Why Don't Any Animals Have Wheels?

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LITTER: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_(...)

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Dawkins Wheeled-Animal Article: http://dlss.channelwood.org/private/e...

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[Adam Murray]

Michael has really lost weight recently.

[xecoq]

Why dont animals have fossil fuel powered jet turbines?

[rubenvenderbosch]

i do ??

[Bryan Mayle]

do you have any jet turbines on you?

[TFforce]

i want to play that nes game

[Kevin Scott]

Unfortunate for anyone that clicks next video after hearing "Thanks for watching," and missing Michael's pun.

[RandomActsOfGaming]

Is his shirt inside out? 0.o

[frattaro]

This guy is such a communist.

[Kyle Undercofler]

Youtube ad service. Always showing young viewers disturbing ads.

[rayLRA]

Yes, I am implying that. A stmt like that (i.e. origins, etc) requires a set of unprovable a priori beliefs (axioms). You also require faith (a true one at least) before science can start, as there's no point in experimenting if the principle of uniformity in nature doesn't hold. David Hume argued that, on the atheistic side, it's not possible to justify the PUN without being fallacious. See westga [dot] edu/~rlane/intro/lecture11_epi­st5.html

[rayLRA]

Sorry, wrong click... :/

[rayLRA]

I think you misunderstand what 'faith' is (the Christian one at least). That aside, yes I'm implying that materialism is a faith just like theism. Why? Because everyone, even those who claim to have 'no religion', has a set of basic unprovable axioms that are used to interpret the world around them. Eg. claiming that nature is responsible for limbs (and that humans are animals) fits this. Also, faith is necessary before science can start. Eg: There's no point in science w/o uniformity in nature.