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Reinforcement syndrome redux.

I maintain that evolution is primarly an emotion-driven movement per the point in 220. Asimov himself admitted as much with regard to his atheism (see his quote on my profile page, in red.)

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There is nothing magic about your 220. Read some of the replies to it a little more carefully sometime.

Out for the night.

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I maintain that evolution is primarly an emotion-driven movement per the point in 220. Asimov himself admitted as much with regard to his atheism

I believe that you are mistaken regarding the intent behind Asimov's statement. Moreover, Asimov's statement has no bearing on the theory of evolution. Evolution is not atheism.

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Asimov's emotional basis for his atheism is unrelated to whether there's a non-emotional evidentiary basis for evolution. Are you really as confused about these matters as you pretend?

Consider, for a moment, that in 1750 practically everybody in science was a creationist. In geology, every effort was being made to interpret the geologic column exactly as modern YECs insist it be done now. Not much had been done in geology to that point, but everyone was entering into the endeavor with creationist assumptions in mind. In biology, the idea of evolution from common descent was around, but it was just a crackpot idea with sketchy evidence and no mechanism. At any rate, everyone was a creationist.

If the creation model had fit the evidence, there would have been no path from that point in history to this one. We got here because the evidence was not your friend and it wouldn't go away.