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Jack_Burton
06/16/09

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Hasn't this been done already?

That's right, I'm thinking of adult film: Master(bator) and Cummander: The Far Side of the Womb
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Alden Lee
06/16/09

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Not to sound like an ass, but Darwin's book was titled "On the Origin of Species"
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capnrob
06/16/09

@Alden Lee: Actually, if you're gonna be like that, it was _On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life_.

Naturally, this was quickly followed by _On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life II: The Quickening_.
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Jack_Burton
06/16/09

@capnrob:

_On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life III: Beyond Thunderdome_.
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FrankN.Stein
06/16/09

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very - erm good... a kitshy love story is exactly what darwin needs to stabilize his reputation as THE man of science in the times of rising creationism.....
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SinisterBill
06/16/09

@FrankN.Stein: Was thinking the same, when half the country still believes in fairy tales I'm not sure Darwin needs the Hollywood treatment.
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equustel
06/16/09

@SinisterBill: Since the creationist stance has already been reduced to "believing in fairy tales" by the masses, I don't see why it can't be Darwin's turn for a little dressing-down. :)

(I could waste thousands of words talking about quantum physics and fairy tales. Believe you me.)
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equustel
06/16/09

@equustel: Thought I should clarify that last statement: quantum physics are frelling awesome. I am utterly fascinated by it and how it relates to varied theologies. And I am of the Inkling (Lewis + Tolkien) train of thought when it comes to "fairy tales" - what they really point to, what value they have in and of themselves, why we write them, etc.

Didn't mean to imply quantum physics was somehow the equivalent of a fairy tale. I smell a lynching and I'm desperately trying to avoid one.
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Cicada
06/16/09

@equustel: Darn it! What the heck am I supposed to do with all this rope now?
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YankBoffin
06/16/09

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Really? I thought it was pretty well established that Darwin was a fairly religious guy all his own and was NOT out to disprove the existence of God.

He was out to do freakin' science, god damn it!
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Scorpi
06/16/09

@YankBoffin: He definitely wasn't out to disprove God, but he also wasn't religious either - he loved his wife, though, which means he tried hard NOT to disprove God, for her sake.
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sean98125
06/16/09

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The world has been waiting for a Charles Darwin love story. The only thing I think that the world has wanted more than that is the Isaac Newton teen comedy set in his days at Trinity College or possibly Enrico Fermi - Vampire Hunter.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/16/09

@sean98125: Shades of "Young Einstein". (yech)
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