The Barbarian
Crabby Old White Guy
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Let's see what we can find in Part 1:
As we discovered, about 0.3% of people with PhDs in biology or a related field question Darwinian theory.
As you just learned, evolution is directly observed daily. What you're confusing with evolution (remember, its a change in allele frequency in a population over time) is actually a consequence of evolution, i.e. common descent.
As you learned, even many creationist organizations admit some common descent, usually species, genera, and families.
As you also learned, the origin of life is not part of evolutionary theory. Do you remember when I showed you that Darwin just assumed that God created the first living things? I think you probably need to re-write your opus here, to reflect what you've learned recently.
Usually, because laymen don't know what "theory" means in science. A theory is a well-tested idea or group of ideas that has been repeatedly confirmed by evidence. Facts are the things that make theories true. Do you remember when I showed you the differences between facts, hypotheses, laws, and theories? You need to update your article to reflect what you learned then.
No, you're very wrong about that. It's very possible to commit a logical fallacy, and still get a true answer. Try this:
All presidents have been men.
Donald Trump is a man.
Therefore, Donald Trump is president.
It's a fallacy, because the reasoning is faulty, but it's true. Donald Trump is president.
Your fallacy presentation needs some work, some real examples would be useful.
No, that's false. It's not a logical fallacy, this time, you just don't know what evolutionary theory says. It does not say that a more evolved life form will be more complex than the form from which it evolved. For example, the skeletons of mammals are in many ways, more simple than those of reptiles from which mammals evolved. This goes back to my observation that you would do well to learn what evolutionary theory actually says, before telling us about it.
Perhaps the easiest way to cut to the chase is for you to list for us, the processes, required for evolution that are prohibited by any law of thermodynamics. What have you got?
So then, according to your reasoning, a tree can't grow from a seed. Something wrong here, too. Can you think of what it is?
Some in the scientific community question the theory of evolution; others believe it is fact.
As we discovered, about 0.3% of people with PhDs in biology or a related field question Darwinian theory.
What is the truth behind the evidence?
As you just learned, evolution is directly observed daily. What you're confusing with evolution (remember, its a change in allele frequency in a population over time) is actually a consequence of evolution, i.e. common descent.
As you learned, even many creationist organizations admit some common descent, usually species, genera, and families.
The origin of life has for several generations been a hotly contested and unnecessarily complicated issue.
As you also learned, the origin of life is not part of evolutionary theory. Do you remember when I showed you that Darwin just assumed that God created the first living things? I think you probably need to re-write your opus here, to reflect what you've learned recently.
Why is evolution cemented in the minds of many as fact, when it is nothing more than theory?
Usually, because laymen don't know what "theory" means in science. A theory is a well-tested idea or group of ideas that has been repeatedly confirmed by evidence. Facts are the things that make theories true. Do you remember when I showed you the differences between facts, hypotheses, laws, and theories? You need to update your article to reflect what you learned then.
One theme flows throughout all fallacies: They are false!
No, you're very wrong about that. It's very possible to commit a logical fallacy, and still get a true answer. Try this:
All presidents have been men.
Donald Trump is a man.
Therefore, Donald Trump is president.
It's a fallacy, because the reasoning is faulty, but it's true. Donald Trump is president.
Your fallacy presentation needs some work, some real examples would be useful.
The theory of evolution states that a more “evolved” life-form (the effect) stems from a simpler one (the cause)
No, that's false. It's not a logical fallacy, this time, you just don't know what evolutionary theory says. It does not say that a more evolved life form will be more complex than the form from which it evolved. For example, the skeletons of mammals are in many ways, more simple than those of reptiles from which mammals evolved. This goes back to my observation that you would do well to learn what evolutionary theory actually says, before telling us about it.
Perhaps the easiest way to cut to the chase is for you to list for us, the processes, required for evolution that are prohibited by any law of thermodynamics. What have you got?
—in violation of both cause and effect and the second law of thermodynamics.
So then, according to your reasoning, a tree can't grow from a seed. Something wrong here, too. Can you think of what it is?
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