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Tangle
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Message 61 of 154 (818731)
09-01-2017 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 2:38 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
PorknCheese writes:
ToE has collapsed under its own admissions of speculation being drawn from fossil evidence that is very fragmented.
In a revealing statement that completely exposed the theory it was admitted that Mammals will remain rather shadowy creatures for us until more fossil data become available
Obviously not enough data to draw factual conclusions from
Are you actually interested in understanding this subject or are you just looking for silly ways to dismiss it out of hand?
The ToE is not built on one piece of data, it's an enormous set of information and analysis compiled by thousands of scientists for over 150 years. No biologist denies the ToE. You come along with no idea at all what it involves and chuck it away in a sentence.
The mountain of evidence tells us that evoltion happened, it's not surprising that some parts of the enormous jigsaw of life that spans 3bn years is missing, the really surprising part is that we've found so much.

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Porkncheese
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Message 62 of 154 (818732)
09-01-2017 3:41 PM
Reply to: Message 60 by Taq
09-01-2017 3:16 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat

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Percy
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Message 63 of 154 (818733)
09-01-2017 3:56 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 2:38 PM


Porkncheese Admits He's a Creationist
POrkncheese writes:
ToE has collapsed under its own admissions of speculation being drawn from fossil evidence that is very fragmented.
In a revealing statement that completely exposed the theory it was admitted that Mammals will remain rather shadowy creatures for us until more fossil data become available
Well, so much for objectivity, clear thinking and careful analysis. Plus you're misquoting and distorting the information provided by Tangle in Message 51. The quote said "very fragmentary", not "very fragmented". And it was referring to the "first primate-like mammals", not mammals in general. "Mammals will remain rather shadowy creatures..." - what a hoot!
Obviously not enough data to draw factual conclusions from
The ToE doesn't depend upon on the fossil evidence for the origin of primates. What information we do have fits into the ToE framework.
I thought we'd already settled that we don't know everything, but you seem to have returned from your snow trip believing that if there's something we don't know then we don't know anything. I guess in your view cosmology is "completely exposed" since they don't know what dark matter is. And I guess you think quantum theory "has collapsed under its own admissions of speculation" since they don't know which slit a particle will pass through. And I guess you believe geology had better throw in the towel since they don't know the complete geological history of that rock in your back yard.
Have any other stunning revelations for us?
--Percy

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Taq
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Message 64 of 154 (818734)
09-01-2017 4:06 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 3:41 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Porkncheese writes:
Links to articles claiming to refute dna evidence
How do they refute the DNA evidence?

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Percy
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Message 65 of 154 (818735)
09-01-2017 4:14 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 3:41 PM


Re: Porkncheese Drops the Charade, Admits He's a Creationist
From the Forum Guidelines:
  1. Bare links with no supporting discussion should be avoided. Make the argument in your own words and use links as supporting references.
In any case, the first link is to a creationist website - you dismissed creationists in your first message.
The second link is to a hodgepodge of a website. The homepage is about Home and Garden, but he's got articles about all kinds of topics, including the one you link to called DNA Evidence Debunks the Out-of-Africa Theory of Human Evolution. What on earth does debunking the "Out of Africa" hypothesis have to do with debunking the theory of evolution? The previous and next articles are completely unrelated: Black Seed Extract ‘Cures’ HIV Patient Naturally and What If Animals Could Talk to You?.
So these are the kinds of websites you think are providing you reliable information: creationist websites on the one hand, and wacky "no topic too weird" websites. Again, what a hoot!
--Percy

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JonF
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Message 66 of 154 (818737)
09-01-2017 4:45 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 2:38 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Yep, it's the ol' "We don't know everything so we know nothing" ploy.
Some fossils are very fragmentary. Many are not. And there is a lot that can be learned from fragments.
Some details of particular stages in the evolution of particular organisms are poorly known. Some are not. Enough is known to provide one of the strongest of the many pieces of their evidence that support the ToE.
Edited by JonF, : No reason given.

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JonF
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Message 67 of 154 (818738)
09-01-2017 4:47 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 3:41 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Again, we don't argue for or against bare links. State the important parts in your own words, then use quotes and links to supply details and support.

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Modulous
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Message 68 of 154 (818740)
09-01-2017 5:50 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 2:38 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
ToE has collapsed under its own admissions of speculation being drawn from fossil evidence that is very fragmented.
The theory of evolution states that populations change as a result of allele frequency changes, this can be adaptive as a result of selective forces sometimes collectively called 'natural selection'.
The theory explains the fact. The fact is that populations change over time.
Fossil evidence is used to reconstruct history. Science is used, including the theory of evolution, to help reconstruct that history. Natural history is NOT the theory of evolution. Theories are explanations. Histories are different things. Reconstructing historical events from pre-history is fraught with difficulty. But we can still use the theory of evolution to predict that life on earth is related by common ancestry and each piece of evidence we have found so far is consistent with this prediction being correct.
There is a theory of common descent, which explains exceptionally well the patterns in the fossils, biogeography and so on - allowing for predictions on what will be found where. The specific details are historical facts which are often, for obvious reasons, less certain.
Obviously not enough data to draw factual conclusions from
Which is why scientists don't draw strong conclusions from things. They may develop hypotheses.

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Porkncheese
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Message 69 of 154 (818741)
09-01-2017 6:11 PM
Reply to: Message 66 by JonF
09-01-2017 4:45 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Ridicule... Number 1 defence for the defenceless.
Ridiculing myself with unfounded claims that are irrelevant to the debate. Ridiculing every link I have posted to avoid addressing the points made. Its a weak defence.
I haven't personally attacked anyone despite being outnumbered by a team with a hostile attitude. I have not retreated to ridicule. I have accepted all forms of media without criticism of its source, including random pictures without reference and even pictures that have no relevance to the issue.
This was the text put to me by your team with a link.
"The first primate-like mammals, or proto-primates , evolved in the early Paleocene Epoch (65.5-55.8 million years ago) at the beginning of the Cenozoic Era. They were roughly similar to squirrels and tree shrews in size and appearance. The existing, very fragmentary fossil evidence (from Asia, Europe, North Africa, and especially Western North America) suggests that they were adapted to an arboreal way of life in warm, moist climates. They probably were equipped with relatively good eyesight as well as hands and feet adapted for climbing in trees. These primate-like mammals (Plesiadapiformes ) will remain rather shadowy creatures for us until more fossil data become available."
I also refer to this statement from JonF
"Some details of particular stages in the evolution of particular organisms are poorly known. Some are not"
Given these statements can man accurately be traced back from 80 million years back to 6.5 billion years to ocean creatures? The way the animations depict it? With every step of evolution for every species?
The conclusion I draw from this is that we don't have enough evidence to conclude much at all before this era. Certainly not enough to track the evolution of man back to the sea.
Is that not a fair assessment given the scientific text presented and the given statement? Be honest.

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Percy
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Message 70 of 154 (818742)
09-01-2017 6:44 PM
Reply to: Message 69 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 6:11 PM


Re: Porkncheese Drops the Charade, Admits He's a Creationist
Porkncheese writes:
Ridicule... Number 1 defence for the defenceless.
Ridiculing myself with unfounded claims that are irrelevant to the debate. Ridiculing every link I have posted to avoid addressing the points made. Its a weak defence.
Ridicule? By JonF in his Message 66, the message you replied to? Are you daft? There was no ridicule there, but you sure deserve some ridicule now. Get a clue, mate.
I haven't personally attacked anyone despite being outnumbered by a team with a hostile attitude.
You accused us of a campaign of hate.
I have accepted all forms of media without criticism of its source, including random pictures without reference and even pictures that have no relevance to the issue.
And managed to come away from it all without learning a thing.
Given these statements can man accurately be traced back from 80 million years back to 6.5 billion years to ocean creatures? The way the animations depict it? With every step of evolution for every species?
Wow, you sure like to move the goalposts a bit, don't you? From human evolution to primate evolution to the origin of primates to how life came from the oceans. By the way, you're going to have a bit of a problem tracing the evolution of anything "back to 6.5 billion years to ocean creatures." The Earth is only around 4.6 billion years old.
The conclusion I draw from this is that we don't have enough evidence to conclude much at all before this era. Certainly not enough to track the evolution of man back to the sea.
Rarely has no much conclusion been based on so little knowledge.
Is that not a fair assessment given the scientific text presented and the given statement? Be honest.
You're drawing conclusions about how much we know about human evolution "back to the sea" from a single paragraph that was about the origin of primates? That's idiotic. You not only know little, you have no clue how to improve your situation. Be honest.
--Percy

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Message 71 of 154 (818743)
09-01-2017 6:51 PM
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09-01-2017 6:44 PM


Re: Porkncheese Drops the Charade, Admits He's a Creationist
A creationist?
I'm shocked!

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JonF
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Message 72 of 154 (818744)
09-01-2017 7:13 PM
Reply to: Message 69 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 6:11 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Given these statements can man accurately be traced back from 80 million years back to 6.5 billion years to ocean creatures? The way the animations depict it? With every step of evolution for every species?
And next we have "You gotta show movies of every generation and I still won't accept it."
More ignorance, too. I already corrected you on this. Nobody can trace life back to 6.5 billion years because the Earth did not exist 6.5 billion years ago, and wouldn't come on stage for about two billion years.
Is that not a fair assessment given the scientific text presented and the given statement?
It is not.
Edited by JonF, : No reason given.

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Message 73 of 154 (818745)
09-01-2017 7:33 PM
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09-01-2017 6:11 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Porky writes:
Given these statements can man accurately be traced back from 80 million years back to 6.5 billion years to ocean creatures? The way the animations depict it? With every step of evolution for every species?
Porky writes:
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing
Well, you have succeeded in enlightening us that you know nothing.
Porky writes:
Ridicule... Number 1 defence for the defenceless.
Ridiculing myself with unfounded claims that are irrelevant to the debate. Ridiculing every link I have posted to avoid addressing the points made. Its a weak defence.
It's ridiculous.

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Message 74 of 154 (818746)
09-01-2017 7:34 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by Porkncheese
09-01-2017 3:41 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
Holy crap, Batman!!! The woo at that wake up world site is way beyond industrial strength! And those people may be based right here in Snyder, Texas!

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Message 75 of 154 (818747)
09-01-2017 8:27 PM
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09-01-2017 6:11 PM


Re: ToE admits defeat
You have provided a perfect example of why you should never be considered or hired for any position that requires evidence based decision making, honesty or critical thinking.
In other words, a worthless loser who should be pitied and left at the kiddie table.

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