,
drag, Reynold's number, Mach number etc) are all dimensionless.
Engineers in this area are able to compare and contrast different
airfoil designs without resorting to dimensional information, working
entirely with the _form_ and non-dimensional coefficients.

In the realm of paleoanthropology, the most recent news has been about
Homo Florensiensis. Skeletal remains found in Indonesia have been
causing quite a stir. Teuku Jakob, an Indonesian paleontologist has
claimed that the skull is simply that of a microcephalic H. sapiens.
However, Dean Falk of Florida State U, has analysed the brain cast
of H. florensiensis and compared it to brain casts of pygmies,
microcephalic H. sapiens and to H. erectus. This was published in
"Science" in the past couple of weeks and she was interviewed on
Discovery Channel. The brain casts show the characteristics typical
of the various species and types. She was able to show that the
H. florensiensis was not a microcephalic and that the its lobes were
closest to H. erectus. These brain casts were _not_the_same_size_.
They don't have to be the same size to be morphologically similar.

Form and structure are not dependent on dimension as you naively
assume.

But that's a claim I've never made. I said that size is a component of form
and structure, which is clearly the case. There is no form and structure in
organisms without size, except in the abstract. I did not say that form and
structure were dependent on size. Thus, "morphology," which describes the
form and structure of an organism includes as a part of the description of
the morphology an analysis of size. I did not suggest that size was
determinative. You affirm my statement with your discussion of H.
florensiensis.

The root of this debate was the question of intelligent design versus
evolution and my quest for an explanation of why sharks have not changed
from sharks to something else in 400 million years while humans have
advanced remarkably in less than 2 million years.

You said:
We know that DNA mutations occur in humans as well, and at a fairly quick
rate. In spite of that, there have been no morphological changes in
skeletal remains during the entire history of Homo Sapiens.

I said:
I disagree. If nothing else, the average height of humans has increased
substantially in recorded history. And how do you link, for example, Homo
Neandrathalsis to Homo Sapiens? Where are the intervening morphological
changes that show that one became the other? Sorry, but that record simply
does not exist. There is not just one "missing link," there are BILLIONS of
missing links. If DNA shifts cause gradual morphological changes that result
in the evolution of a species, one would expect to find a panoply of slightly
different specimens in different geological strata that would show the
evolution. Instead, what we see are a very, very few examples of fossil
remains that are morphologically distinct from one another, with no evidence
of the co-existence of different "Darwinian dead-end" variants. Some
paleontologists posit that Neanderthal and Sapien may have co-existed, but the
overlap is speculative at this point.

You said there have been "no morphological changes in skeletal remains
during the entire history of Homo Sapiens."

I suggested that, if nothing else, the average height has increased in
recorded history. One of the "other things" is, for example, the larger
brain case, more complex brain, and "lighter skeletal structure" than
earlier forms. All of these are morphological differences, not merely size
differences, as your H. florensiensis quote demonstrates. You tried to limit
the discussion specifically to H sap., but the issue is larger than that.

I then broadened the scope by including other forms of humans to show that
there have indeed been morphological changes. Indeed, it's the morphological
changes in ancestral humans that cause scientists to give them different
names.


You have made the ridiculous claim that biometry is a subset of
morphology - PROVE IT.

Simple logic proves it:

Premise: Organisms cannot exist without form and structure.
Premise: Organisms cannot exist without size.
Conclusion: Form, structure and size are required for an organism to exist.

Premise: Form and structure may be described without reference to size.
Premise: Size may not be described without reference to form and structure.
Conclusion: Size is a component of form and structure.

Premise: Size is a component of form and structure.
Premise: Morphology describes the form and structure of an organism.
Premise: Biometry describes the organism's size.
Conclusion: Biometry is a component of morphology.

"The phylogenetic tree below shows one reconstruction of the relationships
among early human species, as we best know them today."

Any ambiguity about the use of the term "human" aside - you are still wrong.

Every one of the species that you listed as an early human (including all
australopithicines, the paranthropus and homo species) for which adequate
skeletal remains have been found share one significant characteristic -
THEY ALL WALKED ERECT. You're still wrong, dickhead.

Not quite, you merely misunderstand the point of the debate. At some stage
in evolution, the precursors to early humans did not walk erect, or so
evolutionary theory would have it. If evolution is true, then we evolved
from pond-scum and passed through a nearly infinite number of intermediate
forms that resulted in what we are today. Where are all those intermediate
forms, and why haven't sharks also gone through intermediate morphological
changes en route to some greater destiny?

Or, somewhere in pre-history, something sudden and episodic happened that
resulted in a change to upright gait, which is one of the markers that
scientists use to differentiate between lower primate forms and humans.

Is the change to upright gait a gradual shift that would suggest
morphological change through adaptation or is it a sudden and inexplicable
change from one morphology to another with no intervening intermediary
forms?

If the former, where are the intervening forms?
If the latter, what caused the sudden morphological changes?

Gamma rays?
God?

Speak for yourself, dickhead.

I always do, Netwit.

--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser