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And there we have it. The creationist belief that a human could evolve into a sheep then a wolf.Did he evolve from a human to a sheep then a wolf or a human to a wolf then a sheep?
Made up stories.
If they had evidence they'd present it. Churches all over the world would spill millions to dethrone the theory of evolution... but instead innuendos and fantasies.
And "unpredictable" is simply a lack of knowledge about the forces involved.In scientific usage, "random" simply means unpredictable. It says nothing about cause or purpose.
This is especially revealing any time there are legal challenges re: the theory of evolution. Creationists have a long track record of losing cases when they have to present evidence in a court of law.
Sorry, but that is Newtonian thinking. Newtonian only describes events on a gross level. You are assuming that if we knew more we could predict better. There are all sorts of exceptions to that claim. At best we can only say that we do not know if the universe is deterministic or not.And "unpredictable" is simply a lack of knowledge about the forces involved.
And yes, it's due to not knowing the cause of the result. In fact the result
always explains the cause in some extent. The direction, the velocity,
the power involved, etc.
If we know more, we can predict better.Sorry, but that is Newtonian thinking. Newtonian only describes events on a gross level. You are assuming that if we knew more we could predict better. There are all sorts of exceptions to that claim. At best we can only say that we do not know if the universe is deterministic or not.
But that is not the case with the quantum world. All we can do is give a statistical approach. Now we may be able to eventually or the world may really only be based upon statistics. Your hopes are not supported by observation.If we know more, we can predict better.
I'll go with that. Tanks!
That is a philosophical opinion which you are welcome to, but don't kid yourself that it is empirically verifiable.If we know more, we can predict better.
I'll go with that. Tanks!
But that is not the case with the quantum world.
What it?That is a philosophical opinion which you are welcome to, but don't kid yourself that it is empirically verifiable.
It's still a (fin of a fish) and you failed to post the last portion of the article which is very telling!Researchers have discovered the fossil of a fish with finger-like digits in its fin that lived 380 million years ago, according to a new study. And they believe it bridges the evolutionary gap between marine and land vertebrates as one of the oldest examples of a skeletal pattern resembling a hand.
The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"Today we announce in the journal Nature our discovery of a complete specimen of a tetrapod-like fish, called Elpistostege, which reveals extraordinary new information about the evolution of the vertebrate hand," said John Long, study author and Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Australia.
"This is the first time that we have unequivocally discovered fingers locked in a fin with fin-rays in any known fish. The articulating digits in the fin are like the finger bones found in the hands of most animals."
In the phylogenetic tree, this species is near the justly-famous Tiktaalik.
We do live there. That is our world. Now by the time we get up to our level the statistics make many things almost a surety, but that does not apply at all levels.We don't live there. And again "the unknown" is the only reason for the random label. Because we don't know, makes it random.
I see that you did not understand the article. Why not ask questions? Your object that lobe fin fished exist today is as poor of an argument as claiming that Americans cannot be descended from Europeans since there are still Europeans today. Never end a debate on your poorest point.It's still a (fin of a fish) and you failed to post the last portion of the article which is very telling!
"the fin retains lepidotrichia (fin rays) distal to the radials. We (suggest) that the vertebrate hand arose primarily from a skeletal pattern buried within (the fairly typical aquatic pectoral fin) of elpistostegalians. Elpistostege is (potentially) the sister taxon of all other tetrapods, and its appendages further blur the line between fish and land vertebrates." my emphasis!
In the video (Finding Tiktaalik) Neil Shubin co-discoverer of tikaatik said after 26 years of finding lots of fish and tetrapods fossils but no link between the two. They found one that they claim is an intermediate fossil...tikaatik. When as Darwin stated, and others have agreed, there should be an truly enormous amount of intermediates in the geological layers but all researchers can say is Elpistostege is potentially and they suggest? Tiktaalik and Elpistostege that are claimed to be intermediates are none the less classified as (lobe-finned fish) which can be seen today!
Causal determinism.What it?
Sam who is afraid to give his last name because it would end his career.
Take on the burden of proof? OK! The paleontological facts are as follows from those who are actually searching for the observable evidence!I see that you did not understand the article. Why not ask questions? Your object that lobe fin fished exist today is as poor of an argument as claiming that Americans cannot be descended from Europeans since there are still Europeans today. Never end a debate on your poorest point.
By the way, you should first learn some of the basics. There are countless intermediate fossils. The "missing" intermediates were only between a relatively minor step. Now they found it. That it is an intermediate is not really debatable. You might deny it, but then you take on the burden of proof.
Take on the burden of proof? OK! The paleontological facts are as follows from those who are actually searching for the observable evidence!
From an article dated Feb 19, 2013: ”Evolutionary stasis is an alternative scientific interpretation to the widely accepted Neo-Darwinism. It means that most species show little evolutionary change through history, instead, evolution occurs more abruptly and it can result in one species becoming two different species. The theory originated among paleontologists who study fossils. They found that (no intermediate forms of fossils exist).” My Emphasis on the last sentence! https://phys.org/news/2013-02-species-sudden.html
Jeffrey H. Schwartz PhD, an American physical anthropologist and professor of biological anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, who teaches with an evolutionary perspective! (Sudden Origins): p. 89
"Given that evolution, according to Darwin, was in a continual state of motion, with ongoing but slow and gradual change accruing over long periods of time, it followed logically that the fossil record should be rife with examples of transitional forms leading from the less to more evolved" "fossils were assessed in terms of whether they validated Darwin's evolutionary predictions, a clear picture of slow, gradual evolution, with smooth transitions and transformations from fossils of one period to another, was not forthcoming Instead of filling the gaps in the fossil record with so-called missing links, most paleontologists found themselves facing a situation in which there were only gaps in the fossil record, with no evidence of transformational evolutionary intermediates between documented fossil species."
You failed in your burden of proof by not understanding the article that you used. They are talking about the very small changes from one species to another. The speciation that they are talking about is that of Homo erectus to Homo heidelbergensis or Homo heidelbergensis to Homo sapiens. On that very fine scale changes appear to be sudden.Take on the burden of proof? OK! The paleontological facts are as follows from those who are actually searching for the observable evidence!
From an article dated Feb 19, 2013: ”Evolutionary stasis is an alternative scientific interpretation to the widely accepted Neo-Darwinism. It means that most species show little evolutionary change through history, instead, evolution occurs more abruptly and it can result in one species becoming two different species. The theory originated among paleontologists who study fossils. They found that (no intermediate forms of fossils exist).” My Emphasis on the last sentence! https://phys.org/news/2013-02-species-sudden.html
Jeffrey H. Schwartz PhD, an American physical anthropologist and professor of biological anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, who teaches with an evolutionary perspective! (Sudden Origins): p. 89
"Given that evolution, according to Darwin, was in a continual state of motion, with ongoing but slow and gradual change accruing over long periods of time, it followed logically that the fossil record should be rife with examples of transitional forms leading from the less to more evolved" "fossils were assessed in terms of whether they validated Darwin's evolutionary predictions, a clear picture of slow, gradual evolution, with smooth transitions and transformations from fossils of one period to another, was not forthcoming Instead of filling the gaps in the fossil record with so-called missing links, most paleontologists found themselves facing a situation in which there were only gaps in the fossil record, with no evidence of transformational evolutionary intermediates between documented fossil species."
It has no desires. It follows the laws of chemistry.
So does the formation of a snowflake, but it doesn't violate the law of entropy.
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