[GourmetDan]

"Evolution is an observable fact. One only has to follow the stories on how the Bird Flu virus is changing to see that. One can argue about the extent of evolution, but not about whether it exists."

This is the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Technically-educated people should be capable of recognizing fallacy in their own thinking if they have been taught how to think, rather than what to think.

Critical-thinking skills do not generally persist once a belief in evolution is accepted, however.

[DallasMike]

Critical-thinking skills do not generally persist once a belief in evolution is accepted, however.

So the Bird Flu virus is not mutating?