Date:   5/7/2006 8:35:38 PM ( 18 y ago)
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Ok...so now we know that "Science" got it wrong for over 100 years, despite DESPERATE attempts to make their theory "fact." Now "Science" is changing their story, hanging by a mere thread, no less. What's interesting about punctuated equilibrium is these scientists offer no viable biological explanation to actually BACK UP their theory. Thus, they're riding on their own imagination; their own faith...just like you are.
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What do Gould and Elderedge say about their own theory? Here's a wrap-up I found:

It is interesting that in their 1993 review paper, Gould and Eldredge define macroevolution in terms of ‘species sorting’ and somewhat softly assert that

‘darwinian extrapolation cannot fully explain large-scale change in the history of life.’53

But what does explain large-scale change? They once again claim

‘that punctuated equilibrium was never meant as a saltational theory’.54

They offer no suggestion of a biological basis for large-scale change. Indeed,

‘continuing unhappiness, justified this time, focuses upon claims that speciation causes significant morphological change, for no validation of such has emerged’

and

‘Moreover, reasonable arguments for potential change throughout the history of lineages have been advanced, although the empirics of stasis throws the efficacy of such processes into doubt.’55

In other words, theoretical processes for change exist, but the fossil data show stasis, thus bringing into question the reality of processes which could bring about change (evolution). As they said,

‘stability within species must be considered as a major evolutionary problem’.56

Undoubtedly Gould and Eldredge have done palaeontology a great service by giving the real data of palaeontology, that is, stasis and abrupt appearance, theoretical breathing space. One can only hope that there will be similar frankness amongst evolutionary biologists about the lack of any observed biological mechanism for producing abrupt appearance.

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And...of course...you don't even consider that there IS another side to the story.




 

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