Knowledge of evolution is NOT essential to atheism at all.

[Ocelot]

So I gather you're saying that all the chemicals that make up the entity Einstein worked together in such a way that the formula E=MC squared was created from those chemicals.

Pretty much, though the cultural environment had a lot to do with it too.

[Ocelot]

It is E=MC^2. E=MC squared makes nearly no sense.

And to answer your question. No. It was the matter that made up einstein PLUS all of the external interactions that matter had with external sources.

The tag you're looking for is {s**** {/s**** with square brackets instead of curly

E=mc2

{sub} {/sub} work too, as in

CO2

[joobz]

The tag you're looking for is {s**** {/s**** with square brackets instead of curly

E=mc2

{sub} {/sub} work too, as in

CO2
Thanks for that. But saying E=MC^2 is correct as well. However writing an equation E=MC with the word squared following it is wholly wrong. Afterall, it can be interpreted as
E=MC2
E=(MC)2
(E=MC)2

[Ocelot]

Thanks for that. But saying E=MC^2 is correct as well. However writing an equation E=MC with the word squared following it is wholly wrong. Afterall, it can be interpreted as
E=MC2
E=(MC)2
(E=MC)2

Certainly ambiguous but in context I'm pretty sure everybody knew what he meant and the superscript/subscript feature being so obscure makes it forgivable. Use of the caret to denote superscript derives from computing conventions, I don't know if it has widespread recognition. Certainly I'm not going to castigate DOC for not using it when there's just so much more wrongness in his writings.

[cyborg]

It's not ironic, it just means that any designer would have to be smarter than humans.

Smart designers tend to avoid complex systems.

Was there any part of Albert Einstein that was not made up of non-living chemicals?

Is there any part of rockthat is made up of living chemicals?

The question is meaningless.

[joobz]

Certainly ambiguous but in context I'm pretty sure everybody knew what he meant and the superscript/subscript feature being so obscure makes it forgivable. Use of the caret to denote superscript derives from computing conventions, I don't know if it has widespread recognition. Certainly I'm not going to castigate DOC for not using it when there's just so much more wrongness in his writings.
I wouldn't push the issue, however he was the one claiming to know what science says or doesn't say. And has even speculated what atheists may or may not know regarding science.

As such, It is fully appropriate to call out technical and scientific errorssuch as this. He continues to make substantive errors regarding simple scientific details in relationship to evolution, genetics, and now mathematical equations.

These errors highlight that he has not attempted to actually understand the science, and as such his original claims are baseless. Further, his continued debates regarding scientific principles are done in bad faith.

[Hokulele]

Was there any part of Albert Einstein that was not made up of non-living chemicals?


Deleted. Missed the double negative. Blah.

[BenBurch]

So I gather you're saying that all the chemicals that make up the entity Einstein worked together in such a way that the formula E=MC squared was created from those chemicals.

Yes, but only if you add in;

1. The specific structure of those chemicals into a thinking machine.

2. The cultural knowledge and scientific knowledge that machine had digested first.

[Civilized Worm]

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2654,Synthetic-Copycat-Of-Living-Cell-Underway-Life-But-Not-As-We-Know-It,Science-Daily


OH SNAP!

[BenBurch]

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2654,Synthetic-Copycat-Of-Living-Cell-Underway-Life-But-Not-As-We-Know-It,Science-Daily


OH SNAP!

I, for one, welcome our new synthetic microbial overlords.