To: dotnetfellow; RogueIsland
Right, he says it, then he tries to take it back. Sorry, no take backs.
Wow. "No take backs?" That's your idea of a scientific argument?
Darwin anticipated objections to his theory, then addressed each of the objections in turn, showing how his theory withstood such a criticism. For you to single out his anticipated criticisms while then ignoring his response to them is disingenuous at best, and the very definition of "quote mining."
660 posted on
12/06/2005 11:54:19 AM PST by
highball
("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
To: highball
The extreme rarity of transitional forms is the trade secret of paleontology ... The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism: 1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless. 2. Sudden appearance. In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors; it appears all at once and fully formed. [S.J. Gould (evolutionist); Natural History 86:14 (1977)]
Ah, how convenient, fully formed. Gould. What a dip weed.
To: highball; dotnetfellow
Wow. "No take backs?" That's your idea of a scientific argument? I think we have another giggling 15-year-old here.
671 posted on
12/06/2005 12:30:23 PM PST by
VadeRetro
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