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Topic: Biological classification vs 'Kind'
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caffeine
Member (Idle past 1014 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
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Message 16 of 385 (562242)
05-27-2010 4:05 AM
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Reply to: Message 15 by Huntard 05-26-2010 5:18 PM
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I don't think this would satisfy Peg at all, for the simple fact that, while the two populations never actually interbreed due to occupying different niches, this doesn't say that they're not interfertile if you forced them together in laboratory conditions.
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caffeine
Member (Idle past 1014 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
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Message 21 of 385 (562261)
05-27-2010 11:44 AM
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Reply to: Message 20 by Blue Jay 05-27-2010 10:19 AM
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Re: Current baraminology
Funnily enough, this 'Biological Character Space' sounds exactly like Dawkins metaphor - he called it the Museum of Possible Organisms, or somesuch. Makes me suspicious that they just borrowed it from him but want to insist that there are impassable regions between existing organisms.
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caffeine
Member (Idle past 1014 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined: 10-22-2008
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Message 25 of 385 (562737)
06-01-2010 6:13 AM
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Reply to: Message 24 by Fiver 05-30-2010 5:02 PM
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I think you're missing Peepul's point. The term is clearly and unambiguously defined by many creationists. It is defined as 'a created pair of animals and all those descended from it'. The problem is not that the definition is unclear, it's that there's no useful way of applying to the real world, because it's based on a fictional creation myth.
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