nested heirarchies as evidence against darwinian evolution

Frankly, I'm surprised to see this promoted. The title and the opening paragraph is about the nested hierarchical pattern of the species, but the points actually discussed have very little to do with nested hierarchies.Succinctly, the reason that the nested hierarchies is evidence for evolution is that evolution predicts that this pattern should exist and should be seen; furthermore, there is no other reason for such a pattern to exist.I'm not sure what the so-called Cambrian explosion or the fossil record or the other points you raise have to do with this.Extraneous side issue deleted, as per Admin warning.Edited by Chiroptera, : No reason given.

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Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter;
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
And a parade of the gray suited grafters:
A choice of cancer or polio. -- The Rolling Stones

Huh. Me, I think that beings who can just live and be content are superior, but maybe that's the problem with subjectively chooseing arbitrary criteria for "superiority". And I seem to recall the last time folks advocated having dominion over the earth, they were put on trial in Nuremburg in 1946. Having or desiring "dominion over the earth" doesn't seem like too much of an attractive trait to me.- I also prefer being white and male. I wouldn't say that either whites or males are superior to other people, though.Edited by Chiroptera, : No reason given.

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If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a monkey.
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
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