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To: TOWER

Nice try, but evolution says nothing about the origin of life. Nor does it say anything about the origin of the universe.




That may be true of evolution in the narrow sense of "Darwinian Evolution", but it is not true of evolution in the broader sense. The broader, modern sense includes the theory of "Chemical Evolution".

"Chemical evolution? is essentially the process by which increasingly complex elements, molecules? and compounds? developed from the simpler chemical elements that were created in the Big Bang?. Recent astronomical observations have discovered that chemical evolution has even led to the synthesis of complex organic? molecules in space, a discovery that could have serious implications on current theories of how life developed."


471 posted on 09/13/2005 3:08:51 PM PDT by rob777
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To: rob777

Just saying the word "evolution" in a science discussion implies the theory of evolution. I have a feeling the person who claimed "there are 6 types of evolution" was certainly refering to the theory of evolution.

This is because if they did mean evolution in the general sense of the word then that makes their statement gibberish as it is the same as saying "there are 6 types of change". That doesn't make sense.

Because really there are as many types of evolution in the general sense as one choses to invent. For example we could use the term "glacial evolution" to describe how glaciers form and move, "volcanic evolution" to describe how volcanoes form, "orbital evolution" to describe how satellite orbits change over time, etc.


480 posted on 09/13/2005 3:34:32 PM PDT by bobdsmith
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