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i thought the conspiracy would be obvious, so i didn't mention it. Basically, evolution is taught in public schools because it is supposed to be the "scientific way, the correct undeniable way" where the evidence doesn't actually support the theory of evolution.
Why can't evolution be taught as a THEORY and not as fact, when there is so much information to the contrary.
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
To the original poster...I am sorry but I dont agree with your theory at all...Evolution is not some event that suddenly happens...A mutant baby is born(which happens in babies enough to be noted...) and this baby is better equipped to survive in the wild...In the case of that fish you mentioned it simply had mutant babies sometimes but they survived no better or worse than the others so they didnt procreate...When you force a species to either evolve and survive or die out, it will evolve...Like someone said before look at viruses...Case closed...
Originally posted by melatonin
Bleugh...
Why this again? Why don't people just do a little research rather than spout the stuff they read on unreliable creationist websites? It's tedious. Whenever you rread anything on those websites, your BS meter should be imploding.
The living coelecanths are not the same as the fossils. These species are not even found in the fossil record, others in their immediate family are but there are many other even less immediate coelecanth fossils.
Even wiki will tell you this.
Au revoir.
[edit on 1-7-2008 by melatonin]
Originally posted by wheresthetruth
I read all the way down to were you compared humanity to computers. Then I heard the ducks calling your name.
But, if you do want to make such a fantastical leap...are you sure that humans are not programmed with each new generation? If you think about it, a couple of people who had no tools found items that could be used as such and taught others the technique. The common knowledge use was improved upon and this was taught. And so began the evolution of man and society. Every tool we use today is the brain child of the first person to pick up a rock or stick and use it in a creatively new fashion to improve their survival and surroundings. Since then, people have been "programming" other people to continue making advances in every aspect of humanity.
There is a basis for your comparison, if you STILL want to make.
Originally posted by astralprogger
Doesn't matter if you don't "believe" in evolution. It's happening all the time. You can't stop evolution, only delay it. I'm sure everyone's mind in this forum has evolved since childbirth with the accumulation of knowledge and adaptation to different environments. Evolution is progression. Frogs are a great example. They start off as tadpoles living in water and eventually develop lungs and breath air. That to me is evolution. Everything would be horribly stagnant without evolution.
Originally posted by Morrigan
Have you ever heard of The Fibonacci Sequence? when you learn about that, you may think to yourself, how can animals evolve from one thing to the next if this sequence is a necessary part of nature and life. Its so perfect a thing, that mutating creatures couldnt do it.
I dont think any of you could PROVE evolution to be right.... both concepts of creation and evolution in my opinion are nothing but Faith based .. science faith in one and Creator faith in the other.
who says that new animals are not created over time?
The Creator may be eternally creating perfect life beings, not wishy washy beings that evolve over time and mutate. Fully finished and perfect as they are from the point of creation.
Originally posted by Pro-genetic
I cant believe no body has spoted the fact that the op states that the dinosaur bone was dated to a minimum of 10,000 years ago, yet the earth was only created 6000 years ago (aparantly)! so there goes that one out the window.
I know the op and everyone here has a right to there opinion but god damn ignorance just boils my blood. EVOLUTION IS REAL! DEAL WITH IT.
[edit on 1-7-2008 by Pro-genetic]
Originally posted by riley
i thought the conspiracy would be obvious, so i didn't mention it. Basically, evolution is taught in public schools because it is supposed to be the "scientific way, the correct undeniable way" where the evidence doesn't actually support the theory of evolution.
Either you are lieing or you know you are posting BS. Either way you've already used kevin hovid's as a reference which means you have zero credibilty. The man is a liar and a criminal and is doing time for it.
Why can't evolution be taught as a THEORY and not as fact, when there is so much information to the contrary.
See.. if you really understood science you would KNOW that there is a difference between a theory and a scientific theory. Using your own ignorance as an argument does not help it.
I'm wondering.. do you really believe humans and dinsaurs lived side by side?
[edit on 1-7-2008 by riley]
Originally posted by furiousracer313
It doesnt say that, but it does say how old people were when they died all the way back to Adam & Eve. I think the earth is under 10,000 years old, not millions. Just think how many people would be on earth if we were millions of years old. The earth would be overpopulated... But its not..
Originally posted by Vector J
Hello. I have a Masters degree in Cybernetics and I don't laugh at the idea of computers improving their code and 'evolving'.
You obviously know nothing at all about the various AI's that have been designed and built, or ever the most basic neural networks that will learnt to solve problems without anybodies input.
Is learning a problem or classifying elements within an enviornment through it's own internal process not evolutionary at all in the OP's eyes? Should have taken that evolutionary computation course then I could have come in here with some resounding points of how your analogy falls appart for not only being completely rubbish as an anology, but compoletely incorrect in it's view on computers.
What I believe you are missing here is not that computers don't evolve new code, it;s that they can create their own scenarios within their own environment. A computer program I saw years ago, which was quite literally about evolution was beautiful to watch. By starting with basic agents withn an environment that could move and see to varying degrees and knew they had to eat food that could be found in the environment, the system was run. After each epoch (a period of time) the best agents in the environment would mate using a genetic algorithm to produce offspring. Over time you could clearly see the population evolve to create the best and strongest agents to take advantage of the environment.
Bottom line, you don;t have to add new code to evolve beyond what you start as...
Your analogy is a bad one...
Originally posted by Osiris1953
reply to post by Bob Sholtz
If you do ever come across proof that evolution doesn't exist as a force of nature I will be more than happy to hear it, but your argument is weak to say the least. You are simply assembling half truths in order to see what you want to see. I personally don't care if in the end it ends up being evolutionists or creationists who win this endless, pointless battle, but you are really going to have to try harder than that Mr. Bob.
Originally posted by furiousracer313
It doesnt say that, but it does say how old people were when they died all the way back to Adam & Eve. I think the earth is under 10,000 years old, not millions. Just think how many people would be on earth if we were millions of years old. The earth would be overpopulated... But its not..
Originally posted by Evil Genius
Anyone want to start a pool to see how long until BigWhammy and Ashley D show up?
"Form arms and legs!"
"Form body!"
"And I'll form the head!"
"Now form Voltron!"