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Old 21-October-2008, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mugaliens View Post
Well... What then about all the OTB threads? The fun and games? While Space and Astronomy may be the anchor, it doesn't mean we can't have a little fun, intellectual, exploratory, etc., with other topics of interest.
It means exactly that when it comes to ATM posts. The ATM forum description reads: "Post here if you want to discuss a theory that goes against the astronomical mainstream." So, two points:

1) Over all, this board has a space and astronomy theme. There are a few diversions, but most of us are here for discussion of space and astronomy.
2) ATM is bad enough as it is. Opening it up to a biology topic that most of us here are not fit to defend is a bad idea. Additionally, the evolution forum would further perpetuate the way-too-common misconception that evolution and cosmology are linked (if not the same thing).

To me, your comment sounds like a straw man. After three years and more than 7,000 posts, you should be aware of most of the times that members (including moderators) have pointed out that this is a space and astronomy forum, and that your proposed evolution forum is all kinds of wrong.

Edit: This post was made without reading post mugs' quoted post.
A quick additional point: changing around subfora locations has been proposed before and nothing came of it. (This was noted above.) You're wasting your breath, mugs.
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