The best evidence against Evolution

[SkyWriting]

Something like 99% of species that have ever existed are extinct. It's not entirely surprising that the other human species - of which there were never many - have gone. It's not exactly unusual; come to think of it, it's true of rather a lot of animals.

That's a difficult number to conclude given that we only know about 25% of our current number of species. Your pretty playing world expert about what nobody knows.

 

[RickG]

That's a difficult number to conclude given that we only know about 25% of our current number of species. Your pretty playing world expert about what nobody knows.

Over 98% of "documented" species are now extinct.

Fichter, George S. (1995). Endangered animals. USA: Golden Books Publishing Company. pp. 5. ISBN 1-58238-138-0.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Over 98% of "documented" species are now extinct.

Fichter, George S. (1995). Endangered animals. USA: Golden Books Publishing Company. pp. 5. ISBN 1-58238-138-0.

Which doesn't even take into consideration all the species that died out before we ever got a chance to discover them.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

That's a difficult number to conclude given that we only know about 25% of our current number of species. Your pretty playing world expert about what nobody knows.

Where did that 25% statistic come from, and why couldn't the same logic apply?

 

[CabVet]

That's a difficult number to conclude given that we only know about 25% of our current number of species. Your pretty playing world expert about what nobody knows.

Have you ever stopped to think about what you write? How do you think people estimate we only know 25% currently? Yeah, those same people, using the same tests, concluded that what lives today (including the 75% that we don't know) is about 1% of what ever lived.

 

[SkyWriting]

Over 98% of "documented" species are now extinct.

Fichter, George S. (1995). Endangered animals. USA: Golden Books Publishing Company. pp. 5. ISBN 1-58238-138-0.

As near as I can tell Rick, that imaginary number was printed one time and has been repeated as science folklore, not only in by my preferred source, Golden Books publishing,

but thousands of places.
I have to admit that Golden books is the most authoritative source I could find for this quote.
Peer review is different for different people.

 

[SkyWriting]

Have you ever stopped to think about what you write? How do you think people estimate we only know 25% currently? Yeah, those same people, using the same tests, concluded that what lives today (including the 75% that we don't know) is about 1% of what ever lived.

The people at Golden Books CabVet? What else do they write about?

Home for a Bunny
Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his springtime journey to find a home. A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown's simple yet playful tale is perfectly complemented by Garth Williams's exquisite artwork--and is now back in print as a Little Golden Book Classic.

How Do Penguins Play?
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How to Babysit a Grandpa
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[SkyWriting]

Where did that 25% statistic come from, and why couldn't the same logic apply?

It comes from this source.

PLoS Biology: How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

I couldn't find the Golden Books sources. I really tried.

 

[SkyWriting]

Which doesn't even take into consideration all the species that died out before we ever got a chance to discover them.

That's how evolution works, right?
Clear out all the loosers to make way for the handful of winners who fit better!

Down with LOOSERS! They suck! Horay for those who are a better fit!

 

[SkyWriting]

Something like 99% of species that have ever existed are extinct. It's not entirely surprising that the other human species - of which there were never many - have gone. It's not exactly unusual; come to think of it, it's true of rather a lot of animals.

Says Golden Books.

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

Wouldn't "loosers" be people who make things looser or set them free?

 

[Karl - Liberal Backslider]

Erm - from your source:

This approach was validated against well-known taxa, and when applied to all domains of life, it predicts ~8.7 million (±1.3 million SE) eukaryotic species globally, of which ~2.2 million (±0.18 million SE) are marine. In spite of 250 years of taxonomic classification and over 1.2 million species already catalogued in a central database

Total of 8.7 million species with 1.2 million described gives 14% discovered, not 25%.