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To: 13Sisters76
ohboyohboy! Do we get to see Piltdown Man?! Such is the quality of "proof" of Darwinism...

At least two mistakes.

Piltdown was a hoax which was quickly figured out because it didn't fit. Friedrichs and Weidenreich had both, by about 1932, published their research suggesting the lower jaws and molars were that of an orang. They were correct. The final debunking in the early 1950s was just icing on the cake. And it was paleontologists and other evolutionary specialists who figured it out, not creationists.

Second, you should know that no theory is science is considered "proved." A theory is simply the best explanation we have for the data--and its an explanation that has withstood many tests. There is also the hypothesis, which is an idea which may or may be supported by data, and which has not yet withstood many tests. The theory of evolution passed that stage over a century ago.

Your attempt at humor is noted, but in making these two very noticeable mistakes you have only made yourself look silly.

382 posted on 09/27/2006 9:02:01 PM PDT by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman

Am I overly poetic tonight?

But we can see how the CR/Iders evolve.

They used to bring up Piltdown Man and other Hoaxes as "proof" against TToE. When we turned the argument around and demonstrated how science polices its own (as opposed to religion and other philosophy), they eventually stopped using that so-called "argument." This is, of course, the self-preservation instinct in action.

Those who post hoax-based assertions either leave or cease to do so. Postinian Darwinism in action.

I haven't seen a "Piltdown Man" post in months. So I hope people will forgive my glee. It was like fresh blood to a vampire.


385 posted on 09/27/2006 9:09:34 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Critical Thinking"="I don't understand it so it must be wrong.")
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