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To: atlaw
"the" theory of evolution is in fact a collection of concepts

Care to say what those are, and phrase it in the form of a sentence? I'll grant you your 'fact', so-called, just for sake of argument. But you also use this phrase - the theory of evolution. And you must mean SOMETHING . . by it? Yes?

398 posted on 01/21/2005 11:08:57 AM PST by sevry
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To: sevry
Care to say what those are, and phrase it in the form of a sentence?

Care to tell me why it matters whether or not the collection of concepts within the theoretical framework of evolution can be conveniently reduced to a single sentence? It is not particularly difficult to discover the actual concepts at issue, e.g., variation through random mutation, changes in allele frequencies in a population over time, genetic drift, and natural selection.

It is particularly difficult to put those concepts on a postcard.

But why is that exercise even necessary? What point is served?

403 posted on 01/21/2005 11:30:40 AM PST by atlaw
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