[StJacques]

". . . In a steady state process, such as evolution, time cancels out of the equation. Since speciation should be occuring on a continual basis it should be at ALL stages at any given point in time throughout the biosphere, and we should be able to see it by taking a representative sample.

The fact that we don't is a major predictive problem with the theory of evolution"

Forgive me for being blunt frgoff, but you have posted nonsense.

First of all; time does not cancel out any equation. The "equation" -- which can only mean the development of a new species -- is only completed when an offspring possessing a sufficient number of mutations becomes intersterile with some remote parent that it now becomes qualified as a new species.

Second; it is not "speciation" as you put it which can be visible at all times but "mutations." And they are visible at all times.

The phrase "it should be at ALL stages at any given point in time throughout the biosphere" is nonsensical for joining mutually exclusive possibilities as halves of a whole.

And there is no such thing as a "representative sample" of "speciation."

[Elsie]

...an offspring possessing a sufficient number of mutations ...

And there is MY point, that there SHOULD be lots of UNCOMPLETED mutated things (for lack of a better description) found in most ALL species now; just WAITING for the final 'mutation' to fall into place, evolving new CREATURE.

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Where are they?