INTELLIGENT DESIGN: An Engineer’s Approach

It's no problem for evolutionary theory at all. Selective pressures exist toward larger as well as smaller sizes. Context is all. Size will tend toward whatever norm confers the best reproductive and survival advantage on the creature in the environment.Reduced size is indeed an advantage in some environments: reduced food supply, thick forestation, etc. But larger size is an advantage in others: oceans, open plains, etc. A smaller size enables better ability to hide from predators, but a large size confers a survival advantage against predators in environments where hiding places are few.Push the slider toward either end of the size scale and something is gained, something is lost. It's always a tradeoff. The deciding factor is context: what works best in the environment?___Edited by Archer Opterix, : HTML.

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

This like saying (1) that the theory of plate tectonics can't explain why you have a toothache, then saying (2) that because plate tectonics can't explain your toothache 'nothing' in science can, then saying (3) that science (including the science of dentistry) must therefore abandon its acceptance of plate tectonic theory and conclude that your toothache was designed on purpose by an intelligent being. Let the exorcisms begin.Your assumptions are:
1. that evolution is supposed to explain the origin of life
2. that if evolution can't, nothing in science can
3. that if science faces unanswered questions in some area, the only solution is ID.False premises all.___Edited by Archer Opterix, : typo repair.

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

That's a remarkable monologue, Charley. Thank you for sharing.You haven't refuted my assertion. Here it is again.

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Your assumptions [in these ID arguments] are:
1. that evolution is supposed to explain the origin of life
2. that if evolution can't, nothing in science can
3. that if science faces unanswered questions in some area, the only solution is ID.

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False premises all.

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You concur with me about item 1.Do you agree that items 2 and 3 are false premises as well?If so, say so. If not, why not?__Edited by Archer Opterix, : HTML.

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

Anecdotal evidence exists to suggest that assertions of perfection on this point are rather naive. I leave it to you to conduct the inquiries. You're not going to stump the panel by challenging it to consider ways the human reproduction system could have been better designed.But I grant you: this topic is likely to prove much more popular than the toothache.___Edited by Archer Opterix, : fertile imagination spawning new literary ideas.

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

Did you really write something this surreal or has my Colgate just kicked in?__

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

Absolutely. Emphatically seconded.___

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ArcherAll species are transitional.