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Errors in the theory of evolution
- Thread starter Renji
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Then some people don't realize that the only meaningful measure of "fitness" in evolutionary terms is survival, implying that the mere existence of gay people demonstrates that some people don't know what they're talking about.
They are ignorant.
Autodidact
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How about responding to some of the posts addressed to you?
Luminous
non-existential luminary
the theory of evolution has no error, for it is only a theory
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with just a little bit of creative editing.
Judges 4 tells the story of the Israelite army commander Barak son of Abinoam (A-b-o-a-m = o-b-A-m-a) and his defeat of the McCanaanite forces under Sisera.
A common interpretation of the story based on an amalgam of the prose in Judges 4 and the retelling of the tale in the "Song of Deborah" in Judges 5 goes like this;
The McCanaanites had been oppressing Israel for 20 years and Barak, at the behest of Deborah went out to meet them at mount Tabor.
The McCanaanites, with their "900 chariots of iron", were better equipped than the Israelites ("not a spear or shield was found among the camp of the Israelites") and were most likely looking forward to a sure victory, but Barak gained an edge by taking the (moral)high ground.
As the battle was about to be engaged the River Kishon overflowed it's banks and flooded the valley the McCanaanite forces were marshalled in, turning it into mud thus making their chariots useless, and leaving them at the mercy of Barak's army, who soundly defeated them.
So basically the McCanaanites blew it by wallowing in mud.
because of a flood of economic grief.
Evolution is a fact.
To those who don't know about it yet:
TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
rojse
RF Addict
Evolution is a theory that explains observed facts.
Admittedly, as theories go, it's pretty water-tight, but still only a theory.
Why do we keep having to define "theory?" Theory, in science, does not mean conjecture or speculation, as it does in colloquial usge. In science a thing can be, and often is, both a theory and a fact. "Only a theory" is just, well, ignorant.
The germ theory of disease, the heliocentric theory of the solar system, the theory of relativity -- all both theories and facts.
The germ theory of disease, the heliocentric theory of the solar system, the theory of relativity -- all both theories and facts.
rojse
RF Addict
Facts are real-world observations. Theories are made to explain why these facts are so. A theory is not a fact, no matter how many observations it explains or how well it explains them, because there may be one observation that completely ruins the theory that it is meant to explain.
Now, should this anomalous observation be made, any new theory must be able to explain this anomaly, and also manage to explain all of the previous phenomena the dated theory was so successful in explaining.
There is the fact of evolution and the theory of evolution. People sometimes confuse the two.
Autodidact
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Evolution is a scientific theory. That means that it is constantly being refined, improved and expanded. Thus, it goes without saying that it is not perfect, and will continue to be corrected, like all scientific theories. All the errors that we know about have been corrected, but new ones will continue to be found. Thus is a sense some people answered that it has no errors, meaning no known errors, and others answered that it does, meaning unknown errors.
Do you have the slightest idea what you're babbling about?
Autodidact
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Well, I'm not a physicist, and can barely understand the Theory of Relativity on a good day, but I believe there have been adjustments and changes since Einstein first proposed it, yes. That's how science works.
Most often when one talks about the errors of the Theory of Evolution it is due to either
1) some belief that there is not "enough proof" that it is sound and true. Invariably that turns out to be a mistaken belief. Evidence was pretty much overwhelming, arguably since before Darwin presented his work, so much so that Wallace arrived at pretty much the same conclusions and forced Darwin's hand in a way. And the passage of time brought lots of additional evidence, pretty much none of it disproving the Theory of Evolution, although much of it helped in correcting and fine-tuning the specifics.
2) some degree of confusion between the diferentiation of species (which is the true subject of the Theory of Evolution, and about as proven as anything can be) and the origin of life itself (which is still speculative, and may well be attributed to God by those so inclined even if we eventually learn the actual specifics beyond any reasonable doubt).
3) misguided claims and propaganda.
1) some belief that there is not "enough proof" that it is sound and true. Invariably that turns out to be a mistaken belief. Evidence was pretty much overwhelming, arguably since before Darwin presented his work, so much so that Wallace arrived at pretty much the same conclusions and forced Darwin's hand in a way. And the passage of time brought lots of additional evidence, pretty much none of it disproving the Theory of Evolution, although much of it helped in correcting and fine-tuning the specifics.
2) some degree of confusion between the diferentiation of species (which is the true subject of the Theory of Evolution, and about as proven as anything can be) and the origin of life itself (which is still speculative, and may well be attributed to God by those so inclined even if we eventually learn the actual specifics beyond any reasonable doubt).
3) misguided claims and propaganda.
Most often when one talks about the errors of the Theory of Evolution it is due to obnoxious ignorance.
Luminous
non-existential luminary
evolution (not the theory) has no prove and therefor it is NOT a fact. We have yet to observe a species evolve! this is as far as i know.
Luminous
non-existential luminary
Most often when one talks about obnoxious ignorance, it is due to obnoxious ignorance.
Suffering stems from desire... and YOU desire to be right.:no:
oxymoron; maybe we should both join the obnoxious ignorance club.
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