[liberallarry]

That's as good as it gets. Sorry. It's tough to understand the world and it often takes a genius to correctly leap from small clues to large generalizations.

[SiGeek]

My point is I think I do understand these evolutionary arguments and find them unsatisfactory. But I am willing to listen to, and in fact I seek, new arguments.

So I just come to these threads for the insults, really! Glutton for punishment I guess. Insults to me, my profession (whatever that is), my alma mater (where ever that was). Not to mention the reading assignments and list after list of links.

After BeHoldAPaleHorse's reply, I need to add screaming to the list of predictable responses : )

...large generalizations

Actually I think the large generalizations are part of the problem for me. Extrapolating a long, meandering, complex change from a tiny observed change is problematic for me.