"A self-styled form of Darwinian fundamentalism has risen to some prominence in a variety of fields, from the English biological heartland of John Maynard Smith to the uncompromising ideology (albeit in graceful prose) of his compatriot Richard Dawkins, to the equally narrow and more ponderous writing of the American philosopher Daniel Dennett . . . . - Stephen Jay Gould, "Darwinian Fundamentalism," The New York Review of Books.
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posted by Lawrence Selden @ 5:10 AM
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I am a macroevolution agnostic. I used to accept evolutionary theory. Then I looked at the evidence. It became clear to me that macroevolutionary theory is built more on a priori philosophical assumptions than on evidence. Microevolution, on the other hand, is supported by the evidence. The distinction between the two is critical and is largely ignored, or not understood, by the mainstream media and general public.
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I've always thought that the term "microevolution" to be misleading. The steps are "micro" but the result isn't evolution.
It's like wandering back and forth and around in a fenced-in yard but calling it a trip. It's only a trip if you have the right kind of weeds by your back fence.
Ask someone who has studied genentics. Do they observe a fenced-in yard, or some kind of an interstate highway system?
Steve O
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