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Old 05-21-2008   #39 (permalink)
hairy_Palms
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Default Re: Public Acceptance of Evolution

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Evolution: Undirected mutation resulting in development of entirely new species.
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but the problem is natural selection is universally accepted, while speciation isn't.
poor logic, just because something isnt universally excepted by 'john public' does not make it wrong, also speciation has been observed, the definition of a new specie is when it can no longer interbreed with the old one, this has been observed to occur with numerous bacteria, many smaller insects and more recently the formation of a new breed of mosquito on the london underground that cant breed with those found above the surface.
also evolution is the fact, natural selection is the theory part
species change over time, natural selection is the theory as to why.

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You make it sound as tho someone is trying to replace fact with fairy tale, and that simply is not the case. This, by the way, is yet another popular bait and switch tactic related to this issue that is abused: calling any criticism of Darwinism or other theories creationism. That's intellectually dishonest.
well ive yet to see anyone other than creationists critisize evolution, the lamarckists are suspiciously quiet, maybe theyve got something behind the scenes

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Why then are well-credentialed scientists losing their jobs for being skeptical and questioning the consensus view?
Its a conspiracy, get your tin foil hat out!
as for the epic piece of fail that is exposed i suggest you check out the real reasons why some of the people in the film were fired.

Sternberg
Gonzalez
Crocker
http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/
"Creationism is not a scientific alternative to natural selection any more than the stork theory is an alternative to sexual reproduction." — Hayes, 1996.
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