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Author Topic:   What would happen if the ToE were disproven? (A suspense/thriller novel project)
Percy
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Message 20 of 39 (526813)
09-29-2009 10:46 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by swalker2001
09-29-2009 10:12 AM


Re: i think you don't get the problem...
Hi Swalker, welcome aboard!
I do have some strong opinions, but they're not worth much because the vast majority of your potential audience won't know enough about the evidence for evolution to spot any flaws in any story where it's disproven.
The only thing I could accept would be that all the evidence for evolution is correct, just not the whole story. I liked WK's idea of a coded message, so we could discover that coded messages have been placed in all genomes in all populations around the world, somewhat similar to Sagan's Contact where a message was uncovered in pi. We're then forced to conclude that instead of evolution what we have is continuous intervention over time by some outside force or entity that tweaks genomes along what appears to be a predefined path.
I wish you all the best with your book.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 25 of 39 (526853)
09-29-2009 12:24 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by swalker2001
09-29-2009 11:05 AM


Re: i think you don't get the problem...
swalker2001 writes:
Between this and the Tree of Knowledge, I now have a much better feeling about coming up with a scenario that will work. This one seems to take me completely away from the notion of a fossil unless some dna is found within the fossil and something about it prompts the discovery of the hidden code....that could work, right?
A paleontological setting might be a more interesting opening than a genetics lab. Perhaps someone can suggest or make up some interesting fossil anomaly that could be the loose thread that when "tugged upon" leads to the genetics lab and the eventual unraveling of evolution.
--Percy

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