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Author Topic:   Human Brain Evolution Was a 'Special Event'
Rahvin
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Message 9 of 65 (352719)
09-27-2006 9:49 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by skepticfaith
09-27-2006 4:39 PM


Oh, please. We already knew the human brain was special, becasue we are (theoretically, anyway) the most intelligent species on the planet, and (perhaps debatably) the only sentient species.
But to say that just becasue an individual adaptation is "special" doesn't give any credence to Creationism. It just means it's relatively unique. The platypus is evolutionarily weird. You could call its evolution "special." It doesn't mean it was specially Created by some deity.
You're nitpicking on the semantics of the article, latching on to the word "special" as if it means anything more than "gee, that's interesting." You'll notice the article also put the timeframe for the evolution of the human brain in the millions of years. While perhaps that is not as long as they expected to find for such a complex organ, it's still a far cry from 7-day Creationism. And the same arguments against ID still stand. The article doesn't change anything.

Every time a fundy breaks the laws of thermodynamics, Schroedinger probably kills his cat.

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