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I understand science quite well and that is why i don't believe the evolution "religion" and evolution is not the cornerstone of science
Evolution is the cornerstone of all biology, zoology, paleontology, genetics, parasitology, virology, agricultural sciences, etc. It is a major foundation in science. Wishing that it wasn't important won't make it so.
Show me evolution and don't bring on the virii and bacteria because IF they evolved, they would be multicellular and eventually would be chasing after us with sharp teeth and claws.
This single sentence alone shows that you have probably a preschool understanding of evolution. Please, go read a good book on the subject. Your basic ignorance of the subject matter does nothing to enhance your arguments.
Variation is being sold as evolution. It is not. Natural selection is being sold as evolution. It is not. Evolution is the progression from simpler forms to more complex forms through the agent of natural selection.
Evolution IS NOT directed, and species don't have to evolve from less to more complex. Example: whales and dolphins were once land dwelling animals. Their complex limbs with all their articulated and weight bearing bones and large muscles evolved into flippers. The selection pressure was to make these appendages more streamline and useful in the water, and as a result the complexity of the land-dwelling limbs was reduced.
Another example: Many cave dwelling fish and crustaceans are blind. Since eyes are useless in a cave, eyes were selected against. The energy that a species uses to develop eyes and maintain them is much better used for other purposes in cave dwelling animals. Are these animals less complex than similar animal with eyes? Yes. But evolution does not necessarily favor complexity.
Even evolutionists cannot explain the mechanism of mutation that produces novel and useful "improvements" over the overall living system designs. The latest theory is that the solar orbit around the galaxy brings us into some "mutation zone" where all these MAGICAL changes occur and new forms are created. Created from what? Mammals from reptiles or birds
You are wrong. Science has a whole list of mutation mechanisms from molecular to chemical agents to different forms of radiation. What scientists argue over is the relative effect of each mechanism and its importance in evolution. You are being completely disingenuous when you say that we "cannot explain the mechanism of mutation."
Show me some evolution. Why have species remained unchanged for millions of years and why were there more species in the past than there are today?
Jeebus H. Christ on a pogo stick! There is no rule in evolution that species HAVE to evolve! Species who are able to exploit their biological niche without large selection pressures can remain stable for millions of years. Once again, this shows you have no real understanding about how natural selection works.
Science is all about showing it. Where is the experiment that can be replicated? Aside selective breeding and chimeras, you got nothing. You don't know science. You don't know evolution.
You are a condescending know-nothing. See the recent experiments on e.coli by Lenski, or the discovery and evolution of the nylonase genes in bacteria in Japan (these bacteria evolved the ability to eat nylon, which didn't exist 100 years ago).
Have you ever seen a continent move? Neither has anyone alive, yet the theory of continental drift is well supported by mountains of evidence, from mid-ocean ridges to active subduction zones, to similar flora, fauna and geology in now far-separate locations. Continental drift is the cornerstone of geological sciences because it explains evidence and predicts events in a highly reliable fashion. It's the same with evolution. You are simply too dense to understand this.
I believed it too until I saw some Jackasses on NOVA trying to prove that wings on insects could have evolved from gills. What utter hogwash and total disregard for aerodynamics and common sense.
Just because YOU can't understand the mechanism after a five minute TV segment doesn't mean it's hogwash. If you really want to understand the reasons behind the gill->wing hypothesis, there is plenty of material on the internet. Your argument from ignorance is embarrassing.
Change your name to full loon.I bet you believe in either McCain or Obama too.
You are a twat. You haven't proposed anything constructive. You haven't offered any alternatives to evolution that make any sense. Your posts are an exercise in stupidity. You suck the smarts out of the room and reduce everything down to preschool level.
BTW - the big bang is also hogwash as is the age of the universe. String theory is where it is at but there is no limit to the number of dimensions as each lower dimension is but slice of, or a projection from, a higher order dimension.
Blah blah blah.... it's like you read a couple of books and now you think you are an expert. Fortunately there are much smarter people than you who actually have something to offer instead of the twaddle that you think is rational discourse.
There is an infinite number of variables and universes and I am certain that in one of them you and the baboon have some genetic connection across the eons - just don't be too certain concerning who evolved and who didn't in that particular universe
Grow up.
What, pray tell, does a non-belief, or a religion based on science, offer you in the way of peace?
Truth. It offers us truth. The truth of seeing the universe how it really is instead of how we wish it would be.