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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
If we accept PE and reject neo-Darwinism than scientists can start thinking overtly of a new mechanism that can cause speciation other than the neo-Darwinian mechanism. Until this occurs there will be no paradigm shift.

There is no PE vs. neo-Darwinism that I can see. There is the theory of evolution, and within that theory scientists from a variety fields are duking it out constantly--and interpretations are changing constantly, if not dramatically. But, scientists are closing in on what really happened. Much of this is not visible to the layman because it is hidden in journals which take up whole floors in major research libraries.

If there was a need for a paradigm shift it would be in the journals. First, in the lesser journals where folks early in their careers publish, then, if the ideas catch on, in the mainstream journals. Now, with the internet, things move much more quickly, and ideas are disseminated more widely.

In spite of this I still do not see a paradigm shift in progress. There is refinement and adjustment as more data come in. A paradigm shift would be, for example, something on the order that all evolutionary interpretations of fossil man are wrong because of some new findings of genetics or radiometric dating.

That simply hasn't happened yet. PE is not even close.

335 posted on 07/22/2006 7:30:59 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman
But, scientists are closing in on what really happened. Much of this is not visible to the layman because it is hidden in journals which take up whole floors in major research libraries.

I hope you are right. But I wish it was in the open.

337 posted on 07/22/2006 8:03:34 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Fake but Accurate": NY Times)
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