These are NOT multiple lines of evidence. These are multiple disciplines that may be employed to interpret evidence in such a way as to fit a priori views. The philosophy of evolution once again proves itself predictable as ever; predictably dedicated toward obfuscation where empirical science is concerned.
These are NOT multiple lines of evidence. These are multiple disciplines that may be employed to interpret evidence in such a way as to fit a priori views.
With all due respect, Fester, what you just said is absolute horse crap.
There's no "a priori view" dogmatic enough to force-fit that much evidence, from as many different sources, into any paradigm which *isn't* actually consistent with the evidence. It would be like trying to fit a million square pegs the size of Arkansas into a hundred round holes too small to admit a quarter.
If you had *ever* done any data analysis yourself, you'd *know* this, and you wouldn't be spewing such nonsense.
But since you very clearly haven't, you're just talking out of your hind end. What you say above is just ludicrously wrong, and transparently so to anyone who is actually familiar with how such research works. You are, quite honestly, making a fool of yourself. Normally I wouldn't mind, but there are enough folks like you that they're really giving conservatism a bad name among people who are science-literate, and *that* I *do* care about.
Nor, contrary to your implication, is it even a matter of scientists trying to "fit" each new data item into an evolutionary scenario. New evidence just AUTOMATICALLY falls into evolutionary patterns without any massaging, because THAT'S HOW THE DATA IS. Again, if you actually bothered to become familiar with the evidence, you'd *know* this -- just as any intellectually honest person does who cares to look at it.
So please, can you give it a rest with such empty, silly, ignorant, and *wrong* accusations like:
The philosophy of evolution once again proves itself predictable as ever; predictably dedicated toward obfuscation where empirical science is concerned.
Yeah. Sure. Whatever you say. Keep believing that if you want to, since obviously no amount of attempts to educate you is going to have any effect. You already "know" what you want to believe, and won't listen to anything to the contrary.