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To: narby

In what units is "evolution" measured?


184 posted on 02/28/2006 9:51:11 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: AmishDude
In what units is "evolution" measured?

One could certainly quantitate it as base pair changes.

However, and I know it irritates you as a mathematician, but not all science is a matter of numbers.

186 posted on 02/28/2006 9:53:05 AM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: AmishDude
In what units is "evolution" measured?

One could certainly quantitate it as base pair changes.

However, and I know it irritates you as a mathematician, but not all science is a matter of numbers.

187 posted on 02/28/2006 9:53:11 AM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: AmishDude
In what units is "evolution" measured?

Ahem, you seem to have conflated science and mathematics; the two are not synonymous.

188 posted on 02/28/2006 9:53:23 AM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (Tagline deleted at request of moderator.)
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To: AmishDude
In what units is "evolution" measured?

In what units is continental drift measured?

203 posted on 02/28/2006 10:01:49 AM PST by narby (Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
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To: AmishDude

MegaYears


261 posted on 02/28/2006 10:40:32 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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