TalkOrigins Archive – Feedback for July 2005

Posted by: Mel Siff Blog  :  Category: Facts and Fallacies Blogging
It would be nice also to see a complete list of all logical fallacies involved in each faulty creationist/ID argument, but on the other hand that list would quickly grow out of hand. ..... The stupid notion that "fitness" is the same as " living a long while" or "dying in a macho, or approved common way" is pervasive and wrong. You will find several TalkOrigins papers on the notion of 'fitness' starting with, "The Evolution of Improved Fitness : By Random Mutation Plus ...

T-Nation.com | Weight Training For Capoeira

Posted by: Mel Siff Blog  :  Category: Mel Siff Blogging
Here is a more detailed account of my workout 'regime' (Mel Siff, rest in peace). All Olys are the full version (squat snatches, squat cleans) unless otherwise noted. Heavy singles are not maximal until the third and final week; ...

T-Nation.com | Weight Training For Capoeira

Posted by: Mel Siff Blog  :  Category: Mel Siff Blogging

CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness: Thursday 050728

Posted by: Mel Siff Blog  :  Category: Mel Siff Blogging
Had a glance tonight at dearly departed Mel Siff's old "Supertraining" group which is still running: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/. Almost 10000 group members from the sports science realm. ...

Gene Expression: The inevitability of humanity….

Posted by: Mel Siff Blog  :  Category: Facts and Fallacies Blogging
In today's fast paced culture, when college students can barely remember a time when one had to walk down to the local library to look up obscure facts, the linear model seems to be ascendent.4 Netscape might be practically defunct, ... so many points of difference that using the organismic metaphor as a theoretical basis is likely fallacious in all but the most constrained circumstances (perhaps the nearly isolated Eastern Islanders would work under a Spenglarian model). ...