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Dredge
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Message 26 of 72 (838687)
08-26-2018 6:52 AM


Athesits try and explain all those inconvenient gaps with their hypothetical (ie, imaginary) PE. But what is revealed by the fossil record is a very nice fit for another hypothesis - progressive creation (over millions of years). The sooner Christians dump their stupid theistic evolution, the better. Any Christianity based on an atheist fantasy is bound to be an embarrassing failure.
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Message 28 of 72 (838790)
08-28-2018 3:26 AM
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PE is magic masquerading as science.

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Message 62 of 72 (843691)
11-20-2018 7:51 AM


Can the hypothesis of PE be tested? I can't see how.

  
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Message 63 of 72 (843693)
11-20-2018 7:59 AM


A theory that can't be tested seems pretty useless.
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Message 65 of 72 (843761)
11-21-2018 6:45 AM
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11-20-2018 8:12 AM


Curiously the theory of PE has been tested (see above re snails, also see Differential Dispersal Of Introduced Species - An Aspect of Punctuated Equilibrium.
I would imagine a study of what happens within a species is hardly a valid test of PE.
Another thing to look at is the geographical-temporal (space-time) matrix the fossils are embedded in and their relationship to sister populations (see Alfred Russel Wallace and Biogeography)
A theory based on fossil evidence is a "test" for another theory based on fossils (PE)? I don't think so.
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Message 70 of 72 (844345)
11-28-2018 1:45 PM
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Re: Which are you?
Except that PE is specifically about what happens in a species
Really? So Gould and Eldredge invented PE to explain gaps within a species? My understanding is they invented it to explain all those gaps in the fossil record.
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