http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/01/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-79/ chilling tales of godlessness!!! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:30:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/01/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-79/comment-page-1/#comment-11626 Beer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:25:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/01/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-79/#comment-11626 You touched on recapitulation theory in this episode. It's discredited though. Embryo development doesn't really follow through the evolutionary history of an individual. There are, however, very similar traits shared amongst embryos; things like "gill slits"/"pharangial arches", tails, etc... The more closely any species are related to one another from an evolutionary view, the more similar their embryonic development. Going off on a tangent here, I think some of the more interesting things to look at are not in our embryos but in our fully formed selves. The weird path of our facial nerves suddenly makes sense when you compare ourselves anatomically with fish. Also, the possible cause of hiccups being an evolutionary leftover similar to a mechanism we observe in tadpoles. Nonetheless, good episode! You touched on recapitulation theory in this episode. It’s discredited though. Embryo development doesn’t really follow through the evolutionary history of an individual. There are, however, very similar traits shared amongst embryos; things like “gill slits”/”pharangial arches”, tails, etc… The more closely any species are related to one another from an evolutionary view, the more similar their embryonic development. Going off on a tangent here, I think some of the more interesting things to look at are not in our embryos but in our fully formed selves. The weird path of our facial nerves suddenly makes sense when you compare ourselves anatomically with fish. Also, the possible cause of hiccups being an evolutionary leftover similar to a mechanism we observe in tadpoles.
Nonetheless, good episode!

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]]> http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/01/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-79/comment-page-1/#comment-11357 jaeger ohellino Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:38:17 +0000 http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/01/the-good-atheist-podcast-episode-79/#comment-11357 Great podcast. That was a good tirade. Anne Frank belongs to our literature, we should be decensoring not censoring, or what will be lost is the greatest part of our culture, our art. As for children, they are little adults and today know a lot more about the vagina then Anne Frank ever did......... Great podcast. That was a good tirade. Anne Frank belongs to our literature, we should be decensoring not censoring, or what will be lost is the greatest part of our culture, our art. As for children, they are little adults and today know a lot more about the vagina then Anne Frank ever did………

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