SirWere:
So, where does dark matter come in



I also read an article a while back stating the Big Bang Theory supports the possibility of an alternate universe; either starting it or being created alongside ours


What'ya say?

If I remember correctly, it is string theory that suggests the possibility of a multiverse.

@ Joshuabase, nice post.

Chai! This is glaring injustice! The law has become unjust! Nigerians, how long will we take this bullsheet?! How long?!?

Was it TB Joshua?

Sunnycliff:
A young man who happily predicted his death before the doomsday! Does it worth typing RIP WHEN he has already booked a space in dining with the Devil!

Mumu raised to power 6 Da grin was simply a very conscious guy. Death is inevitable for us all and da grin grandly embraced and lived with this consciousness, so much that it influenced his songs. It has nothing whatsover to do with the devil. Whether you embrace death or not like da grin did, fact remains that you will die...someday...so, STFU about the devil! That kinda talk gives the impression that your brain is subatomic.

Boboye4slim:
I'm surprised you find sad plight of men amusing. And don't defend your actions by saying they're criminals and deserves it. Finding the pains of others amusing is a prove that you're impaired psychologically. They, being criminal or not, you don't have a right to enjoy or relish in their sufferings. Or else yours is on the way! Read, learn, be wise. This message is specially for you. Be wise.

The people wey like this your post need serious flogging. What a load of blarney.

You didn't see the link there? I didn't write the post. Just did a little editing.

Shut the fvck up, TB.

DSS, what have got to say about this now? Nigeria jagajaga truly.

1)The earliest forms of Art produced in West Africa are found in Nigeria - This is the Iron Age Nok Culture.

2)The earliest anatomically modern Human fossils in West
Africa are found in Nigeria, in the area now known as Akure.
These fossils are over 10,000 years old.

3)When German Explorers first discovered the ancient city of Ile-Ife they couldn't believe that Africans were responsible for the Art (Racism) - they claimed they had discovered the lost city of Atlantis.

4)Nsibidi is an ancient form of writing existing in Nigeria over
1000 years ago; debunking racist claims about lack of writing
in Africa. This form of writing was reserved for initiations into mystical societies - cf: http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Nsibidi.html

Nsibidi is Heiroglyphic and Hieratic in Nature.

5)Some of the earliest democratic institutions arise in the area now called Nigeria - The Old Kingdom of Oyo had a
parliamentary system called the Oyomesi in which the power
of the King was balanced by a council of Chiefs who could
drive the King to commit suicide should he overstep the
bounds of his authority.

Yorubas, a dynamic culture in West Africa believe Ile Ife is the cradle of all Life; here, Oduduwa descended from Heaven and laid the foundations of the Earth.

6)The Odu-Ifa is a form of Arithmetic Geomancy practiced by
Yorubas for over 1500 years. The Odu-Ifa is a form of
divination in which the will of the Gods is revealed through the manipulation of beads on checkered boards to the number of 256.

Santeria, Voodoo and Candomble are all South American and Carribean religions directly traceable to the Ifa religion of the Yorubas. This shows the persistence of the Yoruba culture throughout the horrors of slavery.

7)The Yoruba States are some of the most powerful states in
the early west African period; stretching from the present
Nigerian interiors to modern day Benin.

8. The Hausa states of Karnem Bornu were reputed to have the most powerful armies in their time. The leader of Karnem
Bornu was reputed to be able to summon 120,000 soldiers
within 24 hours.

9)"Things fall apart" a story by Chinua Achebe deals with the
colonial conquest of Igbo society. This story has been
translated into more than 10 languages with over 10 million
copies in print and is often compared to the great Greek
Tragedies.

10)Wole Soyinka is the only Black African to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is a Nigerian of Yoruba extract.

11)"Opa Oranmiyan," the Staff of Oranmiyan is an ancient Yoruba Monolith that has stood as a symbol of Yoruba Unity for centuries. It is based on a Yoruba myth. http:www.marcusgarvey.com/taf93.htm
The staff of Oranmiyan is covered with an ancient Yoruba
symbolic writing system.

12)Most of the Artworks made by the Kingdoms who are now under the jurisdiction of the Nigerian state are in Europe. They were stolen by European Imperialists who now display them in their Museums for huge fees.

13)The "Odu Ifa" also encompasses a wide body of oral literature, mystical recitations that are passed down from priest to priest; generation to generation.

14)Every child born in authentic Yoruba culture has a Prophecy attached to his/her life. This Prophecy is called "The Oriki" - it is a map of what the child is and what he will become.

15)The Igbos of Eastern Nigeria launched a series of massive riots that put paid to Colonialism in Nigeria. This was led by the Women of Aba, protesting the heavy taxation of the colonial Lords. They marched on the colonial offices and chased the administrators away.

Source:http://naijapositive.myfastforum.org/archive/interesting-facts-about-nigeria__o_t__t_39.html

CoolUsername:


Ha ha!

If you're conversant with the meaning of the term 'species', you'll know that for animals, the species line is drawn where two populations can no longer reproduce with each other.

This is why I say you should read a little about a subject before trying to argue for or against it. You are disappointingly inept in this subject that you argue so much against.

Read a book.

Case closed.

UyiIredia:


You know what, I'm gonna mention a couple of facts. These facts are unassailable and stand against your precious theory. Here they are:

1) Species always reproduce after their like. Always. Dogs beget dogs and flies beget flies. They can never reproduce in such a way you get reptiles from fishes because they always reproduce after their like. This is what recorded history and daily observations show.

2) Random mutations usually degrade a genome and does not add meaningful new genetic information to it. Therefore you have nothing which could build new tissues and organs to evolve new lifeforms from previous ones. There are DNA error correction procedures that militate against random mutations precisely because of their harmful nature.

3) There is a limit to how much species change. And this limit ensures that species remain the same while varying within given parameters. That's why you can have great changes with designer dogs but you know that they are still dogs and not some new form of species. Species vary but it is VERY WRONG a la evolutionists to assume you can get humans from apes or vary dinosaurs into birds. Species always vary within limits. That's what we observe.

I see how you've tacitly avoided the points I raised. Of course we all know organisms of a species beget organisms of same species. Nobody's arguing that. What we're actually arguing is that organisms who are not of the same species, organisms that are obviously very divergent, share same genes. As an example, I presented humans and fruit flies. We infuse human genes into fruit flies and we have the same results as the fruit fly genes. Why is this? Simple, we share same genes found in our DNA. These genes were copied from the common ancestor of humans and fruit flies, just like your genes were copied from your parents, and theirs from their parents and so on. You cannot accept just a part of DNA history. You gotta accept the full picture or reject everything. Phylogeny is the full picture. You cannot accept DNA information when it confirms kinship between you and a sibling and reject it when it confirms kinship between you and chimps or fruit flies.

Get your facts right. First off, know that inheritable mutations which have effects on evolution are germ line mutations. These mutations have a varied range of effects. Sometimes they cause no phenotypic changes, other times small phenotypic changes and at yet other times big phenotypic changes. DNA contains control genes. Control genes control the structure or morphology of organisms. When mutations occur in control genes, they lead to significant changes in organism morphology. This is what happens when fruit flies grow legs on their heads in place of antennas. Control genes called hox genes found in both fruit flies and humans, undergo mutation in fruit flies and the effect is legs on heads instead of antennas.

Speciation occurs in geologic time, spanning millions upon millions of years. You do not expect to observe millions of years, do you? Human lifetime is actually an infinitesimal fraction compared to geologic time. Geologists estimate the age of the earth as 4.5 billion years, while human civilization is less than 10,000 years. If you only believe what you observe, then why do you believe history? You certainly weren't there when history unfolded but you believe it nonetheless. We use relics from the past in order to understand history. It's the same principle in science. In this case however, the relics are found in the fossil record and in our DNA— relics from biological history are right there in your body!

Fact is many of us who attended/attend public institutions have been hardwired to think graduating with a good grade is such a big deal. This is because of the abuse of power by lecturers in public institutions. These lecturers deliberately make a fuss out of easy courses, scare students and set exams in such a way that several would fail. Sometimes they reduce your score or fail you outrightly. Imagine a lecturer telling his students before exams that nobody will get an A in his course. A lecturer of mine would hardly give an A no matter what you write, even when you churn out facts from both textbooks and notes. Makes you wonder, "what fvcking else does this man want from me?" I remember taking CHM 101 in my first year. This was practically basic chemistry. There was nothing in the course I didn't know before, but we had about 3 lecturers handling it and they made such a fuss of this course such that freshers failed en masse at the end of the day.

It is hard for us to accept that private universities like CU only do things the right way. It's more convenient to say they're substandard. It isn't so hard to get a first class or second class upper, provided you're studious. That's why many Nigerians perform excellently in universities abroad. Cut out the excesses of lecturers and public institutions will probably churn out more first class students.

cloudgoddess:

"Because the intelligent designer intentionally created some of our genes to be similar to fruit fly genes! that doesn't mean we are related! don't question the designer's methods!"

This is the best answer you can expect, just a heads up.

And they have not a shred of evidence for this. We should ditch evolution and adopt a mere assumption of theirs instead. Pathetic.

UyiIredia:


There is no hard evidence for.evolutionary claims. All claims of hard evidence are simply bogus.

A classic case of living in denial. The evidence from DNA alone shows that evolution is a fact. A hard, fvcking fact just like gravity, electromagnetism, et al. Accept it or deny it, it doesn't change the fact.

UyiIredia:


No. They shifted their aim from paternity claims within a species to phylogenies across species. They are cut off different clothes. I can see the logic in sequencing DNA to determine paternity but there is NIL evidence supporting DNA sequencing to build evolutionary phylogenies.

This is intellectual dishonesty. How do we use DNA to determine paternity? It is simply by looking at the genetic information contained in the DNA of the individuals concerned. We're simply measuring how similar this information is between both individuals. DNA information happens to be very precise. It is a sequential arrangement of bases which make up the DNA molecule. This information is copied from parent to offspring. The more identical the information is between two individuals, the more closely related they are. For instance, let's say A and B have a 99.9999999% dna match, and A and D have a 99.9999% match, therefore A and B are more closely related than A and D. In phylogeny, we simply go further—A and R then have a 99.9% match and so on. Does this mean A and R are unrelated simply because we have moved further? Of course not. A and R are only less related than A and B, but related nonetheless.

What you're saying is that A and R are unrelated just by virtue of the gap between them. In other words, you're only related to your father but not related to your great-great grandfather. DNA sequencing operates under a single principle, irrespective of the degree of divergence between organisms.

Another analogy, if seun asks you and I to write independently on the subject "humanity". And then when we turn out our respective essays, it is found out that both our first three paragraphs are exactly alike word for word, can it not then be established that we copied from each other or from a single source? Would it be logical to say we didn't copy from a single source at all because the remaining one or two paragraphs aren't exactly alike?

Human genes infused in fruit flies have produced the same effect as fruit fly genes. Do we and fruit flies belong to a single species? Why are our genes alike then?

Okworigeorge:
wit d way u cari dis mata for head lyk dis, I only get 1 question for u...

U

GAY?

smh

UyiIredia:


So sequencing DNA is observing evolution right ? Wrong. DNA sequencing assumes evolution beforehand. There's nothing about DNA sequences that shows a species begat another one.

But you agree DNA test can be used to determine paternity, don't you? Biologists have simply moved further down that tree. You accept a thin branch, and then reject the boughs and stem. How smart.

UyiIredia:


Indeed. Jettisoning intelligent design for a theory that tells stories of how fishes became reptiles and apes became men. What a a storyteller.

You do realize that there is hard evidence for evolutionary claims, right? What evidence have you for intelligent design?

cloudgoddess:

Have you not learned anything from the hundreds of times your arguments against evolution have been torn to shreds by various people on these forums?

Some people truly are beyond reasoning with, apparently.

Absolutely.

UyiIredia:


I have to say. It takes a special kind of stupid to believe in evolution.

You don't say!

Okworigeorge:
with the time and passion he dedicated to that post, yes.I'm sure if he isn't, then he knows someone who is.
I'm sure ur John Brown also had black friends

Your logic is deeply flawed. One doesn't need to have a vested interest in a cause in order to support that cause. Respect for human rights is enough motivation.

It's no surprise. We are all primates. This further buttresses the view that we're genetically related to chimps. Evidence of evolution.

If there is an afterlife for humans, then there should be an afterlife for chimps, dinosaurs, radiolarians, trilobites, fungi, viruses and even bacteria.

Okworigeorge:
with the time and passion he dedicated to that post, yes. I'm sure if he isn't, then he knows someone who is.

Yes, just the same way John Brown must have been a black man. If he wasn't black, then why the hell did he sacrifice his life to end slavery? He must have been black.

Okworigeorge:
u gay?

The vacuous mind of a superficial homo sapien. You think one must be gay to defend gay people

This yeye Gtb has stopped the *737# service on my account. I've not been able to transfer funds from my account for over a month. They said the service has been stalled for e-accounts.

Good points, op. They should tighten up on security. I used to think one must include one's ATM password before this service can work, but I recently found out that bit is optional.

0rex:

Thank you. This subject has now picked my interest.

The spectrum of organism sexuality is more complex than we like to think it is. That a form of sexuality is divergent from what we perceive as "straight" doesn't make it any less normal or unnatural. Homosexuality is just as natural as heterosexuality. Bonobos, a specie of chimpanzees, perform a lot of homosexual acts on each other. They even give each other blow-jobs.

0rex:

You can't read everything in the world. Please make your point.

Animals do exhibit homosexual behaviour.

http://www.yalescientific.org/2012/03/do-animals-exhibit-homosexuality/

You can google more on the subject.

0rex:
Why is it only the human specie that is affected by this homosexuality?

I am yet to see a he-goat mating another he-goat or hen or cow or ... If that doesn't exist then that affirms something really is wrong somewhere.

You clearly have not been doing a lot of reading.

tobbie247:


If I say it's negligible, doesn't that mean that there's a change already but it's really small?

I only used the notebook example to tell how minute the difference is.

ok

tobbie247:


It's negligible.

That's already established. There's no denying that. But we've made it clear to you that change on a quantum or negligible scale cannot be approximated to zero in this instance. We're dealings with precise physics here. We tell it as it is. No approximations. When you are given a calculation whose answer is say 1.1* 10^-22, and you give your answer as zero, your professor will most likely fail you.
By your logic too, the mass of an electron should be 0 kg rather than the precise value of 9.1* 10^-31 kg.

tobbie247:

So after calculating, who e hep?

What are you saying?