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Author Topic:   The Collapse of Darwinism
Brad McFall
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Message 33 of 68 (210433)
05-22-2005 6:52 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by Biophysicist
04-01-2004 12:12 AM


Re: This is da bomb!
This wacky creepyness of the skull appears in Gould as well. It seems to be the result of attempts to think the vertebral archetype BEYOND human teleology. I dont think this is possible. I could be wrong. It would be in the history of biology however.
I used to *try* to think such like, however I only took it to the series along the spine and not into the head. I have now found that second guessing the connection without the chemistry well presented is not going to get biology any farther than the best maths do in creating tensions as already occurred to the conclusion "that it is the population not the progeny timed stupid". It might still be workable without the concommittant pumpkin face vision but I'll hold that for Halloween if I can still be that shallow or compuationally irrelevant.
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Brad McFall
Member (Idle past 5054 days)
Posts: 3428
From: Ithaca,NY, USA
Joined: 12-20-2001


Message 34 of 68 (210572)
05-23-2005 12:12 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by PeriferaliiFocust
06-18-2004 8:26 PM


I guess it might be
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why the hell do we still have to be worshiping him? (i know i'm exaggerating, sorry) The theory of evolution (as you know) would have been revealed without Darwin
because SJ Gould reinscribed "constraints" where Darwin admitted "difficulties in theory" and he did so by coming out with a seperation that even Richard Dawkins can perceive. I am beginning to wonder if the notion of "transitional" as APPLIED by CD is also metaphysical but was intended (IN THE 19th CENTURY MIND SET)as not, by DrD. I dont think that species selection is really as important, relative frequency wise as Stephen suggests (i could have guessed wrong) but as long as it is possible that people are moving over to Punctuated Equilibrium in fact we are likely to keep Darwin alive figuratively for more time even though a relation to adult parents comes out differently with Wallace etc.

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