[manwiththehands]

"That would be the equivalent of the question "what is origin of life". Evolution does not cover that."

Huh?

I thought the Godfather of Evolution, Charles Darwin wrote a book entitled "The ORIGIN of the Species".

Are you pro-evos backtracking from that, too?

[ndt]

"thought the Godfather of Evolution, Charles Darwin wrote a book entitled "The ORIGIN of the Species"

The Theory of Evolution covers how one species changes into another (origin of a new species from an existing one), not how life began.

" Are you pro-evos backtracking from that, too?"

It's not a backtrack, thats what the TOE has always covered.

There is obviously a point where the TOE would need to merge into some sort of a "theory of origin of life", but that is still a very open question.

[Ichneumon]

["That would be the equivalent of the question "what is origin of life". Evolution does not cover that."]

Huh?

Which word did you have trouble with?

I thought the Godfather of Evolution, Charles Darwin wrote a book entitled "The ORIGIN of the Species".

Yes. The origin of SPECIES -- the branching diversity of life. Not the origin of LIFE itself. Try actually reading the book if you're still unclear on the concept, he's quite clear on the distinction.

Are you pro-evos backtracking from that, too?

No, but you've obviously never read the book, and are misunderstanding the title as well -- not to mention having a difficult time grasping what we "pro-evos" actually have been saying.