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Author: thinkerthinker Date: Feb 20, 2008 19:39
> Darwinism's Dilemma (part I: Cave Man)
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has been tossed into the
dustbin of history. Actually, like any scientific theory, it is evolved,
been strengthened, and integrated with all biological disciplines and other
branches of science. Evolutionary theory today, especially after the modern
synthesis and develoopments since then, is profoundly more powerful than
what Darwin himself imagined.
Evolution by natural selection is, in other words, here to stay and still
improving!
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Author: James A. DonaldJames A. Donald Date: Feb 21, 2008 15:36
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:39:51 -0500, "thinker"
> Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has
> been tossed into the dustbin of history.
It requires a great deal of cleverness, to make yourself
stupid enough to believe such tripe.
But the cleverness was probably that of Gould or some
other prophet of political correctness, not your own.
There are Darwinists, biblical literalists, and
crackpots. Gould was a crackpot. His views were never
taken seriously by the experts in the many fields that
he wrote about with such great confidence.
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We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because
of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this
right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.
http://www.jim.com/ James A. Donald
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Author: thinkerthinker Date: Feb 21, 2008 19:05
"James A. Donald" echeque.com> wrote in message
news:i22sr3h3gvovamv8k3p20krsc1kbb648rm@4ax.com...> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:39:51 -0500, "thinker"
>> Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has
>> been tossed into the dustbin of history.
>
> It requires a great deal of cleverness, to make yourself
> stupid enough to believe such tripe.
>
> But the cleverness was probably that of Gould or some
> other prophet of political correctness, not your own.
>
> There are Darwinists, biblical literalists, and
> crackpots. Gould was a crackpot. His views were never
> taken seriously by the experts in the many fields that
> he wrote about with such great confidence.
Huh?
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Author: Mike SchillingMike Schilling Date: Feb 21, 2008 19:34
"James A. Donald" echeque.com> wrote in message> Gould was a crackpot. His views were never
> taken seriously by the experts in the many fields that
> he wrote about with such great confidence.
You know, I've heard about people like that.
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Author: James A. DonaldJames A. Donald Date: Feb 21, 2008 23:31
"thinker"
>>> Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has
>>> been tossed into the dustbin of history.
James A. Donald:
>> There are Darwinists, biblical literalists, and
>> crackpots. Gould was a crackpot. His views were never
>> taken seriously by the experts in the many fields that
>> he wrote about with such great confidence.
"thinker"
> Huh?
You asserted that Darwin has been tossed on the dustbin of history.
It is I who should say "Huh?": Explain yourself.
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We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because
of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this
right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.
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Author: James A. DonaldJames A. Donald Date: Feb 22, 2008 02:30
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:19:09 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
> Gould was a palaeontologist who saw new species
> appearing in what creationists imagine was suddenly.
> But that is in geologic time. In our terms it was
> still a long time.
Actually he did not see that.
He asserted that it could be seen, but most in his field
could not see what he saw.
For species where we have plenty of fossils,such as
shellfish and large herbivores, we see gradual and
continuous change Gould's supposed examples of
stasis are in fact examples of species where we have
very few fossils, allowing him to substitute imagination
for observation.
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Author: Bill SnyderBill Snyder Date: Feb 22, 2008 03:48
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:34:57 GMT, "Mike Schilling"
hotmail.com> wrote:
> "James A. Donald" echeque.com> wrote in message>> Gould was a crackpot. His views were never
>> taken seriously by the experts in the many fields that
>> he wrote about with such great confidence.
>
>You know, I've heard about people like that.
They usually have dogs who specialize in property-rights evaluation,
don't they?
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Author: thinkerthinker Date: Feb 22, 2008 04:08
"Christopher A. Lee" optonline.net> wrote in message
news:uafsr3h6632s6ouo0tnn8tu95svkmo125i@4ax.com...> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:05:34 -0500, "thinker"
> thinker.com> wrote:
>>>
>>"James A. Donald" echeque.com> wrote in message
>>news:i22sr3h3gvovamv8k3p20krsc1kbb648rm@4ax.com...>>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:39:51 -0500, "thinker"
>>>> Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has
>>>> been tossed into the dustbin of history.
>>>
>>> It requires a great deal of cleverness, to make yourself
>>> stupid enough to believe such tripe.
>>>
>>> But the cleverness was probably that of Gould or some
>>> other prophet of political correctness, not your own.
>>>
>>> There are Darwinists, biblical literalists, and
>>> crackpots. Gould was a crackpot. His views were never ...
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Author: Christopher A. LeeChristopher A. Lee Date: Feb 22, 2008 04:36
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:30:34 +1000, James A. Donald
echeque.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:19:09 -0500, Christopher A. Lee
>> Gould was a palaeontologist who saw new species
>> appearing in what creationists imagine was suddenly.
>> But that is in geologic time. In our terms it was
>> still a long time.
>
>Actually he did not see that.
>
>He asserted that it could be seen, but most in his field
>could not see what he saw.
Sigh.
Punk eke is simply the same mechanisms happening in a smaller gene
pool before the result has expanded to fill its niche.
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