tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post2304862269298613320..comments2024-01-23T02:32:28.567-08:00Comments on Darwin's God: Magnetoreception Ability Discovered in DogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-54242986248346592562014-01-11T12:30:14.749-08:002014-01-11T12:30:14.749-08:00I wondered whether the paper was a spoof. There do...I wondered whether the paper was a spoof. There doesn't seem to have been much effort to demonstrate any causal relationship by experiment. It seems there is some dispute over whether cows align themselves north/south due to magnetic influence that is disrupted by power lines.<br /><br />http://www.nature.com/news/the-mystery-of-the-magnetic-cows-1.9350<br /><br />More research needed, I think.<br /><br />Alan Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470368958109056177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-36283330108585262402014-01-11T09:59:20.524-08:002014-01-11T09:59:20.524-08:00I read the paper and looked at the data. Did you l...I read the paper and looked at the data. Did you look at the data? <br /><br />The claim of statistical significance does not stand up to scrutiny. Their null hypothesis was 600 random variables on a unit circle. In that case, the mean r would be 0.04. But they only had 70 dogs, so if each dog has a preferred (but still random) orientation then the expected r would be 0.12. Their value of 0.216 is less than two standard deviations. oleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644793385433232819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-79657256063769696532014-01-11T09:30:27.918-08:002014-01-11T09:30:27.918-08:00Yes, I did read the paper. I'm not sure you di...Yes, I did read the paper. I'm not sure you did though. The main finding is that there is a statistically significant difference in the dog's behavior between periods of stable declination ("quiet" MF) and fluctuating declination. The results clearly bear that out.Cornelius Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283098537456505707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-10821284853149708182014-01-11T08:49:20.920-08:002014-01-11T08:49:20.920-08:00P.S. A clue. The standard deviation for a uniform ...P.S. A clue. The standard deviation for a <i>uniform</i> distribution between 0 and 180 degrees is 52 degrees. oleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644793385433232819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-39572522560176645692014-01-11T08:46:52.540-08:002014-01-11T08:46:52.540-08:00If the existing astronomically improbable capabili...If the existing astronomically improbable capabilities were not a problem for evolutionists I don't see why new facts would interfere with their faith now. However, it is still fascinating to learn of God's creation.<br /><br />I once saw a car with a symbol I wasn't sure what it meant. It had the word Darwin combined with a fish. I asked the car owner what it meant. He explained that it represents evolution devouring the church. In his explanation he made it very clear his strong negative opinion of the church. So obviously a big part of his belief in evolution was religiously motivated. This confirms what you've been saying all along that evolution is based on religion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16917067758186376730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-72655881329911448412014-01-11T08:15:37.384-08:002014-01-11T08:15:37.384-08:00Have you read the article, Cornelius? Have you loo...Have you read the article, Cornelius? Have you looked at the data? I bet not. <br /><br />Have a look at Table 2, which reports the statistics of dog alignment. A small change in the orientation of magnetic field (1 to 4 degrees) causes the dogs to change preference in the orientation by a whopping 65 degrees! The standard deviation is 50 degrees or more! These guys are looking at random noise and making grandiose claims. And you uncritically accept them. oleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644793385433232819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-65008811851103289842014-01-11T07:00:29.083-08:002014-01-11T07:00:29.083-08:00wonder if this explains why animals get fidgety wh...wonder if this explains why animals get fidgety when earthquakes are about to happen. Evolutionists should be getting pretty fidgety about now.awstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442617812001833866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855268335402896473.post-41040647758693910902014-01-11T03:16:54.530-08:002014-01-11T03:16:54.530-08:00if accurate evolutionist must explain how such a l...if accurate evolutionist must explain how such a like feature evolved in so many unlike critters.<br />Of coarse its this way with so much biology but at least they can say we all started as fish and had most of our basic parts.<br />Yet this thing must of come after the separation of biological forms and so highly impossible it evolved.<br />got a hunch a lot more things like this are coming along.<br />Do evolutionists have a textbook answer?Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631863870635096770noreply@blogger.com