[Dimensio]

"Evolution would suggest that "useless" parts of an organism are parts that are no longer useful, not parts that will become useful after a certain number of generations."

True, but that won't cut it. They CAN'T have it both ways!

Huh? What "won't cut it" and why? How is that trying to have it both ways?

[Elsie]

Ok; I'll slow down.............

Huh? What "won't cut it" and why? How is that trying to have it both ways?

evolution is a continum; right?

Change is ALWAYS happening; right?

Really useful stuff is made from not so useful stuff; right?

Therefore, if one believes evolution to be true, there MUST be a bunch of not so useful stuff just hanging around, getting ready to me made into REALLY useful stuff.

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If not, then evolution is no more real than Brownian motion and random walks can take you anywhere: Maxwell's Demon makes CHOICES, and choices indicate direction, and direction indicates a plan, and a plan is a design.

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And, while SOME designs are whimsical, all designs have some kind of Intelligence behind them.