A question about evolution

[WilliamduBois]

Just so I understand...

Just because we cannot scientifically prove something does not mean that it does not exist right?

Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence, no, however: without any evidence of the existance of something, why assume it does exist? There is no evidence whatsoever for a teapot orbiting Mars. Do you think we should assume it actually exists?

We all have the ability to love but can science prove it? Scientific method seems to not work here, so does love exist? But, we KNOW it exists because we can feel it if we choose to. Hmm....I hope you can see where I am going with that.

Yes. And I don't agree. We can see the effects of love. My girlfriend says she loves me. She stayed with me through some very hard times. She carried my baby and gave birth to our beautiful daughter. She just cooked our dinner, because she knows I can't cook.

All those are evidence that she loves me.

Evolution. Are we talking the definition meaning simply "change within species" or are we talking "changing into other species".
No doubt that mutation occurs and natural selection happens, but I have yet to see any subject of one kind "evolve" into another.

First define "kind".

 

[Hespera]

Absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence, no, however: without any evidence of the existance of something, why assume it does exist? There is no evidence whatsoever for a teapot orbiting Mars. Do you think we should assume it actually exists?



Yes. And I don't agree. We can see the effects of love. My girlfriend says she loves me. She stayed with me through some very hard times. She carried my baby and gave birth to our beautiful daughter. She just cooked our dinner, because she knows I can't cook.

All those are evidence that she loves me.

First define "kind".

"Kind" is a variation on the word "kin". And of course nothing evolves into another "kinship".

A beagle is by another usage, a different "kind" of dog from a poodle.
Different "breed" would be a better word. They are obviously "kin".

If dogs were bred for a million years until they ate nothing fish, had short legs with webbed feet, and only came out of the water to rest, probably nobody would still say it was a dog. They would of course still be "kin" to the dog family.

It may take a million years before the throwbacks understand that evolution is real.

 

[WilliamduBois]

It's more fun if they dig their own grave

 

[Hespera]

It's more fun if they dig their own grave

just hoping to move the talk along a bit faster