Quote from iRakodaiEvolution itself is just conjecture. It cannot be proved by science, in fact, it is dis proven by observable science. Therefore, it is just philosophy. The reason it has lasted this long, is because there is only one alternative. Who wants to believe there is a God that governs what we do? You certainly don't.
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Evolution itself is just conjecture. It cannot be proved by science, in fact, it is dis proven by observable science. Therefore, it is just philosophy. The reason it has lasted this long, is because there is only one alternative. Who wants to believe there is a God that governs what we do? You certainly don't.
Quote from ZedYou say that as though philosophy is for things we can't know and science is for things we can. If anything, the opposite is true. Philosophy is about finding incontrovertible facts based on pure reason whereas science is empirical and therefore uncertain.
Quote from iRakodaiLook, Exilement, I can provide pages and pages of data, and you can deny it all till your blue in the face. If its so tedious to respond, then just stop trying. The only reason to continue is to prove it to yourself because almost everyone else here already believes evolution
Quote from iRakodaiPlease provide a link to some valid source where this has been verified by tests. As far as I remember, we have never actually witnessed that happen, they only think that happened
I don’t believe in evolution.
I can hear what you are thinking: Is he an idiot or something? Even though he has an MSc in animal ecology and an unfinished PhD in evolutionary ecology, he still doesn’t believe in evolution?!
But here’s the thing: evolution is a scientific theory, same as the theory of gravity, germ theory, cell theory, quantum theory, theory of relativity and many others.
Unlike religion, science doesn’t work with beliefs – you take the facts supporting the theory and compare those with facts not supporting the theory. Then you decide if the theory is correct – or perhaps you should improve the theory, choose an alternate theory or scrap the whole thing altogether.
And the theory of evolution has literally hundreds of thousands (if not millions) scientifically validated observations and experiments supporting it. You have scientific articles, monographs, experiments (yes, there are loads and loads of experiments on evolution), observations and so forth.
And now we take the facts not supporting or invalidating the theory of evolution… oh, wait. There aren’t any.
There is not a single observation or experiment that invalidates evolution. No fossil rabbits in Precambrian strata. No human footprints next to dinosaur footprints. No genetic data showing the synchronized bottleneck of Noah’s ark in all of the animal species. No radioactive dating results or anything else disproving the Cambrian explosion.
There simply is nothing. Or, like Richard Dawkins put it, “Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun”.
So, I don’t believe in evolution. But I also don’t believe in the chair I’m sitting on right now. I can prove the latter exists by an empirical observations (looking and touching it) and testing (I sit down – if didn’t fall on the floor, the chair probably exists).
Evolution is a proven theory. And it does not require belief.
Quote from FusionNo it isn't, and if you think it is, then you don't know what Evolution is.
Quote from iRakodaiDear Exilement,
The example you put is an example of adaptation. No new information was added to increase fitness, rather, a loss in DNA increased fitness. Evolution is all about creatures going from simple beings to complex beings through mutations that add new and useful information.
Quote from iRakodaiThen prove me wrong.
Quote from iRakodaiP.S. Comparing Evolution to gravity really isn't very impressive and its getting old.
Quote from iRakodaiZed,
For example, only two dogs were needed to give rise to all the dog species that exist today.
Thats just natural selection. The dark colored moths existed the whole time, they just became more common.
And as far as our genetics, Cats have 90% of homologous genes with humans, 82% with dogs, 80% with cows, 69% with rats and 67% with mice, and Cows are 80% genetically similar to humans.
Another factor which greatly reduces the space requirements is the fact that the tremendous variety in species we see today did not exist in the days of Noah. Only the parent “kinds” of these species were required to be on board in order to repopulate the earth.5 For example, only two dogs were needed to give rise to all the dog species that exist today.
Quote from JavelinIsn't this evolution over a couple of thousand years?
Quote from iRakodaiAnother factor which greatly reduces the space requirements is the fact that the tremendous variety in species we see today did not exist in the days of Noah.