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To: Alamo-Girl; PatrickHenry; marron; js1138; Doctor Stochastic; Dataman
I found that those of my friends who were admirers of Marx, Freud, and Adler, were impressed by a number of points common to these theories, and especially by their apparent explanatory power.

Interesting, A-G. Of course, science must have more than "explanatory power"; in order to be science, it must also be able to make predictions. Now I wonder: What predictions does/can neo-Darwinism make? Somebody??? Anybody???

346 posted on 11/14/2004 1:58:34 PM PST by betty boop
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To: betty boop
What predictions does/can neo-Darwinism make? Somebody??? Anybody???

You've been around too long for such a question. In a nutshell, given the theory that all life is descended over time from earlier forms, one never-disproved prediction is that any fossil that is found will fit into that framework (Piltdown Man didn't, and turned out to be bogus). There is also the prediction that transitional forms once existed, and some of them may therefore be found. Many have indeed been found. Here's a load of such evidence, which I'm sure you've seen before, but maybe haven't studied: 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution.

348 posted on 11/14/2004 2:06:47 PM PST by PatrickHenry (The all-new List-O-Links for evolution threads is now in my freeper homepage.)
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To: betty boop
What predictions does/can neo-Darwinism make? Somebody??? Anybody???

Aw, did you neglect to read the thread once again?

357 posted on 11/14/2004 5:12:32 PM PST by balrog666 (The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.)
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To: betty boop
What predictions does/can neo-Darwinism make? Somebody??? Anybody???

An abundance of transitional forms?

A reconciliation between the first law of thermodynamics and general relativity?

Repeated incidents of spontaneous generation?

New forms of life appearing regularly?

Five to ten new human base pairs added annually?

358 posted on 11/14/2004 5:30:31 PM PST by Dataman
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