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Hi! Let's move evolutionary clutter into this general area.


In my opinion, a lot of the trouble with evolution comes from defining it.


Natural selection leads into evolution leads into macro evolution becomes evolution as an origin story

Natural selection -> Theory of evolution -> Macro evolution ->Origin story


Natural selection is a pretty basic concept, it requires only a few main ideas
1) Variance in populations
2) Traits are inheritable
3) Competition exists

1) is provable, some animals are bigger/ louder/ colorfuler than others.
2) also probable, DNA and Mandel's peapods show us this.
3) A bit tougher to demonstrate, but we'll assume that no one will argue with it.

Simply, natural selection says that some organisms are better at surviving than others, so they tend to not die and pass on their favorable traits.

The theory of evolution says that, over time, natural selection is going to cause differentiation with species. Some finches are going to specialize in eating nuts, some will work on being fruit eaters.


Slightly longer-scale, in macro evolution these changes will result in massive changes in body type, ie all life is descended from a common ancestor. You're descended from a protolizard that was just a prehistoric lungfish.


Evolution as an origin adds something completely separate to the mix. It postulates that all life is descended from a single organism that came about from some random chance. Also known as the hard-line Atheist thought.



Very few people can have much problem with natural selection. It's demonstrable with penicillin resiting bacteria for example.
 Evolution as a theory comes under a bit more scrutiny, but none of it is all that credible.
 
Once we get into macro evolution, evidence gets kinda thin. Most of it comes out of terms of logically following the previous two. I'd have some doubts about the development of certain body parts (eyes, for example) through organic development.

Evolution as an origin story makes the grounds of a religion in my book. It directly requires abiogenesis (life from nonliving stuff) and exceptions to cell theory (which says that cells are only born of other cells).


In my mind, I think that some creationism needs to be included in textbooks. Not a lot mind you, but a two page section at the end of the chapter of evolution that explains that evolution doesn't include life generating by itself.



Feel free to branch off in whatever evolutionary or science vs religony direction you want (we'll let the thread evolve naturally, no?) but please keep the following in mind.

1) keep the bloody thing chill, mokay? I'd rather that we don't get it locked in a few seconds.
2) Quote block threads are annoying and hard to read. Can we try to avoid them? Address points, not wording, no?
3) Semantics is not an argument. It's fine to ask for clarification, but mispelling abiogennesis is not an auto-point drop.

Pretty self explanatory. One can't abort founding a new fortress once the region has been selected.
It's pretty annoying, as one has to go through the time of getting the fortress loaded if one finds the world unsuitable.

Okay everyone, we're on the home stretch.

It's been a loooooooooong wait, but it's almost here.

However, ask yourself once, "what exactly is it?"

Do you remember all the fun stuff going into this update? Probably not. So, let's all go back and read the dev log, starting with the advent of 40d.

40d came out in September of '08, so there is a lot of material to read. Feel free to post any favorites here.

It's a somewhat serious topic.



I'll be running a new Survival game. Basic format will be taking actions and then writing up results. However, I think that I'm going to try to run more than one different event at once, so we may end up with a Zombie story and a trapped in wilderness story. They'd function independently. I think that it could work.

For now, I'm taking suggestions for scenarios, and characters. I recommend that you be specific with the character, becuase anyone can contribute actions, I'll choose one largely on the basis of what seems reasonable for the character to do.

For example, if the character was an obvious expy of myself, action requesting that I burn down Fargo are probably going to be ignored.


So, for now, any characters you'd like to see? Or situations that you'd like to see them in? I've got a few already planned, but I want to see what everyone can come up with. 

Hello everybody. I'll be running a roleplay.

Accumulated Writtings: Ralph lan Michel, Exercitus Dia 2nd Class.
The Dragon Inn remain one of the strangest of locations. Generally speaking, it acts close enough to a normal plane to be classified as the Dragon Inn Plane by the Records, although this is disputed by some. As a plane, Dragon Inn is considerably smaller than average, measuring about 1.3 miles square. The terrain of the plane tends to be light wilderness of varying types. Deciduious forest or flowed grasslands tend to be the most common. A road runs diagnally down the plane, in the middle stands the titular Dragon Inn. The Inn usually takes the form of a two story building made with plank walls and a thatched roof. However, it has been observed as being brick or steel at times. The Inn is extremely strong, having survived direct hits from a Ragorith battle tank (Event: 5Hj-Rmk-b3A-jfb-b7J-warcm58). There is usually a hanging sign reading Dragon Inn. Inside, there is the tavern. The main floor is taken up with table and chairs of varying types, a large fireplace, and a bar. The top floor is taken up with bedrooms. The inside is probably larger than the outside.

The plane itself is somewhat unique in the fact that is will enter other planes temporarily. Reports of the Dragon Inn temporarily appearing in all sorts of places. Occasionally, non-aware life forms will be inside when it moves and will shift planes. The owner and only constant occupant of the Dragon is classified as an elipsion class power. The Inn itself is quite secure, both by the barkeep himself and any occupants. The Inn is a common stopping point for plane travelers and members of Exercitus Dia. Special note should be made of the fact that Rouge Divine are often found at the Inn (notably: Grey, Strife, and Gilgamesh). For this reason, the Inn should be considered quite secure. For example, the Ragorith Attack earlier mentioned was believed to be Battalion strength. It was decimated in only a few minutes by angelic forces (commanded by this writer) along with Grey and Strife (who are both at or near their strongest on the Plane) who were at the Dragon Inn during the event.



From what I can tell, the roleplays here tend to collapse after the GM isn't able to check God moding for any length of time. Therefore, I'm going to try an alternate method. PM any actions to myself, and I'll write updates to the Inn, or anywhere else that players end up. As per usual, note that this is my setting, with my rules. Hopefully, we'll be able to have a few divergent threads going on, so that there is always something happening.

There was a pretty funny guide to writing an Aeris Resurrection fanfiction on geocites once. However, now that goecities is gone, I obviously need to consult it. For a special Operation Midnight Sea related project (which I've decided to call Plan of Action: Peace of Mind; Maneuver: Bloodletting).  Anyone happen to have a copy or know where I could get one?