From some reading I can see that scientists use cladograms to separate organisms into groups. Birds belong in the reptile group following both DNA and comparative anatomy evidence. All scientists seem to recognise this, and it doesn't appear to be up for debate yet the class doesn't appear to have been changed, they still are groups in aves (yet in the clade of reptiles). Do scientists just use the Linnean system to name and identify birds and at the same time knowing that they should belong to the class of reptiles (even though they are not in it)?
Welkom vrienden,
The recent conflict in Belgium is most troubling to us. The Netherlands has been one of our more stable European partners, and it pains us to see it in conflict.
Although we do not agree with your methods, we do see this as a perfect opportunity to take France down a notch. Their entire policy seems to revolve around some pathetic 18th century melodramatic reenactment of French grandeur. They have taken a road that will surely see it come in conflict with more reasonable powers sooner rather than later.
Their sudden decision to block India's UNSC ascension was the final straw for us, and showed us that our relation is un-salvageable.
If France is not hindered in it's militaristic ambitions, it will continue to be a nuisance to world peace.
You have our complete support, although we will obviously refrain from direct action for the time being. Our logistical and intelligence assets stand ready to aid you in your conflict, and our forces can screen your western flank.
If you accept our aid of course.
A final note is your recent pact with the Soviet Union. Although the Republican Party is of course unhappy to say the least, this administration sees this as yet another great opportunity. If the Soviet Union supports The Hague instead of Paris, the latter cannot try to find allies in the East. A French-Russion-Sino pact would have been a grave threat. However, we do wish to hear some reassurances regarding your position in NATO.
As for NATO, we urge you to invoke Article 5, forcing Germany and the UK to reconsider their overal situation.
Doug Erwin says that the further we ascend the taxonomic hierarchy (species -> genus -> family -> order, etc.), the fewer intermediates there are:
- "Darwin and the proponents of the Modern Synthesesis expected insensible gradiation of form from one species to the next, this is only sometimes found among extant species (for example, among cryptic species) and is rare in the fossil record. Gradiations in form are even less common at higher levels of the Linnean taxonomic hierarchy... In the past non-paleontologists have attempted to rescue uniformitarian explanations by ‘explaining away' this empirical pattern as a result of various biases."
This clumpiness is the opposite of what gradual evolution predicts, and it can't be explained away by appealing to sampling biases (missing fossils). Many other paleontologists have made similar claims. If evolutionary theory is true, we should expect MORE intermediates as the hierarchy is ascended, because there are wider gaps to fill. But instead we see less.
Let's try to quantify this. Suppose we could assign a single number to represent the differences between organisms. The distance between sapiens, neanderthals, and erectus is perhaps 10 points, with enough intermediates in between to reduce each step to 1 or 2 points. I agree they all share a common ancestor. The distance between tiktaalik and other fishapods is more like 50 points on our scale, not that those fossils have meaningful order. If you want to propose a common ancestors for cephalapods, arthropods, nematodes, and chordates, you can propose a sponge here or a hallucigenia there as alleged intermediates, but now the differences are something like 200-500 points on this scale.
However we see a similar pattern if we try to build a family tree of designed objects. The end branches are full of similar species--hundreds of models of iPhones and androids all cluster tightly together. But if you go back further, what's the common an
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
And now I’m cannelloni
