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Prose
Canada314 Posts
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wswordsmen
United States987 Posts
On May 22 2009 05:13 Mindcrime wrote: They take it as a fact because it is. Evolution is both a theory and a fact. Populations of biological organisms change over time; that is evolution and that is a fact. The explanations for how and why these changes occur are the theory and will probably be continuously revised into the foreseeable future. QFT. | ||
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Misrah
United States1695 Posts
On May 22 2009 05:09 Diomedes wrote: Misrah, you are an asshole while Aegraen is only an idiot. Well done. mmmk then. I will take your constructive criticism to heart <3 | ||
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Slaughter
United States20255 Posts
On May 22 2009 05:13 Mindcrime wrote: They take it as a fact because it is. Evolution is both a theory and a fact. Populations of biological organisms change over time; that is evolution and that is a fact. The explanations for how and why these changes occur are the theory and will probably be continuously revised into the foreseeable future. Very true, people believed in evolution way before Darwin, however, it was not a mainstream theory simply because the mechanism people had provided was not viable. What Darwin did was propose a mechanism for evolution that made sense. Whats funny is that while they accepted most of his theories, Natural Selection was almost universally rejected at first. | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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FieryBalrog
United States1381 Posts
On May 22 2009 04:55 Aegraen wrote: Then how come so many people take evolution as fact? Because evolution is a fact. Natural and sexual selection are Darwin's theories that attempt to explain the mechanism of evolution. Put simply, evolution is the change in allele frequencies in a population over time. This is a documented fact. Darwin theorized that this occured due to natural selection and sexual selection. A side effect of this theory is that all major families of organisms existing today are theorized to have descended from a common ancestor, given the common molecular mechanisms of all major families of organisms organisms. There are possible fringe exceptions with some microorganisms, but all multicellular organisms are sufficiently similar in their basic chemistry that this theory is very well-supported. On May 22 2009 04:55 Aegraen wrote: As I pointed out earlier, its no different than religious zealotry. It's human nature. Humans will always instinctively believe in 'something' on faith. Which has nothing to do with this. | ||
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DarkYoDA
United States1347 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
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feathers
United States236 Posts
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BalliSLife
1339 Posts
On May 22 2009 08:06 ShoCkeyy wrote: Missing link my ass; that's all I have to say. ![[image loading]](http://blstb.msn.com/i/91/66C435D695B0662AEA4DB5592F7B5C.jpg) | ||
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snorlax
United States755 Posts
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On May 22 2009 07:39 DarkYoDA wrote: Wow finding this fossil finally convinced everyone here we're monkeys! Cool! This is so convincing indeed! Come on man let's find more bones intermediate to the process of the primate standing even straighter and bone structure even flatter and form them in one straight line and there, we have evolution... Congrates on this very Einsteinic view of life. Totally flawless Congrats on still being an idiot. | ||
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VIB
Brazil3567 Posts
I have found many examples on nature that was really hard to explain as well (there is a moph who emits ultra-sounds in the same freq as bats, to fool them, how the hell did that evolve?). But instead of quitting and saying evolution 'must' be wrong, I just took my time thinking about it until I finally figured it out. But some people don't do that, this is how it goes: Normal reasonable person: - Finds one example that cannot explain with evolution theory - thinks "hmm.. maybe I'm missing something, I'll try to figure it out" - scratches head for minutes/hours/days/whatever - figures it out - concludes evolution might make sense and is a valid theory as far as my limited knowledge goes Emotional arrogant: - Finds one example that cannot explain with evolution theory - thinks "wait.. if I, myself, cannot understand it, it must be wrong" - avoids thinking about it because it hurts his ego - concludes evolution is wrong, that random Darwin guy must be dumb - "aaahh.. feels so good to think that I'm smart!" | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
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ChainLightning
Canada21 Posts
As for Science vs Religion, sure you can be a member of some religious denomination and accept evolution, look at Francis Collins (What went wrong!). Science always starts with the assumption that there is nothing supernatural and sees how far it can go with that assumption, which means we've been moving on without God in the equation for some time now. I'm as agnostic about God as I am about faeries and goblins. | ||
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daz
Canada643 Posts
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