SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Krowbar who wrote (12213)8/6/1997 8:50:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly   of 108807
 
I'm not disputing that the intermediates may have existed, I'm just emphasizing that we don't have any trace of them. (The "horse series" used to be offered up as a series of intermediates, but apparently this was never good science.) And this absence of evidence does open the door for objections that the intermediates didn't exist. My main point is that evolutionary theory is a tale we tell about the data we do have, but until we come across intermediates or force evolution in the lab the critics can complain that the theory is not above dispute as science. This doesn't make the critics' preferred alternative true, but it does show that evolution is not on a par with, say, anatomy. Or physics. Or chemistry. How do we go about constructing a test of evolutionary theory? It may not be possible.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News