On 13 Sep 2005, at 1:24 pm, Leonard Matusik wrote:
A most excellent point, Warren! (the whole heart of the matter to
my mind) The phenomena of evolution is sufficiently complex and so
insufficiently understood, that Darwinism had no business strutting
around calling itself "science" for a hundred years. At best it was
some sort of "natural philosophy" with some possible RealWorld
applications. (just like sociobiology) Here's the real title of
Darwins book, "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,
or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for
Life" (lol, what a pompous 19century dweeb!)
Sorry if I seem so contentious on the point but I repeat, the
vehement reliance of natural selection as a mechanism for macro-
Evolution has stiffled the quest for truth in this arena for a
century (and still does!)
I just sneer every time I hear some TechnoBoffin blather on about
the toxic meme of "creationism". As if random-mutation-as-a-vector-
for-macroEvolution is any less pablum?
Evolution by natural selection is firmly established science. There
are two groups of people who argue otherwise - the harmless cranks of
the kind who also invent perpetual motion machines in their garages
and the front organisations for Creationism.
Which group are you in?
--
William T Goodall
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tried it.
-- Donald E. Knuth
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