The TWO MILLIONTH comment on Pharyngula (caveat: we lost many comments in various moves, so really it’s the two millionth surviving comment — we practice natural selection on our commenters here) has been made. It’s here, and was made by the esteemed Lynna, OM in the Infinite Thread. Congratulations! Good work! Keep it up!
Sorry, I don’t have any prizes. Maybe I can save up for the 3 millionth comment.
Huh. Looking at the most recent comment in the sidebar, I see this:
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/11/12/fang-you-very-much/#comment-2111959
That last number is indicative of something…
It indicates that I only count ‘real’ comments. Troll posts aren’t part of the tally.
Congrats to Lynna, OM. Not just for the round comment number, but that was also a pretty banger comment, backed up with sources. Bravo!
=8)-DX
hey which comment was it. might be funny to hold it up and examine it like theologians.
@Great American Satan #4
Per OP:
This one: (on the Infinite Thread XXI)
Good representative comment with some nice language and points.
=8)-DX
Perhaps you can award spiders as a prize for the vaunted 3 millionth mark. I’ve been wanting a Mexican red-knee tarantula for some time now.
Thanks in advance.
twas a very short sentence with that link and i missed it. yes, we can hold this aloft above our heads like we found a baby moses floating down the river. observe. numba two mil. a shiny one.
OT
Regarding very large numbers…
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David Wood at Acts17Apologetics (Youtube) is one of the few original theists (I don’t agree with him, but he is capable of going in directions not travelled by a million other theists before him).
-Now he has published
“The multiverse response to the problem of evil”. I am not good at thinking about infinity, so forming a good critique of his idea is something I would like to outsource to other readers.
Sorry for not posting a link, I cannot copy and paste with my phone.
birgerjohansson, what’s the point?
The supposed “problem of evil” is predicated on an omnibenevolent deity; I hardly have to examine the claims made to know it’s a stupid claim.
Bah.
PS if you want an interesting take on $BIGNUM, there’s https://web.mit.edu/arayo/www/bignums.html
PZ, I been reading your blog for almost 20 years now. At least that’s how it feels. No offense, but the Bush years were rough and your little blog helped me through.
John Morales @ 10
Aaargh trying to get my mind around those numbers hurt!.
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PS I have been reading this blog since when Dubya aka Bush the lesser was president. It has been an education, long before me too it revealed how ubiquitous harassment is.
Multiverse arguments are, in my considered opinion, dreck. They nearly always boil down to some variation on this theme:
“Why is X the way it is?”
“Actually, X turned out every way, but everywhere it happened differently is too far away to see. [jazz hands]”
“… How did we learn anything from that?”
“Did you not see my [jazz hands]?!”
Happy to be noted by PZ as “esteemed.” No need to send me any spiders I already have some living in my house.
Also been reading the since Bush Jr was the president! Congratulations! Actually it’s about time !
“Bush the Lesser”! , love that!