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Dr Adequate
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Message 19 of 86 (403783)
06-05-2007 6:14 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by mick
06-05-2007 4:55 AM


Did anybody ever insist that the rate of evolution should be constant?
No.
"The period during which each species underwent modification, though long as measured by years, was probably short in comparison with that during which it remained without undergoing any change." (Charles Darwin, On The Origin Of Species)

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Message 63 of 86 (410533)
07-15-2007 5:22 PM
Reply to: Message 38 by jhs
06-10-2007 2:21 PM


Re: It's official!
Oh, hi Dr Schwartz!
I'm the guy who was emailing you about your views on intermediate forms about a month ago. If you aren't the same person as the Intelligent Design Schwartz, as I suggested in my emails, I apologise for mixing you up, and you can see on this thread where I got the idea from.
Re the Darwin quote. You write:
As for criticizing Darwinian emphases on constant and gradual change, while the quote from Darwin indicates that he recognized that there could be stasis, it is obvious from the total corpus of his writing that he believed this to be a minor case.
Well, he says in the quote that it is probable that stasis was the rule and change the exception. His writings tend to dwell on the change rather than the stasis, it's true, but surely that's because the change is the interesting bit. I'm rather inclined to P.E. myself, but when I write about evolution I tend to write about stuff changing rather than stuff staying the same. If you looked at the "total corpus of my work", stasis gets very few mentions, but that doesn't refute the fact that I think most of the history of any given lineage consists of stasis.
Oh, and welcome to the forums!
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Message 64 of 86 (410535)
07-15-2007 5:36 PM
Reply to: Message 55 by MartinV
06-14-2007 4:29 PM


Re: It's official!
Giordano Bruno had obviously differennt meaning of "the best minds" from Oxford as you.
Yeah, Oxford. Where speaking Latin is compulsory, and they empty their chamber-pots into the streets. Unless for some reason my information is wildly out of date.
You do know that Giordano Bruno lived in the sixteenth century, right?

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Message 74 of 86 (417332)
08-20-2007 10:13 AM
Reply to: Message 73 by Refpunk
08-20-2007 9:42 AM


Re: All Animals Have Four Limbs?
Then what is an octopus? An insect?
A mollusc.
Sorry, but an octopus is a sea animal because it's a form of fish.
Thanks for the giggles, you are most amusing.
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Message 75 of 86 (417334)
08-20-2007 10:16 AM
Reply to: Message 68 by Refpunk
08-19-2007 11:12 AM


So I got news for you,the DNA of mice and chicken is closer to human DNA than monkeys.
That's not so much "news" as a fatuous lie.
Someone's been pulling your leg.

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