I followed the link with the information from the New York symposium. It contained two sentences, from one person, submitted as having been presented at that symposium. In order to "check it out" I would have to go looking through the entire body of works presented at this symposium to verify that there are indeed "many more from the scientists present".
[In order to “check it out” I would have to go looking through the entire body of works presented at this symposium to verify that there are indeed “many more from the scientists present”.]
Eeeek! - you’re kidding? Check something out? With links provided? Just by clicking and spending a few minutes searching? How terrible!- let’s just insinuate that the person posting hte links and making the valid claim that the symposiums contained statements from scientists that voiced their opinions about the problems with common descent, is a liar and accuse him falsely instead.
entomologist W.R. Thompson:
“This situation where scientific men rally to the defense of a doctrine they are unable to defend scientifically, much less demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to maintain its credibility with the public by the suppression of criticism and the elimination of difficulties, is abnormal and undesirable in science.”
And for your reading pleasure:
“Stephen J. Gould of Harvard :
“The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with Darwin’s idea of gradualism :
1. Stasis. Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking pretty much the same as when they disappear ; morphological change is usually limited and directionless.
2) Sudden appearence. 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.”
“The judge in the recent Dover, Pennsylvania ruling noted that Intelligent Design proponents focused on “gaps” and “problems” and he made it illegal for teachers to mention these”
Hahaha- You’re kidding me? Illegal to teach gaps and problems?
Teacher: “Students, evolution is fact.”
Student: “But teacher, I thought there were problems and gaps with evolution?”
Teacher: “You shut your filthy piehole you rabble rouser!!! One more word and I’ll personally see to it that you’re expelled!” Lol 5...4...3...2......
let’s break down your argument into it’s most basic elements:
You: “I don’t have time to check anything out, I’m very busy and shouldn’t be expected to do so... I do however have time to endlessly argue that the evidence doesn’t exist that scientists have problems with the model of common descent, and have unlimmitted time denying that any evidence presented is valid despite the fact that I’m too lazy to check it out.”
Lol-