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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (8784)	12/6/2010 8:55:06 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

And I would suggest to you, to read the logic of Occam's Razor: en.wikipedia.org <<The principle is often summarized as "the simplest explanation is more likely the correct one>" One explanation has "perfect and conclusive evidence". It all fits perfectly. Evolution from other species. It is all there. Hard, hard evidence. Fossils, hard DNA evidence, archeology. The other more than 5,000 mythical explanations do not have even one piece of hard evidence between the. Not one single piece! Anywhere. So which theory would a logical person choose? <<Not mutually exclusive, but one has massive evidence and it all makes sense. The other idea makes no sense at all. so which is more likely?" Perhaps the meaning of the phrase "not mutually exclusive" escapes you. Let me try another: "false dilemma." And while you're looking that one up, see if you can figure out what an "appeal to popularity" argument is as well. I mean, you employ it as if you think it's NOT a fallacy.>>