haha good good thats right we cant create ANYTHING all we do is change things from something into something else (still can do some cool stuff though).
About 4 months ago i started to realise this "evolution" thing has no foundation. I used to hear people like Richard Dawkins talking about it and would see a "mirage" like i felt as if i was seeing something that just wasnt there or was an illusion/mirage. I read 6 or so of his books and 2 of Darwins and watched numerous hours worth of interviews with him (Dawkins) and felt as if i was looking for something but didnt quite know what. It all started coming undone one day VERY very quickly. It was amazing. That Richard Dawkins video where he is asked "can you give an example....." helped as did that John Mackay/Richard Dawkins one. I emailed the National institute of health (N.I.H.) which was part of the NHGRI (national human genome research institute, they mapped the first human genome) and asked them ( i dont still have the very first questions i asked them but i have a couple that i will post verbatim) something like:
Hi i am interested to know what evidence there is for evolution please? Thank you.
They responded with "Please see our q and a on our website" and linked it to me. I read them and emailed a few specific people from whom there were what i perceived to be BOLD quotes. Things like "humans are continuing to evolve" and "we can watch evolution happening in the lab". I asked for literature citations for such quotes.
Verbatim (copy pasted).
Hi. I found the following quote from you on N.I.H.'s website in reference to "evolution"
Alan Guttmacher, M.D.: Developing new research tools to translate the findings of the Human Genome Project (HGP) into new diagnostic tests and therapies. Despite occasional evidence to the contrary, yes. As in all other species, evolution never stops occurring in humans. Evolution occurs slowly, of course, so it is hard to actually "see" it happening, but we are continuing to evolve. One can imagine, for instance, that if global warming persists for a sufficient number of human generations, we might evolve in ways that would allow us to survive more effectively in the new environment of the earth. Of course, evolution, does happen slowly, so it is a much better idea to combat global warming itself, rather than counting on our adopting to it somehow...
Could you please cite some literature for " evolution never stops occurring in human" and "but we are continuing to evolve"
Thanks
His response:
"I am sorry that I do not have time to do this literature search, but there are many articles that show that humans continue to have new mutations."
So in this context the word "evolution" has been defined as "mutations". If evolution meant ONLY mutation then every one on the planet would agree that we are "evolving".
I then emailed Francis Collins. He responded (kinda surprisingly)
"These are important questions – and they actually have compelling answers. I would assume from your comments that you are not convinced by the argument supporting human evolution. But the study of DNA provides powerful evidence – it’s almost like a time machine. Might I suggest you obtain a copy of my book “The Language of God” and have a look at some of that evidence? Chromosome 2 turns out to be a rather compelling case."
Best, Francis
I had read and failed the human chromosome 2 paper that day or a few days before when someone on youtube had cited it to me.
I look at two rocks on my driveway. I say to someone "4444 years ago these two rocks were one rock on the moon, then 999 years ago that one rock evolved into these two rocks and thats why we have two here today".
My claim has no scientific basis as its not empirical, testable, repeatable, experimental etc. I am making a claim about the unobserved past, that has no way of being verified by science and so if one wishes to believe my one rock to two rock evolution they must take it by faith that it happened.
Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, chimps have 24. The claim is that a chimp chromosome "fused" and became one thats why we have one less set of chromosomes than chimps.
Here is the human chromosome 2 paper. Keeping in mind my rock story what you are looking for is in the first section.
http://www.pnas.org/content/88/20/9051.full.pdf
