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Coyote
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Message 14 of 56 (470780)
06-12-2008 4:06 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by no1nose
06-12-2008 4:01 PM


no1nose writes:
The problem I have with the Theory of Evolution is that it is not at all contra intuitive. It is too plausible, too logical to be an accurate description of the natural world.
Normally in science we consider this a benefit, rather than a problem.
There must be some other reason you are having problems with the theory of evolution than that it is logical and plausible. That would be counterintuitive.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Message 49 of 56 (471752)
06-17-2008 10:21 PM
Reply to: Message 43 by no1nose
06-17-2008 1:36 PM


An "observer problem?"
However the Theory of Evolution has no provision for the role of an observer even though the changes that take place are at the atomic level where quantum realities should dominate. When one surveys the natural world and the changes that do occur one must notice the trend toward beauty. If changes in the natural world were completely random then the world around us would have all the beauty of a junk yard. Beauty in the natural world implies that these changes are driven by an observer. The lack of a role for an observer is yet one more piece of evidence against the Theory of Evolution as a valid description of the natural world.
I am sorry to have to tell you this, but your comment is entirely subjective, if not total nonsense.
If you are going to argue against genetics, the fossil record, the work of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, and 150 years of discovery, testing, and improvement, you are simply going to have to do better than this.

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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