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To: Tribune7
I love you guys.

Aw! And you have the most darling little dimples!

I tell you that there are those who use the word "evolution" as part of a "theory" that the universe came into existence by accident and you say that's not true. I provide links. You say the words don't really mean what they say they mean.

To dredge up a spectre from the past, the term evolution often takes on several meanings in today's scientific circles, often in very misleading ways.

This is why it's important to identify which meaning of the word "evolution" before we start debating the term. In that spirit, summarize, if you would, the all-encompassing cosmological theory of evolution to which you are referring.

what does Dawkins really mean when he titles his book: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design?

Could it mean that evidence of evolution demonstrates spontaneous emergence of order and self-regulation in undirected systems?

3,689 posted on 01/08/2003 6:06:54 AM PST by Condorman (Do what you want with this tagline, just don't bother me about it.)
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To: Condorman
Aw! And you have the most darling little dimples!

Thank you

To dredge up a spectre from the past, the term evolution often takes on several meanings in today's scientific circles, often in very misleading ways.

Exactly.

This is why it's important to identify which meaning of the word "evolution" before we start debating the term. In that spirit, summarize, if you would, the all-encompassing cosmological theory of evolution to which you are referring.

Undirected Big Bang/expansion/swirling gases form suns/cooling matter orbiting suns form planets/cosmic rays act on chemicals in seas on planets to form single-celled asexual reproducing life/which evolve to multi-celled sexual life to survive/which leaves seas etc

what does Dawkins really mean when he titles his book: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design? . . .Could it mean that evidence of evolution demonstrates spontaneous emergence of order and self-regulation in undirected systems?

In other words, the theory of evolution shows the universe to be a matter of chance, which is not a subject of biology.

3,795 posted on 01/08/2003 10:58:36 AM PST by Tribune7
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