[Fester Chugabrew]

Try rereading his comment.

I did. When it comes to the fossil record, evolutionists don't even bother "calculating the probability of things that have already happened." They just forge ahead and make conclusions based on the similar or dissimilar appearances of the critters on display.

But they certainly are starting with an "existing outcome," namely the fossil record itself.

[Ichneumon]

I did. When it comes to the fossil record, evolutionists don't even bother "calculating the probability of things that have already happened." They just forge ahead and make conclusions based on the similar or dissimilar appearances of the critters on display.

This is incorrect. For example, almost all phylogenic reconstructions based on molecular analysis (usually of DNA) involve probability calculations.