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Author Topic:   Always talking about micro-evolution?
Dr Jack
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Message 7 of 257 (82503)
02-03-2004 5:57 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by Minnemooseus
02-02-2004 3:09 PM


Re: Off-topic, but anyway...
Perhaps a very minor quible, but I see no reason why there could not have been multiple biogenesis (note the lack of "a" at beginning) events. The earth's a big place - Why only one?
Because life's tree would seem to have just one root, and all life uses a more or less common plan in certain fundementals (DNA, etc). However it could be that there was more than one event, and it's simply that only one survived.

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Message 238 of 257 (86909)
02-17-2004 5:42 AM
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02-17-2004 3:44 AM


Re: Whoa!
[This message has been edited by Mr Jack, 02-17-2004]

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Dr Jack
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Message 239 of 257 (86910)
02-17-2004 5:42 AM
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02-17-2004 3:44 AM


Re: Whoa!
Richard Dawkins himself single-handedly and unknowingly cause ToE evolution to cease to exist (his theory of punctuated equilibrium forces the ToE into a situation in which it can no longer be falsified, in which case it's no longer testable and can't be called a theory anymore. That's why ToE is usually referred to as FACT in many modern textbooks and scientific writings).
Dawkins did not formulate the PE theory, in fact, he was a vocal opponent of it for many years. Nor is PE unfalsifiable or untestable.

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